Zaburi 124

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wa Daudi. Kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 wakati hasira yao ilipowaka dhidi yetu, wangalitumeza tungali hai,

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Bwana asifiwe, yeye ambaye hakuruhusu turaruliwe kwa meno yao.

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Tumeponyoka kama ndege kutoka mtego wa mwindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tukaokoka.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Msaada wetu ni katika jina la Bwana, Muumba wa mbingu na dunia.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.