Zaburi 123

1 Nakuinulia macho yangu, wewe uketiye mbinguni.

Yahweh, I look up toward you, up to heaven, from where you rule.

2 Tazama, kama vile macho ya watumishi watazamapo kwenye mkono wa Bwana wao, na kama macho ya mjakazi yatazamapo mkono wa bibi yake, ndivyo hivyo macho yetu yanamtazama Yahwe mpaka atakapo tuhurumia.

Like servants ask [IDM] their masters [for what they need] and like maids ask t their mistresses [for what they need], we ask you, Yahweh our God, [for what we need], and we ask you to be merciful to us.

3 Ee Yahwe, utuhurumie, kwa maana tunadhalilishwa sana.

Yahweh, be very merciful [DOU] to us because [our enemies] have acted very contemptuously toward us.

4 Tumeshibishwa mzaha wa wenye kiburi na dharau ya wenye majivuno.

Rich people have made fun of us for a long time, and proud [people] who have (oppressed/acted cruelly toward) us have acted toward us as though we were worthless.