Zaburi 59
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Usiharibu!” Utenzi wa Daudi. Wakati Sauli alipotuma wapelelezi nyumbani mwa Daudi ili wamuue. Ee Mungu, uniokoe na adui zangu, unilinde kutokana na hao wanaoinuka dhidi yangu.
For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
2 Uniponye na watu watendao mabaya, uniokoe kutokana na wamwagao damu.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 Tazama wanavyonivizia! Watu wakali wananifanyia hila, ingawa Ee Bwana, mimi sijakosea wala kutenda dhambi.
For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
4 Sijatenda kosa; hata hivyo wako tayari kunishambulia. Inuka unisaidie, uone hali yangu mbaya!
Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu wa Israeli! Zinduka uyaadhibu mataifa yote, usionyeshe huruma kwa wasaliti.
And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
6 Hurudi wakati wa jioni, wakibweka kama mbwa, wakiuzurura mji.
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Tazama yale wanayotema kutoka vinywa vyao, hutema upanga kutoka midomo yao, nao husema, “Ni nani atakayetusikia?”
Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
8 Lakini wewe, Bwana, uwacheke; unayadharau mataifa hayo yote.
But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen.
9 Ee nguvu yangu, ninakutazama wewe, wewe, Ee Mungu, ndiwe ngome yangu,
will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper.
10 Mungu wangu unipendaye. Mungu atanitangulia, naye atanifanya niwachekelee wale wanaonisingizia.
[As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
11 Lakini usiwaue, Ee Bwana, ngao yetu, au sivyo watu wangu watasahau. Katika uwezo wako wafanye watangetange na uwashushe chini.
Slay them not, lest they forget your law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
12 Kwa ajili ya dhambi za vinywa vyao, kwa ajili ya maneno ya midomo yao, waache wanaswe katika kiburi chao. Kwa ajili ya laana na uongo wanaotamka,
[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
13 wateketeze katika ghadhabu, wateketeze hadi wasiwepo tena. Ndipo itakapofahamika katika miisho ya dunia kwamba Mungu anatawala juu ya Yakobo.
And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: [they shall fall] by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. (Pause)
14 Hurudi jioni, wakibweka kama mbwa, wakiuzurura mji.
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Wanatangatanga wakitafuta chakula, wasipotosheka hubweka kama mbwa.
They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 Lakini mimi nitaziimba nguvu zako, asubuhi nitaimba juu ya upendo wako; kwa maana wewe ndiwe ngome yangu na kimbilio langu wakati wa shida.
But I will sing to your strength, and in the morning will I exult [in] your mercy; for you have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.
17 Ee uliye Nguvu zangu, ninakuimbia sifa. Wewe, Ee Mungu, ndiwe ngome yangu, Mungu unipendaye.
[You are] my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
