Zaburi 104
1 Nitamsifu Yahwe maisha yangu yote, Ewe Yahwe Mungu wangu, wewe ni mkubwa sana; umevikwa kwa utukufu na enzi.
[I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!
2 Unajifunika mwenyewe kwa nuru kama kwa mavazi; umetandaza mbingu kama pazia za hema.
You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] a tent.
3 Umeweka mawinguni mihimili ya vyumba vyako; huyafanya mawingu gari lako; hutembea juu ya mbawa za upepo.
You made/put your home [in heaven], above the rain clouds in the sky, [like a man puts the] rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots [to carry you].
4 Yeye huufanya upepo kuwa wajumbe wake, miale ya moto kuwa watumishi wake.
You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
5 Aliiweka misingi ya nchi, nayo haitahamishwa kamwe.
You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
6 Wewe uliifunika nchi kwa maji kama kwa mavazi; maji yalifunika milima.
[Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
7 Kukemea kwako kulifanya maji kupungua; kwa sauti ya radi yako yakaondoka kasi.
[But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
8 Milima iliinuka, na mabonde yakaenea mahali ambapo wewe ulikwisha pachagua kwa ajili yao.
Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
9 Umeweka mipaka kwa ajili yao ambao hayawezi kuupita; hayawezi kuifunika nchi tena.
[Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
10 Yeye alifanya chemchemi kutiririsha maji mabondeni; mito kutiririka katikati ya milima.
You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
11 Inasambaza maji kwa ajili ya wanyama wote wa shambani; punda wa porini hukata kiu yao.
Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
12 Kandokando ya mito ndege hujenga viota vyao; huimba kati ya matawi.
Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
13 Humwagilia milima kutoka katika chumba chake cha maji mawinguni. Nchi imejazwa kwa matunda ya kazi yake.
From (your home in heaven/the sky) you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create.
14 Huzifanya nyasi kukua kwa ajili ya mifugo na mimea kwa ajili ya binadamu kulima ili kwamba mwanadamu aweze kuzalisha chakula toka nchini.
You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle [to eat], and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way [animals and people] get their food from [what grows in] the soil.
15 Hutengeneza mvinyo kumfurahisha mwanadamu, mafuta yakumfanya uso wake ung'ae, na chakula kwa ajili ya kuimarisha uhai wake.
We get [grapes to make] [MTY] wine to [drink and] make us cheerful, and we get [olives to make] [MTY] olive oil to [put on our] skin and cause it to shine, and we get [grain to make] [MTY] bread to give us strength.
16 Miti ya Yahwe hupata mvua nyingi; Mierezi ya Lebanoni aliyoipanda.
Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
17 Hapo ndege hutengeneza viota vyao. Na korongo, misunobari ni nyuma yake.
Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
18 Mbuzi mwitu huishi kwenye milima mrefu; na urefu wa milima ni kimilio la wibari.
High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
19 Aliuchagua mwezi kuweka alama ya majira; jua latambua kuchwa kwake.
[Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
20 Wewe hufanya giza la usiku ambapo wanyama wote wa msituni hutoka nje.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
21 Wana simba huunguruma kwa ajili ya mawindo na hutafuta chakula chao kutoka kwa Mungu.
At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
22 Jua linapochomoza, huenda zao na kujilaza mapangoni mwao.
At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
23 Wakati huo huo, watu hutoka nje kuelekea kazi zao na utumishi wake mpaka jioni.
And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening.
24 Yahwe, ni jinsi gani kazi zako zilivyo nyingi na za aina mbalimbali! Kwa hekima ulizifanya zote; nchi inafurika kwa kazi zako.
Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were [very] wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you [made].
25 Kule kuna bahari, yenye kina kirefu na pana, ikiwa na viume vingi visivyo hesabika, vyote vidogo na vikubwa.
[We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
26 Meli husafili humo, na ndimo alimo Lewiathani uliye muumba acheze baharini.
We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
27 Hawa wote hukutazama wewe uwape chakula kwa wakati.
All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
28 Unapowapa chakula, hukusanyika; ufunguapo mkono wako, wanatosheka.
When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they [eat it and] are satisfied.
29 Unapouficha uso wako, wanateseka; ukiiondoa pumzi yao, wanakufa na kurudi mavumbini.
[But] if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies [decay and] become soil again.
30 Unapotuma Roho yako, wanaumbwa, nawe unaifanya upya nchi.
When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth.
31 Utukufu wa Yahwe na udumu milele; Yahwe na aufurahie uumbaji wake.
I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
32 Yeye hutazama nchi, nayo hutikisika; huigusa milima, nayo hutoa moshi.
He causes the earth to shake [just] by looking at it! By [merely] touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke!
33 Nitamwimbia Yahwe maisha yangu yote; nitamwimbia sifa Mungu wangu nigali ninaishi.
I will sing to Yahweh (as long as I live/throughout my entire life). I will praise my God until the day that I die.
34 Mawazo yangu na yawe matamu kwake; nitafurahia katika Yahwe.
I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
35 Wenye dhambi na waondoshwe katika nchi, na waovu wasiwepo tena. Ninamsifu Yahwe maisha yangu yote. Msifuni Yahwe.
[But] I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked [people]! [But as for] me, I will praise Yahweh! (Praise him/Hallelujah)!
