Psalms 74

1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

1 Ee Mungu, mbona umetukataa milele? Mbona hasira yako inatoka moshi juu ya kondoo wa malisho yako?

2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

2 Kumbuka watu uliowanunua zamani, kabila la urithi wako, ambao uliwakomboa: Mlima Sayuni, ambamo uliishi.

3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

3 Geuza hatua zako kuelekea magofu haya ya kudumu, uharibifu wote huu ambao adui ameuleta pale patakatifu.

4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

4 Adui zako wamenguruma pale ulipokutana nasi, wanaweka bendera zao kama alama.

5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

5 Walifanya kama watu wanaotumia mashoka kukata kichaka cha miti.

6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

6 Walivunjavunja milango yote iliyonakshiwa kwa mashoka na vishoka vyao.

7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

7 Waliteketeza kabisa mahali pako patakatifu, wakayanajisi makao ya Jina lako.

8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

8 Walisema mioyoni mwao, “Tutawaponda kabisa!” Walichoma kila mahali ambapo Mungu aliabudiwa katika nchi.

9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

9 Hatukupewa ishara za miujiza; hakuna manabii waliobaki, hakuna yeyote kati yetu ajuaye hali hii itachukua muda gani.

10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

10 Ee Mungu, mtesi atakudhihaki mpaka lini? Je, adui watalitukana jina lako milele?

11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

11 Kwa nini unazuia mkono wako, mkono wako wa kuume? Uutoe kutoka makunjo ya vazi lako na uwaangamize!

12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

12 Lakini wewe, Ee Mungu, ni mfalme wangu tangu zamani, unaleta wokovu duniani.

13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

13 Ni wewe uliyeigawanya bahari kwa uweza wako; ulivunja vichwa vya wanyama wakubwa wa kutisha katika maji.

14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

14 Ni wewe uliyeponda vichwa vya Lewiathani nawe ukamtoa kama chakula kwa viumbe vya jangwani.

15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

15 Ni wewe uliyefungua chemchemi na vijito, ulikausha mito ambayo ilikuwa ikitiririka daima.

16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

16 Mchana ni wako, nao usiku ni wako pia, uliziweka jua na mwezi.

17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

17 Ni wewe uliyeiweka mipaka yote ya dunia, ulifanya kiangazi na masika.

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

18 Ee Bwana, kumbuka jinsi mtesi alivyokudhihaki, jinsi watu wapumbavu walivyolitukana jina lako.

19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

19 Usiukabidhi uhai wa njiwa wako kwa wanyama wakali wa mwitu; usisahau kabisa uhai wa watu wako wanaoteseka milele.

20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

20 Likumbuke agano lako, maana mara kwa mara mambo ya jeuri yamejaa katika sehemu za giza nchini.

21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

21 Usiruhusu walioonewa warudi nyuma kwa aibu; maskini na wahitaji hebu walisifu jina lako.

22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

22 Inuka, Ee Mungu, ujitetee; kumbuka jinsi wapumbavu wanavyokudhihaki mchana kutwa.

23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

23 Usipuuze makelele ya watesi wako, ghasia za adui zako, zinazoinuka mfululizo.