1 I am the man that hath seen affliction
By the rod of his wrath.
Mimi ni mtu aliyeona mateso Kwa fimbo ya ghadhabu yake.
2 He hath led me, and brought me
Into darkness, but not into light.
Ameniongoza na kuniendesha katika giza Wala si katika nuru.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand
Against me all the day.
Hakika juu yangu augeuza mkono wake Mara kwa mara mchana wote.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old;
He hath broken my bones.
Amechakaza nyama yangu na ngozi yangu; Ameivunja mifupa yangu.
5 He hath builded against me,
And compassed me with gall and travail.
Amejenga boma juu yangu, Na kunizungusha uchungu na uchovu.
6 He hath set me in dark places,
As they that be dead of old.
Amenikalisha penye giza, Kama watu waliokufa zamani.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out:
He hath made my chain heavy.
Amenizinga pande zote hata siwezi kutoka; Ameufanya mnyororo wangu mzito.
8 Also when I cry and shout,
He shutteth out my prayer.
Naam, nikilia na kuomba msaada, Huyapinga maombi yangu.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone,
He hath made my paths crooked.
Ameziziba njia zangu kwa mawe yaliyochongwa; Ameyapotosha mapito yangu.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait,
And as a lion in secret places.
Alivyo kwangu ni kama dubu aoteaye, Kama simba aliye mafichoni.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces:
He hath made me desolate.
Amezigeuza njia zangu, na kunirarua-rarua; Amenifanya ukiwa.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me
As a mark for the arrow.
Ameupinda upinde wake, Na kunifanya niwe shabaha kwa mshale.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver
To enter into my reins.
Amenichoma viuno Kwa mishale ya podo lake.
14 I was a derision to all my people;
And their song all the day.
Nimekuwa dhihaka kwa watu wangu wote; Wimbo wao mchana kutwa.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness,
He hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Amenijaza uchungu, Amenikinaisha kwa pakanga.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones,
He hath covered me with ashes.
Amenivunja meno kwa changarawe; Amenifunika majivu.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace:
I forgat prosperity.
Umeniweka nafsi yangu mbali na amani; Nikasahau kufanikiwa.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope
Is perished from the LORD:
Nikasema, Nguvu zangu zimepotea, Na tumaini langu kwa Bwana.
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery,
The wormwood and the gall.
Kumbuka mateso yangu, na msiba wangu, Pakanga na nyongo.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance,
And is humbled in me.
Nafsi yangu ikali ikiyakumbuka hayo, Nayo imeinama ndani yangu.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore have I hope.
Najikumbusha neno hili, Kwa hiyo nina matumaini.
22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed,
Because his compassions fail not.
Ni huruma za Bwana kwamba hatuangamii, Kwa kuwa rehema zake hazikomi.
23 They are new every morning:
Great is thy faithfulness.
Ni mpya kila siku asubuhi; Uaminifu wako ni mkuu.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul;
Therefore will I hope in him.
Bwana ndiye fungu langu, husema nafsi yangu, Kwa hiyo nitamtumaini yeye.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him,
To the soul that seeketh him.
Bwana ni mwema kwa hao wamngojeao, Kwa hiyo nafsi imtafutayo.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly
Wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Ni vema mtu autarajie wokovu wa Bwana Na kumngojea kwa utulivu.
27 It is good for a man that he bear
The yoke in his youth.
Ni vema mwanadamu aichukue nira Wakati wa ujana wake.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence,
Because he hath borne it upon him.
Na akae peke yake na kunyamaza kimya; Kwa sababu Bwana ameweka hayo juu yake.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust;
If so be there may be hope.
Na atie kinywa chake mavumbini; Ikiwa yamkini liko tumaini.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him:
He is filled full with reproach.
Na amwelekezee yule ampigaye shavu lake; Ashibishwe mashutumu.
31 For the Lord will not
Cast off for ever:
Kwa kuwa Bwana hatamtupa mtu Hata milele.
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion
According to the multitude of his mercies.
Maana ajapomhuzunisha atamrehemu, Kwa kadiri ya wingi wa huruma zake.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly
Nor grieve the children of men.
Maana moyo wake hapendi kuwatesa wanadamu. Wala kuwahuzunisha.
