Zaburi 69
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Yungiyungi.” Zaburi ya Daudi. Ee Mungu, niokoe, kwa maana maji yamenifika shingoni.
Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.
2 Ninazama kwenye vilindi vya matope, pasipo mahali pa kukanyaga, Nimefika kwenye maji makuu, mafuriko yamenigharikisha.
I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 Nimechoka kwa kuomba msaada, koo langu limekauka. Macho yangu yanafifia, nikimtafuta Mungu wangu.
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Wale wanaonichukia bila sababu ni wengi kuliko nywele za kichwa changu; wengi ni adui kwangu bila sababu, wale wanaotafuta kuniangamiza. Ninalazimishwa kurudisha kitu ambacho sikuiba.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
5 Ee Mungu, wewe unajua upumbavu wangu, wala hatia yangu haikufichika kwako.
O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Ee Bwana, ewe Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, wakutumainio wasiaibishwe kwa ajili yangu; wakutafutao wasifedheheshwe kwa ajili yangu, Ee Mungu wa Israeli.
Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord Jehovah of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
7 Kwa maana nimestahimili dharau kwa ajili yako, aibu imefunika uso wangu.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.
8 Nimekuwa mgeni kwa ndugu zangu, mgeni kwa wana wa mama yangu mwenyewe.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.
9 Kwa kuwa wivu wa nyumba yako unanila, matukano ya wale wanaokutukana yameniangukia.
For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.
10 Ninapolia na kufunga, lazima nivumilie matusi.
When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 Ninapovaa nguo ya gunia, watu hunidharau.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12 Wale wanaoketi mlangoni wananisimanga, nimekuwa wimbo wa walevi.
Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
13 Lakini Ee Bwana, ninakuomba, kwa wakati ukupendezao; katika upendo wako mkuu, Ee Mungu, unijibu kwa wokovu wako wa hakika.
But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Uniokoe katika matope, usiniache nizame; niokoe na hao wanichukiao, kutoka kwenye vilindi vya maji.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Usiache mafuriko yanigharikishe au vilindi vinimeze, au shimo lifumbe kinywa chake juu yangu.
Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16 Ee Bwana, unijibu, kwa wema wa upendo wako; kwa huruma zako nyingi unigeukie.
Answer me, O Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,
17 Usimfiche mtumishi wako uso wako, uharakishe kunijibu, kwa sababu niko katika shida.
and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.
18 Njoo karibu uniokoe, nikomboe kwa sababu ya adui zangu.
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19 Unajua jinsi ninavyodharauliwa, kufedheheshwa na kuaibishwa, adui zangu wote unawajua.
Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.
20 Dharau zimenivunja moyo na nimekata tamaa, nimetafuta wa kunihurumia, lakini sikumpata, wa kunituliza, lakini sikumpata.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
21 Waliweka nyongo katika chakula changu na walinipa siki nilipokuwa na kiu.
They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Meza iliyoandaliwa mbele yao na iwe mtego, nayo iwe upatilizo na tanzi.
Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.
23 Macho yao yatiwe giza ili wasiweze kuona, nayo migongo yao iinamishwe daima.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and bow down their back continually.
24 Uwamwagie ghadhabu yako, hasira yako kali na iwapate.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
25 Mahali pao na pawe ukiwa, wala asiwepo yeyote atakayeishi katika mahema yao.
Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.
26 Kwa kuwa wanawatesa wale uliowajeruhi, na kuzungumza juu ya maumivu ya wale uliowaumiza.
For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.
27 Walipize uovu juu ya uovu, usiwaache washiriki katika wokovu wako.
Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Wafutwe kutoka kitabu cha uzima na wasiorodheshwe pamoja na wenye haki.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Mimi niko katika maumivu na dhiki; Ee Mungu, wokovu wako na unihifadhi.
But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 Nitalisifu jina la Mungu kwa wimbo, nami nitamtukuza kwa kumtolea shukrani.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving,
31 Hili litampendeza Bwana kuliko ngʼombe dume, zaidi ya fahali akiwa na pembe na kwato zake.
and it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.
32 Maskini wataona na kufurahi: ninyi mnaomtafuta Mungu, mioyo yenu na iishi!
The meek have seen it, and are glad. Ye who seek after God, let your heart live.
33 Bwana huwasikia wahitaji wala hadharau watu wake waliotekwa.
For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise his prisoners.
34 Mbingu na dunia zimsifu, bahari na vyote viendavyo ndani yake,
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.
35 kwa maana Mungu ataiokoa Sayuni na kuijenga tena miji ya Yuda. Kisha watu watafanya makao yao humo na kuimiliki,
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
36 watoto wa watumishi wake watairithi na wale wote walipendao jina lake wataishi humo.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.
