Zaburi 39
1 Niliamua, “Nitakuwa mwangalifu kwa kile nisemacho ili kwamba nisitende dhambi kwa ulimi wangu. Nitaufumba mdomo wangu niwapo uweponi mwa mtu mwovu.”
To the excellent musician Ieduthun. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.
2 Nilikaa kimya; Nilizuia maneno yangu hata kuongea lolote zuri, na maumivu yangu yalizidi sana.
I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.
3 Moyo wangu ukawaka moto; nilipoyatafakari mambo haya, yaliniunguza kama moto. Ndipo mwishowe niliongea.
Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,
4 Yahwe, unijulishe ni lini utakuwa mwisho wa maisha yangu na kiwango cha siku zangu. Unioneshe jinsi maisha yangu yalivyo mafupi.
Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.
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)
Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. (Selah)
6 Hakika kila mtu hutembea kama kivuli. Hakika kila mmoja hufanya haraka kuhusu kukusaya utajiri ingawa hawajui ni nani atazipokea.
Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
7 Sasa, Bwana, ninasubiri kwa ajili ya nini? Wewe ni tumaini langu pekee.
And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
8 Uniokoe na dhambi zangu; usinifanye laumu ya wabumbavu.
Deliuer me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish.
9 Niko kimya na siwezi kufungua mdomo wangu, kwa sababu ni wewe ndiwe umefanya hivyo.
I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.
10 Acha kunijeruhi; nimezidiwa na pigo la mkono wako.
Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
11 Wewe unapowaadhibu watu kwa ajili ya dhambi, huvila kama nondo vitu vyao wavitamanivyo; hakika watu si kitu bali mvuke. Serah
When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. (Selah)
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.
Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my cry: keepe not silence at my teares, for I am a strager with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers.
13 Geuzia furaha yako kwangu ili kwamba niweze kutabasamu kabla sijafa.
Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, before I go hence and be not.
