Zaburi 31
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Ee Bwana, nimekukimbilia wewe, usiache nikaaibika kamwe, kwa haki yako uniokoe.
In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Nitegee sikio lako, uje uniokoe haraka; uwe kwangu mwamba wa kimbilio, ngome imara ya kuniokoa.
Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 Kwa kuwa wewe ni mwamba wangu na ngome yangu, uniongoze na kunilinda kwa ajili ya jina lako.
For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Uniepushe na mtego niliotegewa, maana wewe ndiwe kimbilio langu.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.
5 Ninaikabidhi roho yangu mikononi mwako, unikomboe Ee Bwana, uliye Mungu wa kweli.
Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 Ninawachukia wale wanaongʼangʼania sanamu batili; mimi ninamtumaini Bwana.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 Nitafurahia na kushangilia upendo wako, kwa kuwa uliona mateso yangu na ulijua maumivu ya nafsi yangu.
I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;
8 Hukunikabidhi kwa adui yangu bali umeiweka miguu yangu mahali penye nafasi.
And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.
9 Ee Bwana unihurumie, kwa kuwa niko kwenye shida; macho yangu yanafifia kwa huzuni, nafsi yangu na mwili wangu kwa sikitiko.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 Maisha yangu yamedhoofika kwa majonzi, naam, miaka yangu kwa kulia kwa maumivu makali; nguvu zangu zinaisha kwa ajili ya mateso, na mifupa yangu inachakaa.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 Kwa sababu ya adui zangu wote, nimedharauliwa kabisa na jirani zangu, hata kwa rafiki zangu nimekuwa tisho, wale wanionao barabarani hunikimbia.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 Nimesahaulika miongoni mwao kama mtu aliyekufa, nimekuwa kama chombo cha mfinyanzi kilichovunjika.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 Kwa maana nimesikia maneno niliyosingiziwa na wengi; vitisho viko pande zote; kwa kuwa wamefanya mashauri dhidi yangu, na kula njama kuniua.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 Lakini mimi ninakutumaini wewe peke yako, Ee Bwana; nimesema, “Wewe ndiwe Mungu wangu.”
But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.
15 Siku za maisha yangu ziko mikononi mwako, uniokoe mikononi mwa adui zangu na wale wanifuatiao.
My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Mwangazie mtumishi wako uso wako, uniokoe kwa ajili ya upendo wako usiokoma.
Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.
17 Usiniache niaibike, Ee Bwana, kwa maana nimekulilia wewe, bali waovu waaibishwe na kunyamazishwa Kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
18 Midomo yao isemayo uongo na inyamazishwe, kwa maana kwa kiburi na dharau wao husema kwa majivuno dhidi ya wenye haki.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Tazama jinsi ulivyo mkuu wema wako, uliowawekea akiba wakuchao, ambao huwapa wale wakukimbiliao machoni pa watu.
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men!
20 Unawahifadhi katika uvuli wa uwepo wako kutokana na hila za wanadamu; katika makao yako huwaweka salama kutokana na ndimi za mashtaka.
You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Atukuzwe Bwana, kwa kuwa amenionyesha upendo wake wa ajabu nilipokuwa katika mji uliozingirwa.
Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 Katika hofu yangu nilisema, “Nimekatiliwa mbali na macho yako!” Hata hivyo ulisikia kilio changu ukanihurumia nilipokuita unisaidie.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto you.
23 Mpendeni Bwana ninyi watakatifu wake wote! Bwana huwahifadhi waaminifu, lakini wenye kiburi huwalipiza kikamilifu.
O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD perserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.
24 Kuweni hodari na mjipe moyo, ninyi nyote mnaomtumaini Bwana.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.
