Zaburi 123

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Ninayainua macho yangu kwako, kwako wewe ambaye kiti chako cha enzi kiko mbinguni.

A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

2 Kama vile macho ya watumwa yatazamavyo mkono wa bwana wao, kama vile macho ya mtumishi wa kike yatazamavyo mkono wa bibi yake, ndivyo macho yetu yamtazamavyo Bwana Mungu wetu, mpaka atakapotuhurumia.

See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.

3 Uturehemu, Ee Bwana, uturehemu, kwa maana tumevumilia dharau nyingi.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.

4 Tumevumilia dhihaka nyingi kutoka kwa wenye kiburi, dharau nyingi kutoka kwa wenye majivuno.

For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.