Zaburi 56

1 Uwe na huruma nami, Mungu, kwa maana watu wananishambulia! Muda wote wale wanao pigana nami hunikaribia zaidi ili wanishambulie.

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

2 Adui zangu hunikanyaga muda wote; maana ni wengi ambao kwa kiburi hupigana dhidi yangu.

My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 Wakati nina woga, nitaweka imani yangu katika wewe.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu - nimeweka imani yangu katika Mungu; sitaogopa; mtu wa kawaida atanifanya nini?

In God I will praise his word. In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5 Muda wote wanayageuza maneno yangu; mawazo yao yote yako kinyume na mimi kwa ajili ya uovu.

All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 Wanajikusanya kwa pamoja, wanajificha wenyewe, na kuzifuatilia hatua zangu, wakisubiri kuniua.

They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

7 Usiwaache waikimbie adhabu yako kwa ajili ya uovu wao. Uwaangushe watu chini katika hasira yako, Mungu.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8 Wewe unahesabu kutangatanga kwangu na kuweka machozi yangu kwenye chupa yako; je, hayako kitabuni mwako?

Thou number my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book?

9 Ndipo maadui zangu watakimbia katika siku ile nikuitapo wewe; hili najua, kwamba Mungu yupo kwa ajili yangu.

Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.

10 Katika Mungu ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Yahwe ambaye neno lake ninalisifu,

In God I will praise his word. In Jehovah I will praise his word.

11 katika Mungu ninaamini, sitaogopa. Yeyote atanifanya nini?

In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12 Wajibu wa kutimiza viapo vyangu kwako uko juu yangu, Mungu; nitatoa sadaka ya shukurani.

Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings to thee.

13 Kwa kuwa umeokoa uhai wangu na mauti; umezuia miguu yangu isianguke, ili kwamba niweze kutembea mbele ya Mungu katika nuru ya uhai.

For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.