To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Ee Mungu wa sifa zangu, usinyamaze,
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Kwa maana wamenifumbulia kinywa; Kinywa cha mtu asiye haki, cha hila, Wamesema nami kwa ulimi wa uongo.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; And fought against me without a cause.
Naam, kwa maneno ya chuki wamenizunguka, Wamepigana nami bure.
4 For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.
Badala ya upendo wangu wao hunishitaki, Ijapokuwa naliwaombea.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
Wamenichukuza mabaya badala ya mema, Na chuki badala ya upendo wangu.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him:
And let Satan stand at his right hand.
Uweke mtu mkorofi juu yake, Mshitaki asimame mkono wake wa kuume.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
And let his prayer become sin.
Katika kuhukumiwa ataonekana hana haki, Na sala yake itadhaniwa kuwa ni dhambi.
8 Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
Siku zake na ziwe chache, Usimamizi wake na atwae mtu mwingine.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
Wanawe na wawe yatima, Na mkewe na awe mjane.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
Let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Kutanga na watange wanawe na kuomba, Watafute chakula mbali na mahame yao.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
And let the strangers spoil his labour.
Mdai na anase vitu vyote alivyo navyo, Wageni na wateke mapato ya kazi yake.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Asiwe na mtu wa kumfanyia fadhili, Wala mtu wa kuwahurumia yatima wake.
13 Let his posterity be cut off;
And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Wazao wake waangamizwe, Jina lao likafutwe katika kizazi cha pili.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Uovu wa baba zake ukumbukwe mbele za Bwana, Na dhambi ya mamaye isifutwe.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Ziwe mbele za Bwana daima, Aliondoe kumbukumbu lao duniani.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man, That he might even slay the broken in heart.
Kwa kuwa hakukumbuka kutenda fadhili, Bali alimfukuza mnyonge na mhitaji, Hata akamfisha mtu aliyevunjika moyo,
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him:
As he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Naye alipenda kulaani, nako kukampata. Hakupendezwa na kubariki, kukawa mbali naye,
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,
So let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Alijivika laana kana kwamba ni vazi lake. Ikamwingilia moyoni kama maji, Na kama mafuta mifupani mwake.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,
And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Na iwe kwake kama vazi ajivikalo, Na kama mshipi ajifungao daima.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ndiyo malipo ya washitaki wangu toka kwa Bwana, Na ya hao wanaoisingizia nafsi yangu mabaya.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake:
Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Na Wewe, MUNGU, Bwana, unitendee kwa ajili ya jina lako, Kwa kuwa fadhili zako ni njema uniokoe.
22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
Kwa maana mimi ni mnyonge na mhitaji, Na moyo wangu umejeruhi ndani yangu.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Ninapita kama kivuli kianzacho kutoweka, Ninapeperushwa kama nzige.
24 My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
Magoti yangu yamedhoofu kwa kufunga, Na mwili wangu umekonda kwa kukosa mafuta.
25 I became also a reproach unto them:
When they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Nami nalikuwa laumu kwao, Wanionapo hutikisa vichwa vyao.
26 Help me, O LORD my God:
O save me according to thy mercy:
Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, unisaidie, Uniokoe sawasawa na fadhili zako.
27 That they may know that this is thy hand;
That thou, LORD, hast done it.
Nao wakajue ya kuwa ndio mkono wako; Wewe, Bwana, umeyafanya hayo.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Wao walaani, bali Wewe utabariki, Wameondoka wao wakaaibishwa, Bali mtumishi wako atafurahi.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Washitaki wangu watavikwa fedheha, Watajivika aibu yao kama joho.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
Nitamshukuru Bwana kwa kinywa changu, Naam, nitamsifu katikati ya mkutano.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those that condemn his soul.
Maana atasimama mkono wa kuume wa mhitaji Amwokoe na wanaoihukumu nafsi yake.
