Thaburi 44
1 Twanaigua na matũ maitũ Wee Ngai, tũkĩĩrwo nĩ maithe maitũ ũrĩa wekire matukũ-inĩ mao, o matukũ macio ma tene.
[For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.] We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Nĩwaingatire ndũrĩrĩ na guoko gwaku, na ũgĩcooka kũhaanda maithe maitũ kuo; Wee nĩwanyariirire irĩndĩ iria ingĩ, na ũgĩtũma maithe maitũ magaacĩre.
You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3 Matiegwatĩire bũrũri ũcio na hinya wa rũhiũ rwao, o na ti icoka ciao ciamaheire ũhootani; no nĩ guoko gwaku kwa ũrĩo, ĩĩ nĩ gĩcoka gĩaku, na ũtheri wa gĩthiithi gĩaku, nĩgũkorwo nĩwamendete.
For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 Wee nĩwe Mũthamaki wakwa na Ngai wakwa, ũrĩa wathagĩrĩra Jakubu ũhootani.
You are my King, my God, who commands victories for Jacob.
5 Wee nĩwe ũtũhotithagia kũhoota thũ ciitũ; nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku tũrangagĩrĩria arĩa marĩ muku na ithuĩ.
Through you we will push back our adversaries. Through your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
6 Ndiĩhokaga ũta wakwa, rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora ti ruo rũngĩĩhootanĩra;
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 no Wee nĩwe ũtũtooranagĩria harĩ thũ ciitũ, ũgagĩconorithia acio matũthũire.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8 Ngai nĩwe tũtindaga tũkĩĩrahĩra mũthenya wothe, na tũgũtũũra tũgoocaga rĩĩtwa rĩaku nginya tene.
In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 No rĩu nĩũtũtiganĩirie na ũgatũconorithia; nĩũtigĩte gũtwaranaga na mbũtũ ciitũ cia ita.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and do not go out with our armies.
10 Nĩwatũmire tũũrĩre thũ ciitũ, o icio itũthũire igetahĩra indo ciitũ.
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Ũtũrekereirie tũtambuurwo ta ngʼondu, na ũgatũhurunja harĩ ndũrĩrĩ.
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Wendetie andũ aku ta kĩndũ tũhũ, ndũrĩ uumithio wonete nĩ ũguo ũmendetie.
You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 Nĩũtũmĩte tũmenwo nĩ andũ arĩa tũhakanĩte nao, tũgatuĩka a kũnyararwo na gũthekererwo nĩ arĩa matũthiũrũrũkĩirie.
You make us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Nĩũtũmĩte tũtuĩke a kuunagwo thimo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ; tũgagĩtuĩka a kũinainagĩrio mĩtwe nĩ andũ.
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Ndindaga njonokete mũthenya wothe, ngahumbwo nĩ thoni ũthiũ wothe,
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 nĩ ũndũ wa inyũrũri cia andũ arĩa maanyũrũragia na makaanuma, tondũ wa thũ ĩrĩa ĩrenda kwĩrĩhĩria.
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Twakorirwo nĩ maũndũ macio mothe, o na gũtuĩka tũtiariganĩirwo nĩwe, o na kana tũgĩthaahia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩaku.
All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
18 Ngoro ciitũ iticookete na thuutha; makinya maitũ matiumĩte njĩra-inĩ yaku.
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 No ũtũhehenjete, na ũgatũtua imamo cia mbwe, na ũgatũhumbĩra na nduma nene.
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Tũngĩkorwo nĩtwariganĩirwo nĩ rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai witũ, o na kana tũkĩambararia moko kũrĩ ngai ngʼeni-rĩ,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 githĩ Ngai ndangĩamenyire ũhoro ũcio, kuona atĩ nĩamenyaga hitho cia ngoro?
won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 No nĩ ũndũ waku tũtindaga tũngʼetheire gĩkuũ mũthenya wothe; tũtuĩtwo ta ngʼondu cia gũthĩnjwo.
For your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Wee Mwathani, arahũka! Ũgĩkomete nĩkĩ? Wĩyarahũre! Ndũgatũtiganĩrie nginya tene.
Wake up. Why do you sleep, YHWH? Arise. Do not reject us forever.
24 Ũhithĩte ũthiũ waku nĩkĩ, na ũkariganĩrwo nĩ mathĩĩna maitũ na kũhinyĩrĩrio gwitũ?
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Tũrũndĩtwo rũkũngũ-inĩ; mĩĩrĩ iitũ ĩkĩnyiitanĩte na thĩ.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
26 Arahũka ũtũteithie; tũkũũre tondũ wa wendani waku ũtathiraga.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
