Psalms 69
1 For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David. Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger.
Uniokoe, Mungu; maana maji yameweka uhai wangu hatarini.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.
Ninazama kwenye kina cha matope, pasipo na hahari pa kusimama; nimekuja kwenye kina kirefu cha maji, ambako mafuriko yananifunika.
3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Nimechoka sana kwa kulia kwangu; koo langu ni kavu; macho yangu yanafifia wakati namngoja Mungu wangu.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.
Wale wanichukiao bila sababu wako zaidi ya nywele za kichwa changu; wale ambao wangeweza kuniua, wakiwa adui zangu kwa sababu zisizo sahihi, ni wengi mno; wanalazimisha nirudishe kile ambacho sijaiba.
5 God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.
Mungu, wewe unaujua ujinga wangu, na dhambi zangu hazifichiki kwako.
6 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.
Usiwaache wale wanao kungoja wewe waaibishwe kwa sababu yangu, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi; usiwaache wale wanaokutafuta wewe wadharauliwe kwa sababu yangu, Mungu wa Israeli.
7 For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.
Kwa ajili yako nimestahimili lawama; aibu imeufunika uso wangu.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.
Nimekuwa mgeni kwa ndugu zangu, nisiye fahamika wala kuaminika kwa watoto wa mama yangu.
9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.
Kwa maana bidii ya nyumba yako imenila, na laumu zao wanao kulaumu wewe zimeniangukia mimi.
10 When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.
Wakati nilipolia na kutokula chakula, walinitukana.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.
Nilipoteneneza mavazi ya gunia, nikawa kituko kwao.
12 Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of drunkards.
Wale wakaao katika lango la mji huniseng'enya; mimi ni wimbo wa walevi.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.
Lakini kwangu mimi, maombi yangu ni kwako, Yahwe, wakati ambao wewe utayapokea; unijibu katika uaminifu wa wokovu wako.
14 Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.
Unitoe matopeni, na usiniache nizame; uniondoe mbali na wale wanaonichukia na uniokoe katika kina cha maji.
15 Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Usiache mafuliko ya maji yanielemee, wala kina kisinimeze. Usiache mdomo wa shimo unimeze.
16 Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.
Unijibu, Yahwe, maana uaminifu wa agano lako ni mwema; kwa maana rehema zako kwangu ni nyingi, unigeukie.
17 Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Usiufiche uso wako mbali na mtumishi wako, maana niko katika dhiki; unijibu haraka.
18 Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me.
Uje kwangu na unikomboe. Kwa sababu ya adui zangu, uwe fidia yangu.
19 You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.
Wewe wajua kulaumiwa kwangu, kuaibishwa kwangu, na kudharauliwa kwangu; wapinzani wangu wote wako mbele yako.
20 Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked for comforters, but I found none.
Lawama imevunja moyo wangu; nimejawa na huzuni kubwa; nilitafuta mtu wa kunihurumia, lakini hakuwepo; nilitafuta wafariji, lakini sikupata.
21 They gave me poison for my food; in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Walinipa sumu kwa ajili ya chakula changu; katika kiu yangu walinipa siki ninywe.
22 Let their table before them become a snare; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.
Meza yao mbele yao na iwe mtego; wafikiripo wako kwenye usalama, iwe kitanzi.
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake.
Macho yao na yatiwe giza ili kwamba wasiweze kuona; uvifanye viuno vyao kutetemeka daima.
24 Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Wamwagie gadhabu yako, ukali wa hasira yako uwafikie wao.
25 Let their place be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.
Sehemu yao na iwe ukiwa; mtu yeyote asiishi katika hema yao.
26 For they persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.
Kwa kuwa walimtesa yule uliyempa adhabu. Mara kwa mara walihesabu maumivu ya wale walioumizwa.
27 Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory.
Wakiwashtaki kuwa wamefanya uovu juu ya uovu; usiwaache waje kwenye ushindi wa haki yako.
28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.
Uwafute kwenye Kitabu cha Uzima na wasiandikwe pamoja na wenyehaki.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, God, set me up on high.
Lakini mimi ni maskini na mwenye huzuni; uruhusu wokovu wako, Mungu, uniweke juu sana.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will exalt him with thanksgiving.
Nitalisifu jina la Mungu kwa wimbo na nitamtukuza yeye kwa shukrani.
31 That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.
Nitamsifu Yahwe zaidi kuliko ng'ombe au ndama aliye na mapembe na kwato.
32 The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live.
Wanyenyekevu wameona na kufurahi; ninyi mnao matafuta Mungu, mioyo yenu itiwe nguvu.
33 For Yahweh hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners.
Maana Yahwe husikia wenye uhitaji naye hawadharau wafungwa wake.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
Mbingu na nchi zimsifu yeye, bahari na vyote vitembeavyo majini.
35 For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession.
Kwa maana Mungu ataiokoa Sayuni na ataujenga tena mji wa Yuda; watu wataishi huko na kupata umiliki wao.
36 His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there.
Ukoo wa watumishi wake watairithi; nao walipendao jina lake wataishi humo.
