1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Laiti ungepasua mbingu, na kushuka, ili milima iteteme mbele zako;
2 as when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
kama vile moto uchomapo vichaka, na moto uchemshapo maji; ili kuwajulisha adui zako jina lako, mataifa wakatetemeke mbele zako!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Ulipofanya mambo ya kutisha tusiyoyatazamia, ulishuka, milima ikatetema mbele zako.
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Maana tangu zamani za kale watu hawakusikia, wala kufahamu kwa masikio, wala jicho halikuona Mungu, ila wewe, atendaye mambo kwa ajili yake amngojaye.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Wewe wamlaki yeye afurahiaye yaliyo haki na kuyatenda, watu wale wakukumbukao katika njia zako; tazama, ulikuwa na hasira, nasi tulitenda dhambi; tumekuwa katika mambo haya muda mwingi; nasi, je! Tutaokolewa?
6 But we are all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Kwa maana sisi sote tumekuwa kama mtu aliye mchafu, na matendo yetu yote ya haki yamekuwa kama nguo iliyotiwa unajisi; sisi sote twanyauka kama jani, na maovu yetu yatuondoa, kama upepo uondoavyo.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Tena hapana aliitiaye jina lako, ajitahidiye akushike; kwa kuwa umetuficha uso wako, nawe umetukomesha kwa njia ya maovu yetu.
8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Lakini sasa, Ee Bwana, wewe u baba yetu; sisi tu udongo, nawe u mfinyanzi wetu; sisi sote tu kazi ya mikono yako.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Ee Bwana, usione hasira nyingi, wala usiukumbuke uovu siku zote; tazama, angalia, twakusihi, sisi sote tu watu wako.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Miji yako mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa, Sayuni umekuwa jangwa, Yerusalemu umekuwa ukiwa.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Nyumba yetu takatifu, nzuri, walimokusifu baba zetu, imeteketea moto; vitu vyetu vyote vyenye kupendeza vimeharibika.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things , O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Utajizuia usiyaangalie mambo haya, Ee Bwana? Utanyamaza, na kututesa sana?
