Zaburi 146

1 Msifuni Bwana! Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana,

Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

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

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

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

Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

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

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

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

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God,

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

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

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

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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

Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

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

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

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

Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!