Mapisarema 74
1 Masikiri raAsafi. Haiwa Mwari, makatirambireiko nokusingaperi? Kutsamwa kwenyu kwapfungairireiko pamusoro pamakwai anofudzwa nemi?
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke 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 purchased of old; the rod of thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Dzorai nhambwe dzenyu mutarise matongo asingaperi, kuparadza ikoku kwose kwakauya nomuvengi pamusoro penzvimbo yenyu tsvene.
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Vavengi venyu vakaomba panzvimbo yamakasangana nesu; vakamisa mireza yavo sechiratidzo.
Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their banners for signs.
5 Vakaita savanhu vanosimudza matemo kuti vateme dondo remiti.
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 Vakaputsa zvose zvakavezwa namatemo avo nembezo.
But now they break down its carved work at once with axes and hammers.
7 Vakapisira pasi nzvimbo yenyu tsvene; vakamhura ugaro hweZita renyu.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 Vakati mumwoyo yavo, “Tichavaputsa zvachose!” Vakapisa nzvimbo dzose dzokunamatira Mwari munyika.
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 Hatichaoni zviratidzo zvinoshamisa; hakuna muprofita akasara, pakati pedu hapana munhu anoziva kuti zvicharamba zvakadaro kusvikira rini.
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Haiwa Mwari, muvengi acharamba achikushorai kusvikira riniko? Ko, muvengi acharamba achimhura zita renyu nokusingaperi here?
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Munodzoserereiko ruoko rwenyu shure, irwo ruoko rwenyu rworudyi? Rubvisei pamupendero wenguo yenyu muvaparadze!
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 Asi imi, iyemi Mwari, ndimi mambo wangu kubva nakare; imi munouyisa ruponeso panyika.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ndimi makaganhura gungwa napakati nesimba renyu; makaputsa misoro yechikara chomumvura.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Ndimi makapwanya misoro yaRevhiatani, mukamuita chokudya chezvisikwa zvomugwenga.
Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ndimi makazarura zvitubu nehova; mukapwisa nzizi dzaigara dzichierera.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
16 Zuva nderenyu, uye usiku ndohwenyuwo; makasimbisa zuva nomwedzi.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Ndimi makatara miganhu yose yenyika; mukaita zvose zhizha nechando.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Rangarirai kuti muvengi akakushorai sei, imi Jehovha, uye kuti mapenzi akamhura sei zita renyu.
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Regai kuisa upenyu hwenjiva yenyu kumhuka dzesango; regai kukanganwa nokusingaperi upenyu hwavanhu venyu vanonetswa.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Ivai nehanya nesungano yenyu, nokuti mweya wokurwisana wazadza nzvimbo dzerima munyika.
Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 Musarega vakadzvinyirirwa vachidududza shure nenyadzi; varombo navanoshayiwa ngavarumbidze zita renyu.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Simukai, imi Mwari, mutsigire mhaka yenyu; rangarirai kuti mapenzi anokushorai sei zuva rose.
Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Regai kushayira hanya ruzha rwavadzivisi venyu, bope ravavengi venyu, rinoramba richikwira.
Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
