Zaburi 68
1 Mungu ainuke, maadui zake watawanyike; pia wale wamchukiao wakimbie mbele zake.
For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 Kama moshi uondoshwavyo, hivyo uwaondoshe wao; kama nta iyeyukavo mbele ya moto, hivyo waovu waangamizwe uweponi mwa Mungu.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 Bali wenye haki wafurahi; washangilie mbele za Mungu; washangilie na kufurahi.
But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
4 Mwimbieni Mungu! Lisifuni jina lake! Msifuni yule aendeshaye farasi kwenye tambarare ya bonde la Mto Yordani! Yahwe ni jina lake! Shangilieni mbele zake!
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.
5 Baba wa yatima, na mwamuzi wa wajane, ni Mungu anayeishi mahali patakatifu.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
6 Mungu huwaweka wakiwa katika familia; yeye huwafungua wafungwa kwa kuimba bali waasi huishi katika ardhi kavu.
God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 Mungu, wewe ulipoenda mbele ya watu wako, ulipotembea kupitia jangwani, (Selah)
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; (Selah)
8 nchi ilitetemeka; mbingu pia zilidondosha mvua katika uwepo wa Mungu, uweponi mwa Mungu wakati alipokuja Sinai, uweponi mwa Mungu, Mungu wa Israeli.
The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Wewe, Mungu, ulituma mvua nyingi; uliuimarisha urithi wako wakati ulipokuwa umechoka.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Watu wako waliishi humo; Wewe, Mungu, uliutoa kwa wema wako kwa maskini.
Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
11 Bwana alitoa amri, na wale walio zitangaza walikuwa ni jeshi kuu.
The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.
12 Wafalme wa majeshi wanakimbia, wanakimbia, na wanawake wakisubiri nyumbani kuvigawana wao na familia zao vilivyotekwa nyara.
Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
13 Njiwa walio vikwa fedha wakiwa na mabawa ya njano ya dhahabu. Wakati baadhi ya watu wakikaa kati ya mifugo ya kondoo, kwa nini umefanya haya?
When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
14 Mwenyezi Mungu aliwatawanya Wafalme huko, ilikuwa kama vile wakati wa theluji juu ya Mlima Salmoni.
When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon.
15 Mlima mkubwa ni milima wa mji wa Bashani; mlima mrefu ni mlima wa mji wa Bashani.
A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Ewe mlima mrefu wa nchi, kwa nini unatazama kwa jicho la husuda, kwenye mlima ambao Mungu ameutaka kwa ajili ya mahali ambapo yeye ataishi? Hakika, Yahwe ataishi humo milele.
Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
17 Magari ya Mungu ni ishirini elfu, maelfu juu ya maelfu; Bwana yu kati yao katika mahari patakatifu, kama katika Sinai.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
18 Wewe umepaa juu; uliwaongoza mateka; umepokea zawadi kutoka kati ya watu, hata kutoka kwa wale waliopigana dhidi yako, ili kwamba wewe, Yahwe Mungu, uweze kuishi huko.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them].
19 Abarikiwe Bwana, atubebeaye mizigo yetu, Mungu ambaye ni wokovu wetu. (Selah)
Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. (Selah)
20 Mungu wetu ni Mungu aokoaye; Yahwe Bwana ni yule awezaye kutuokoa sisi dhidi ya kifo.
God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.
21 Lakini Bwana atapiga vichwa vya adui zake, mpaka kwenye ngozi ya kichwa yenye nywele ya wale watembeao katika makosa dhidi yake.
But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
22 Bwana alisema, “Nitawarudisha adui zangu kutoka Bashani; nitawarudisha kutoka katika kina cha bahari
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea;
23 ili kwamba upate kuwaangamiza adui zako, ukichovya mguu wako katika damu, na ili kwamba ndimi za mbwa wako zipate mlo wao kutoka kwa adui zenu.”
That thou mayest crush [them], [dipping] thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from [thine] enemies.
24 Mungu, wameona maandamano yako, maandamano ya Mungu wangu, Mfalme wangu, kwenye mahali patakatifu.
They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25 Waimbaji walitangulia, walifuatiwa na wapiga muziki, na katikati walikuwa wanawali wakicheza ngoma.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Mtukuzeni Mungu katika kusanyiko; msifuni Yahwe, ninyi ukoo wa kweli wa Israeli.
Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
27 Kuna Benjamini kwanza, kabila dogo, kisha viongozi wa Yuda na watu wao, viongozi wa Zabuloni na viongozi wa Naftali.
There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah [and] their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 Mungu wenu, Israeli, ameamuru nguvu zenu; uzifunue kwetu nguvu zako, Mungu, kama ulivyo zifunua wakati uliopita.
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Uzifunue nguvu zako kwetu toka katika hekalu la Yerusalemu, ambako wafalme huleta zawadi kwako.
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee.
30 Pigeni kelele katika vita dhidi ya wanyama wa porini katika mianzi, dhidi ya watu, lile kundi la mafahari na ndama. Wafedhehesheni na kuwalazimisha wawaletee zawadi; watawanyeni watu wapendao kupigana vita.
Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
31 Wakuu watatoka katika Misri; Ethiopia itafanya haraka kuufikisha mkono wake kwa Mungu.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Mwimbieni Mungu, enyi falme za nchi; (Selah) mwimbieni sifa Yahwe.
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto the Lord; (Selah)
33 Kwake yeye apitaye juu ya mbingu za mbingu, zilizokuwepo tangu zama za kale; tazama, yeye hupiga kelele kwa nguvu
To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
34 Tangazeni kuwa Mungu ni mwenye nguvu; enzi yake iko juu ya Israeli, na nguvu zake ziko angani.
Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the skies.
35 Mungu, mahali pako patakatifu panatisha; Mungu wa Israeli, yeye huwapa watu wake nguvu na uweza. Atukuzwe Mungu.
O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.
