Zaburi 18
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi mtumishi wa Bwana aliyomwimbia Bwana wakati Bwana alipomwokoa mikononi mwa adui zake wote, na pia mkononi mwa Sauli. Alisema hivi: Nakupenda wewe, Ee Bwana, nguvu yangu.
For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 Bwana ni mwamba wangu, ngome yangu na mwokozi wangu, Mungu wangu ni mwamba, ambaye kwake ninakimbilia. Yeye ni ngao yangu na pembe ya wokovu wangu, ngome yangu.
The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
3 Ninamwita Bwana anayestahili kusifiwa, nami ninaokolewa kutoka kwa adui zangu.
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
4 Kamba za mauti zilinizunguka, mafuriko ya maangamizi yalinilemea.
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Katika shida yangu nalimwita Bwana, nilimlilia Mungu wangu anisaidie. Kutoka hekaluni mwake alisikia sauti yangu, kilio changu kikafika mbele zake, masikioni mwake.
And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears.
7 Dunia ilitetemeka na kutikisika, misingi ya milima ikatikisika, vilitetemeka kwa sababu alikuwa amekasirika.
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.
8 Moshi ukapanda kutoka puani mwake, moto uteketezao ukatoka kinywani mwake, makaa ya moto yawakayo yakatoka ndani mwake.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
9 Akazipasua mbingu akashuka chini, mawingu meusi yalikuwa chini ya miguu yake.
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
10 Alipanda juu ya kerubi akaruka, akapaa juu kwa mbawa za upepo.
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
11 Alifanya giza kuwa kitu chake cha kujifunika, hema lake kumzunguka, mawingu meusi ya mvua ya angani.
And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.
12 Kutokana na mwanga wa uwepo wake mawingu yalisogea, ikanyesha mvua ya mawe na umeme wa radi.
At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 Bwana alinguruma kutoka mbinguni, sauti ya Aliye Juu Sana ilisikika.
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
14 Aliipiga mishale yake na kutawanya adui, naam, umeme mwingi wa radi na kuwafukuza.
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
15 Mabonde ya bahari yalifunuliwa, na misingi ya dunia ikawa wazi kwa kukaripia kwako, Ee Bwana, kwa uvumi wa pumzi kutoka puani mwako.
And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath.
16 Alinyoosha mkono kutoka juu na kunishika; alinitoa kutoka kilindi cha maji makuu.
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.
17 Aliniokoa kutoka adui wangu mwenye nguvu nyingi, kutoka adui zangu waliokuwa na nguvu nyingi kuliko mimi.
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
18 Walinikabili siku ya msiba wangu, lakini Bwana alikuwa msaada wangu.
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
19 Alinileta nje mahali penye nafasi tele, akaniokoa kwa kuwa alipendezwa nami.
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.
20 Bwana alinitendea sawasawa na uadilifu wangu; sawasawa na usafi wa mikono yangu amenilipa.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
21 Kwa maana nimezishika njia za Bwana; sijatenda ubaya nikamwacha Mungu wangu.
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 Sheria zake zote zi mbele yangu, wala sijayaacha maagizo yake.
For all his judgements were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
23 Nimekuwa sina hatia mbele zake, nami nimejilinda nisitende dhambi.
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
24 Bwana amenilipa sawasawa na uadilifu wangu; sawasawa na usafi wa mikono yangu machoni pake.
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
25 Kwa yeye aliye mwaminifu, unajionyesha kuwa mwaminifu, kwa asiye na hatia, unajionyesha kutokuwa na hatia.
With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
26 Kwa aliye mtakatifu, unajionyesha kuwa mtakatifu, lakini kwa aliyepotoka, unajionyesha kuwa mkaidi.
And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
27 Wewe huwaokoa wanyenyekevu, lakini huwashusha wenye kiburi.
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
28 Wewe, Ee Bwana, unaifanya taa yangu iendelee kuwaka; Mungu wangu hulifanya giza langu kuwa mwanga.
For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
29 Kwa msaada wako naweza kushinda jeshi, nikiwa pamoja na Mungu wangu nitaweza kuruka ukuta.
For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
30 Kuhusu Mungu, njia yake ni kamilifu, neno la Bwana halina dosari. Yeye ni ngao kwa wote wanaokimbilia kwake.
[As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.
31 Kwa maana ni nani aliye Mungu zaidi ya Bwana? Ni nani aliye Mwamba isipokuwa Mungu wetu?
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
32 Mungu ndiye anivikaye nguvu na kufanya njia yangu kuwa kamilifu.
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
33 Huifanya miguu yangu kama miguu ya kulungu, huniwezesha kusimama mahali palipo juu.
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
34 Huifundisha mikono yangu kupigana vita; mikono yangu inaweza kupinda upinde wa shaba.
He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
35 Hunipa ngao yako ya ushindi, nao mkono wako wa kuume hunitegemeza, unajishusha chini ili kuniinua.
And you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me.
36 Huyapanua mapito yangu, ili miguu yangu isiteleze.
You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
37 Niliwafuatia adui zangu na nikawapata, sikurudi nyuma mpaka walipoangamizwa.
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
38 Niliwaseta hata hawakuweza kuinuka tena; walianguka chini ya miguu yangu.
I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 Ulinivika nguvu kwa ajili ya kupigana vita; uliwafanya adui zangu wasujudu miguuni pangu.
For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
40 Uliwafanya adui zangu wageuke na kukimbia, nami nikawaangamiza adui zangu.
And you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me.
41 Walipiga yowe, lakini hapakuwepo na yeyote wa kuwaokoa; walimlilia Bwana, lakini hakuwajibu.
They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
42 Niliwaponda kama mavumbi yanayopeperushwa na upepo; niliwamwaga nje kama tope barabarani.
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
43 Umeniokoa kutokana na mashambulizi ya watu; umenifanya kuwa kiongozi wa mataifa, watu ambao sikuwajua wananitumikia.
Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
44 Mara wanisikiapo hunitii, wageni hunyenyekea mbele yangu.
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
45 Wote wanalegea, wanatoka katika ngome zao wakitetemeka.
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
46 Bwana yu hai! Sifa ni kwa Mwamba wangu! Atukuzwe Mungu Mwokozi wangu!
The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 Yeye ndiye Mungu anilipiziaye kisasi, awatiishaye mataifa chini yangu,
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
48 aniokoaye na adui zangu. Uliniinua juu ya adui zangu; uliniokoa toka kwa watu wajeuri.
my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man.
49 Kwa hiyo nitakusifu katikati ya mataifa, Ee Bwana; nitaliimbia sifa jina lako.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, amongst the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
50 Humpa mfalme wake ushindi mkuu, huonyesha fadhili zake kwa mpakwa mafuta wake, kwa Daudi na wazao wake milele.
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
