Thaburi 44
1 Twanaigua na matũ maitũ Wee Ngai, tũkĩĩrwo nĩ maithe maitũ ũrĩa wekire matukũ-inĩ mao, o matukũ macio ma tene.
For the leader. Of the Korahites. A maskil. O God, we have heard with our ears, all our ancestors have told us of the work that you wrought in their day, your wonders in days of old,
2 Nĩwaingatire ndũrĩrĩ na guoko gwaku, na ũgĩcooka kũhaanda maithe maitũ kuo; Wee nĩwanyariirire irĩndĩ iria ingĩ, na ũgĩtũma maithe maitũ magaacĩre.
uprooting and crushing the nations, then planting and settling them. For it wasn’t their own sword that won them the land,
3 Matiegwatĩire bũrũri ũcio na hinya wa rũhiũ rwao, o na ti icoka ciao ciamaheire ũhootani; no nĩ guoko gwaku kwa ũrĩo, ĩĩ nĩ gĩcoka gĩaku, na ũtheri wa gĩthiithi gĩaku, nĩgũkorwo nĩwamendete.
it was not their own arm that brought them the victory. Yours was the hand and the arm, yours was the face that shone on them with favor.
4 Wee nĩwe Mũthamaki wakwa na Ngai wakwa, ũrĩa wathagĩrĩra Jakubu ũhootani.
It was you, my king and my God, that ordained the victories of Jacob.
5 Wee nĩwe ũtũhotithagia kũhoota thũ ciitũ; nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku tũrangagĩrĩria arĩa marĩ muku na ithuĩ.
Through you we can thrust back our foes, and by your name tread down our assailants:
6 Ndiĩhokaga ũta wakwa, rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora ti ruo rũngĩĩhootanĩra;
for not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword win me the victory.
7 no Wee nĩwe ũtũtooranagĩria harĩ thũ ciitũ, ũgagĩconorithia acio matũthũire.
Our victory comes from you, and confusion to those who hate us.
8 Ngai nĩwe tũtindaga tũkĩĩrahĩra mũthenya wothe, na tũgũtũũra tũgoocaga rĩĩtwa rĩaku nginya tene.
In God we boast all the day long, and your name will we praise forever. (Selah)
9 No rĩu nĩũtũtiganĩirie na ũgatũconorithia; nĩũtigĩte gũtwaranaga na mbũtũ ciitũ cia ita.
Yet you have spurned and disgraced us, in not going forth with our armies,
10 Nĩwatũmire tũũrĩre thũ ciitũ, o icio itũthũire igetahĩra indo ciitũ.
and in making us flee from the foe, so that those who hated us plundered us.
11 Ũtũrekereirie tũtambuurwo ta ngʼondu, na ũgatũhurunja harĩ ndũrĩrĩ.
You have let us be eaten like sheep, you have scattered us over the world,
12 Wendetie andũ aku ta kĩndũ tũhũ, ndũrĩ uumithio wonete nĩ ũguo ũmendetie.
sold your people for a pittance, and getting no gain from their price.
13 Nĩũtũmĩte tũmenwo nĩ andũ arĩa tũhakanĩte nao, tũgatuĩka a kũnyararwo na gũthekererwo nĩ arĩa matũthiũrũrũkĩirie.
You have made us the butt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of all round us.
14 Nĩũtũmĩte tũtuĩke a kuunagwo thimo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ; tũgagĩtuĩka a kũinainagĩrio mĩtwe nĩ andũ.
O’er the world you have made us a byword, the nations at us shake their heads.
15 Ndindaga njonokete mũthenya wothe, ngahumbwo nĩ thoni ũthiũ wothe,
My disgrace is forever before me, my face is covered with shame,
16 nĩ ũndũ wa inyũrũri cia andũ arĩa maanyũrũragia na makaanuma, tondũ wa thũ ĩrĩa ĩrenda kwĩrĩhĩria.
at the words of blasphemer and scoffer, at the sight of the foe and the vengeful.
17 Twakorirwo nĩ maũndũ macio mothe, o na gũtuĩka tũtiariganĩirwo nĩwe, o na kana tũgĩthaahia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩaku.
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.
18 Ngoro ciitũ iticookete na thuutha; makinya maitũ matiumĩte njĩra-inĩ yaku.
Our heart has not turned back, nor our steps declined from your way,
19 No ũtũhehenjete, na ũgatũtua imamo cia mbwe, na ũgatũhumbĩra na nduma nene.
that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.
20 Tũngĩkorwo nĩtwariganĩirwo nĩ rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai witũ, o na kana tũkĩambararia moko kũrĩ ngai ngʼeni-rĩ,
Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,
21 githĩ Ngai ndangĩamenyire ũhoro ũcio, kuona atĩ nĩamenyaga hitho cia ngoro?
would God not have searched this out? For he knows the heart and its secrets.
22 No nĩ ũndũ waku tũtindaga tũngʼetheire gĩkuũ mũthenya wothe; tũtuĩtwo ta ngʼondu cia gũthĩnjwo.
But in your cause it is we are killed all the day, and counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Wee Mwathani, arahũka! Ũgĩkomete nĩkĩ? Wĩyarahũre! Ndũgatũtiganĩrie nginya tene.
Rouse yourself, why do you sleep Lord? Awake, cast us not off forever.
24 Ũhithĩte ũthiũ waku nĩkĩ, na ũkariganĩrwo nĩ mathĩĩna maitũ na kũhinyĩrĩrio gwitũ?
Why do you hide your face, forgetting our stress and our misery?
25 Tũrũndĩtwo rũkũngũ-inĩ; mĩĩrĩ iitũ ĩkĩnyiitanĩte na thĩ.
For we have sunk down to the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Arahũka ũtũteithie; tũkũũre tondũ wa wendani waku ũtathiraga.
Arise, come to our help: for your love’s sake, ransom us.
