Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana.
Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
Nitamsifu Bwana muda ninaoishi, Nitamwimbia Mungu wangu ningali ni hai.
While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
Msiwatumainie wakuu, Wala binadamu ambaye hakuna wokovu kwake.
Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
Pumzi yake hutoka, huurudia udongo wake, Siku hiyo mawazo yake yapotea.
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
Heri ambaye Mungu wa Yakobo ni msaada wake, Na tumaini lake ni kwa Bwana, Mungu wake,
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
Aliyezifanya mbingu na nchi, Bahari na vitu vyote vilivyomo. Huishika kweli milele,
Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
Huwafanyia hukumu walioonewa, Huwapa wenye njaa chakula; Bwana hufungua waliofungwa;
Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
Bwana huwafumbua macho waliopofuka; Bwana huwainua walioinama; Bwana huwapenda wenye haki;
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
Bwana huwahifadhi wageni; Huwategemeza yatima na mjane; Bali njia ya wasio haki huipotosha.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
Bwana atamiliki milele, Mungu wako, Ee Sayuni, kizazi hata kizazi. Haleluya.
Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!