Psalms 84

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

1 Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, makao yako yapendeza kama nini!

2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

2 Nafsi yangu inatamani sana, naam, hata kuona shauku, kwa ajili ya nyua za Bwana; moyo wangu na mwili wangu vinamlilia Mungu Aliye Hai.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

3 Hata shomoro amejipatia makao, mbayuwayu amejipatia kiota mahali awezapo kuweka makinda yake: mahali karibu na madhabahu yako, Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mfalme wangu na Mungu wangu.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah

4 Heri wale wanaokaa nyumbani mwako, wanaokusifu wewe daima.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

5 Heri wale ambao nguvu zao ziko kwako, na njia ziendazo Sayuni zimo mioyoni mwao.

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

6 Wanapopita katika Bonde la Baka, hulifanya mahali pa chemchemi, pia mvua za vuli hulijaza kwa madimbwi.

7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

7 Huendelea toka nguvu hadi nguvu, hadi kila mmoja afikapo mbele za Mungu huko Sayuni.

8 O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

8 Ee Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote, sikia maombi yangu; nisikilize, Ee Mungu wa Yakobo.

9 Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

9 Ee Mungu, uitazame ngao yetu, mtazame kwa wema mpakwa mafuta wako.

10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

10 Siku moja katika nyua zako ni bora kuliko siku elfu mahali pengine; afadhali ningekuwa bawabu katika nyumba ya Mungu wangu kuliko kukaa katika mahema ya waovu.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

11 Kwa kuwa Bwana ni jua na ngao, Bwana hutoa wema na heshima; hakuna kitu chema anachowanyima wale ambao hawana hatia.

12 O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

12 Ee Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, heri ni mtu yule anayekutumaini wewe.