Zaburi 41
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Heri mtu yule anayemjali mnyonge, Bwana atamwokoa wakati wa shida.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
2 Bwana atamlinda na kuyahifadhi maisha yake, atambariki katika nchi na hatamwacha katika tamaa ya adui zake.
Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!
3 Bwana atamtegemeza awapo mgonjwa kitandani, atamwinua kutoka kitandani mwake.
Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.
4 Nilisema, “Ee Bwana nihurumie, niponye, maana nimekutenda dhambi wewe.”
I, said—O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:
5 Adui zangu wanasema kwa hila, “Lini atakufa, na jina lake litokomee kabisa.”
Mine enemies, speak ill of 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, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.
7 Adui zangu wote hunongʼonezana dhidi yangu, hao huniwazia mabaya sana, wakisema,
Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.
8 “Ugonjwa mbaya sana umempata, kamwe hatainuka tena kitandani mwake.”
An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.
9 Hata rafiki yangu wa karibu niliyemwamini, yule aliyekula chakula changu ameniinulia kisigino chake.
Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, —hath magnified his heel against me!
10 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, nihurumie, ukaniinue tena, ili niweze kuwalipiza kisasi.
But, thou, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.
11 Najua kwamba wapendezwa nami, kwa kuwa adui yangu hanishindi.
Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.
12 Katika uadilifu wangu unanitegemeza na kuniweka kwenye uwepo wako milele.
But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.
13 Msifuni Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, tangu milele na hata milele.
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!
