Zaburi 81
1 Mwimbieni Mungu aliye nguvu yetu kwa sauti; pigeni kelele za furaha kwa Mungu wa Yakobo.
Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
2 Imbeni wimbo na pigeni matari, kinubi chenye sauti nzuri pamoja na kinanda.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
3 Pigeni panda mwandamo wa mwezi, katika siku ya mbalamwezi, mwanzoni mwa sikukuu.
Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
4 Kwa kuwa ni agizo kwa Israeli, amri iliyotolewa na Mungu wa Yakobo.
For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
5 Aliitoa kama maelekezo kwa Yusufu alipoenda katika nchi ya Misri, ambako nilisikia sauti ambayo sikuweza kuitambua:
He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
6 “Niliutua mzigo kutoka mabegani mwake; mikono yake ilipumzishwa kubeba kikapu.
He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
7 Katika dhiki yako uliniita, nami nikakusaidia; nilikujibu kutoka katika wingu jeusi la radi. Nilikujaribu kwenye maji ya Meriba. (Selah)
Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.
8 Sikilizeni, watu wangu, nami nitawaonya, Israeli, kama tu ugalinisikiliza!
Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,
9 Lazima kati yenu kusiwepo na mungu wa kigeni; haupaswi kumwabudu mungu wa kigeni.
There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.
10 Mimi ni Yahwe niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, fungua sana kinywa chako, nami nitakijaza.
For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 Lakini watu wangu hawakusikiliza maneno yangu; Israeli hawakunitii.
But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
12 Nikawaacha waende katika katika njia yao wenyewe ya ukaidi ili kwamba waweze kufanya kinachoonekana sahihi kwao.
So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.
13 Oh, laiti watu wangu wangenisikiliza mimi; oh, watu wangu wangelitembea katika njia yangu.
If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:
14 Kisha ningewatiisha adui zao haraka na kugeuzia mkono wangu dhidi ya watesi wao.
I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.
15 Wale wanaomchukia Yahwe katika hofu na waanguke chini mbele zake! Wawe wanyonge milele.
The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.
16 Ningewalisha Israeli kwa ngano bora; Ningewatosheleza kwa asali itokayo mwambani.”
And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.
