Zaburi 81
1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa gitithi. Zaburi ya Asafu. Mwimbieni kwa furaha, Mungu aliye nguvu yetu; mpigieni kelele za shangwe Mungu wa Yakobo!
For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
2 Anzeni wimbo, pigeni matari, pigeni kinubi na zeze kwa sauti nzuri.
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
3 Pigeni baragumu za pembe za kondoo dume wakati wa Mwandamo wa Mwezi, na wakati wa mwezi mpevu, katika siku ya Sikukuu yetu;
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.
4 hii ni amri kwa Israeli, agizo la Mungu wa Yakobo.
For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
5 Aliiweka iwe kama sheria kwa Yosefu alipotoka dhidi ya Misri, huko tulikosikia lugha ambayo hatukuielewa.
He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
6 Asema, “Nimeondoa mzigo mabegani mwao; mikono yao iliwekwa huru kutoka kwenye kikapu.
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
7 Katika shida yako uliniita nami nikakuokoa, nilikujibu katika mawingu yenye ngurumo; nilikujaribu katika maji ya Meriba.
Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. (Pause)
8 “Enyi watu wangu, sikieni, nami nitawaonya: laiti kama mngenisikiliza, ee Israeli!
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
9 Hamtakuwa na mungu mgeni miongoni mwenu; msimsujudie mungu wa kigeni.
there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
10 Mimi ni Bwana Mungu wako, niliyekutoa nchi ya Misri. Panua sana kinywa chako nami nitakijaza.
For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “Lakini watu wangu hawakutaka kunisikiliza; Israeli hakutaka kunitii.
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
12 Basi niliwaacha katika ukaidi wa mioyo yao wafuate mashauri yao wenyewe.
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
13 “Laiti kama watu wangu wangalinisikiliza, kama Israeli wangalifuata njia zangu,
If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
14 ningaliwatiisha adui zao kwa haraka, na kuugeuza mkono wangu dhidi ya watesi wao!
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
15 Wale wanaomchukia Bwana wangalinyenyekea mbele zake, na adhabu yao ingedumu milele.
The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.
16 Bali ninyi mngalilishwa ngano iliyo bora, na kuwatosheleza kwa asali itokayo kwenye mwamba.”
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
