A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken,
And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Mungu, Mungu Bwana, amenena, ameiita nchi, Toka maawio ya jua hata machweo yake.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God hath shined.
Tokea Sayuni, ukamilifu wa uzuri, Mungu amemulika.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:
A fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Mungu wetu atakuja wala hatanyamaza, Moto utakula mbele zake, na tufani yavuma sana ikimzunguka pande zote.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Ataziita mbingu zilizo juu, Na nchi pia awahukumu watu wake.
5 Gather my saints together unto me;
Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Nikusanyieni wacha Mungu wangu Waliofanya agano nami kwa dhabihu.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:
For God is judge himself. Selah.
Na mbingu zitatangaza haki yake, Kwa maana Mungu ndiye aliye hakimu.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Sikieni, enyi watu wangu, nami nitanena, Mimi nitakushuhudia, Israeli; Mimi ndimi niliye MUNGU, Mungu wako.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices
Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Sitakukemea kwa ajili ya dhabihu zako, Na kafara zako ziko mbele zangu daima.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house,
Nor he goats out of thy folds.
Sitatwaa ng'ombe katika nyumba yako, Wala beberu katika mazizi yako.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Maana kila hayawani ni wangu, Na makundi juu ya milima elfu.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains:
And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Nawajua ndege wote wa milima, Na wanyama wote wa mashamba ni wangu
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Kama ningekuwa na njaa singekuambia, Maana ulimwengu ni wangu, navyo viujazavyo.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
Je! Nile nyama ya mafahali! Au ninywe damu ya mbuzi!
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving;
And pay thy vows unto the most High:
Mtolee Mungu dhabihu za kushukuru; Mtimizie Aliye juu nadhiri zako.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Ukaniite siku ya mateso; Nitakuokoa, na wewe utanitukuza.
16 But unto the wicked God saith,
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Bali mtu asiye haki, Mungu amwambia, Una nini wewe kuitangaza sheria yangu, Na kuliweka agano langu kinywani mwako?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,
And castest my words behind thee.
Maana wewe umechukia maonyo, Na kuyatupa maneno yangu nyuma yako.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,
And hast been partaker with adulterers.
Ulipomwona mwivi ulikuwa radhi naye, Ukashirikiana na wazinzi.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil,
And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Umekiachia kinywa chako kinene mabaya, Na ulimi wako watunga hila.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;
Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Umekaa na kumsengenya ndugu yako, Na mwana wa mama yako umemsingizia.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:
But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Ndivyo ulivyofanya, nami nikanyamaza; Ukadhani ya kuwa Mimi ni kama wewe. Walakini nitakukemea; Nitayapanga hayo mbele ya macho yako.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Yafahamuni hayo, Ninyi mnaomsahau Mungu, Nisije nikawararueni, Asipatikane mwenye kuwaponya.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:
And to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Atoaye dhabihu za kushukuru, Ndiye anayenitukuza. Naye autengenezaye mwenendo wake, Nitamwonyesha wokovu wa Mungu.
