Psalms 77
1 I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa Yeduthuni. Zaburi ya Asafu. Nilimlilia Mungu ili anisaidie, nilimlilia Mungu ili anisikie.
2 Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.
Nilipokuwa katika taabu, nilimtafuta Bwana, usiku nilinyoosha mikono bila kuchoka na nafsi yangu ilikataa kufarijika.
3 When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.
Ee Mungu, nilikukumbuka wewe, nikalia kwa huzuni; nikatafakari, roho yangu ikadhoofika.
4 [All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.
Ulizuia macho yangu kufumba; nilikuwa nasumbuka, nikashindwa kusema.
5 I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.
Nilitafakari juu ya siku zilizopita, miaka mingi iliyopita,
6 I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:
nilikumbuka nilivyoimba nyimbo usiku. Moyo wangu ulitafakari na roho yangu ikauliza:
7 “Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?
“Je, Bwana atakataa milele? Je, hatatenda mema tena?
8 Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?
Je, upendo wake usio na mwisho umetoweka milele? Je, ahadi yake imekoma nyakati zote?
9 God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”
Je, Mungu amesahau kuwa na huruma? Je, katika hasira amezuia huruma yake?”
10 Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”
Ndipo nikawaza, “Huu ndio udhaifu wangu: lakini nitakumbuka miaka ya mkono wa kuume wa Aliye Juu Sana.”
11 [But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.
Nitayakumbuka matendo ya Bwana; naam, nitaikumbuka miujiza yako ya zamani.
12 I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.
Nitazitafakari kazi zako zote na kuyawaza matendo yako makuu.
13 God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!
Ee Mungu, njia zako ni takatifu. Ni mungu yupi aliye mkuu kama Mungu wetu?
14 You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.
Wewe ndiwe Mungu utendaye miujiza, umeonyesha uwezo wako katikati ya mataifa.
15 By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.
Kwa mkono wako wenye nguvu umewakomboa watu wako, uzao wa Yakobo na Yosefu.
16 [It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.
Maji yalikuona, Ee Mungu, maji yalikuona yakakimbia, vilindi vilitetemeka.
17 Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.
Mawingu yalimwaga maji, mbingu zikatoa ngurumo kwa radi, mishale yako ikametameta huku na huko.
18 Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].
Ngurumo yako ilisikika katika upepo wa kisulisuli, umeme wako wa radi ukaangaza dunia, nchi ikatetemeka na kutikisika.
19 [Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.
Njia yako ilipita baharini, mapito yako kwenye maji makuu, ingawa nyayo zako hazikuonekana.
20 You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].
Uliongoza watu wako kama kundi kwa mkono wa Mose na Aroni.
