His Prayer
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Sala ya nabii Habakuki.
2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid:
O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make known;
In wrath remember mercy.
Ee Bwana, nimesikia habari zako, nami naogopa; Ee Bwana, fufua kazi yako katikati ya miaka; Katikati ya miaka tangaza habari yake; Katika ghadhabu kumbuka rehema.
3 God came from Teman,
And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.
His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of his praise.
Mungu alikuja kutoka Temani, Yeye aliye mtakatifu kutoka mlima Parani. Utukufu wake ukazifunika mbingu, Nayo dunia ikajaa sifa yake.
4 And his brightness was as the light;
He had horns coming out of his hand:
And there was the hiding of his power.
Mwangaza wake ulikuwa kama nuru; Alikuwa na mishale ya nuru ubavuni pake; Ndipo ulipofichwa uweza wake.
5 Before him went the pestilence,
And burning coals went forth at his feet.
Mbele zake ilikwenda tauni, Na makaa ya moto yakatoka miguuni pake.
6 He stood, and measured the earth:
He beheld, and drove asunder the nations;
And the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills did bow:
His ways are everlasting.
Akasimama, akaitetemesha dunia; Akatazama, akawasitusha mataifa; Na milima ya zamani ikatawanyika; Vilima vya kale vikainama; Miendo yake ilikuwa kama siku za kale.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction:
And the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Naliziona hema za Kushani katika taabu; Mapazia ya nchi ya Midiani yakatetemeka.
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers?
Was thine anger against the rivers?
Was thy wrath against the sea,
That thou didst ride upon thine horses
And thy chariots of salvation?
Je! Bwana aliikasirikia mito? Je! Hasira yako ilikuwa juu ya mito, Au ghadhabu yako juu ya bahari, Hata ukapanda farasi zako, Katika magari yako ya wokovu?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked,
According to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah.
Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Uta wako ukafanywa wazi kabisa; Viapo walivyopewa kabila vilikuwa neno thabiti; Ukaipasua nchi kwa mito.
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:
The overflowing of the water passed by:
The deep uttered his voice,
And lifted up his hands on high.
Milima ilikuona, ikaogopa; Gharika ya maji ikapita; Vilindi vikatoa sauti yake, Vikainua juu mikono yake.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:
At the light of thine arrows they went,
And at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Jua na mwezi vikasimama makaoni mwao; Mbele ya nuru ya mishale yako ilipotapakaa, Mbele ya mwangaza wa mkuki wako umeremetao.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation,
Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Ulikwenda katikati ya nchi kwa ghadhabu; Ukawapura mataifa kwa hasira.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
Even for salvation with thine anointed;
Thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked,
By discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
Ukatokea kwa ajili ya wokovu wa watu wako, Kwa ajili ya wokovu wa masihi wako; Ukakiponda kichwa cha nyumba ya waovu, Ukiuweka wazi msingi hata mwambani.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:
Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Ukakichoma kichwa cha mashujaa wake kwa fimbo zao wenyewe; Wakaja kama kisulisuli ili kunitawanya; Kama wakifurahi kuwameza maskini kwa siri.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses,
Through the heap of great waters.
Ukaikanyaga bahari kwa farasi zako, Chungu ya maji yenye nguvu.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice:
Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble:
When he cometh up unto the people,
He will invade them with his troops.
Nikasikia, na tumbo langu likatetemeka, Midomo yangu ikatikisika kwa sauti ile; Ubovu ukaingia mifupani mwangu, Nikatetemeka katika mahali pangu; Ili nipate kuingoja ile siku ya dhiki, Kundi lao washambuliao wakweapo juu ya watu.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
Neither shall fruit be in the vines;
The labour of the olive shall fail,
And the fields shall yield no meat;
The flock shall be cut off from the fold,
And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Maana mtini hautachanua maua, Wala mizabibuni hamtakuwa na matunda; Taabu ya mzeituni itakuwa bure, Na mashamba hayatatoa chakula; Zizini hamtakuwa na kundi, Wala vibandani hamtakuwa na kundi la ng'ombe;
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Walakini nitamfurahia Bwana Nitamshangilia Mungu wa wokovu wangu.
19 The LORD God is my strength,
And he will make my feet like hinds' feet ,
And he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
YEHOVA, aliye Bwana, ni nguvu zangu, Yeye huifanya miguu yangu kuwa kama ya kulungu, Naye ataniendesha katika mahali pangu palipoinuka.
