Zaburi 84

1 Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa gitithi. Zaburi ya wana wa Kora. Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, makao yako yapendeza kama nini!

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

2 Nafsi yangu inatamani sana, naam, hata kuona shauku, kwa ajili ya nyua za Bwana; moyo wangu na mwili wangu vinamlilia Mungu Aliye Hai.

My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.

3 Hata shomoro amejipatia makao, mbayuwayu amejipatia kiota mahali awezapo kuweka makinda yake: mahali karibu na madhabahu yako, Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mfalme wangu na Mungu wangu.

Yes, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

4 Heri wale wanaokaa nyumbani mwako, wanaokusifu wewe daima.

Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. (Pause)

5 Heri wale ambao nguvu zao ziko kwako, na njia ziendazo Sayuni zimo mioyoni mwao.

Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up

6 Wanapopita katika Bonde la Baka, hulifanya mahali pa chemchemi, pia mvua za vuli hulijaza kwa madimbwi.

the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.

7 Huendelea toka nguvu hadi nguvu, hadi kila mmoja afikapo mbele za Mungu huko Sayuni.

They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

8 Ee Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote, sikia maombi yangu; nisikilize, Ee Mungu wa Yakobo.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. (Pause)

9 Ee Mungu, uitazame ngao yetu, mtazame kwa wema mpakwa mafuta wako.

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of your anointed.

10 Siku moja katika nyua zako ni bora kuliko siku elfu mahali pengine; afadhali ningekuwa bawabu katika nyumba ya Mungu wangu kuliko kukaa katika mahema ya waovu.

For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

11 Kwa kuwa Bwana ni jua na ngao, Bwana hutoa wema na heshima; hakuna kitu chema anachowanyima wale ambao hawana hatia.

For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

12 Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, heri ni mtu yule anayekutumaini wewe.

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.