To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Kama ayala aioneavyo shauku mito ya maji. Vivyo hivyo nafsi yangu inakuonea shauku, Ee Mungu.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God?
Nafsi yangu inamwonea kiu MUNGU, Mungu aliye hai, Lini nitakapokuja nionekane mbele za Mungu?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Machozi yangu yamekuwa chakula changu mchana na usiku, Pindi wanaponiambia mchana kutwa, Yuko wapi Mungu wako.
4 When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me:
For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept holyday.
Nayakumbuka hayo nikiweka wazi nafsi yangu ndani yangu, Jinsi nilivyokuwa nikienda na mkutano, Na kuwaongoza nyumbani kwa Mungu, Kwa sauti ya furaha na kusifu, mkutano wa sikukuu.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted in me?
Hope thou in God:
For I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.
Nafsi yangu, kwa nini kuinama, Na kufadhaika ndani yangu? Umtumaini Mungu; Kwa maana nitakuja kumsifu, Aliye afya ya uso wangu, Na Mungu wangu.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Nafsi yangu imeinama ndani yangu, kwa hiyo nitakukumbuka, Toka nchi ya Yordani, na Mahermoni, na toka kilima cha Mizari.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Kilindi chapigia kelele kilindi kwa sauti ya maboromoko ya maji yako, Gharika zako zote na mawimbi yako yote yamepita juu yangu.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Mchana Bwana ataagiza fadhili zake, na usiku wimbo wake utakuwa nami, Naam, maombi kwa Mungu aliye uhai wangu.
9 I will say unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten me?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Nitamwambia Mungu, mwamba wangu, Kwa nini umenisahau? Kwa nini ninakwenda nikihuzunika, adui wakinionea?
10 As with a sword in my bones,
Mine enemies reproach me;
While they say daily unto me,
Where is thy God?
Watesi wangu hunitukana mithili ya kuniponda mifupa yangu, Pindi wanaponiambia mchana kutwa, Yuko wapi Mungu wako?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God;
For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Nafsi yangu, kwa nini kuinama, Na kufadhaika ndani yangu? Umtumaini Mungu; Kwa maana nitakuja kumsifu, Aliye afya ya uso wangu, Na Mungu wangu.
