Mapisarema 74
1 Masikiri raAsafi. Haiwa Mwari, makatirambireiko nokusingaperi? Kutsamwa kwenyu kwapfungairireiko pamusoro pamakwai anofudzwa nemi?
Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Rangarirai vanhu vamakatenga kare, rudzi rwenhaka yenyu, ivo vamakadzikinura, Gomo reZioni, pamaigara.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Dzorai nhambwe dzenyu mutarise matongo asingaperi, kuparadza ikoku kwose kwakauya nomuvengi pamusoro penzvimbo yenyu tsvene.
Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Vavengi venyu vakaomba panzvimbo yamakasangana nesu; vakamisa mireza yavo sechiratidzo.
And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5 Vakaita savanhu vanosimudza matemo kuti vateme dondo remiti.
And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
6 Vakaputsa zvose zvakavezwa namatemo avo nembezo.
They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
7 Vakapisira pasi nzvimbo yenyu tsvene; vakamhura ugaro hweZita renyu.
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
8 Vakati mumwoyo yavo, “Tichavaputsa zvachose!” Vakapisa nzvimbo dzose dzokunamatira Mwari munyika.
They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
9 Hatichaoni zviratidzo zvinoshamisa; hakuna muprofita akasara, pakati pedu hapana munhu anoziva kuti zvicharamba zvakadaro kusvikira rini.
Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
10 Haiwa Mwari, muvengi acharamba achikushorai kusvikira riniko? Ko, muvengi acharamba achimhura zita renyu nokusingaperi here?
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
11 Munodzoserereiko ruoko rwenyu shure, irwo ruoko rwenyu rworudyi? Rubvisei pamupendero wenguo yenyu muvaparadze!
Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
12 Asi imi, iyemi Mwari, ndimi mambo wangu kubva nakare; imi munouyisa ruponeso panyika.
But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ndimi makaganhura gungwa napakati nesimba renyu; makaputsa misoro yechikara chomumvura.
Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Ndimi makapwanya misoro yaRevhiatani, mukamuita chokudya chezvisikwa zvomugwenga.
Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
15 Ndimi makazarura zvitubu nehova; mukapwisa nzizi dzaigara dzichierera.
Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
16 Zuva nderenyu, uye usiku ndohwenyuwo; makasimbisa zuva nomwedzi.
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
17 Ndimi makatara miganhu yose yenyika; mukaita zvose zhizha nechando.
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
18 Rangarirai kuti muvengi akakushorai sei, imi Jehovha, uye kuti mapenzi akamhura sei zita renyu.
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
19 Regai kuisa upenyu hwenjiva yenyu kumhuka dzesango; regai kukanganwa nokusingaperi upenyu hwavanhu venyu vanonetswa.
Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
20 Ivai nehanya nesungano yenyu, nokuti mweya wokurwisana wazadza nzvimbo dzerima munyika.
Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
21 Musarega vakadzvinyirirwa vachidududza shure nenyadzi; varombo navanoshayiwa ngavarumbidze zita renyu.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
22 Simukai, imi Mwari, mutsigire mhaka yenyu; rangarirai kuti mapenzi anokushorai sei zuva rose.
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
23 Regai kushayira hanya ruzha rwavadzivisi venyu, bope ravavengi venyu, rinoramba richikwira.
Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
