1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Ole wangu! Maana mimi ni kama hapo walipokwisha kuyachuma matunda ya wakati wa hari, kama zabibu zichumwazo baada ya mavuno; hapana shada la kuliwa; roho yangu inatamani tini iivayo kwanza.
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Mtu amchaye Mungu ametoweka, asionekane katika nchi, wala hapana mtu mwenye adili katika wanadamu; wote huotea ili kumwaga damu; kila mtu humwinda ndugu yake kwa wavu.
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man , he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Mikono yao inayashika mabaya wayatende kwa bidii; mtu mkuu aomba rushwa, kadhi yu tayari kuipokea; mtu mkubwa hunena madhara yaliyomo rohoni mwake; hivyo ndivyo wayafumavyo hayo pamoja.
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Mtu aliye mwema miongoni mwao ni kama mbigili; mtu aliye mwenye adili miongoni mwao ni mbaya kuliko boma la michongoma; hiyo siku ya walinzi wako, yaani, siku ya kujiliwa kwako, imefika; sasa kutatokea kufadhaika kwao.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Msimwamini rafiki, msimwekee kiongozi tumaini; ilinde milango ya midomo ya kinywa chako ili mkeo alalaye kifuani mwako asijue habari.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Kwa maana mwana humwaibisha babaye, na binti huondoka ashindane na mamaye; na mwanamke aliyeolewa hushindana na mavyaaye; adui za mtu ni watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe.
Her Trust in God
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Lakini mimi, nitamtazamia Bwana; nitamngojea Mungu wa wokovu wangu; Mungu wangu atanisikia.
8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Usifurahi juu yangu, Ee adui yangu; niangukapo, nitasimama tena; nikaapo gizani, Bwana atakuwa nuru kwangu.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Nitaivumilia ghadhabu ya Bwana, kwa kuwa nimemwasi; hata atakaponitetea teto langu, na kunifanyia hukumu; atanileta nje kwenye nuru, nami nitaiona haki yake.
10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it , and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Ndipo adui yangu ataliona jambo hilo, na aibu itamfunika, yeye aliyeniambia, Yuko wapi Bwana, Mungu wako? Macho yangu yatamtazama; sasa atakanyagwa kama matope ya njia kuu.
11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Ni siku ya kujengwa kuta zako! Siku hiyo mpaka utasongezwa mbali.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Siku hiyo watakujia kutoka Ashuru na miji ya Misri, na kutoka Misri mpaka huo Mto, na kutoka bahari hii mpaka bahari hii, na kutoka mlima huu mpaka mlima huu.
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Hata hivyo nchi itakuwa ukiwa kwa sababu ya hao wakaao ndani yake, kwa sababu ya matunda ya matendo yao.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Walishe watu wako kwa fimbo yako, kundi la urithi wako, wakaao peke yao, mwituni katikati ya Karmeli; na walishe katika Bashani na Gileadi, kama siku za kale.
15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things .
Kama katika siku zile za kutoka kwako katika nchi ya Misri nitamwonyesha mambo ya ajabu.
16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Mataifa wataona, na kuzitahayarikia nguvu zao zote; wataweka mikono yao juu ya vinywa vyao, masikio yao yatakuwa na uziwi.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Watayaramba mavumbi kama nyoka, kama vitu vitambaavyo juu ya nchi watatoka katika mahali walimojificha, wakitetemeka; watakuja kwa Bwana, Mungu wetu, kwa hofu, nao wataogopa kwa sababu yako.
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Ni nani aliye Mungu kama wewe, mwenye kusamehe uovu, na kuliachilia kosa la watu wa urithi wake waliosalia? Hashiki hasira yake milele, kwa maana yeye hufurahia rehema.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Atarejea na kutuhurumia; atayakanyaga maovu yetu; nawe utazitupa dhambi zao zote katika vilindi vya bahari.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Wewe utamtimilizia Yakobo kweli yako, na Ibrahimu rehema zako, ulizowaapia baba zetu tangu siku za kale.
