Zaburi 71
1 Katika wewe, Yahwe, napatakimbilio salama; usiniache niaibishwe.
In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.
2 Uniokoe na kunifanya salama katika haki yako; geuzia sikio lako kwangu.
In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.
3 Uwe kwagu mwamba kwa ajili ya kimbilio salama ambako naweza kwenda siku zote; wewe umeamuru kuniokoa, kwa kuwa wewe ni mwamba wangu na ngome yangu.
Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.
4 Uniokoe mimi, Mungu wangu, kutoka katika mkono wa asiye haki na katili.
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
5 Maana wewe ni tumaini langu, Bwana Yahwe. Nimekuamini wewe siku zote tangu nilipokuwa mtoto.
For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.
6 Nimekuwa nikisaidiwa na wewe tangu tumboni; wewe ndiye yule uliyenitoa tumboni mwa mama yangu; sifa zangu zitakuhusu wewe siku zote.
By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.
7 Mimi ni mfano bora kwa watu wangu; wewe ni kimbilio langu lenye nguvu.
As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.
8 Mama yangu atajawa na sifa zako, siku zote akikuheshimu.
Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.
9 Usinitupe katika siku za miaka ya uzee wangu; usiniache wakati nguvu zangu zitakapoisha.
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
10 Maana adui zangu wanazungumza kuhusu mimi; wale wanao fatilia uhai wangu wanapanga njama pamoja.
For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
11 Wao husema, “Mungu amemuacha; mfuateni na mumchukue, maana hakuna yeyote awezaye kumuokoa yeye.”
Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'
12 Mungu, usiwe mbali nami; Mungu wangu, harakisha kunisaidia mimi.
O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
13 Waaibishwe na kuharibiwa, wale walio adui wa uhai wangu; wavishwe laumu na kudharauliwa, wale watafutao kuniumiza.
They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
14 Lakini nitakutumainia wewe siku zote na nitakusifu wewe zaidi na zaidi.
And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.
15 Kinywa changu kitaongea kuhusu haki yako na wokovu wako mchana kutwa, ingawa ziwezi kuzielewa maana ni nyingi mno.
My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
16 Nitakuja na matendo yenye nguvu ya Bwana Yahwe; nitataja haki yako, yako pekee.
I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness — Thine only.
17 Mungu, tangu ujana wangu wewe umenifundisha; hata sasa ninatangaza matendo yako ya ajabu.
God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.
18 Hakika, hata niwapo mzee na mvi kichwani, Mungu, usiniache mimi, kama ambavyo nimekuwa nikitanga nguvu yako kwa vizazi vijavyo, na uweza wako kwa yeyote ajaye.
And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
19 Pia haki yako, Mungu, iko juu sana; wewe ambaye umefanya mambo makuu, Mungu, ni nani aliye kama wewe?
And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?
20 Wewe ambaye umetuonesha sisi mateso mengi utatuhuisha tena na utatupandisha tena juu kutoka kwenye kina cha nchi.
Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back — Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back — Thou bringest me up.
21 Uiongeze heshima yangu; rudi tena na unifariji.
Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest — Thou comfortest me,
22 Nami pia nitakushukuru kwa kinubi kwa ajili ya uaminifu wako, Mungu wangu; kwako nitaimba sifa kwa kinubi, Mtakatifu wa Israel.
I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
23 Midomo yangu itapiga kelele kwa sababu ya furaha wakati nikikuimbia sifa, hata kwa roho yangu, ambayo wewe umeikomboa.
My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,
24 Ulimi wangu pia utaongea kuhusu haki yangu mchana kutwa; maana wameaibishwa na kuvurugwa, wale waliotafuta kuniumiza.
My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed — because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
