Zaburi 74
1 Utenzi wa Asafu. Ee Mungu, mbona umetukataa milele? Mbona hasira yako inatoka moshi juu ya kondoo wa malisho yako?
Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
2 Kumbuka watu uliowanunua zamani, kabila la urithi wako, ambao uliwakomboa: Mlima Sayuni, ambamo uliishi.
Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
3 Geuza hatua zako kuelekea magofu haya ya kudumu, uharibifu wote huu ambao adui ameuleta pale patakatifu.
Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
4 Adui zako wamenguruma pale ulipokutana nasi, wanaweka bendera zao kama alama.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.
5 Walifanya kama watu wanaotumia mashoka kukata kichaka cha miti.
It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
6 Walivunjavunja milango yote iliyonakshiwa kwa mashoka na vishoka vyao.
And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Waliteketeza kabisa mahali pako patakatifu, wakayanajisi makao ya Jina lako.
They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
8 Walisema mioyoni mwao, “Tutawaponda kabisa!” Walichoma kila mahali ambapo Mungu aliabudiwa katika nchi.
They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 Hatukupewa ishara za miujiza; hakuna manabii waliobaki, hakuna yeyote kati yetu ajuaye hali hii itachukua muda gani.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Ee Mungu, mtesi atakudhihaki mpaka lini? Je, adui watalitukana jina lako milele?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
11 Kwa nini unazuia mkono wako, mkono wako wa kuume? Uutoe kutoka makunjo ya vazi lako na uwaangamize!
Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.
12 Lakini wewe, Ee Mungu, ni mfalme wangu tangu zamani, unaleta wokovu duniani.
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ni wewe uliyeigawanya bahari kwa uweza wako; ulivunja vichwa vya wanyama wakubwa wa kutisha katika maji.
Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Ni wewe uliyeponda vichwa vya Lewiathani nawe ukamtoa kama chakula kwa viumbe vya jangwani.
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ni wewe uliyefungua chemchemi na vijito, ulikausha mito ambayo ilikuwa ikitiririka daima.
Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Mchana ni wako, nao usiku ni wako pia, uliziweka jua na mwezi.
Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.
17 Ni wewe uliyeiweka mipaka yote ya dunia, ulifanya kiangazi na masika.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Ee Bwana, kumbuka jinsi mtesi alivyokudhihaki, jinsi watu wapumbavu walivyolitukana jina lako.
Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.
19 Usiukabidhi uhai wa njiwa wako kwa wanyama wakali wa mwitu; usisahau kabisa uhai wa watu wako wanaoteseka milele.
O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
20 Likumbuke agano lako, maana mara kwa mara mambo ya jeuri yamejaa katika sehemu za giza nchini.
Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Usiruhusu walioonewa warudi nyuma kwa aibu; maskini na wahitaji hebu walisifu jina lako.
O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
22 Inuka, Ee Mungu, ujitetee; kumbuka jinsi wapumbavu wanavyokudhihaki mchana kutwa.
Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
23 Usipuuze makelele ya watesi wako, ghasia za adui zako, zinazoinuka mfululizo.
Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.
