To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
Thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Wewe uchungaye Israeli, usikie, Wewe umwongozaye Yusufu kama kundi; Wewe uketiye juu ya makerubi, utoe nuru.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,
And come and save us.
Mbele ya Efraimu, na Benyamini, na Manase, Uziamshe nguvu zako, Uje, utuokoe.
3 Turn us again, O God,
And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ee Mungu, uturudishe, Uangazishe uso wako nasi tutaokoka.
4 O LORD God of hosts,
How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Ee Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, hata lini Utayaghadhibikia maombi ya watu wako?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears;
And givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Umewalisha mkate wa machozi, Umewanywesha machozi kwa kipimo kikuu.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours:
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Unatufanya sababu ya ugomvi kwa jirani zetu, Na adui zetu wanacheka wao kwa wao.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,
And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ee Mungu wa majeshi, uturudishe, Uangazishe uso wako nasi tutaokoka.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:
Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Ulileta mzabibu kutoka Misri, Ukawafukuza mataifa ukaupanda.
9 Thou preparedst room before it,
And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Ulitengeneza nafasi mbele yake, Nao ukatia mizizi sana ukaijaza nchi.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it,
And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Milima ilifunikwa kwa uvuli wake, Matawi yake ni kama mierezi ya Mungu.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea,
And her branches unto the river.
Nao uliyaeneza matawi yake hata baharini, Na vichipukizi vyake hata kunako Mto.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges,
So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Kwa nini umezibomoa kuta zake, Wakauchuma wote wapitao njiani?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it,
And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Nguruwe wa msituni wanauharibu, Na hayawani wa kondeni wanautafuna.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven,
And behold, and visit this vine;
Ee Mungu wa majeshi, tunakusihi, urudi, Utazame toka juu uone, uujilie mzabibu huu.
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,
And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Na mche ule ulioupanda Kwa mkono wako wa kuume; Na tawi lile ulilolifanya Kuwa imara kwa nafsi yako.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down:
They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Umechomwa moto; umekatwa; Kwa lawama ya uso wako wanapotea.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,
Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Mkono wako na uwe juu yake Mtu wa mkono wako wa kuume; Juu ya mwanadamu uliyemfanya Kuwa imara kwa nafsi yako;
18 So will not we go back from thee:
Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Basi hatutakuacha kwa kurudi nyuma; Utuhuishe nasi tutaliitia jina lako.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts,
Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Ee Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, uturudishe, Uangazishe uso wako nasi tutaokoka.
