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. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Kumbuka watu uliowanunua zamani, kabila la urithi wako, ambao uliwakomboa: Mlima Sayuni, ambamo uliishi.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased 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 feet unto the perpetual ruins, 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 thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.
5 Walifanya kama watu wanaotumia mashoka kukata kichaka cha miti.
They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
6 Walivunjavunja milango yote iliyonakshiwa kwa mashoka na vishoka vyao.
And now all the carved work thereof together they break 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 synagogues 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 drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [pluck 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 divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Ni wewe uliyeponda vichwa vya Lewiathani nawe ukamtoa kama chakula kwa viumbe vya jangwani.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, thou gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ni wewe uliyefungua chemchemi na vijito, ulikausha mito ambayo ilikuwa ikitiririka daima.
Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 Mchana ni wako, nao usiku ni wako pia, uliziweka jua na mwezi.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the 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, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that foolish 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.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth 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 return ashamed: 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 how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
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 ascendeth continually.
