Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
Ee Bwana, ulipizaye kisasi, Ee Mungu ulipizaye kisasi, uangaze sasa.
2 You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
Ee Mhukumu wa dunia, inuka, uwalipize wenye kiburi kama wanavyostahili.
3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
Hata lini, waovu, Ee Bwana, hata lini waovu watashangilia?
4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
Wanamimina maneno ya kiburi, watenda mabaya wote wamejaa majivuno.
5 Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
Ee Bwana, wanawaponda watu wako, wanawaonea urithi wako.
6 They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
Wanamchinja mjane na mgeni, na kuwaua yatima.
7 Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
Nao husema, “Bwana haoni, Mungu wa Yakobo hafahamu.”
8 You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
Sikizeni, enyi wajinga miongoni mwa watu; enyi wapumbavu, lini mtakuwa na hekima?
9 God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
Je, aliyeweka sikio asisikie? Aliyeumba jicho asione?
10 He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
Je, anayeadhibisha mataifa asiadhibu? Je, awafundishaye wanadamu asiwe na maarifa?
11 Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
Bwana anajua mawazo ya mwanadamu; anajua kwamba ni ubatili.
12 Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
Ee Bwana, heri mtu anayeadhibishwa na wewe, mtu unayemfundisha kwa sheria yako,
13 When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
unampa utulivu siku za shida, mpaka shimo litakapokuwa limechimbwa kwa ajili ya mwovu.
14 Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
Kwa kuwa Bwana hatawakataa watu wake, hatauacha urithi wake.
15 [Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
Hukumu itasimamishwa tena kwenye haki, wote walio na mioyo minyofu wataifuata.
16 But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
Ni nani atakayeinuka dhidi ya mwovu kwa ajili yangu? Ni nani atakayenikinga dhidi ya watenda maovu?
17 If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
Kama Bwana asingelinisaidia upesi, ningelikuwa ninaishi katika ukimya wa kifo.
18 I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
Niliposema, “Mguu wangu unateleza,” Ee Bwana, upendo wako ulinishikilia.
19 Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
Wakati wasiwasi ulipokuwa mwingi ndani yangu, faraja yako ilinipa furaha nafsini mwangu.
20 You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
Je, kiti cha utawala wa udhalimu kitajiunga nawe, ule utawala uletao taabu kutokana na sheria zake?
21 They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
Huungana kuwashambulia wenye haki, kuwahukumu kufa wasio na hatia.
22 But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
Lakini Bwana amekuwa ngome yangu, na Mungu wangu amekuwa mwamba ninaoukimbilia.
23 He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
Yeye atawalipa kwa ajili ya dhambi zao na atawaangamiza kwa ajili ya maovu yao; Bwana Mungu wetu atawaangamiza.
