Zaburi 64
1 Sikia sauti yangu, Mungu, usikilize malalamiko yangu; unilinde dhidi ya hofu ya adui zangu.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
2 Unifiche dhidi ya mipango ya siri ya wafanyao maovu, unifiche dhidi ya watendao vurugu ya udhalimu.
Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 Wao wamenoa ndimi zao kama panga; wamelenga mishale yao, maneno machungu,
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
4 ili kwamba waweze kupiga kutoka mahali pa siri kwenda kwa mtu asiye na hatia; wampige yeye kwa ghafla nao wasihofu lolote.
To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
5 Wao wanahamasishana wenyewe katika kupanga uovu; wanashauriana pamoja wao binafsi ili kuweka mitego; nao husema, “Ni nani atakayetuona?”
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'
6 Wanabuni mipango ya dhambi; “Tumemaliza,” wanasema, “ni mpango makini.” Mawazo ya ndani na mioyo ya watu ni ya kina.
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
7 Lakini Mungu atawapiga wao; ghafla watajeruhiwa kwa mishale yake.
And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
8 Watafanywa kuwa mashakani, kwa kuwa ndimi zao wenyewe ziko kinyume nao; wote wawaonao watatikisa vichwa vyao.
And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
9 Watu wote wataogopa na kutangaza matendo ya Mungu. Kwa hekima watafikiria kuhusu kile yeye ametenda.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
10 Wenye haki watakuwa na furaha kuhusu Yahwe nao watakimbilia kwake; wote wenye haki moyoni watajivuna katika yeye.
The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
