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Sala ya nabii Habakuki.
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
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Ee Bwana, nimesikia habari zako, nami naogopa; Ee Bwana, fufua kazi yako katikati ya miaka; Katikati ya miaka tangaza habari yake; Katika ghadhabu kumbuka rehema.
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
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Mungu alikuja kutoka Temani, Yeye aliye mtakatifu kutoka mlima Parani. Utukufu wake ukazifunika mbingu, Nayo dunia ikajaa sifa yake.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
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Mwangaza wake ulikuwa kama nuru; Alikuwa na mishale ya nuru ubavuni pake; Ndipo ulipofichwa uweza wake.
His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
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Mbele zake ilikwenda tauni, Na makaa ya moto yakatoka miguuni pake.
Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
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Akasimama, akaitetemesha dunia; Akatazama, akawasitusha mataifa; Na milima ya zamani ikatawanyika; Vilima vya kale vikainama; Miendo yake ilikuwa kama siku za kale.
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
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Naliziona hema za Kushani katika taabu; Mapazia ya nchi ya Midiani yakatetemeka.
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
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Je! Bwana aliikasirikia mito? Je! Hasira yako ilikuwa juu ya mito, Au ghadhabu yako juu ya bahari, Hata ukapanda farasi zako, Katika magari yako ya wokovu?
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
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Uta wako ukafanywa wazi kabisa; Viapo walivyopewa kabila vilikuwa neno thabiti; Ukaipasua nchi kwa mito.
You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
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Milima ilikuona, ikaogopa; Gharika ya maji ikapita; Vilindi vikatoa sauti yake, Vikainua juu mikono yake.
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
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Jua na mwezi vikasimama makaoni mwao; Mbele ya nuru ya mishale yako ilipotapakaa, Mbele ya mwangaza wa mkuki wako umeremetao.
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
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Ulikwenda katikati ya nchi kwa ghadhabu; Ukawapura mataifa kwa hasira.
You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
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Ukatokea kwa ajili ya wokovu wa watu wako, Kwa ajili ya wokovu wa masihi wako; Ukakiponda kichwa cha nyumba ya waovu, Ukiuweka wazi msingi hata mwambani.
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
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Ukakichoma kichwa cha mashujaa wake kwa fimbo zao wenyewe; Wakaja kama kisulisuli ili kunitawanya; Kama wakifurahi kuwameza maskini kwa siri.
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
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Ukaikanyaga bahari kwa farasi zako, Chungu ya maji yenye nguvu.
You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
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Nikasikia, na tumbo langu likatetemeka, Midomo yangu ikatikisika kwa sauti ile; Ubovu ukaingia mifupani mwangu, Nikatetemeka katika mahali pangu; Ili nipate kuingoja ile siku ya dhiki, Kundi lao washambuliao wakweapo juu ya watu.
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
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Maana mtini hautachanua maua, Wala mizabibuni hamtakuwa na matunda; Taabu ya mzeituni itakuwa bure, Na mashamba hayatatoa chakula; Zizini hamtakuwa na kundi, Wala vibandani hamtakuwa na kundi la ng'ombe;
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
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Walakini nitamfurahia Bwana Nitamshangilia Mungu wa wokovu wangu.
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
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YEHOVA, aliye Bwana, ni nguvu zangu, Yeye huifanya miguu yangu kuwa kama ya kulungu, Naye ataniendesha katika mahali pangu palipoinuka. </p>
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.