Zaburi 74
1 Mungu, kwa nini umetukataa milele? Kwa nini hasira yako inawaka dhidi ya kondoo wa malisho yako?
“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy 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 didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast dwelt.
3 Uje utazame uharibifu kamili, uharibifu ambao umefanywa na adui mahali patakatifu.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
4 Washindani wako walivamia katikati ya mahali pako maalumu; walipandisha bendera zao za vita.
Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
5 Walipakatakata kwa shoka kama katika msitu mnene.
[The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
6 Walipaharibu na kuvunja sanaa zilizonakshiwa zote; walizivunja kwa shoka na nyundo.
And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
7 Walipachoma patakatifu pako; walipanajisi mahari unapoishi, wakigongagonga kwenye ardhi.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Walisema mioyoni mwao, “Tutawaharibu wote.” Walichoma sehemu zako zote za kukutania katika nchi.
They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
9 Sisi hatuoni tena ishara; hakuna tena nabii, na hakuna yeyote miongoni mwetu ajuaye haya yatadumu kwa muda gani.
Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
10 Mpaka lini, Mungu, adui atakurushia wewe matusi? Je, atalitukana jina lako milele?
How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? 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, and thy right hand? [draw it] out of thy bosom—exterminate [them];
12 Lakini Mungu amekuwa mfalme wangu tangu enzi, akileta wokovu tuniani.
Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Wewe uliigawa bahari; ulishambulia vichwa vya majitu ya kutisha baharini majini.
It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.
14 Wewe ulishambulia vichwa vya lewiathani; na kumfanya awe chakula cha viumbe hai jangwani.
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ulizifungulia chemchem na vijito; uliikausha mito itiririkayo.
Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Mchana ni wako, na usiku ni wako pia; uliweka jua na mwezi mahari pake.
Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
17 Umeiweka mipaka ya nchi; umeumba majira ya joto na majira ya baridi.
It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.
18 Kumbula vile adui alivyo vurumisha matusi kwako, Yahwe, na kwamba watu wapumbavu wamelitukana jina lako.
Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Usimtoe njiwa afe kwa mnyama wa porini. Usiusahau milele uhai wa watu wako walio onewa.
Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.
20 Kumbuka agano lako, maana majimbo ya giza ya nchi yamejaa maeneo ya vurugu.
Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence.
21 Usiwaache walioonewa warudishwe kwa aibu; uwaache maskini na walioonewa walisifu jina lako.
Oh let not the oppressed return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Inuka Mungu, itetee heshima yako; kumbuka wajinga wanavyokutukana machana kutwa.
Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
23 Usisahau sauti ya adui zako au kelele za wale wanaoendelea kukuchafua.
Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
