Thaburi 73
1 Thaburi ya Asafu Ti-itherũ Ngai nĩ mwega harĩ andũ a Isiraeli, harĩ andũ arĩa atheru ngoro.
A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
2 No niĩ-rĩ, magũrũ makwa maratigĩtie hanini matenderũke; ndaarĩ o hakuhĩ kũgũa.
But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.
3 Nĩgũkorwo nĩndaiguagĩra arĩa etĩĩi ũiru, rĩrĩa ndonire kũgaacĩra kwa andũ arĩa aaganu.
For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.
4 Nĩgũkorwo matithĩĩnĩkaga; mĩĩrĩ yao nĩ mĩgima na ĩkoragwo na hinya.
For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.
5 Matikoragwo na moritũ ta andũ arĩa angĩ, na matikoragwo nĩ mathĩĩna marĩa makoraga andũ.
They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwĩtĩĩo nĩguo mũgathĩ wao; o ene mehumbaga ũhinya.
Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
7 Ũmũ wa ngoro ciao ũtherũkaga o ũmaramari; meciiria mao mooru matirĩ mũhaka.
Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.
8 Nĩ andũ a kĩnyũrũri, na maaragia ndeto cia rũmena; maaragia na mwĩtĩĩo ũhoro wa kũhinyĩrĩria andũ arĩa angĩ.
They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
9 Tũnua twao twaragia ũũru wa gũũkĩrĩra igũrũ, nacio nĩmĩ ciao ikegwatĩra thĩ yothe.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
10 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ ao nĩmakamacokerera na metĩkie ũrĩa wothe makoiga.
Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
11 Makoiga atĩrĩ, “Mũrungu angĩmenya atĩa? Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno nĩarĩ na ũmenyo?”
And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”
12 Ũũ nĩguo andũ arĩa aaganu matariĩ: tondũ gũtirĩ ũndũ ũmamakagia, makĩragĩrĩria o gũtonga.
Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
13 Ti-itherũ, nĩnjigĩte ngoro yakwa ĩrĩ theru o tũhũ; thambĩtie moko makwa makaaga gwĩka ũũru o tũhũ.
And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
14 Nĩgũkorwo ndindaga na mĩnyamaro mũthenya wothe; herithĩtio rũciinĩ o rũciinĩ.
And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
15 Ingĩoigire atĩrĩ, “Nĩngwaria o ũũ,” nĩingĩakunyanĩire ciana ciaku.
If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
16 No rĩrĩa ndageragia gũtaũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro ũcio wothe, watuĩkire wa kũũhinyĩrĩria,
I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
17 o nginya rĩrĩa ndatoonyire handũ-harĩa-haamũre ha Mũrungu; hĩndĩ ĩyo ngĩkĩmenya ũrĩa makaarĩkĩrĩria.
until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
18 Ti-itherũ ũmaigaga kũndũ kũrĩa gũtenderũ; ũmagũithagia thĩ makaanangĩka.
So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
19 Hĩ! Kaĩ nĩmakanangwo o rĩmwe-ĩ! Makaaniinwo biũ nĩ imakania!
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
20 O ta ũrĩa kĩroto gĩthiraga mũndũ okĩra, no taguo makahaana rĩrĩa Wee Mwathani ũkaarahũka, ũkaamaagĩra bata o ta irooto.
As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
21 Rĩrĩa ngoro yakwa yarĩ na kĩeha na roho wakwa ũgatuurwo,
For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
22 ndiarĩ na meciiria magima, na ndiarĩ na ũmenyo; ndahaanaga o ta nyamũ ndĩ mbere yaku.
And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
23 No rĩrĩ, ngoragwo nawe hĩndĩ ciothe; nĩũũnyiitĩte guoko gwakwa kwa ũrĩo.
I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.
24 Nĩũndongoragia na ũtaaro waku, na thuutha ũcio nĩũkanyamũkĩra riiri-inĩ waku.
You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.
25 Nũũ ũngĩ ndĩ nake kũu igũrũ tiga Wee? Gũkũ thĩ ndirĩ na kĩndũ ĩngĩĩrirĩria tiga o Wee.
For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?
26 Mwĩrĩ wakwa na ngoro yakwa no ciage hinya, no rĩrĩ, Ngai nĩwe hinya wa ngoro yakwa, na nĩwe rwĩga rwakwa nginya tene.
My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.
27 Ti-itherũ arĩa magũtiganagĩria nĩmagathira; nĩũkanangaga arĩa othe matakwĩhokete.
For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.
28 No ha ũhoro wakwa-rĩ, nĩ wega gũkuhĩrĩria Ngai. Nĩnduĩte Mwathani Jehova rĩũrĩro rĩakwa; nĩndĩrĩheanaga ũhoro wa ciĩko ciaku ciothe.
But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
