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!

TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

2 Anzeni wimbo, pigeni matari, pigeni kinubi na zeze kwa sauti nzuri.

Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with stringed instrument.

3 Pigeni baragumu za pembe za kondoo dume wakati wa Mwandamo wa Mwezi, na wakati wa mwezi mpevu, katika siku ya Sikukuu yetu;

Blow a horn in the month, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

4 hii ni amri kwa Israeli, agizo la Mungu wa Yakobo.

For it [is] a statute to Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 Aliiweka iwe kama sheria kwa Yosefu alipotoka dhidi ya Misri, huko tulikosikia lugha ambayo hatukuielewa.

He has placed it—a testimony on Joseph, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known—I hear.

6 Asema, “Nimeondoa mzigo mabegani mwao; mikono yao iliwekwa huru kutoka kwenye kikapu.

I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, His hands pass over from the basket.

7 Katika shida yako uliniita nami nikakuokoa, nilikujibu katika mawingu yenye ngurumo; nilikujaribu katika maji ya Meriba.

In distress you have called and I deliver you, I answer you in the secret place of thunder, I try you by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

8 “Enyi watu wangu, sikieni, nami nitawaonya: laiti kama mngenisikiliza, ee Israeli!

Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, O Israel, if you listen to me:

9 Hamtakuwa na mungu mgeni miongoni mwenu; msimsujudie mungu wa kigeni.

There is not in you a strange god, And you do not bow yourself to a strange god.

10 Mimi ni Bwana Mungu wako, niliyekutoa nchi ya Misri. Panua sana kinywa chako nami nitakijaza.

I [am] your God YHWH, Who brings you up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge your mouth, and I fill it.

11 “Lakini watu wangu hawakutaka kunisikiliza; Israeli hakutaka kunitii.

But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel has not consented to Me.

12 Basi niliwaacha katika ukaidi wa mioyo yao wafuate mashauri yao wenyewe.

And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

13 “Laiti kama watu wangu wangalinisikiliza, kama Israeli wangalifuata njia zangu,

O that My people were listening to Me, Israel would walk in My ways.

14 ningaliwatiisha adui zao kwa haraka, na kuugeuza mkono wangu dhidi ya watesi wao!

As a little thing I cause their enemies to bow, And I turn back My hand against their adversaries,

15 Wale wanaomchukia Bwana wangalinyenyekea mbele zake, na adhabu yao ingedumu milele.

Those hating YHWH should have feigned [obedience] to Him, And their time would last for all time.

16 Bali ninyi mngalilishwa ngano iliyo bora, na kuwatosheleza kwa asali itokayo kwenye mwamba.”

He causes him to eat of the fat of wheat, And I satisfy you [with] honey from a rock!