34 To crush under his feet
All the prisoners of the earth,
Kuwaseta chini kwa miguu Wafungwa wote wa duniani,
35 To turn aside the right of a man
Before the face of the Most High,
Kuipotosha hukumu ya mtu Mbele zake Aliye juu,
36 To subvert a man in his cause,
The Lord approveth not.
Na kumnyima mtu haki yake, Hayo Bwana hayaridhii kabisa.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass,
When the Lord commandeth it not?
Ni nani asemaye neno nalo likafanyika, Ikiwa Bwana hakuliagiza?
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High
Proceedeth not evil and good?
Je! Katika kinywa chake Aliye juu Hayatoki maovu na mema?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain,
A man for the punishment of his sins?
Mbona anung'unika mwanadamu aliye hai Mtu akiadhibiwa kwa dhambi zake?
40 Let us search and try our ways,
And turn again to the LORD.
Na tuchunguze njia zetu na kuzijaribu, Na kumrudia Bwana tena.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands
Unto God in the heavens.
Na tumwinulie Mungu aliye mbinguni Mioyo yetu na mikono.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled:
Thou hast not pardoned.
Sisi tumekosa na kuasi; Wewe hukusamehe.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us:
Thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Umetufunika kwa hasira na kutufuatia; Umeua, wala hukuona huruma.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud,
That our prayer should not pass through.
Umejifunika nafsi yako kwa wingu, Maombi yetu yasipite.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the people.
Umetufanya kuwa takataka, na vifusi Katikati ya mataifa.
46 All our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.
Juu yetu adui zetu wote Wametupanulia vinywa vyao.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us,
Desolation and destruction.
Hofu imetujilia na shimo, Ukiwa na uharibifu.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Jicho langu lachuruzika mito ya maji Kwa ajili ya uvunjifu wa binti ya watu wangu.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not,
Without any intermission,
Jicho langu latoka machozi lisikome, Wala haliachi;
50 Till the LORD look down,
And behold from heaven.
Hata Bwana atakapoangalia Na kutazama toka mbinguni.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Jicho langu lanitia huzuni nafsini mwangu, Kwa sababu ya binti zote za mji wangu.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird,
Without cause.
Walio adui zangu bila sababu Wameniwinda sana kama ndege;
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon,
And cast a stone upon me.
Wameukatilia mbali uhai wangu gerezani, Na kutupa jiwe juu yangu.
54 Waters flowed over mine head;
Then I said, I am cut off.
Maji mengi yalipita juu ya kichwa changu, Nikasema, Nimekatiliwa mbali.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD,
Out of the low dungeon.
Naliliitia jina lako, Bwana, kutoka lile shimo Liendalo chini kabisa.
56 Thou hast heard my voice:
Hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Ukaisikia sauti yangu; usifiche sikio lako Ili usisikie pumzi yangu, kwa kilio changu.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee:
Thou saidst, Fear not.
Ulinikaribia siku ile nilipokulilia; Ukasema, Usiogope.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;
Thou hast redeemed my life.
Ee Bwana umenitetea mateto ya nafsi yangu; Umeukomboa uhai wangu.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong:
Judge thou my cause.
Umekuona kudhulumiwa kwangu, Ee Bwana; Unihukumie neno langu.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance
And all their imaginations against me.
Umekiona kisasi chao chote, Na mashauri yao yote juu yangu.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD,
And all their imaginations against me;
Ee Bwana, umeyasikia matukano yao, Na mashauri yao yote juu yangu;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me,
And their device against me all the day.
Midomo yao walioinuka juu yangu Na maazimio yao juu yangu mchana kutwa.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up;
I am their musick.
Uangalie kuketi kwao, na kuinuka kwao; Wimbo wao ndio mimi.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD,
According to the work of their hands.
Utawalipa malipo, Ee Bwana, Sawasawa na kazi ya mikono yao.
65 Give them sorrow of heart,
Thy curse unto them.
Utawapa ushupavu wa moyo; Laana yako juu yao.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger
From under the heavens of the LORD.
Utawafuatia kwa hasira, na kuwaangamiza Wasiwe tena chini ya mbingu za Bwana.
