Psalms 84
1 For the leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, Lord of hosts!
Ni jinsi gani maskani yako yapendeza, Ewe Yahwe wa Majeshi!
2 How I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. Now heart and flesh cry for joy to the living God.
Ninashauku ya kuingia nyumbani mwa Yahwe, nimechoka sana kwa sababu ninatamani sana kuwa nyumani mwako. Moyo wangu na mwili wangu wote wakuita wewe Mungu uliye hai.
3 Even the sparrow has found her a home and the swallow a nest, to lay her young, near your altar, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
Hata Shomoro naye amepata nyumba yake na mbayuwayu amejipatia kiota kwa ajili yake mwenyewe mahali awezapo aweza kuweka makinda yake karibu na madhabahu yako, Ee Yahwe wa majeshi, Mfalme wangu, na Mungu wangu.
4 Happy those who live in your house, praising you evermore. (Selah)
Wamebarikiwa wale ambao huishi katika nyumba yako; nao hukusifu wewe siku zote. (Selah)
5 Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.
Amebarikiwa mtu yule ambaye nguvu zake ziko katika wewe, katika moyo wake mna njia kuu ziendazo mpaka Sayuni.
6 As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.
Wanapopita katika bonde la machozi, hupata chemchem ya maji kwa ajili ya kunywa. Mvua ya vuli hulivika baraka.
7 From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.
Huendelea toka nguvu hadi nguvu; kila mmoja wao katika sayuni huonekana mbele ya Mungu.
8 Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
Yahwe Mungu wa majeshi, sikia maombi yangu; Mungu wa Yakobo, usikilize nisemacho! (Selah)
9 Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon your anointed,
Ee Mungu, uiangalie ngao yetu; uwaangalie wapakwa mafuta wako.
10 for better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,
Kwa maana siku moja katika nyumba yako ni bora kuliko siku elfu mahali pengine. Ni bora niwe mlinzi wa mlango katika nyumba ya Mungu wangu, kuliko kuishi katika mahema ya waovu.
11 for the Lord is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.
Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu ni jua letu na ngao yetu; Yahwe atatoa neema na utukufu; hazuii zuri lolote kwa wale ambao hutembea katika uadilifu.
12 Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.
Yahwe wa majeshi, amebarikiwa mtu yule anaye kutumainia wewe.
