1
Roho yangu imezimika, siku zangu zimekoma, Kaburi i tayari kunipokea.
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
2
Ni kweli wako kwangu wenye kufanya dhihaka, Jicho langu hukaa katika kunifanyia uchungu kwao.
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
3
Nipe rehani basi, uwe dhamana kwa ajili yangu kwako wewe mwenyewe; Kuna nani atakayeniwekea dhamana?
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
4
Kwani mioyo yao imeificha ufahamu; Kwa hiyo hutawakuza.
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
5
Awafitiniye rafiki zake wawe mawindo, Hata macho ya watoto wake yataingia kiwi.
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6
Amenifanya niwe simo kwa watu; Nimekuwa mwenye kuchukiwa kwa wazi.
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
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Jicho langu nalo limekuwa giza kwa sababu ya majonzi, Na via vyangu vyote vimekuwa kama kivuli.
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
8
Walekevu watayastaajabia hayo, Na asiye na hatia atajiamsha juu ya mpotovu.
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
9
Lakini mwenye haki ataishika njia yake, Naye mwenye mikono safi atazidi kupata nguvu.
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
10
Lakini rudini; ninyi nyote, njoni sasa; Wala sitampata mtu mwenye hekima kati yenu.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
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Siku zangu zimepita, makusudi yangu yamevunjika, Hata hayo niliyo nayo moyoni mwangu.
My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
12
Wabadili usiku kuwa mchana; Wasema, Mwanga u karibu kwa sababu ya giza.
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
13
Nikitazamia kuzimu kuwa nyumba yangu; Nikitandika malazi yangu gizani;
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
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Ikiwa nimeuita uharibifu, Wewe u baba yangu; Na kuliambia buu, Wewe u mama yangu, na umbu langu;
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
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Basi, tumaini langu li wapi? Na tumaini langu, ni nani atakayeliona?
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
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Litashuka kwenye makomeo ya kuzimu, Itakapokuwapo raha mavumbini.
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”