Thaburi 102
1 Wee Jehova, igua ihooya rĩakwa; reke gũkaya gwakwa ngĩhooya ũteithio gũgũkinyĩre.
The prayer: for a weary and suffering person who pours out their grief to the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry for help come to you.
2 Tiga kũũhitha ũthiũ waku rĩrĩa ndĩ mĩnyamaro-inĩ. Inamĩrĩria gũtũ gwaku ũnjigue; ndagũkaĩra, njĩtĩka o narua.
Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me: when I call, answer me speedily.
3 Nĩgũkorwo matukũ makwa marathira o ta ũrĩa ndogo ĩthiraga; namo mahĩndĩ makwa maraakana o ta gĩcinga.
For my days pass away like smoke: my bones are burned through as with fire.
4 Ngoro yakwa ĩringĩkĩte na ĩkahooha o ta nyeki; ndiganĩirwo o na nĩ kũrĩa irio.
My heart is scorched, withered like grass; I forget to eat my bread.
5 Tondũ wa ũrĩa ndĩracaaya nyanĩrĩire, hĩnjĩte ngatigara o gĩkonde na mahĩndĩ.
By reason of my loud groaning, my flesh clings to my bones.
6 Haana ta ndundu ya werũ-inĩ, ngahaana ta ndundu ĩrĩa ĩikaraga kũrĩa kwanangĩku.
Like a desert-owl of the wilderness, like an owl among ruins am I.
7 Ndaaraga itarĩ toro; haanĩte ta nyoni ĩrĩ o iiki nyũmba igũrũ.
I make my sleepless lament like a bird on the house-top alone.
8 Mũthenya wothe thũ ciakwa itindaga igĩĩthirĩkia; acio maanyũrũragia mahũthagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩakwa taarĩ kĩrumi.
All the day wild foes revile me, using my name for a curse.
9 Nĩgũkorwo ndĩĩaga mũhu taarĩ irio ciakwa, na kĩrĩa nyuuaga ngagĩtukania na maithori,
For ashes have been my bread, and tears have been mixed with my cup.
10 tondũ wa mangʼũrĩ maku manene, ũnjoete na igũrũ ũkanjikia mwena-inĩ.
Because of your passionate anger, you did raise me, then hurl me to the ground.
11 Matukũ makwa mahaana o ta kĩĩruru kĩa hwaĩ-inĩ; hoohaga ta nyeki.
My days come to an end, shadows lengthen, I wither like grass.
12 No rĩrĩ, Wee Jehova ũgũtũũra ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene nginya tene na tene; ngumo yaku ĩgũtũũra njiarwa na njiarwa.
But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever, your fame endures to all generations.
13 Wee nĩũkwarahũka ũiguĩre itũũra rĩa Zayuni tha, nĩgũkorwo ihinda rĩa kũrĩĩka wega nĩ ikinyu; ihinda rĩrĩa rĩathĩrĩre nĩ ikinyu.
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it’s time to be gracious; her hour has come.
14 Nĩgũkorwo mahiga makuo nĩmakenagĩrwo nĩ ndungata ciaku; o na rũkũngũ rwakuo nĩrũtũmaga iringwo nĩ tha.
For even her stones are dear to your servants, even the dust of her ruins they look on with love.
15 Ndũrĩrĩ nĩigeetigĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova, athamaki othe a thĩ mekĩrĩre riiri waku.
Then the nations will revere the name of the Lord and all the kings of the earth his glory,
16 Nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩagaaka itũũra rĩa Zayuni rĩngĩ, na eyumĩrie arĩ na riiri wake.
when the Lord shall have built up Zion, and revealed himself in his glory,
17 Nĩakaigua mahooya ma andũ arĩa aagi; ndakanyarara mahooya mao.
in response to the prayer of the destitute, whose prayer he will not despise.
18 Ũhoro ũyũ nĩwandĩkwo nĩ ũndũ wa rũciaro rũrĩa rũgooka, nĩguo andũ arĩa mataciarĩtwo makaagooca Jehova:
Let this be recorded for ages to come, that the Lord may be praised by a people yet unborn.
19 “Jehova nĩacũthĩrĩirie thĩ arĩ harĩa hake haamũre kũu igũrũ; arĩ kũu igũrũ Jehova nĩkũrora aarorire thĩ,
For he shall look down from his holy height, from the heavens the Lord will gaze on the earth,
20 nĩguo aigue gũcaaya kwa arĩa moheetwo, na ohorithie arĩa maatuĩrĩirwo gũkua.”
to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are doomed to die;
21 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova nĩrĩkoimbũrwo kũu Zayuni, na nĩakagoocwo kũu Jerusalemu
that people may recount the Lord’s fame in Zion, and the praise of him in Jerusalem,
22 rĩrĩa andũ a ndũrĩrĩ na mothamaki makoongana, mathathaiye Jehova.
when the nations are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
23 Hĩndĩ ya mũtũũrĩre wakwa nĩanyiihirie hinya wakwa; nĩakuhĩhirie matukũ makwa.
He has broken my strength on the way, he has shortened my days.
24 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩkiuga atĩrĩ: “Wee Ngai wakwa, ndũkanjũrage o rĩrĩa ndaiganĩria matukũ makwa; wee-rĩ, mĩaka yaku ĩthiiaga o na mbere nginya njiarwa na njiarwa.
I will say, “My God, take me not hence in the midst of my days. “Your years endure age after age.
25 O kĩambĩrĩria-inĩ, nĩwaarire mĩthingi ya thĩ, o narĩo igũrũ nĩ wĩra wa moko maku.
Of old you have founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 Icio nĩgũthira igaathira, no wee nĩgũtũũra ũgaatũũra; igaakũra o ta nguo, ithire. Ũgaacigarũrĩra ta nguo, icooke iteeo.
They shall perish; but you do stand. They shall all wax old like a garment, and change as a robe you will change them.
27 No Wee ndũgarũrũkaga, nayo mĩaka yaku ndĩrĩ mũthia.
But you are the same, your years are endless.
28 Ciana cia ndungata ciaku igaatũũra na thayũ mbere yaku; nacio njiaro ciacio cigaikara irũmĩte irĩ mbere yaku.”
The children of your servants abide, evermore shall their seed be before you.”
