Zaburi 124

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

A song of ascents; of David. “If Yahweh had not been on our side,” let Israel say now,

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

“if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side when men rose up against us,

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

then they would have swallowed us up alive when their anger raged against us.

4 Maji yangetugharikisha; mto ungetuzidia.

The water would have swept us away; the torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 Kisha maji yafurikayo yangetuzamisha.”

Then the raging waters would have drowned us.”

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

Blessed be Yahweh, who has not allowed us to be torn by their teeth.

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

We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

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

Our help is in Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.