Zaburi 88
1 Yahwe, Mungu wa wokovu wangu, ninalia mchana na usiku mbele zako.
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' — An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
2 Sikiliza maombi yangu; utazame kulia kwangu.
My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 Watu hunichukulia kama wale waendao chini shimoni; mimi ni mtu asiye na nguvu.
I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
5 Nimetelekezwa miongoni mwa wafu; niko kama mfu alalaye katika kaburi, wao ambao wewe huwajari tena kwa sababu wametengwa mbali na nguvu zako.
Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
6 Wewe umeniweka katika sehemu ya chini kabisa ya shimo, sehemu yenye giza na kilindini.
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Gadhabu yako yanielemea, na mawimbi yako yote yanatua juu yangu. (Selah)
Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. (Selah)
8 Kwa sababu yako, wale wanijuao wote hunikwepa. Umenifanya wakutisha machoni pao. Nimefungwa na siwezi kutoroka.
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.
9 Macho yangu yamefifia kutokana na shida; kila siku nakuita wewe, Yahwe; ninakunyoshea wewe mikono yangu.
Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
10 Je! utafanya miujiza kwa ajili ya wafu? Wale waliokufa watafufuka na kukusifu wewe? (Selah)
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? (Selah)
11 Uaminifu wa agano lako utatangazwa kaburini? au uaminifu wako mahali pa wafu?
Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Matendo yako ya ajabu yatajulikana gizani? au haki yako katika mahali pa usahaulifu?
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Lakini ninakulilia wewe, Yahwe; wakati wa asubuhi maombi yangu huja kwako.
And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
14 Yahwe, kwa nini unanikataa? Kwa nini unauficha uso wako mbali nami?
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy 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 expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.
16 Matendo yako ya hasira yamepita juu yangu, na matendo yako ya kutisha yameniangamiza.
Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 Siku zote yananizingira mimi kama maji; yote yamenizunguka mimi.
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 Wewe umemuondoa kwangu kila rafiki na anijuaye. Na sasa anijuaye pekee ni giza.
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
