Psalms 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Kwa nini, Ee Bwana, unasimama mbali? Kwa nini unajificha wakati wa shida?
2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Katika kiburi chake, mwovu humtesa maskini, waovu na wanaswe katika hila wanazozitunga.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth the LORD.
Hujivunia tamaa za moyo wake; humbariki mlafi na kumtukana Bwana.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Katika kiburi chake, mwovu hamtafuti Mungu, katika mawazo yake yote hakuna nafasi ya Mungu.
5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Njia zake daima hufanikiwa; hujivuna na amri zako ziko mbali naye, huwacheka kwa dharau adui zake wote.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.
Anajisemea mwenyewe, “Hakuna kitakachonitikisa, daima nitakuwa na furaha, kamwe sitakuwa na shida.”
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Kinywa chake kimejaa laana, uongo na vitisho; shida na ubaya viko chini ya ulimi wake.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.
Huvizia karibu na vijiji; kutoka mafichoni huwanasa wasio na hatia, akivizia wapitaji.
9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
Huvizia kama simba aliye mawindoni; huvizia kumkamata mnyonge, huwakamata wanyonge na kuwaburuza katika wavu wake.
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.
Mateka wake hupondwa, huzimia; wanaanguka katika nguvu zake.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Anajisemea mwenyewe, “Mungu amesahau, huficha uso wake na haoni kabisa.”
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.
Inuka Bwana! Inua mkono wako, Ee Mungu. Usiwasahau wanyonge.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
Kwa nini mtu mwovu anamtukana Mungu? Kwa nini anajiambia mwenyewe, “Hataniita nitoe hesabu?”
14 Thon hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Lakini wewe, Ee Mungu, unaona shida na huzuni, umekubali kuyapokea mkononi mwako. Mhanga anajisalimisha kwako, wewe ni msaada wa yatima.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Vunja mkono wa mtu mwovu na mbaya, mwite atoe hesabu ya maovu yake ambayo yasingejulikana.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.
Bwana ni Mfalme milele na milele, mataifa wataangamia watoke nchini mwake.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Unasikia, Ee Bwana, shauku ya wanaoonewa, wewe huwatia moyo, na kusikiliza kilio chao,
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.
ukiwatetea yatima na walioonewa, ili mwanadamu, ambaye ni udongo, asiogopeshe tena.
