Zaburi 124

1 “Kama Yahwe asingekuwa upande wetu,” Israeli na aseme sasa,

A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

2 “Kama asingekuwa Yahwe ambaye alikuwa upande wetu wakati watu walipoinuka dhidi yetu,

if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

3 basi wangekuwa wametumeza tungali hai hasira yao lipozidi dhidi yetu.

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4 Maji yangetugharikisha; mto ungetuzidia.

verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

5 Kisha maji yafurikayo yangetuzamisha.”

Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

6 Atukuzwe Yahwe, ambaye hajaruhusu tuwe mawindo kwa meno yao.

Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

7 Tumetoroka kama ndege mtegoni mwa wawindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tumetoroka.

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

8 Msaada wetu uko katika Yahwe, aliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.