Zaburi 40
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Nilimngoja Bwana kwa saburi, naye akaniinamia, akasikia kilio changu.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
2 Akanipandisha kutoka shimo la uharibifu, kutoka matope na utelezi; akaiweka miguu yangu juu ya mwamba na kunipa mahali imara pa kusimama.
And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.
3 Akaweka wimbo mpya kinywani mwangu, wimbo wa sifa kwa Mungu wetu. Wengi wataona na kuogopa na kuweka tumaini lao kwa Bwana.
And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.
4 Heri mtu yule amfanyaye Bwana kuwa tumaini lake, asiyewategemea wenye kiburi, wale wenye kugeukia miungu ya uongo.
Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
5 Ee Bwana Mungu wangu, umefanya mambo mengi ya ajabu. Mambo uliyopanga kwa ajili yetu hakuna awezaye kukuhesabia; kama ningesema na kuyaelezea, yangekuwa mengi mno kuyaelezea.
You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.
6 Dhabihu na sadaka hukuvitaka, lakini umefungua masikio yangu; sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukuzihitaji.
Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
7 Ndipo niliposema, “Mimi hapa, nimekuja: imeandikwa kunihusu katika kitabu.
Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:
8 Ee Mungu wangu, natamani kuyafanya mapenzi yako; sheria yako iko ndani ya moyo wangu.”
that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
9 Nimehubiri haki katika kusanyiko kubwa, sikufunga mdomo wangu, Ee Bwana, kama ujuavyo.
I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
10 Sikuficha haki yako moyoni mwangu; ninasema juu ya uaminifu wako na wokovu wako. Sikuficha upendo wako na kweli yako mbele ya kusanyiko kubwa.
I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
11 Ee Bwana, usizuilie huruma zako, upendo wako na kweli yako daima vinilinde.
O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.
12 Kwa maana taabu zisizo na hesabu zimenizunguka, dhambi zangu zimenikamata, hata nisiweze kuona. Zimekuwa nyingi kuliko nywele za kichwa changu, nao moyo unazimia ndani yangu.
For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.
13 Ee Bwana, uwe radhi kuniokoa; Ee Bwana, njoo hima unisaidie.
Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.
14 Wote wanaotafuta kuuondoa uhai wangu, waaibishwe na kufadhaishwa; wote wanaotamani kuangamizwa kwangu, warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.
Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.
15 Wale waniambiao, “Aha! Aha!” wafadhaishwe na iwe aibu yao.
Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”
16 Lakini wote wakutafutao washangilie na kukufurahia, wale wapendao wokovu wako siku zote waseme, “Bwana atukuzwe!”
Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
17 Lakini bado mimi ni maskini na mhitaji; Bwana na anifikirie. Wewe ndiwe msaada wangu na Mwokozi wangu; Ee Mungu wangu, usikawie.
But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.
