Zaburi 94
1 Yahwe, Ee Mungu ulipaye kisasi, Mungu ulipaye kisasi, utuangazie sisi.
Yahweh, God who avenges, God who avenges, shine over us.
2 Inuka, muhukumu wa nchi, uwape wenye majivuno kile wanachosahili.
Rise up, judge of the earth, give to the proud what they deserve.
3 Mpaka lini waovu, Yahwe, mpaka lini waovu watafurahia?
How long will the wicked, Yahweh, how long will the wicked rejoice?
4 Wanamwaga maneno yao ya kiburi; wote watendao uovu wanajivuna.
They pour out their arrogant words; all those who do evil boast.
5 Wanawaangamiza watu wako, Yahwe; wanalitesa taifa ambao ni milki yako.
They crush your people, Yahweh; they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
6 Wanamuua mjane na mgeni aishiye nchini mwao, na wanamuua yatima.
They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country, and they murder the fatherless.
7 Nao husema, “Yahwe hawezi kuona, Mungu wa Yakobo hayagundui haya.”
They say, “Yahweh will not see, the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”
8 Tambueni, ninyi watu wajinga! Enyi wapumbavu, mtajifunza lini?
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you ever learn?
9 Yeye aliye liumba sikio, hasikii? Yeye aliye litengeneza jicho, haoni?
He who made the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 Yeye awaadhibuye mataifa, hayuko sahihi? Yeye ndiye ampaye maarifa mwanadamu.
He who disciplines the nations, does he not correct? He is the one who gives knowledge to man.
11 Yahwe anayajua mawazo ya wanadamu, kuwa ni mvuke.
Yahweh knows the thoughts of men, that they are vapor.
12 Amebarikiwa yule ambaye umuongozaye, Yahwe, yule ambaye wewe humfundisha kutoka katika sheria yako.
Blessed is the one whom you instruct, Yahweh, the one whom you teach from your law.
13 Wewe humpa pumziko wakati wa shida mpaka shimo litakapokuwa limechimbwa kwa ajili ya waovu.
You give him rest in times of trouble until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 Maana Yahwe hatawaacha watu wake wala kutelekeza warithi wake.
For Yahweh will not forsake his people or abandon his inheritance.
15 Kwa kuwa tena hukumu itakuwa ya haki; na wote walio wanyoofu wa moyo wataifuata.
For judgment will again be righteous; and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Ni nani atainuka kunitetea dhidi ya watendao uovu? Ni nani atasimama dhidi ya waovu kwa ajili yangu?
Who will rise up to defend me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the wicked?
17 Kama Yahwe asingelikuwa msaada wangu, haraka ningekuwa nimelala mahali pa ukimya.
Unless Yahweh had been my help, I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.
18 Niliposema, mguu wangu unateleza,” Uaminifu wa agano lako, Yahwe, uliniinua.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
19 Wasiwasi uwapo mwingi ndani yangu, faraja yako hunifurahisha.
When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
20 Kiti cha uharibifu chaweza kushirikiana nawe, kitungacho madhara kwa njia ya sheria?
Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?
21 Wao kwa pamoja hupanga njama kuwaua wenye haki na kuwahukumu adhabu ya kifo wenye haki.
They conspire together to take the life of the righteous and they condemn the innocent to death.
22 Lakini Yahwe amekuwa mnara wangu mrefu, na Mungu wangu amekuwa mwamba wa kimbilio langu.
But Yahweh has been my high tower, and my God has been the rock of my refuge.
23 Yeye atawarudishia uovu wao wenyewe na atawaangamiza katika uovu wao wenyewe. Yahwe Mungu wetu atawaangamiza.
He will bring on them their own iniquity and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh our God will cut them off.
