Zaburi 63
1 Zaburi ya Daudi. Wakati alipokuwa katika Jangwa la Yuda. Ee Mungu, wewe ni Mungu wangu, nakutafuta kwa moyo wote; nafsi yangu inakuonea kiu, mwili wangu unakuonea wewe shauku, katika nchi kame na iliyochoka mahali ambapo hapana maji.
God, you are the God whom I [worship]. I greatly desire to be with you like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires [some cool water].
2 Nimekuona katika mahali patakatifu na kuuona uwezo wako na utukufu wako.
So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.
3 Kwa sababu upendo wako ni bora kuliko uhai, midomo yangu itakuadhimisha.
Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.
4 Nitakusifu siku zote za maisha yangu, na kwa jina lako nitainua mikono yangu.
I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
5 Nafsi yangu itatoshelezwa kama kwa wingi wa vyakula; kwa midomo iimbayo kinywa changu kitakusifu wewe.
[Knowing you satisfies me more than] [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast, [so] I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.
6 Kitandani mwangu ninakukumbuka wewe, ninawaza juu yako makesha yote ya usiku.
While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,
7 Kwa sababu wewe ndiwe msaada wangu, chini ya uvuli wa mbawa zako naimba.
because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you [as a little bird is protected] under [its mother’s] wings [MET].
8 Nafsi yangu inaambatana nawe, mkono wako wa kuume hunishika.
I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.
9 Wale wanaotafuta uhai wangu wataharibiwa, watakwenda chini kwenye vilindi vya dunia.
But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;
10 Watatolewa wafe kwa upanga, nao watakuwa chakula cha mbweha.
they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.
11 Bali mfalme atafurahi katika Mungu, wale wote waapao kwa jina la Mungu watamsifu, bali vinywa vya waongo vitanyamazishwa.
But I, the king [of Israel], will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything.
