Zaburi 79
1 Zaburi ya Asafu. Ee Mungu, mataifa yameuvamia urithi wako, wamelinajisi Hekalu lako takatifu, wameifanya Yerusalemu kuwa magofu.
A psalm of Asaph. Heathen, O God, have come into your land, defiling your holy temple, and laying Jerusalem in ruins.
2 Wametoa maiti za watumishi kuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na nyama ya watakatifu wako kwa wanyama wa nchi.
They have given the bodies of your dead servants to the birds of the air to devour, and the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the field.
3 Wamemwaga damu kama maji kuzunguka Yerusalemu yote, wala hakuna yeyote wa kuwazika.
Round about Jerusalem they have poured out their blood like water; and there was no one to bury them.
4 Tumekuwa kitu cha aibu kwa jirani zetu, cha dharau na mzaha kwa wale wanaotuzunguka.
On every side our neighbours revile us and mock us and jeer at us.
5 Hata lini, Ee Bwana? Je, wewe utakasirika milele? Wivu wako utawaka kama moto hadi lini?
How long will you be angry, O Lord? Will your jealousy burn like fire forever?
6 Mwaga ghadhabu yako kwa mataifa yasiyokukubali, juu ya falme za hao wasioliitia jina lako,
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
7 kwa maana wamemrarua Yakobo na kuharibu nchi ya makao yake.
For Jacob they devoured, they have desolated his home.
8 Usituhesabie dhambi za baba zetu, huruma yako na itujie hima, kwa maana tu wahitaji mno.
Do not remember against us our ancestors’ sins; O meet us soon with your pity, for utterly weak are we.
9 Ee Mungu Mwokozi wetu, utusaidie, kwa ajili ya utukufu wa jina lako; tuokoe na kutusamehe dhambi zetu kwa ajili ya jina lako.
Help us, O God our saviour, for the renown of your name: for your reputation deliver us and cover over our sins.
10 Kwa nini mataifa waseme, “Yuko wapi Mungu wenu?” Mbele ya macho yetu, dhihirisha kati ya mataifa kwamba unalipiza kisasi damu iliyomwagwa ya watumishi wako.
Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Let revenge for the outpoured blood of your servants be shown on the heathen before our eyes.
11 Kilio cha huzuni cha wafungwa kifike mbele zako; kwa nguvu za mkono wako hifadhi wale waliohukumiwa kufa.
May the groans of the prisoner come before you; free the children of death by your mighty arm.
12 Walipize jirani zetu mara saba vifuani mwao aibu walizovurumisha juu yako, Ee Bwana.
Pay our neighbours back sevenfold for the scorn they have heaped upon you, O Lord.
13 Ndipo sisi watu wako, kondoo wa malisho yako, tutakusifu milele; toka kizazi hadi kizazi tutasimulia sifa zako.
Then we, your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for evermore, and tell your praise to all generations.
