Psalms 17
1 A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Ihooya rĩa Daudi Wee Jehova, ta igua gũthaithana gwakwa kwa ũthingu; thikĩrĩria gũkaya gwakwa. Tega gũtũ ũigue ihooya rĩakwa, tondũ rĩtiumanĩte na mĩromo ya maheeni.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes look upon equity.
Ituĩro rĩakwa rĩa kĩhooto nĩrĩkiume kũrĩ wee; maitho maku nĩmakĩone o ũndũ ũrĩa wagĩrĩire.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
O na ũngĩthuthuuria ngoro yakwa na ũnduĩrie ũtukũ, o na ũngĩngeria, ndũrĩ ũndũ mũũru ũngĩona; nĩnduĩte atĩ ndikehia na kanua gakwa.
4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
Ha ũhoro wa ciĩko cia andũ, na ũndũ wa uuge wa mĩromo yaku niĩ ndũũrĩte ndĩrigagĩrĩria njĩra cia andũ arĩa mendete haaro.
5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
Makinya makwa nĩmarũmĩtie njĩra ciaku; magũrũ makwa matirĩ matenderũka.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Wee Mũrungu, ngũkayagĩra tondũ nĩũnjĩtĩkaga; ndegera gũtũ na ũigue ihooya rĩakwa.
7 Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them], by thy right hand.
Tũma magegania ma wendo waku mũnene monekane, Wee ũhonokanagia na guoko gwaku kwa ũrĩo arĩa moragĩra harĩwe kuuma kũrĩ thũ ciao.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Menyagĩrĩra niĩ ta kĩũma kĩa riitho rĩaku; hitha kĩĩruru-inĩ kĩa mathagu maku
9 From the wicked that spoil me, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.
ndigakorwo nĩ andũ arĩa aaganu arĩa maatharĩkagĩra, na kuuma kũrĩ thũ cia muoyo wakwa iria cindigiicĩirie.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Nĩmahinganĩtie ngoro ciao nyũmũ, na tuo tũnua twao tũkaaria na mwĩgaatho.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Maahĩtĩte, rĩu nĩmandigiicĩirie, mangũũrĩire maitho, mone mweke wa kũnũnda.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Mahaana ta mũrũũthi ũhũtĩire ndĩa yaguo, makahaana ta mũrũũthi mũnene woheirie kĩrĩa ũrenda kũnyiita.
13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Arahũka, Wee Jehova, mangʼethere, ũmahoote; ndeithũra na rũhiũ rwaku rwa njora kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa aaganu.
14 From men, by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Wee Jehova, honokia na guoko gwaku kuuma kũrĩ andũ ta acio, ũũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ andũ a thĩ ĩno arĩa irĩhi rĩao rĩrĩ o muoyo-inĩ ũyũ tũrĩ. Ũniinagĩra andũ arĩa wendete ngʼaragu ũkamahũũnia; ciana ciao irĩ na cia kũigana, na nĩmaigagĩra ciana cia ciana ciao mũthiithũ.
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Na niĩ-rĩ, nĩngeyonera ũthiũ waku na ũthingu; rĩrĩa ngokĩra-rĩ, nĩngaĩiganwo nĩgũkuona ũrĩa ũtariĩ.
