Zaburi 41
1 Amebarikiwa mtu yule amkumbukaye mnyonge; katika siku ya taabu, Yahwe atamuokoa.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.
2 Yahwe atamuhifadhi na kumuweka hai, naye atabarikiwa duniani; Yahwe hata mrudisha kwenye mapenzi ya adui zake.
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3 Awapo kwenye kitanda cha mateso Yahwe atamsaidia; nawe utakifanya kitanda cha ugonjwa kuwa kitanda cha uponyaji.
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 Nami nilisema, “Yahwe unihurumie! Uniponye, kwa maana nimekutenda dhambi wewe.”
I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Adui zangu huongea maovu dhidi yangu, wakisema, 'Atakufa lini na jina lake lipotee?'
My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 Adui yangu ajapo kuniona, huongea mambo yasiyo na maana; moyo wake hukusanya maafa yangu kwa ajili yake mwenyewe; na aondokapo kwangu, yeye huwaambia watu wengine kuhusu hayo.
And if he cometh to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 Wale wote wanaonichukia kwa pamoja hunon'gona dhidi yangu; nao wanafarijika kwa ajili ya maumivu yangu.
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 Wakisema, “Gonjwa baya limemshikilia yeye haswa; na sasa kuwa amelala kitandani, hatainuka kamwe.”
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more.
9 Kweli, hata rafiki yangu wa karibu, ambae nilimuamini, aliye kula mkate wangu, ameinua kisigino chake dhidi yangu.
Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 Bali wewe, Yahwe, unihurumie na uniinue ili kwamba niwalipizie kisasi.
But thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 Na hivi nitajua kuwa unafurahishwa nami, kwa kuwa adui yangu hatafurahia kunishinda.
By this I know that thou favourest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Kwangu mimi, wewe unanisaidia katika uadilifu wangu na utaniweka mbele ya uso wako milele.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli asifiwe milele na milele. Amen na Amen. Kitabu ya Pili
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
