Zaburi 41
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Heri mtu yule anayemjali mnyonge, Bwana atamwokoa wakati wa shida.
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning 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.
The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
3 Bwana atamtegemeza awapo mgonjwa kitandani, atamwinua kutoka kitandani mwake.
The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
4 Nilisema, “Ee Bwana nihurumie, niponye, maana nimekutenda dhambi wewe.”
I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
5 Adui zangu wanasema kwa hila, “Lini atakufa, na jina lake litokomee kabisa.”
My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall 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 he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
7 Adui zangu wote hunongʼonezana dhidi yangu, hao huniwazia mabaya sana, wakisema,
All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
8 “Ugonjwa mbaya sana umempata, kamwe hatainuka tena kitandani mwake.”
They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
9 Hata rafiki yangu wa karibu niliyemwamini, yule aliyekula chakula changu ameniinulia kisigino chake.
For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
10 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, nihurumie, ukaniinue tena, ili niweze kuwalipiza kisasi.
But thou, 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 know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
12 Katika uadilifu wangu unanitegemeza na kuniweka kwenye uwepo wako milele.
But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
13 Msifuni Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, tangu milele na hata milele.
Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.
