Zaburi 69
1 Uniokoe, Mungu; maana maji yameweka uhai wangu hatarini.
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
2 Ninazama kwenye kina cha matope, pasipo na hahari pa kusimama; nimekuja kwenye kina kirefu cha maji, ambako mafuriko yananifunika.
I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
3 Nimechoka sana kwa kulia kwangu; koo langu ni kavu; macho yangu yanafifia wakati namngoja Mungu wangu.
I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
4 Wale wanichukiao bila sababu wako zaidi ya nywele za kichwa changu; wale ambao wangeweza kuniua, wakiwa adui zangu kwa sababu zisizo sahihi, ni wengi mno; wanalazimisha nirudishe kile ambacho sijaiba.
They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
5 Mungu, wewe unaujua ujinga wangu, na dhambi zangu hazifichiki kwako.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
6 Usiwaache wale wanao kungoja wewe waaibishwe kwa sababu yangu, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi; usiwaache wale wanaokutafuta wewe wadharauliwe kwa sababu yangu, Mungu wa Israeli.
Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
7 Kwa ajili yako nimestahimili lawama; aibu imeufunika uso wangu.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 Nimekuwa mgeni kwa ndugu zangu, nisiye fahamika wala kuaminika kwa watoto wa mama yangu.
I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
9 Kwa maana bidii ya nyumba yako imenila, na laumu zao wanao kulaumu wewe zimeniangukia mimi.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 Wakati nilipolia na kutokula chakula, walinitukana.
And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
11 Nilipoteneneza mavazi ya gunia, nikawa kituko kwao.
And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
12 Wale wakaao katika lango la mji huniseng'enya; mimi ni wimbo wa walevi.
They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
13 Lakini kwangu mimi, maombi yangu ni kwako, Yahwe, wakati ambao wewe utayapokea; unijibu katika uaminifu wa wokovu wako.
But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Unitoe matopeni, na usiniache nizame; uniondoe mbali na wale wanaonichukia na uniokoe katika kina cha maji.
Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Usiache mafuliko ya maji yanielemee, wala kina kisinimeze. Usiache mdomo wa shimo unimeze.
Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Unijibu, Yahwe, maana uaminifu wa agano lako ni mwema; kwa maana rehema zako kwangu ni nyingi, unigeukie.
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 Usiufiche uso wako mbali na mtumishi wako, maana niko katika dhiki; unijibu haraka.
And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
18 Uje kwangu na unikomboe. Kwa sababu ya adui zangu, uwe fidia yangu.
Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
19 Wewe wajua kulaumiwa kwangu, kuaibishwa kwangu, na kudharauliwa kwangu; wapinzani wangu wote wako mbele yako.
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
20 Lawama imevunja moyo wangu; nimejawa na huzuni kubwa; nilitafuta mtu wa kunihurumia, lakini hakuwepo; nilitafuta wafariji, lakini sikupata.
In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
21 Walinipa sumu kwa ajili ya chakula changu; katika kiu yangu walinipa siki ninywe.
And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Meza yao mbele yao na iwe mtego; wafikiripo wako kwenye usalama, iwe kitanzi.
Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
23 Macho yao na yatiwe giza ili kwamba wasiweze kuona; uvifanye viuno vyao kutetemeka daima.
Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
24 Wamwagie gadhabu yako, ukali wa hasira yako uwafikie wao.
Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Sehemu yao na iwe ukiwa; mtu yeyote asiishi katika hema yao.
Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
26 Kwa kuwa walimtesa yule uliyempa adhabu. Mara kwa mara walihesabu maumivu ya wale walioumizwa.
Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
27 Wakiwashtaki kuwa wamefanya uovu juu ya uovu; usiwaache waje kwenye ushindi wa haki yako.
Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
28 Uwafute kwenye Kitabu cha Uzima na wasiandikwe pamoja na wenyehaki.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
29 Lakini mimi ni maskini na mwenye huzuni; uruhusu wokovu wako, Mungu, uniweke juu sana.
But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
30 Nitalisifu jina la Mungu kwa wimbo na nitamtukuza yeye kwa shukrani.
I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
31 Nitamsifu Yahwe zaidi kuliko ng'ombe au ndama aliye na mapembe na kwato.
And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
32 Wanyenyekevu wameona na kufurahi; ninyi mnao matafuta Mungu, mioyo yenu itiwe nguvu.
Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
33 Maana Yahwe husikia wenye uhitaji naye hawadharau wafungwa wake.
For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
34 Mbingu na nchi zimsifu yeye, bahari na vyote vitembeavyo majini.
Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
35 Kwa maana Mungu ataiokoa Sayuni na ataujenga tena mji wa Yuda; watu wataishi huko na kupata umiliki wao.
For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
36 Ukoo wa watumishi wake watairithi; nao walipendao jina lake wataishi humo.
And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
