Zaburi 88
1 Wimbo. Zaburi ya wana wa Kora. Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa mahalathi leanothi. Utenzi wa Hemani Mwezrahi. Ee Bwana, Mungu uniokoaye, nimelia mbele zako usiku na mchana.
A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.
2 Maombi yangu yafike mbele zako, utegee kilio changu sikio lako.
Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 Nimehesabiwa miongoni mwa wale waendao shimoni, niko kama mtu asiye na nguvu.
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Nimetengwa pamoja na wafu, kama waliochinjwa walalao kaburini, ambao huwakumbuki tena, ambao wamekatiliwa mbali na uangalizi wako.
Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
6 Umenitupa katika shimo lenye kina kirefu sana, katika vina vya giza nene.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
7 Ghadhabu yako imekuwa nzito juu yangu, umenigharikisha kwa mawimbi yako yote.
Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
8 Umenitenga na rafiki zangu wa karibu na kunifanya chukizo kwao. Nimezuiliwa, wala siwezi kutoroka;
Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 nuru ya macho yangu imefifia kwa ajili ya huzuni. Ee Bwana, ninakuita kila siku, ninakunyooshea wewe mikono yangu.
Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Je, wewe huwaonyesha wafu maajabu yako? Je, wale waliokufa huinuka na kukusifu?
Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? (Selah)
11 Je, upendo wako hutangazwa kaburini, uaminifu wako katika Uharibifu?
Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
12 Je, maajabu yako hujulikana mahali pa giza, au matendo yako ya haki katika nchi ya usahaulifu?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Lakini ninakulilia wewe, Ee Bwana, unisaidie; asubuhi maombi yangu huja mbele zako.
But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
14 Ee Bwana, kwa nini unanikataa na kunificha uso wako?
Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
15 Tangu ujana wangu nimeteseka, nikakaribia kifo; nimepatwa na hofu zako, nami nimekata tamaa.
I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
16 Ghadhabu yako imepita juu yangu; hofu zako zimeniangamiza.
Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
17 Mchana kutwa zinanizunguka kama mafuriko; zimenimeza kabisa.
They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
18 Umeniondolea marafiki na wapendwa wangu; giza limekuwa ndilo rafiki yangu wa karibu kuliko wote.
Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
