To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Mwimbieni Mungu, nguvu zetu, nyimbo za furaha, Mshangilieni Mungu wa Yakobo.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Pazeni zaburi, pigeni matari, Kinubi chenye sauti nzuri, na kinanda.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Pigeni panda mwandamo wa mwezi, Wakati wa mbalamwezi, sikukuu yetu.
4 For this was a statute for Israel,
And a law of the God of Jacob.
Kwa maana ni sheria kwa Israeli, Ni hukumu ya Mungu wa Yakobo.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,
When he went out through the land of Egypt:
Where I heard a language that I understood not.
Aliamuru iwe ushuhuda katika Yusufu, Alipoondoka juu ya nchi ya Misri; Maneno yake nisiyemjua naliyasikia.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden:
His hands were delivered from the pots.
Nimelitenga bega lake na mzigo, Mikono yake ikaachana na kikapu.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder:
I proved thee
At the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Katika shida uliniita nikakuokoa; Nalikuitikia katika sitara ya radi; Nalikujaribu penye maji ya Meriba.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Enyi watu wangu, sikieni, nami nitawaonya, Ee Israeli, kama ukitaka kunisikiliza;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Usiwe na mungu mgeni ndani yako; Wala usimsujudie mungu mwingine.
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wako, Niliyekupandisha toka nchi ya Misri; Fumbua sana kinywa chako nami nitakijaza.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice;
And Israel would none of me.
Lakini watu wangu hawakuisikiliza sauti yangu, Wala Israeli hawakunitaka.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust:
And they walked in their own counsels.
Nikawaacha wakaenda kwa ukaidi wa mioyo yao, Waenende katika mashauri yao.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
And Israel had walked in my ways!
Laiti watu wangu wangenisikiliza, Na Israeli angeenenda katika njia zangu;
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies,
And turned my hand against their adversaries.
Ningewadhili adui zao kwa upesi, Na juu ya watesi wao ningegeuza mkono wangu;
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:
But their time should have endured for ever.
Wamchukiao Bwana wangenyenyekea mbele zake, Bali wakati wao ungedumu milele.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:
And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Naam, ningewalisha kwa unono wa ngano, Ningewashibisha kwa asali itokayo mwambani.
