Zaburi 41
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Heri mtu yule anayemjali mnyonge, Bwana atamwokoa wakati wa shida.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
2 Bwana atamlinda na kuyahifadhi maisha yake, atambariki katika nchi na hatamwacha katika tamaa ya adui zake.
May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.
3 Bwana atamtegemeza awapo mgonjwa kitandani, atamwinua kutoka kitandani mwake.
May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.
4 Nilisema, “Ee Bwana nihurumie, niponye, maana nimekutenda dhambi wewe.”
I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
5 Adui zangu wanasema kwa hila, “Lini atakufa, na jina lake litokomee kabisa.”
My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?
6 Kila anapokuja mtu kunitazama, huzungumza uongo, huku moyo wake hukusanya masingizio; kisha huondoka na kuyasambaza huku na huko.
And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.
7 Adui zangu wote hunongʼonezana dhidi yangu, hao huniwazia mabaya sana, wakisema,
All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
8 “Ugonjwa mbaya sana umempata, kamwe hatainuka tena kitandani mwake.”
They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?
9 Hata rafiki yangu wa karibu niliyemwamini, yule aliyekula chakula changu ameniinulia kisigino chake.
For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.
10 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, nihurumie, ukaniinue tena, ili niweze kuwalipiza kisasi.
But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.
11 Najua kwamba wapendezwa nami, kwa kuwa adui yangu hanishindi.
By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.
12 Katika uadilifu wangu unanitegemeza na kuniweka kwenye uwepo wako milele.
But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.
13 Msifuni Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, tangu milele na hata milele.
Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.
