Zaburi 41
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Heri mtu yule anayemjali mnyonge, Bwana atamwokoa wakati wa shida.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 Bwana atamlinda na kuyahifadhi maisha yake, atambariki katika nchi na hatamwacha katika tamaa ya adui zake.
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 Bwana atamtegemeza awapo mgonjwa kitandani, atamwinua kutoka kitandani mwake.
Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
4 Nilisema, “Ee Bwana nihurumie, niponye, maana nimekutenda dhambi wewe.”
As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Adui zangu wanasema kwa hila, “Lini atakufa, na jina lake litokomee kabisa.”
Mine enemies wish me evil: 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 if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
7 Adui zangu wote hunongʼonezana dhidi yangu, hao huniwazia mabaya sana, wakisema,
All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
8 “Ugonjwa mbaya sana umempata, kamwe hatainuka tena kitandani mwake.”
A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
9 Hata rafiki yangu wa karibu niliyemwamini, yule aliyekula chakula changu ameniinulia kisigino chake.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
10 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, nihurumie, ukaniinue tena, ili niweze kuwalipiza kisasi.
But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 Najua kwamba wapendezwa nami, kwa kuwa adui yangu hanishindi.
By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Katika uadilifu wangu unanitegemeza na kuniweka kwenye uwepo wako milele.
But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Msifuni Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, tangu milele na hata milele.
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.
