Psalms 81
1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
Mwimbieni Mungu aliye nguvu yetu kwa sauti; pigeni kelele za furaha kwa Mungu wa Yakobo.
2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with stringed instrument.
Imbeni wimbo na pigeni matari, kinubi chenye sauti nzuri pamoja na kinanda.
3 Blow a horn in the month, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
Pigeni panda mwandamo wa mwezi, katika siku ya mbalamwezi, mwanzoni mwa sikukuu.
4 For it [is] a statute to Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Kwa kuwa ni agizo kwa Israeli, amri iliyotolewa na Mungu wa Yakobo.
5 He has placed it—a testimony on Joseph, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known—I hear.
Aliitoa kama maelekezo kwa Yusufu alipoenda katika nchi ya Misri, ambako nilisikia sauti ambayo sikuweza kuitambua:
6 I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, His hands pass over from the basket.
“Niliutua mzigo kutoka mabegani mwake; mikono yake ilipumzishwa kubeba kikapu.
7 In distress you have called and I deliver you, I answer you in the secret place of thunder, I try you by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
Katika dhiki yako uliniita, nami nikakusaidia; nilikujibu kutoka katika wingu jeusi la radi. Nilikujaribu kwenye maji ya Meriba. (Selah)
8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, O Israel, if you listen to me:
Sikilizeni, watu wangu, nami nitawaonya, Israeli, kama tu ugalinisikiliza!
9 There is not in you a strange god, And you do not bow yourself to a strange god.
Lazima kati yenu kusiwepo na mungu wa kigeni; haupaswi kumwabudu mungu wa kigeni.
10 I [am] your God YHWH, Who brings you up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge your mouth, and I fill it.
Mimi ni Yahwe niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, fungua sana kinywa chako, nami nitakijaza.
11 But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel has not consented to Me.
Lakini watu wangu hawakusikiliza maneno yangu; Israeli hawakunitii.
12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
Nikawaacha waende katika katika njia yao wenyewe ya ukaidi ili kwamba waweze kufanya kinachoonekana sahihi kwao.
13 O that My people were listening to Me, Israel would walk in My ways.
Oh, laiti watu wangu wangenisikiliza mimi; oh, watu wangu wangelitembea katika njia yangu.
14 As a little thing I cause their enemies to bow, And I turn back My hand against their adversaries,
Kisha ningewatiisha adui zao haraka na kugeuzia mkono wangu dhidi ya watesi wao.
15 Those hating YHWH should have feigned [obedience] to Him, And their time would last for all time.
Wale wanaomchukia Yahwe katika hofu na waanguke chini mbele zake! Wawe wanyonge milele.
16 He causes him to eat of the fat of wheat, And I satisfy you [with] honey from a rock!
Ningewalisha Israeli kwa ngano bora; Ningewatosheleza kwa asali itokayo mwambani.”
