Zaburi 139
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Ee Bwana, umenichunguza na kunijua.
[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] YHWH, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 Unajua ninapoketi na ninapoinuka; unatambua mawazo yangu tokea mbali.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Unafahamu kutoka kwangu na kulala kwangu; unaelewa njia zangu zote.
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Kabla neno halijafika katika ulimi wangu, wewe walijua kikamilifu, Ee Bwana.
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, look, YHWH, you know it altogether.
5 Umenizunguka nyuma na mbele; umeweka mkono wako juu yangu.
You encircle me behind and in front, and you place your hand upon me.
6 Maarifa haya ni ya ajabu mno kwangu, ni ya juu sana kwangu kuyafikia.
This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
7 Niende wapi nijiepushe na Roho yako? Niende wapi niukimbie uso wako?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 Kama nikienda juu mbinguni, wewe uko huko; nikifanya vilindi kuwa kitanda changu, wewe uko huko. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Kama nikipanda juu ya mbawa za mapambazuko, kama nikikaa pande za mbali za bahari,
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 hata huko mkono wako utaniongoza, mkono wako wa kuume utanishika kwa uthabiti.
Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 Kama nikisema, “Hakika giza litanificha na nuru inayonizunguka iwe usiku,”
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
12 hata giza halitakuwa giza kwako, usiku utangʼaa kama mchana, kwa kuwa giza ni kama nuru kwako.
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 Kwa maana wewe ndiwe uliyeumba utu wangu wa ndani; uliniunga pamoja tumboni mwa mama yangu.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 Ninakusifu kwa sababu nimeumbwa kwa namna ya ajabu na ya kutisha; kazi zako ni za ajabu, ninajua hayo kikamilifu.
I will give thanks to you, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows that very well.
15 Umbile langu halikufichika kwako, nilipoumbwa mahali pa siri. Nilipoungwa pamoja kwa ustadi katika vilindi vya nchi,
My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 macho yako yaliniona kabla mwili wangu haujakamilika. Siku zangu zote ulizonipangia ziliandikwa katika kitabu chako kabla haijakuwepo hata moja.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 Tazama jinsi yalivyo ya thamani mawazo yako kwangu, Ee Mungu! Jinsi jumla yake ilivyo kubwa!
How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them.
18 Kama ningezihesabu, zingekuwa nyingi kuliko mchanga. Niamkapo, bado niko pamoja nawe.
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 Laiti ungewachinja waovu, Ee Mungu! Ondokeni kwangu, ninyi wamwaga damu!
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men.
20 Wanazungumza juu yako wakiwa na kusudi baya, adui zako wanatumia vibaya jina lako.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Ee Bwana, je, nisiwachukie wanaokuchukia? Nisiwachukie sana wanaoinuka dhidi yako?
YHWH, do I not hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 Sina kitu zaidi ya chuki dhidi yao, ninawahesabu ni adui zangu.
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Ee Mungu, nichunguze, uujue moyo wangu, nijaribu na ujue mawazo yangu.
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 Uone kama kuna njia iletayo machukizo ndani yangu, uniongoze katika njia ya milele.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
