Zaburi 116

1 Nampenda Yahwe kwa kuwa anasikia sauti yangu na kuomba kwangu kwa ajili ya huruma.

I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

2 Kwa sababu alinisikiliza, nitamuita yeye ningali ninaishi.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

3 Kamba za mauti zilinizunguka, na mitego ya kuzimu ilinikabili; niliona dhiki na huzuni. (Sheol h7585)

The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: (Sheol h7585)

4 Kisha niliita kwa jina la Yahwe: “Tafadhali Yahwe, uiokoe nafsi yangu.”

And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

5 Yahwe ni mwenye neema na haki; Mungu wetu ni mwenye huruma.

The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

6 Yahwe huwalinda wasio na hila; nilishushwa chini akaniokoa.

The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me.

7 Nafsi yangu inaweza kurudi mahali pake pa kupumzika, kwa kuwa Yahwe amekuwa mwema kwangu.

Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

8 Kwa maana uliokoa uhai wangu dhidi ya kifo, mcho yangu dhidi ya machozi, na miguu yangu dhidi ya kujikwaa.

For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

9 Nitamtumikia Yahwe katika nchi ya walio hai.

I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

10 Nilimwamini yeye, hata niliposema, “nimeteswa sana.”

I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

11 Kwa haraka nilisema, “Watu wote ni waongo.”

I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

12 Nimlipeje Yahwe kwa wema wake wote kwangu?

What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?

13 Nitakiinua kikombe cha wokovu, na kuliitia jina la Yahwe.

I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

14 Nitatimiza viapo vyangu kwa Yahwe katika uwepo wa watu wake wote.

I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

15 Mauti ya wacha Mungu ina thamani machoni pa Mungu.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

16 Ee Yahwe, hakika, mimi ni mtumishi wako; mimi ni mtumishi wako, mwana wa mjakazi wako; umefungua vifungo vyangu.

O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

17 Nitakutolea dhabihu ya shukrani na nitaliitia jina la Yahwe.

I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 Nitatimiza viapo vyangu kwa Yahwe katika uwepo wa watu wake wote,

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

19 katika nyua za nyumba ya Yahwe, katikati yako, Yerusalemu. Msifuni Yahwe.

In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.