Psalms 102

1 A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

1 Ee Bwana, usikie maombi yangu, kilio changu cha kuomba msaada kikufikie.

2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

2 Usinifiche uso wako ninapokuwa katika shida. Unitegee sikio lako, ninapoita, unijibu kwa upesi.

3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

3 Kwa kuwa siku zangu zinatoweka kama moshi, mifupa yangu inaungua kama kaa la moto.

4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

4 Moyo wangu umefifia na kunyauka kama jani, ninasahau kula chakula changu.

5 Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

5 Kwa sababu ya kusononeka kwangu kwa uchungu, nimebakia ngozi na mifupa.

6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

6 Nimekuwa kama bundi wa jangwani, kama bundi kwenye magofu.

7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

7 Nilalapo sipati usingizi, nimekuwa kama ndege mpweke kwenye paa la nyumba.

8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

8 Mchana kutwa adui zangu hunidhihaki, wale wanaonizunguka hutumia jina langu kama laana.

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

9 Ninakula majivu kama chakula changu na nimechanganya kinywaji changu na machozi

10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

10 kwa sababu ya ghadhabu yako kuu, kwa maana umeniinua na kunitupa kando.

11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

11 Siku zangu ni kama kivuli cha jioni, ninanyauka kama jani.

12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

12 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, umeketi katika kiti chako cha enzi milele, sifa zako za ukuu zaendelea vizazi vyote.

13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

13 Utainuka na kuihurumia Sayuni, kwa maana ni wakati wa kumwonyesha wema; wakati uliokubalika umewadia.

14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

14 Kwa maana mawe yake ni ya thamani kwa watumishi wako, vumbi lake lenyewe hulionea huruma.

15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

15 Mataifa wataogopa jina la Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia watauheshimu utukufu wako.

16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

16 Kwa maana Bwana ataijenga tena Sayuni na kutokea katika utukufu wake.

17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

17 Ataitikia maombi ya mtu mkiwa, wala hatadharau hoja yao.

18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

18 Hili na liandikwe kwa ajili ya kizazi kijacho, ili taifa litakaloumbwa baadaye waweze kumsifu Bwana:

19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

19 “Bwana alitazama chini kutoka patakatifu pake palipo juu, kutoka mbinguni alitazama dunia,

20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

20 kusikiliza vilio vya uchungu vya wafungwa na kuwaweka huru wale waliohukumiwa kufa.”

21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

21 Kwa hiyo jina la Bwana latangazwa huko Sayuni na sifa zake katika Yerusalemu,

22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

22 wakati mataifa na falme zitakapokusanyika ili kumwabudu Bwana.

23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

23 Katika kuishi kwangu alivunja nguvu zangu, akafupisha siku zangu.

24 I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

24 Ndipo niliposema: “Ee Mungu wangu, usinichukue katikati ya siku zangu; miaka yako inaendelea vizazi vyote.

25 In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

25 Hapo mwanzo uliweka misingi ya dunia, nazo mbingu ni kazi ya mikono yako.

26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

26 Hizi zitatoweka, lakini wewe utadumu, zote zitachakaa kama vazi. Utazibadilisha kama nguo nazo zitaondoshwa.

27 But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

27 Lakini wewe, U yeye yule, nayo miaka yako haikomi kamwe.

28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

28 Watoto wa watumishi wako wataishi mbele zako; wazao wao wataimarishwa mbele zako.”