Mapisarema 69
1 Kumutungamiri wokuimba namaimbirwo a“Maruva eMahapa.” Pisarema raDhavhidhi. Ndiponesei, imi Mwari, nokuti mvura zhinji yakwira kusvikira pamutsipa wangu.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
2 Ndinonyura munhope yakadzika, pasina pangatsika makumbo angu. Ndapinda mumvura yakadzika; ndafukidzwa namafashamu.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 Ndaneta nokuridza mhere yokuti ndibatsirwe; huro dzangu dzaoma, meso angu aneta nokumirira Mwari wangu.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
4 Vanondivenga ndisina mhosva vakawanda kupfuura bvudzi romusoro wangu; vanondivenga ndisina mhosva vazhinji, avo vanotsvaka kundiparadza. Ndinomanikidzwa kudzosera zvandisina kuba.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
5 Munoziva upenzi hwangu, imi Mwari; mhaka yangu haina kuvanzika kwamuri.
God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
6 Vaya vane tariro mamuri ngavarege kunyadziswa nokuda kwangu, haiwa Ishe, Jehovha Wamasimba Ose; vanokutsvakai ngavarege kunyadziswa nokuda kwangu, haiwa Mwari waIsraeri.
Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7 Nokuti ndinotsunga kusekwa hangu nokuda kwenyu, uye nyadzi dzafukidza chiso changu.
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
8 Ndiri mutorwa kuhama dzangu, nomweni kuvanakomana vamai vangu;
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
9 nokuti kushingairira imba yenyu kwandipedza, uye kutuka kwaavo vanokutukai kunowira pamusoro pangu.
For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 Pandinochema uye ndichitsanya, ndinofanira kushinga pakusekwa;
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
11 pandinofuka nguo dzamasaga, vanhu vanondiita shumo.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 Vaya vanogara pasuo vanondiseka, uye ndiri rwiyo rwezvidhakwa.
Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
13 Asi ndinonyengetera kwamuri, imi Mwari, panguva inokufadzai; murudo rwenyu rukuru, imi Mwari, ndipindurei noruponeso rwenyu rwechokwadi.
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
14 Ndinunurei mumatope, musandirega ndichinyura; ndirwirei kuna vanondivenga, napamvura zhinji yakadzika.
Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Musatendera mvura yamafashamu kuti indifukidze, kana kwakadzika kuti kundimedze kana kuti gomba rizarure muromo waro pamusoro pangu.
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Ndipindurei, imi Jehovha, zvichibva pakunaka kworudo rwenyu; dzokerai henyu kwandiri nokuda kwetsitsi dzenyu huru.
Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
17 Regai kuvanzira muranda wenyu chiso chenyu; ndipindurei nokukurumidza, nokuti ndava mudambudziko.
Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18 Swederai pedyo mundinunure; ndidzikinurei nokuda kwavavengi vangu.
Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 Munoziva kusekwa kwangu, kunyadziswa nokusakudzwa kwangu; vavengi vangu vose vari pamberi penyu.
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
20 Kusekwa kwaputsa mwoyo wangu, uye kwandisiya ndisisina chingandibatsira; Ndakatsvaka vangandinzwira ngoni, asi ndakavashaya, vangandinyaradza, asi ndakavashayazve.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
21 Vakaisa nduru mune zvokudya zvangu, uye vakandipa vhiniga pandaiva nenyota.
They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Tafura yagadzirwa pamberi pavo ngaive musungo; ngaive shamhu yokuranga neriva.
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
23 Meso avo ngaapofumadzwe kuti varege kuona, uye misana yavo iminame nokusingaperi.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
24 Dururirai hasha dzenyu pamusoro pavo; kutsamwa kwenyu kunotyisa ngakuvakurire.
Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
25 Nzvimbo yavo ngaisiyiwe; ngaparege kuva nomunhu anogara mumatende avo.
Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
26 Nokuti vanotambudza vaya vamakarova, uye vanotaura pamusoro pokurwadziwa kwavakakuvadzwa nemi.
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
27 Vapei mhosva pamusoro pemhosva; ngavarege kuva nomugove woruponeso rwenyu.
Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness.
28 Ngavadzimwe mubhuku roupenyu, uye varege kuverengwa pamwe chete navakarurama.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Ndiri pakurwadziwa nenhamo; ruponeso rwenyu imi Mwari, ngarundidzivirire.
But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30 Ndicharumbidza zita raMwari norwiyo, uye ndichamukudza nokuvonga.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 Izvi zvichafadza Jehovha kukunda nzombe, kupfuura hando nenyanga dzayo, namahwanda ayo.
It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32 Varombo vachazviona uye vachafara, imi vanotsvaka Mwari, mwoyo yenyu ngairarame!
The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 Jehovha anonzwa vanoshayiwa uye haashori vanhu vake vakatapwa.
For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
34 Denga nenyika ngazvimurumbidze, makungwa nezvose zvinofamba, imomo,
Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35 nokuti Mwari achaponesa Zioni agovakazve maguta aJudha. Ipapo vanhu vachagarako, vagoritora;
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
36 Vana vavaranda vake vacharipiwa senhaka, uye avo vanoda zita rake vachagara ikoko.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
