Zaburi 144
1 Atukuzwe Yahwe, mwamba wangu, anifundishaye mikono yangu vita na vidole vyangu kupigana.
By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 Wewe ni uaminifu wa agano langu na ngome yangu, mnara wangu mrefu na uniokoaye, ngao yangu na yule ambaye katika yeye napata kimbilio, uyatiishaye mataifa chini yangu.
My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!
3 Ee Yahwe, mtu ni kitu gani hata umtazame au mwana wa mtu hata umfikirie?
Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?
4 Mtu ni kama pumzi, siku zake ni kama uvuli upitao.
Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by.
5 Ee Yahwe uziinamishe mbingu na ushuke chini, uiguse milima na uifanye kutoa moshi.
Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
6 Utume umeme uwatawanye adui zangu; upige mishale yako na uwavuruge.
Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,
7 Nyosha mkono wako toka juu; uniokoe kutoka katika maji mengi, na kutoka katika mkono wa wageni.
Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,
8 vinywa vyao hunena uongo, na mkono wao wa kuume ni mkono wa uongo.
Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
9 Nitakuimbia wimbo mpya, Mungu; kwa kinanda cha nyuzi kumi nitakuimbia sifa wewe,
O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.
10 uwapaye wafalme wokovu, uliye muokoa Daudi mtumishi wako dhidi ya upanga wa uovu.
Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
11 Uniokoe na unitoe mkononi mwa wageni. Midomo yao huongea uongo, na mkono wao wa kuume ni mkono wa uongo.
Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood,
12 Wana wetu na wawe kama mimea ikuayo kwa ukumbwa timilifu katika ujana wao na binti zetu kama nguzo za pembeni, zilizonakishiwa kwa kupamba jumba la kifahari.
Because our sons [are] as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished — the likeness of a palace,
13 Ghala zetu na zijae akiba ya kila aina ya mazao, na kondoo wetu wazae elfu na makumi elfu mashambani mwetu.
Our garners [are] full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,
14 Kisha ng'ombe wetu watakuwa na nddama wengi. Hakuna atakayevunja kuta zetu; hakutakuwa na uhamisho wala kilio mitaani mwetu.
Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.
15 Wamebarikiwa watu wenye baraka hizo; furaha ina watu ambao Mungu wao ni Yahwe.
O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God [is] Jehovah!
