Zaburi 52
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Utenzi wa Daudi. Baada ya Doegi, Mwedomu kumwendea Sauli na kumjulisha kuwa: “Daudi amekwenda nyumbani kwa Ahimeleki.” Ewe jitu, mbona unajivunia ubaya? Kwa nini unajivuna mchana kutwa, wewe ambaye ni fedheha mbele za Mungu?
TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
2 Ulimi wako hupanga mashauri mabaya ya maangamizi. Ni kama wembe mkali, ninyi mfanyao hila.
Your tongue devises mischiefs, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
3 Unapenda mabaya kuliko mema, uongo kuliko kusema kweli.
You have loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)
4 Unapenda kila neno lenye kudhuru, ewe ulimi wenye hila!
You have loved all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.
5 Hakika Mungu atakushusha chini kwa maangamizi ya milele: atakunyakua na kukuondoa kwa nguvu kutoka hema yako, atakungʼoa kutoka nchi ya walio hai.
Also—God breaks you down forever, Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, And He has uprooted you Out of the land of the living. (Selah)
6 Wenye haki wataona na kuogopa, watamcheka, wakisema,
And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
7 “Huyu ni yule mtu ambaye hakumfanya Mungu kuwa ngome yake, bali alitumainia wingi wa utajiri wake, na akawa hodari kwa kuwaangamiza wengine!”
“Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, And trusts in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.”
8 Lakini mimi ni kama mti wa mzeituni unaostawi katika nyumba ya Mungu, nautegemea upendo wa Mungu usiokoma milele na milele.
And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, For all time and forever,
9 Nitakusifu milele kwa yale uliyoyatenda, nitatumaini jina lako, kwa kuwa jina lako ni jema. Nitakusifu mbele ya watakatifu wako.
I thank You for all time, because You have done [it], And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!
