Zaburi 79
1 Zaburi ya Asafu. Ee Mungu, mataifa yameuvamia urithi wako, wamelinajisi Hekalu lako takatifu, wameifanya Yerusalemu kuwa magofu.
A psalm of Asaph. God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of 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 dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.
3 Wamemwaga damu kama maji kuzunguka Yerusalemu yote, wala hakuna yeyote wa kuwazika.
They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
4 Tumekuwa kitu cha aibu kwa jirani zetu, cha dharau na mzaha kwa wale wanaotuzunguka.
We have become a reproach for our neighbors, mocking and derision to those who are around us.
5 Hata lini, Ee Bwana? Je, wewe utakasirika milele? Wivu wako utawaka kama moto hadi lini?
How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your jealous anger burn like fire?
6 Mwaga ghadhabu yako kwa mataifa yasiyokukubali, juu ya falme za hao wasioliitia jina lako,
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
7 kwa maana wamemrarua Yakobo na kuharibu nchi ya makao yake.
For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his villages.
8 Usituhesabie dhambi za baba zetu, huruma yako na itujie hima, kwa maana tu wahitaji mno.
Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; may your merciful actions come to us, for we are very low.
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, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
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?” May the blood of your servants that was shed be avenged on the nations 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 prisoners come before you; with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive.
12 Walipize jirani zetu mara saba vifuani mwao aibu walizovurumisha juu yako, Ee Bwana.
Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.
13 Ndipo sisi watu wako, kondoo wa malisho yako, tutakusifu milele; toka kizazi hadi kizazi tutasimulia sifa zako.
So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever. We will tell your praises to all generations.
