Maschil of Asaph.
1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?
Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ee Mungu, mbona umetutupa milele? Kwa nini hasira yako inatoka moshi Juu ya kondoo wa malisho yako?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old;
The rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed;
This mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Ulikumbuke kusanyiko lako, Ulilolinunua zamani. Ulilolikomboa liwe kabila ya urithi wako, Mlima Sayuni ulioufanya maskani yako.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;
Even all that the enemy
hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Upainulie miguu yako palipoharibika milele; Adui ameufanya kila ubaya katika patakatifu.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;
They set up their ensigns for signs.
Watesi wako wamenguruma kati ya kusanyiko lako; Wameweka bendera zao ziwe alama.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Wanaonekana kama watu wainuao mashoka, Waikate miti ya msituni.
6 But now they break down the carved work
Thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Na sasa nakishi yake yote pia Wanaivunja-vunja kwa mashoka na nyundo.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary,
They have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Wamepatia moto patakatifu pako; Wamelinajisi kao la jina lako hata chini.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together:
They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Walisema mioyoni mwao, Na tuwaangamize kabisa; Mahali penye mikutano ya Mungu Wamepachoma moto katika nchi pia.
9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet:
Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Hatuzioni ishara zetu, wala sasa hakuna nabii, Wala kwetu hakuna ajuaye, hata lini?
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Ee Mungu, mtesi atalaumu hata lini? Adui alidharau jina lako hata milele?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
Pluck it out of thy bosom.
Mbona unaurudisha mkono wako, Naam, mkono wako wa kuume, Uutoe kifuani mwako, Ukawaangamize kabisa.
12 For God is my King of old,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Lakini Mungu ni mfalme wangu tokea zamani, Afanyaye mambo ya wokovu katikati ya nchi.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength:
Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Wewe umeipasua bahari kwa nguvu zako, Umevivunja vichwa vya nyangumi juu ya maji.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces,
And gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Wewe uliviseta vichwa vya lewiathani, Awe chakula cha watu wa jangwani.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood:
Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Wewe ulitokeza chemchemi na kijito; Wewe ulikausha mito yenye maji sikuzote.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine:
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Mchana ni wako, usiku nao ni wako, Ndiwe uliyeufanya mwanga na jua.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
Thou hast made summer and winter.
Wewe uliiweka mipaka yote ya dunia, Kaskazi na kusi Wewe ulizitengeneza.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD,
And that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Ee Bwana, uyakumbuke hayo, adui amelaumu, Na watu wapumbavu wamelidharau jina lako.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked:
Forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Usimpe mnyama mkali nafsi ya hua wako; Usiusahau milele uhai wa watu wako walioonewa.
20 Have respect unto the covenant:
For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Ulitafakari agano; Maana mahali penye giza katika nchi Pamejaa makao ya ukatili.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed:
Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Aliyeonewa asirejee ametiwa haya, Mnyonge na mhitaji na walisifu jina lako.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Ee Mungu, usimame, ujitetee mwenyewe, Ukumbuke unavyotukanwa na mpumbavu mchana kutwa.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies:
The tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Usiisahau sauti ya watesi wako, Ghasia yao wanaokuondokea inapaa daima.
