Zaburi 39
1 Niliamua, “Nitakuwa mwangalifu kwa kile nisemacho ili kwamba nisitende dhambi kwa ulimi wangu. Nitaufumba mdomo wangu niwapo uweponi mwa mtu mwovu.”
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2 Nilikaa kimya; Nilizuia maneno yangu hata kuongea lolote zuri, na maumivu yangu yalizidi sana.
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3 Moyo wangu ukawaka moto; nilipoyatafakari mambo haya, yaliniunguza kama moto. Ndipo mwishowe niliongea.
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 Yahwe, unijulishe ni lini utakuwa mwisho wa maisha yangu na kiwango cha siku zangu. Unioneshe jinsi maisha yangu yalivyo mafupi.
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 Tazama, wewe umezifanya siku zangu kama upana wa kiganja changu tu, sikuzangu za kuishi ni kama si kitu mbele zako. Hakika kila mtu ana pumzi moja. (Selah)
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.
6 Hakika kila mtu hutembea kama kivuli. Hakika kila mmoja hufanya haraka kuhusu kukusaya utajiri ingawa hawajui ni nani atazipokea.
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
7 Sasa, Bwana, ninasubiri kwa ajili ya nini? Wewe ni tumaini langu pekee.
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8 Uniokoe na dhambi zangu; usinifanye laumu ya wabumbavu.
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9 Niko kimya na siwezi kufungua mdomo wangu, kwa sababu ni wewe ndiwe umefanya hivyo.
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10 Acha kunijeruhi; nimezidiwa na pigo la mkono wako.
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11 Wewe unapowaadhibu watu kwa ajili ya dhambi, huvila kama nondo vitu vyao wavitamanivyo; hakika watu si kitu bali mvuke. Serah
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor.
12 Sikia maombi yangu, Yahwe, na unisikilize; usikie kilio changu! Usiwe kiziwi kwangu, kwa maana niko kama mgeni pamoja nawe, kimbilio langu la usalama kama mababu zangu walivyokuwa.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13 Geuzia furaha yako kwangu ili kwamba niweze kutabasamu kabla sijafa.
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
