Psalms 51

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

1 Ee Mungu, unihurumie, kwa kadiri ya upendo wako usiokoma, kwa kadiri ya huruma yako kuu, uyafute makosa yangu.

2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

2 Unioshe na uovu wangu wote na unitakase dhambi yangu.

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

3 Kwa maana ninajua makosa yangu, na dhambi yangu iko mbele yangu daima.

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

4 Dhidi yako, wewe peke yako, nimetenda dhambi na kufanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pako, ili uthibitike kuwa wa kweli unenapo, na kuwa na haki utoapo hukumu.

5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

5 Hakika mimi nilizaliwa mwenye dhambi, mwenye dhambi tangu nilipotungwa mimba kwa mama yangu.

6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

6 Hakika wewe wapendezwa na kweli itokayo moyoni, ndani sana ya moyo wangu wanifundisha hekima.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

7 Nioshe kwa hisopo, nami nitakuwa safi, unisafishe, nami nitakuwa mweupe kuliko theluji.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

8 Unipe kusikia furaha na shangwe, mifupa uliyoiponda na ifurahi.

9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

9 Ufiche uso wako usizitazame dhambi zangu, na uufute uovu wangu wote.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

10 Ee Mungu, uniumbie moyo safi, uifanye upya roho ya uthabiti ndani yangu.

11 Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

11 Usinitupe kutoka mbele zako wala kuniondolea Roho wako Mtakatifu.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

12 Unirudishie tena furaha ya wokovu wako, unipe roho ya utii, ili initegemeze.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

13 Ndipo nitakapowafundisha wakosaji njia zako, na wenye dhambi watakugeukia wewe.

14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

14 Ee Mungu, Mungu uniokoaye, niokoe na hatia ya kumwaga damu, nao ulimi wangu utaimba juu ya haki yako.

15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

15 Ee Bwana, fungua midomo yangu, na kinywa changu kitatangaza sifa zako.

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

16 Wewe hupendezwi na dhabihu, au ningaliileta, hufurahii sadaka za kuteketezwa.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

17 Bali dhabihu za Mungu ni roho iliyovunjika, moyo uliovunjika wenye toba, Ee Mungu, hutaudharau.

18 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

18 Kwa wema wa radhi yako uifanye Sayuni istawi, ukazijenge upya kuta za Yerusalemu.

19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

19 Hapo ndipo kutakapokuwa na dhabihu za haki, sadaka nzima za kuteketezwa za kukupendeza sana, pia mafahali watatolewa madhabahuni mwako.