Zaburi 28
1 Yahwe, ninalia; mwamba wangu, usinipuuze. Ikiwa haunijibu, nitaungana na wale waendao chini kaburini.
By David. To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
2 Sikia kilio cha kusihi kwangu pale niitapo msaada kutoka kwako, niinuapo mikono yangu mbele ya mahali patakatifu zaidi!
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands towards your Most Holy Place.
3 Usiniburute pamoja na waovu, wale wafanyao uovu, waongeao amani na majirani zao lakini mioyoni mwao mna uovu.
Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Uwape kulingana na sitahili ya matendo yao na uwalipe kulingana na madai ya maovu yao, uwalipe kwa ajili ya kazi ya mikono yao na uwape kile wanachostahili.
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
5 Kwa sababu hawayaelewi matendo ya Yahwe wala kazi ya mikono yake, atawakanyaga kanyaga chini na hata wajenga tena wao.
Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6 Abarikiwe Yahwe kwa sababu yeye amesikia sauti ya kusihi kwangu!
Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
7 Yahwe ni nguvu yangu na ngao yangu; moyo wangu wa humwamini yeye, na ninasaidiwa. Kwa hiyo moyo wangu hufurahia sana, nami nitamsifu yeye kwa kuimba.
The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
8 Yahwe ni nguvu ya watu wake, naye ni mkombozi salama wa wapakwa mafuta wake.
The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
9 Uwaokoe watu wako na uwabariki warithi wako. Uwe mchungaji wao na uwabebe milele.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
