Zaburi 94
1 Yahwe, Ee Mungu ulipaye kisasi, Mungu ulipaye kisasi, utuangazie sisi.
Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
2 Inuka, muhukumu wa nchi, uwape wenye majivuno kile wanachosahili.
You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
3 Mpaka lini waovu, Yahwe, mpaka lini waovu watafurahia?
Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
4 Wanamwaga maneno yao ya kiburi; wote watendao uovu wanajivuna.
They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
5 Wanawaangamiza watu wako, Yahwe; wanalitesa taifa ambao ni milki yako.
Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
6 Wanamuua mjane na mgeni aishiye nchini mwao, na wanamuua yatima.
They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
7 Nao husema, “Yahwe hawezi kuona, Mungu wa Yakobo hayagundui haya.”
Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
8 Tambueni, ninyi watu wajinga! Enyi wapumbavu, mtajifunza lini?
You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
9 Yeye aliye liumba sikio, hasikii? Yeye aliye litengeneza jicho, haoni?
God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
10 Yeye awaadhibuye mataifa, hayuko sahihi? Yeye ndiye ampaye maarifa mwanadamu.
He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
11 Yahwe anayajua mawazo ya wanadamu, kuwa ni mvuke.
Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
12 Amebarikiwa yule ambaye umuongozaye, Yahwe, yule ambaye wewe humfundisha kutoka katika sheria yako.
Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
13 Wewe humpa pumziko wakati wa shida mpaka shimo litakapokuwa limechimbwa kwa ajili ya waovu.
When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
14 Maana Yahwe hatawaacha watu wake wala kutelekeza warithi wake.
Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
15 Kwa kuwa tena hukumu itakuwa ya haki; na wote walio wanyoofu wa moyo wataifuata.
[Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
16 Ni nani atainuka kunitetea dhidi ya watendao uovu? Ni nani atasimama dhidi ya waovu kwa ajili yangu?
But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
17 Kama Yahwe asingelikuwa msaada wangu, haraka ningekuwa nimelala mahali pa ukimya.
If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
18 Niliposema, mguu wangu unateleza,” Uaminifu wa agano lako, Yahwe, uliniinua.
I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
19 Wasiwasi uwapo mwingi ndani yangu, faraja yako hunifurahisha.
Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
20 Kiti cha uharibifu chaweza kushirikiana nawe, kitungacho madhara kwa njia ya sheria?
You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
21 Wao kwa pamoja hupanga njama kuwaua wenye haki na kuwahukumu adhabu ya kifo wenye haki.
They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
22 Lakini Yahwe amekuwa mnara wangu mrefu, na Mungu wangu amekuwa mwamba wa kimbilio langu.
But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
23 Yeye atawarudishia uovu wao wenyewe na atawaangamiza katika uovu wao wenyewe. Yahwe Mungu wetu atawaangamiza.
He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
