Zaburi 68
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Wimbo. Mungu na ainuke, watesi wake watawanyike, adui zake na wakimbie mbele zake.
Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.
2 Kama vile moshi upeperushwavyo na upepo, vivyo hivyo uwapeperushe mbali, kama vile nta iyeyukavyo kwenye moto, vivyo hivyo waovu na waangamie mbele za Mungu.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 Bali wenye haki na wafurahi, washangilie mbele za Mungu, wafurahi na kushangilia.
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.
4 Mwimbieni Mungu, liimbieni sifa jina lake, mtukuzeni yeye aendeshwaye juu ya mawingu: jina lake ni Bwana, furahini mbele zake.
Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
5 Baba wa yatima, mtetezi wa wajane, ni Mungu katika makao yake matakatifu.
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:
6 Mungu huwaweka wapweke katika jamaa, huwaongoza wafungwa wakiimba, bali waasi huishi katika nchi kame.
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
7 Ee Mungu, ulipowatangulia watu wako, ulipopita nyikani,
O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert:
8 dunia ilitikisika, mbingu zikanyesha mvua, mbele za Mungu, Yule wa Sinai, mbele za Mungu, Mungu wa Israeli.
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
9 Ee Mungu, ulinyesha mvua nyingi na kuiburudisha ardhi iliyokuwa imechoka.
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
10 Ee Mungu, watu wako waliishi huko, nawe kwa wingi wa utajiri wako uliwapa maskini mahitaji yao.
In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
11 Bwana alitangaza neno, waliolitangaza neno hilo walikuwa kundi kubwa:
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
12 “Wafalme na majeshi walikimbia upesi, watu waliobaki kambini waligawana nyara.
The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.
13 Hata ulalapo katikati ya mioto ya kambini, mabawa ya njiwa wangu yamefunikwa kwa fedha, manyoya yake kwa dhahabu ingʼaayo.”
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
14 Wakati Mwenyezi alipowatawanya wafalme katika nchi, ilikuwa kama theluji iliyoanguka juu ya Salmoni.
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.
15 Milima ya Bashani ni milima iliyotukuka, milima ya Bashani ina vilele vilivyochongoka.
The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.
16 Enyi milima yenye vilele vilivyochongoka, kwa nini mnakazia macho kwa wivu, katika mlima Mungu anaochagua kutawala, ambako Bwana mwenyewe ataishi milele?
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
17 Magari ya Mungu ni makumi ya maelfu, na maelfu ya maelfu; Bwana amekuja kutoka Sinai hadi katika patakatifu pake.
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.
18 Ulipopanda juu, uliteka mateka, ukapokea vipawa kutoka kwa wanadamu, hata kutoka kwa wale walioasi, ili wewe, Ee Bwana Mungu, upate kuishi huko.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.
19 Sifa apewe Bwana, Mungu Mwokozi wetu, ambaye siku kwa siku hutuchukulia mizigo yetu.
Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.
20 Mungu wetu ni Mungu aokoaye, Bwana Mwenyezi hutuokoa na kifo.
Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.
21 Hakika Mungu ataponda vichwa vya adui zake, vichwa vya hao waendao katika njia za dhambi.
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.
22 Bwana alisema, “Nitawarudisha kutoka Bashani; nitawarudisha kutoka vilindi vya bahari,
The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:
23 ili uweze kuchovya miguu yako katika damu ya adui zako, huku ndimi za mbwa wako zikiwa na fungu lake.”
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.
24 Ee Mungu, maandamano yako yameonekana, maandamano ya Mungu wangu, Mfalme wangu, yakielekea patakatifu pake.
They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.
25 Mbele wako waimbaji, baada yao wapiga vinanda, pamoja nao wako wanawali wakipiga matari.
Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
26 Msifuni Mungu katika kusanyiko kubwa, msifuni Bwana katika kusanyiko la Israeli.
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel.
27 Liko kabila dogo la Benyamini likiwaongoza, wakifuatwa na kundi kubwa la watawala wa Yuda, hatimaye watawala wa Zabuloni na Naftali.
There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
28 Ee Mungu, amuru uwezo wako, Ee Mungu tuonyeshe nguvu zako, kama ulivyofanya hapo awali.
Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
29 Kwa sababu ya Hekalu lako Yerusalemu wafalme watakuletea zawadi.
From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
30 Mkemee mnyama aliyeko kwenye manyasi, kundi la mafahali katikati ya ndama za mataifa. Na walete minara ya madini ya fedha wakinyenyekea. Tawanya mataifa yapendayo vita.
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
31 Wajumbe watakuja kutoka Misri, Kushi atajisalimisha kwa Mungu.
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
32 Mwimbieni Mungu, enyi falme za dunia, mwimbieni Bwana sifa,
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
33 mwimbieni sifa yeye apandaye mbingu za kale zilizo juu, yeye angurumaye kwa sauti kuu.
Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
34 Tangazeni uwezo wa Mungu, ambaye fahari yake iko juu ya Israeli, ambaye uwezo wake uko katika anga.
Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
35 Ee Mungu, wewe unatisha katika mahali patakatifu pako, Mungu wa Israeli huwapa watu wake uwezo na nguvu. Mungu Asifiwe!
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
