To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Maskani zako zapendeza kama nini, Ee Bwana wa majeshi!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:
My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Nafsi yangu imezionea shauku nyua za Bwana, Naam, na kuzikondea. Moyo wangu na mwili wangu Vinamlilia Mungu aliye hai.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Shomoro naye ameona nyumba, Na mbayuwayu amejipatia kioto, Alipoweka makinda yake, Kwenye madhabahu zako, Ee Bwana wa majeshi, Mfalme wangu na Mungu wangu.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
They will be still praising thee. Selah.
Heri wakaao nyumbani mwako, Wanakuhimidi daima.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is
in thee; In whose heart are the ways of them .
Heri ambaye nguvu zake zatoka kwako, Na njia ziendazo Sayuni zimo moyoni mwake.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;
The rain also filleth the pools.
Wakipita kati ya bonde la Vilio, Hulifanya kuwa chemchemi, Naam, mvua ya vuli hulivika baraka
7 They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Huendelea toka nguvu hata nguvu, Huonekana Sayuni kila mmoja mbele za Mungu.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer:
Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, uyasikie maombi yangu, Ee Mungu wa Yakobo, usikilize,
9 Behold, O God our shield,
And look upon the face of thine anointed.
Ee Mungu, ngao yetu, uangalie, Umtazame uso masihi wako.
10 For a day in thy courts
Is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Hakika siku moja katika nyua zako Ni bora kuliko siku elfu. Ningependa kuwa bawabu nyumbani mwa Mungu wangu, Kuliko kukaa katika hema za uovu.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield:
The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu, ni jua na ngao, Bwana atatoa neema na utukufu. Hatawanyima kitu chema Hao waendao kwa ukamilifu.
12 O LORD of hosts,
Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ee Bwana wa majeshi, Heri mwanadamu anayekutumaini Wewe.
