< Zaburi 56 >

1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Njiwa mkimya wa mbali.” Utenzi wa Daudi. Baada ya kukamatwa na Wafilisti huko Gathi. Ee Mungu unihurumie, maana watu wananifuatia vikali; mchana kutwa wanazidisha mashambulizi yao.
For the leader. On jonath elem rehokim. Of David. A michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.
2 Wasingiziaji wangu wananifuatia mchana kutwa, wengi wananishambulia kwa kiburi chao.
All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.
3 Wakati ninapoogopa, nitakutumaini wewe.
In the day of my terror I trust in you.
4 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Mungu ninatumaini; sitaogopa. Mwanadamu apatikanaye na kufa, atanitenda nini?
In God I maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?
5 Mchana kutwa wanayageuza maneno yangu, siku zote wanapanga shauri la kunidhuru.
They torture me all the day, they ceaselessly plan to hurt me,
6 Wananifanyia hila, wanajificha, wanatazama hatua zangu, wakiwa na shauku ya kuutoa uhai wangu.
banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.
7 Wasiepuke kwa vyovyote, Ee Mungu, katika hasira yako yaangushe mataifa.
Pay them out for their sin, O God, hurl down the strong in your anger.
8 Andika maombolezo yangu, orodhesha machozi yangu katika gombo lako: je, haya hayapo katika kumbukumbu zako?
You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears are they not in your book?
9 Ndipo adui zangu watarudi nyuma ninapoita msaada. Kwa hili nitajua kwamba Mungu yuko upande wangu.
Then shall my foes be turned back in the day that I call. Of this I am sure, because God is for me.
10 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Bwana, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu,
In God I maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.
11 katika Mungu ninatumaini, sitaogopa. Mwanadamu anaweza kunitenda nini?
In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to me?
12 Ee Mungu, nina nadhiri kwako, nitakutolea wewe sadaka zangu za shukrani.
Your vows are upon me, O God, I will render thank-offerings to you;
13 Kwa kuwa umeniokoa toka kwenye mauti na miguu yangu kwenye kujikwaa, ili niweze kuenenda mbele za Mungu katika nuru ya uzima.
because you have saved me from death, my feet from stumbling, to the end that I walk before God in the light of the living.

< Zaburi 56 >