1
Laiti ungepasua mbingu, na kushuka, ili milima iteteme mbele zako;
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
2
kama vile moto uchomapo vichaka, na moto uchemshapo maji; ili kuwajulisha adui zako jina lako, mataifa wakatetemeke mbele zako!
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
3
Ulipofanya mambo ya kutisha tusiyoyatazamia, ulishuka, milima ikatetema mbele zako.
When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
4
Maana tangu zamani za kale watu hawakusikia, wala kufahamu kwa masikio, wala jicho halikuona Mungu, ila wewe, atendaye mambo kwa ajili yake amngojaye.
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
5
Wewe wamlaki yeye afurahiaye yaliyo haki na kuyatenda, watu wale wakukumbukao katika njia zako; tazama, ulikuwa na hasira, nasi tulitenda dhambi; tumekuwa katika mambo haya muda mwingi; nasi, je! Tutaokolewa?
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
6
Kwa maana sisi sote tumekuwa kama mtu aliye mchafu, na matendo yetu yote ya haki yamekuwa kama nguo iliyotiwa unajisi; sisi sote twanyauka kama jani, na maovu yetu yatuondoa, kama upepo uondoavyo.
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
7
Tena hapana aliitiaye jina lako, ajitahidiye akushike; kwa kuwa umetuficha uso wako, nawe umetukomesha kwa njia ya maovu yetu.
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
8
Lakini sasa, Ee Bwana, wewe u baba yetu; sisi tu udongo, nawe u mfinyanzi wetu; sisi sote tu kazi ya mikono yako.
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
9
Ee Bwana, usione hasira nyingi, wala usiukumbuke uovu siku zote; tazama, angalia, twakusihi, sisi sote tu watu wako.
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
10
Miji yako mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa, Sayuni umekuwa jangwa, Yerusalemu umekuwa ukiwa.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
11
Nyumba yetu takatifu, nzuri, walimokusifu baba zetu, imeteketea moto; vitu vyetu vyote vyenye kupendeza vimeharibika.
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
12
Utajizuia usiyaangalie mambo haya, Ee Bwana? Utanyamaza, na kututesa sana?
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?