Zaburi 74
1 Mungu, kwa nini umetukataa milele? Kwa nini hasira yako inawaka dhidi ya kondoo wa malisho yako?
Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
2 Wafikilie watu wako, ambao uliwanunua siku nyingi zilizopita, kabila ambalo wewe umelikomboa liwe urithi wako, na Milima Sayuni, mahali uishipo.
Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
3 Uje utazame uharibifu kamili, uharibifu ambao umefanywa na adui mahali patakatifu.
Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
4 Washindani wako walivamia katikati ya mahali pako maalumu; walipandisha bendera zao za vita.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.
5 Walipakatakata kwa shoka kama katika msitu mnene.
It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
6 Walipaharibu na kuvunja sanaa zilizonakshiwa zote; walizivunja kwa shoka na nyundo.
And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Walipachoma patakatifu pako; walipanajisi mahari unapoishi, wakigongagonga kwenye ardhi.
They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
8 Walisema mioyoni mwao, “Tutawaharibu wote.” Walichoma sehemu zako zote za kukutania katika nchi.
They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 Sisi hatuoni tena ishara; hakuna tena nabii, na hakuna yeyote miongoni mwetu ajuaye haya yatadumu kwa muda gani.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Mpaka lini, Mungu, adui atakurushia wewe matusi? Je, atalitukana jina lako milele?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
11 Kwa nini umerudisha nyuma mkono wako, mkono wako wa kuume? Utoe mkono wako kwenye mavazi yako na uwaangamize.
Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.
12 Lakini Mungu amekuwa mfalme wangu tangu enzi, akileta wokovu tuniani.
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Wewe uliigawa bahari; ulishambulia vichwa vya majitu ya kutisha baharini majini.
Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Wewe ulishambulia vichwa vya lewiathani; na kumfanya awe chakula cha viumbe hai jangwani.
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ulizifungulia chemchem na vijito; uliikausha mito itiririkayo.
Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Mchana ni wako, na usiku ni wako pia; uliweka jua na mwezi mahari pake.
Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.
17 Umeiweka mipaka ya nchi; umeumba majira ya joto na majira ya baridi.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Kumbula vile adui alivyo vurumisha matusi kwako, Yahwe, na kwamba watu wapumbavu wamelitukana jina lako.
Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.
19 Usimtoe njiwa afe kwa mnyama wa porini. Usiusahau milele uhai wa watu wako walio onewa.
O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
20 Kumbuka agano lako, maana majimbo ya giza ya nchi yamejaa maeneo ya vurugu.
Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Usiwaache walioonewa warudishwe kwa aibu; uwaache maskini na walioonewa walisifu jina lako.
O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
22 Inuka Mungu, itetee heshima yako; kumbuka wajinga wanavyokutukana machana kutwa.
Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
23 Usisahau sauti ya adui zako au kelele za wale wanaoendelea kukuchafua.
Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.
