< Zaburi 48 >
1 Yahwe ndiye aliye mkuu na mwenyekusifiwa sana, katika mji wa Mungu wetu kwenye mlima wake mtakatifu.
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2 Ni mzuri katika mwinuko wake, furaha ya nchi yote, ni mlima Sayuni, kwenye upande wa kaskazini, mji wa Mfalme mkuu.
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
3 Mungu amejifunua mwenyewe katika jumba lake la kifahari kama kimbilio la usalama.
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
4 Maana, tazama, wafalme walikusanyika wenyewe; wote pamoja walipita.
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5 Nao waliuona, wakashangaa; walifadhaika, na wakaharakisha kuondoka.
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6 Pale pale tetemeko liliwashikilia, maumivu makali kama mwanamke anaye zaa.
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
7 Kwa upepo wa mashariki wewe huivunja meli ya Tarshishi.
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
8 Kama tulivyo sikia, vivyo hivyo tumeona katika mji wa Yahwe wa majeshi, katika mji wa Mungu wetu; Mungu atautunza milele. (Selah)
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever.
9 Tumeutafakari uaminifu wa agano lako, Mungu, katikati ya hekalu lako.
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
10 Kama lilivyo jina lako, Mungu, hivyo ndivyo zilivyo sifa zako mpaka miisho ya dunia; mkono wako wa kuume umejaa haki.
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Milma Sayuni na ufurahi, nao wana wa Yuda washangilie kwa sababu ya amri ya haki yako.
Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
12 Tembeeni katika Mlima Sayuni, muuzungukie mji,
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
13 mzitazame kwa makini nguzo zake, na mtazame majumba yake ya kifahari ili kwamba muweze kuwasimulia kizazi kijacho.
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
14 Kwa kuwa huyu Mungu ni Mungu wetu milele na milele; naye atakuwa kiongozi wetu mpaka kufa.
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.