Zaburi 48
1 Yahwe ndiye aliye mkuu na mwenyekusifiwa sana, katika mji wa Mungu wetu kwenye mlima wake mtakatifu.
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, 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 a great king.
3 Mungu amejifunua mwenyewe katika jumba lake la kifahari kama kimbilio la usalama.
God in her high places is known for a tower.
4 Maana, tazama, wafalme walikusanyika wenyewe; wote pamoja walipita.
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
5 Nao waliuona, wakashangaa; walifadhaika, na wakaharakisha kuondoka.
They have seen — so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
6 Pale pale tetemeko liliwashikilia, maumivu makali kama mwanamke anaye zaa.
Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
7 Kwa upepo wa mashariki wewe huivunja meli ya Tarshishi.
By an east wind Thou shiverest 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 Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. (Selah)
9 Tumeutafakari uaminifu wa agano lako, Mungu, katikati ya hekalu lako.
We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
10 Kama lilivyo jina lako, Mungu, hivyo ndivyo zilivyo sifa zako mpaka miisho ya dunia; mkono wako wa kuume umejaa haki.
As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.
11 Milma Sayuni na ufurahi, nao wana wa Yuda washangilie kwa sababu ya amri ya haki yako.
Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
12 Tembeeni katika Mlima Sayuni, muuzungukie mji,
Compass Zion, and go round 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 ye 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 — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!
