1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ee Bwana, kwa nini wasimama mbali? Kwani kujificha nyakati za shida?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Kwa kiburi chake asiye haki mnyonge anafuatiwa kwa ukali; Na wanaswe kwa hila zizo hizo walizoziwaza.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,
And blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Maana mdhalimu hujisifia tamaa ya nafsi yake, Na mwenye choyo humkana Bwana na kumdharau.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
God is not in all his thoughts.
Mdhalimu kwa kiburi cha uso wake Asema, Hatapatiliza. Jumla ya mawazo yake ni, Hakuna Mungu;
5 His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Njia zake ni thabiti kila wakati. Hukumu zako ziko juu asizione, Adui zake wote awafyonya.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:
For I shall never be in adversity.
Asema moyoni mwake, Sitaondoshwa, Kizazi baada ya kizazi sitakuwamo taabuni.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:
Under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Kinywa chake kimejaa laana, Na hila na dhuluma. Chini ya ulimi wake kuna madhara na uovu,
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:
In the secret places doth he murder the innocent: His eyes are privily set against the poor.
Hukaa katika maoteo ya vijiji. Mahali pa siri humwua asiye na hatia, Macho yake humvizia mtu duni.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den:
He lieth in wait to catch the poor:
He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Huotea faraghani kama simba pangoni, Huotea amkamate mtu mnyonge. Naam, humkamata mtu mnyonge, Akimkokota wavuni mwake.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself,
That the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Hujikunyata na kuinama; Watu duni huanguka kwa nguvu zake.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:
He hideth his face; he will never see it .
Asema moyoni mwake, Mungu amesahau, Auficha uso wake, haoni kamwe.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand:
Forget not the humble.
Bwana, uondoke, Ee Mungu, uuinue mkono wako, Usiwasahau wanyonge.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?
He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it .
Kwani mdhalimu kumdharau Mungu. Akisema moyoni mwake, Hutapatiliza?
14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:
The poor committeth himself unto thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Umeona, maana unaangalia madhara na jeuri, Uyatwae mkononi mwako. Mtu duni hukuachia nafsi yake, Maana umekuwa msaidizi wa yatima.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked
And the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Uuvunje mkono wake mdhalimu, Na mbaya, uipatilize dhuluma yake, hata usiione.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever:
The heathen are perished out of his land.
Bwana ndiye Mfalme milele na milele; Mataifa wamepotea kutoka nchi yake.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Bwana, umeisikia tamaa ya wanyonge, Utaitengeneza mioyo yao, utalitega sikio lako.
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Ili kumhukumu yatima naye aliyeonewa, Binadamu aliye udongo asizidi kudhulumu.
