Zaburi 56

1 Uwe na huruma nami, Mungu, kwa maana watu wananishambulia! Muda wote wale wanao pigana nami hunikaribia zaidi ili wanishambulie.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

2 Adui zangu hunikanyaga muda wote; maana ni wengi ambao kwa kiburi hupigana dhidi yangu.

My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

3 Wakati nina woga, nitaweka imani yangu katika wewe.

[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

4 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu - nimeweka imani yangu katika Mungu; sitaogopa; mtu wa kawaida atanifanya nini?

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

5 Muda wote wanayageuza maneno yangu; mawazo yao yote yako kinyume na mimi kwa ajili ya uovu.

All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

6 Wanajikusanya kwa pamoja, wanajificha wenyewe, na kuzifuatilia hatua zangu, wakisubiri kuniua.

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

7 Usiwaache waikimbie adhabu yako kwa ajili ya uovu wao. Uwaangushe watu chini katika hasira yako, Mungu.

They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

8 Wewe unahesabu kutangatanga kwangu na kuweka machozi yangu kwenye chupa yako; je, hayako kitabuni mwako?

You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

9 Ndipo maadui zangu watakimbia katika siku ile nikuitapo wewe; hili najua, kwamba Mungu yupo kwa ajili yangu.

Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

10 Katika Mungu ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Yahwe ambaye neno lake ninalisifu,

In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

11 katika Mungu ninaamini, sitaogopa. Yeyote atanifanya nini?

In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

12 Wajibu wa kutimiza viapo vyangu kwako uko juu yangu, Mungu; nitatoa sadaka ya shukurani.

On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.

13 Kwa kuwa umeokoa uhai wangu na mauti; umezuia miguu yangu isianguke, ili kwamba niweze kutembea mbele ya Mungu katika nuru ya uhai.

For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!