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] YHWH, and greatly praised, In the city of our God—His holy hill.
2 Ni mzuri katika mwinuko wake, furaha ya nchi yote, ni mlima Sayuni, kwenye upande wa kaskazini, mji wa Mfalme mkuu.
Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of [the] great King.
3 Mungu amejifunua mwenyewe katika jumba lake la kifahari kama kimbilio la usalama.
God is known for a tower in her high places.
4 Maana, tazama, wafalme walikusanyika wenyewe; wote pamoja walipita.
For behold, the kings met, they passed by together,
5 Nao waliuona, wakashangaa; walifadhaika, na wakaharakisha kuondoka.
They have seen—so they have marveled, They have been troubled, they were hurried away.
6 Pale pale tetemeko liliwashikilia, maumivu makali kama mwanamke anaye zaa.
Trembling has seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
7 Kwa upepo wa mashariki wewe huivunja meli ya Tarshishi.
By an east wind You shatter 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 YHWH of hosts, In the city of our God, God establishes her for all time. (Selah)
9 Tumeutafakari uaminifu wa agano lako, Mungu, katikati ya hekalu lako.
We have thought, O God, of Your kindness, In the midst of Your temple,
10 Kama lilivyo jina lako, Mungu, hivyo ndivyo zilivyo sifa zako mpaka miisho ya dunia; mkono wako wa kuume umejaa haki.
As [is] Your Name, O God, so [is] Your praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness has filled Your right hand.
11 Milma Sayuni na ufurahi, nao wana wa Yuda washangilie kwa sababu ya amri ya haki yako.
Mount Zion rejoices, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Your judgments.
12 Tembeeni katika Mlima Sayuni, muuzungukie mji,
Surround Zion, and go around her, count her towers,
13 mzitazame kwa makini nguzo zake, na mtazame majumba yake ya kifahari ili kwamba muweze kuwasimulia kizazi kijacho.
Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that you recount to a later generation,
14 Kwa kuwa huyu Mungu ni Mungu wetu milele na milele; naye atakuwa kiongozi wetu mpaka kufa.
That this God [is] our God—For all time and forever, He leads us over death!
