Zaburi 51
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Baada ya kukemewa na nabii Nathani kwa kuzini na Bathsheba. Ee Mungu, unihurumie, kwa kadiri ya upendo wako usiokoma, kwa kadiri ya huruma yako kuu, uyafute makosa yangu.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2 Unioshe na uovu wangu wote na unitakase dhambi yangu.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 Kwa maana ninajua makosa yangu, na dhambi yangu iko mbele yangu daima.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
4 Dhidi yako, wewe peke yako, nimetenda dhambi na kufanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pako, ili uthibitike kuwa wa kweli unenapo, na kuwa na haki utoapo hukumu.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
5 Hakika mimi nilizaliwa mwenye dhambi, mwenye dhambi tangu nilipotungwa mimba kwa mama yangu.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Hakika wewe wapendezwa na kweli itokayo moyoni, ndani sana ya moyo wangu wanifundisha hekima.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Nioshe kwa hisopo, nami nitakuwa safi, unisafishe, nami nitakuwa mweupe kuliko theluji.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Unipe kusikia furaha na shangwe, mifupa uliyoiponda na ifurahi.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Ufiche uso wako usizitazame dhambi zangu, na uufute uovu wangu wote.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Ee Mungu, uniumbie moyo safi, uifanye upya roho ya uthabiti ndani yangu.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Usinitupe kutoka mbele zako wala kuniondolea Roho wako Mtakatifu.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Unirudishie tena furaha ya wokovu wako, unipe roho ya utii, ili initegemeze.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
13 Ndipo nitakapowafundisha wakosaji njia zako, na wenye dhambi watakugeukia wewe.
[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to thee.
14 Ee Mungu, Mungu uniokoaye, niokoe na hatia ya kumwaga damu, nao ulimi wangu utaimba juu ya haki yako.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 Ee Bwana, fungua midomo yangu, na kinywa changu kitatangaza sifa zako.
O LORD, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
16 Wewe hupendezwi na dhabihu, au ningaliileta, hufurahii sadaka za kuteketezwa.
For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt-offering.
17 Bali dhabihu za Mungu ni roho iliyovunjika, moyo uliovunjika wenye toba, Ee Mungu, hutaudharau.
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Kwa wema wa radhi yako uifanye Sayuni istawi, ukazijenge upya kuta za Yerusalemu.
Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Hapo ndipo kutakapokuwa na dhabihu za haki, sadaka nzima za kuteketezwa za kukupendeza sana, pia mafahali watatolewa madhabahuni mwako.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.
