To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Ee Mungu, tumesikia kwa masikio yetu Baba zetu wametuambia, Matendo uliyoyatenda siku zao, siku za kale.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Wewe kwa mkono wako uliwafukuza mataifa, Ukawakalisha wao. Wewe uliwatesa watu wa nchi, Ukawaeneza wao.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them:
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Maana si kwa upanga wao walivyoimiliki nchi, Wala si mkono wao uliowaokoa; Bali mkono wako wa kuume, naam, mkono wako, Na nuru ya uso wako, kwa kuwa uliwaridhia.
4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverances for Jacob.
Ee Mungu, Wewe ndiwe mfalme wangu, Uagize mambo ya wokovu kwa Yakobo.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Kwa nguvu zako tutawaangusha watesi wetu; Kwa jina lako tutawakanyaga watupingao.
6 For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
Maana sitautumainia upinde wangu, Wala upanga wangu hautaniokoa.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies,
And hast put them to shame that hated us.
Bali Wewe ndiwe uliyetuokoa na watesi wetu; Na watuchukiao umewaaibisha.
8 In God we boast all the day long,
And praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Tumejisifia Mungu mchana kutwa, Na jina lako tutalishukuru milele.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
And goest not forth with our armies.
Lakini umetutupa, umetufedhehesha, Wala hutoki na majeshi yetu.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Waturudisha nyuma tukampa mtesi kisogo, Na watuchukiao wanajipatia mateka.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
And hast scattered us among the heathen.
Umetutoa kama kondoo tuwe chakula, Na kututawanya kati ya mataifa.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Wawauza watu wako bila kupata mali, Wala hukupata faida kwa thamani yao.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Umetufanya kuwa lawama kwa jirani zetu, Mzaha na dhihaka kwao wanaotuzunguka.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,
A shaking of the head among the people.
Umetufanya kuwa mithali kwa mataifa, Sababu ya kutikisa kichwa kwa watu wa nchi.
15 My confusion is continually before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
Mchana kutwa fedheha yangu i mbele yangu, Na haya ya uso wangu imenifunika,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
By reason of the enemy and avenger.
Kwa sauti ya mwenye kulaumu na kukufuru, Kwa sababu ya adui na mjilipiza kisasi.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Haya yote yametupata, bali hatukukusahau, Wala hatukulihalifu agano lako.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Hatukuiacha mioyo yetu irudi nyuma, Wala hatua zetu hazikuiacha njia yako.
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
Hata utuponde katika kao la mbwa-mwitu, Na kutufunika kwa uvuli wa mauti.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Ikiwa tumelisahau jina la Mungu wetu, Au kumnyoshea mungu mgeni mikono yetu;
21 Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Je! Mungu hatalichunguza neno hilo? Maana ndiye azijuaye siri za moyo.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Hasha! Kwa ajili yako tunauawa mchana kutwa; Tunafanywa kondoo waendao kuchinjwa.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
Amka, Bwana, mbona umelala? Ondoka, usitutupe kabisa.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Mbona unatuficha uso wako, Na kusahau kuonewa na kudhulumiwa kwetu?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Maana nafsi yetu imeinama mavumbini, Tumbo letu limegandamana na nchi.
26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Uondoke, uwe msaada wetu, Utukomboe kwa ajili ya fadhili zako.
