Zaburi 71
1 Ee Bwana, nimekukimbilia wewe, usiache nikaaibika kamwe.
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
2 Kwa haki yako uniponye na kuniokoa, unitegee sikio lako uniokoe.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.
3 Uwe kwangu mwamba wa kimbilio, mahali nitakapokimbilia kila wakati; toa amri ya kuniokoa, kwa kuwa wewe ni mwamba wangu na ngome yangu.
Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.
4 Ee Mungu wangu uniokoe kutoka kwenye mkono wa mwovu, kutoka kwenye makucha ya watu wabaya na wakatili.
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of a wicked man, out of the hand of an unrighteous and cruel man.
5 Kwa kuwa umekuwa tumaini langu, Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, tegemeo langu tangu ujana wangu.
For thou are my hope, O lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.
6 Tangu kuzaliwa nimekutegemea wewe, ulinitoa tumboni mwa mama yangu. Nitakusifu wewe daima.
By thee I have been held up from the womb. Thou are he who took me out of my mother's bowels. My praise shall be continually of thee.
7 Nimekuwa kama kioja kwa wengi, lakini wewe ni kimbilio langu imara.
I am as a wonder to many, but thou are my strong refuge.
8 Kinywa changu kimejazwa sifa zako, nikitangaza utukufu wako mchana kutwa.
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy honor all the day.
9 Usinitupe wakati wa uzee, wala usiniache nguvu zangu zinapopungua.
Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 Kwa maana adui zangu wananisengenya, wale wanaonivizia kuniua wafanya hila.
For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,
11 Wanasema, “Mungu amemwacha, mkimbilieni mkamkamate, kwani hakuna wa kumwokoa.”
saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.
12 Ee Mungu, usiwe mbali nami, njoo haraka kunisaidia, Ee Mungu wangu.
O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
13 Washtaki wangu na waangamie kwa aibu, wale wanaotaka kunidhuru na wafunikwe kwa dharau na fedheha.
Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.
14 Lakini mimi, nitatumaini siku zote, nitakusifu zaidi na zaidi.
But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
15 Kinywa changu kitasimulia haki yako, wokovu wako mchana kutwa, ingawa sifahamu kipimo chake.
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers.
16 Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, nitakuja na kutangaza matendo yako makuu, nitatangaza haki yako, yako peke yako.
I will come with the mighty acts of the lord Jehovah. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 Ee Mungu, umenifundisha tangu ujana wangu, hadi leo ninatangaza matendo yako ya ajabu.
O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.
18 Ee Mungu, usiniache, hata niwapo mzee wa mvi, mpaka nitangaze uwezo wako kwa kizazi kijacho, nguvu zako kwa wote watakaokuja baadaye.
Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.
19 Ee Mungu, haki yako imefika juu katika mbingu, wewe ambaye umefanya mambo makuu. Ee Mungu, ni nani aliye kama wewe?
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, thou who have done great things. O God, who is like thee?
20 Ingawa umenifanya nipate taabu, nyingi na chungu, utanihuisha tena, kutoka vilindi vya dunia utaniinua tena.
Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Utaongeza heshima yangu na kunifariji tena.
Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.
22 Ee Mungu wangu, nitakusifu kwa kinubi kwa ajili ya uaminifu wako; Ee Uliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, nitakuimbia sifa kwa zeze.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 Midomo yangu itapaza sauti kwa furaha ninapokuimbia sifa, mimi, ambaye umenikomboa.
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to thee, and my soul, which thou have redeemed.
24 Ulimi wangu utasimulia matendo yako ya haki mchana kutwa, kwa maana wale waliotaka kunidhuru, wameaibishwa na kufadhaishwa.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.
