Zaburi 55
1 Uyategee sikio maombi yangu, Mungu; nawe usijifiche mbali na kusihi kwangu.
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David to give instruction. Heare my prayer, O God, and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
2 Unitazame kwa makini na unijibu; Sina pumziko katika shida zangu
Hearken vnto me, and answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,
3 kwa sababu ya sauti ya adui zangu, kwa sababu ya ukandamizaji wa waovu; maana wananiletea matatizo na kunitesa wakiwa na hasira.
For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
4 Moyo wangu wasumbuka ndani yangu, na hofu ya kifo imeniangukia.
Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
5 Uwoga na kutetemeka kumenijia, nayo hofu imenielemea.
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
6 Nikasema, “Oh, kama tu ningekuwa na mabawa kama njiwa! Ningelipaa mbali na kupata pumziko.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
7 Tazama, ningeenda mbali; ningekaa jangwani. (Selah)
Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. (Selah)
8 Ningefanya haraka kuja mafichoni mwako kuzikimbia dhoruba na tufani.”
Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
9 Uwaangamize, Bwana, vuruga lugha zao! Kwa maana nimeona vurugu na ugomvi katika mji.
Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.
10 Mchana na usiku wao huenda kwenye kuta zake; uchafu na ufisadi uko katikati yake.
Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
11 Uovu uko katikati yake; ukandamizaji na uongo hauiachi mitaa yake.
Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
12 Kwa maana hakuwa adui aliye nikemea, hivyo ningevumilia; wala ingekuwa ni yule aliye nichukia aliyejiinua mwenyewe dhidi yagu, hivyo ningejificha asinione.
Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.
13 Lakini ulikuwa wewe, mtu sawa na mimi, mwenzangu na rafiki yangu.
But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
14 Tulikuwa na ushirika mtamu pamoja; tuliingia katika nyumba ya Mungu tukiwa na umati mkubwa.
Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
15 Kifo na kiwapate ghafla; na washuke wakiwa hai kuzimuni, maana ndiko waishiko waovu, hapo hapo kati yao. (Sheol h7585)
Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 Lakini kwangu mimi, nitamwita Mungu, na Yahwe ataniokoa.
But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.
17 Wakati wa jioni, asubuhi na mchana ninalalamika na kuomboleza; yeye atasikia sauti yangu.
Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, and he wil heare my voice.
18 Kwa usalama kabisa atayaokoa maisha yangu na vita dhidi yangu, kwa maana wale waliopigana nami walikuwa ni wengi.
He hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battel, that was against me: for many were with me.
19 Mungu, yule unayetawala milele, atawasikia na kuwaaibisha wao. (Selah) Hawabadiliki, na hawamhofu Mungu.
God shall heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, (Selah) because they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.
20 Rafiki yangu ameinua mikono yake dhidi ya wale waliokuwa na amani naye; Hakuheshimu agano alilokuwa nalo.
Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
21 Mdomo wake ulikuwa laini kama siagi, lakini moyo wake ulikuwa adui; maneno yake yalikuwa laini kuliko mafuta, lakini yalikuwa ni panga zilizochomolewa.
The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
22 Umtwike mizigo yako Yahwe, naye atakusaidia; yeye hataruhusu mtu mwenye haki kuyumbayumba.
Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
23 Bali wewe, Mungu, utawaleta waovu chini kwenye shimo la uharibifu; watu wenye kiu ya kumwaga damu na waongo hawataishi hata nusu ya maisha kama wengine, lakini mimi nitakuamini wewe.
And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
