< Zaburi 88 >
1 Yahwe, Mungu wa wokovu wangu, ninalia mchana na usiku mbele zako.
O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
2 Sikiliza maombi yangu; utazame kulia kwangu.
Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry;
3 Maana nimejawa taabu, na uhai wangu umefika kuzimuni. (Sheol )
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws nigh unto the grave. (Sheol )
4 Watu hunichukulia kama wale waendao chini shimoni; mimi ni mtu asiye na nguvu.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
5 Nimetelekezwa miongoni mwa wafu; niko kama mfu alalaye katika kaburi, wao ambao wewe huwajari tena kwa sababu wametengwa mbali na nguvu zako.
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
6 Wewe umeniweka katika sehemu ya chini kabisa ya shimo, sehemu yenye giza na kilindini.
You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Gadhabu yako yanielemea, na mawimbi yako yote yanatua juu yangu. (Selah)
Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
8 Kwa sababu yako, wale wanijuao wote hunikwepa. Umenifanya wakutisha machoni pao. Nimefungwa na siwezi kutoroka.
You have put away mine acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Macho yangu yamefifia kutokana na shida; kila siku nakuita wewe, Yahwe; ninakunyoshea wewe mikono yangu.
Mine eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
10 Je! utafanya miujiza kwa ajili ya wafu? Wale waliokufa watafufuka na kukusifu wewe? (Selah)
Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
11 Uaminifu wa agano lako utatangazwa kaburini? au uaminifu wako mahali pa wafu?
Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
12 Matendo yako ya ajabu yatajulikana gizani? au haki yako katika mahali pa usahaulifu?
Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Lakini ninakulilia wewe, Yahwe; wakati wa asubuhi maombi yangu huja kwako.
But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
14 Yahwe, kwa nini unanikataa? Kwa nini unauficha uso wako mbali nami?
LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
15 Nimekuwa nikiteswa kila siku na hatihati ya kifo tangu ujana wangu. Nimeteseka dhidi ya hofu yako kuu; ninakata tamaa.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
16 Matendo yako ya hasira yamepita juu yangu, na matendo yako ya kutisha yameniangamiza.
Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
17 Siku zote yananizingira mimi kama maji; yote yamenizunguka mimi.
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 Wewe umemuondoa kwangu kila rafiki na anijuaye. Na sasa anijuaye pekee ni giza.
Lover and friend have you put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.