Zaburi 146

1 Msifuni Bwana! Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana,

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

2 Nitamsifu Bwana maisha yangu yote; nitamwimbia Mungu wangu sifa wakati wote niishipo.

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Usiweke tumaini lako kwa wakuu, kwa wanadamu ambao hufa, ambao hawawezi kuokoa.

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

4 Roho yao itokapo hurudi mavumbini, siku hiyo hiyo mipango yao yote hukoma.

His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

5 Heri yeye ambaye Mungu wa Yakobo ni msaada wake, ambaye tumaini lake ni katika Bwana, Mungu wake,

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6 Muumba wa mbingu na nchi, na bahari na vyote vilivyomo ndani yake: Bwana anayedumu kuwa mwaminifu milele na milele.

who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

7 Naye huwapatia haki walioonewa na kuwapa wenye njaa chakula. Bwana huwaweka wafungwa huru,

who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

8 Bwana huwafumbua vipofu macho, Bwana huwainua waliolemewa na mizigo yao, Bwana huwapenda wenye haki.

the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

9 Bwana huwalinda wageni na kuwategemeza yatima na wajane, lakini hupinga njia za waovu.

he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

10 Bwana atamiliki milele, Mungu wako, ee Sayuni, kwa vizazi vyote. Msifuni Bwana.

The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Sion, to all generations.