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Mimi ni mtu aliyeona mateso Kwa fimbo ya ghadhabu yake.
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
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Ameniongoza na kuniendesha katika giza Wala si katika nuru.
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
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Hakika juu yangu augeuza mkono wake Mara kwa mara mchana wote.
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
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Amechakaza nyama yangu na ngozi yangu; Ameivunja mifupa yangu.
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
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Amejenga boma juu yangu, Na kunizungusha uchungu na uchovu.
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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Amenikalisha penye giza, Kama watu waliokufa zamani.
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
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Amenizinga pande zote hata siwezi kutoka; Ameufanya mnyororo wangu mzito.
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
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Naam, nikilia na kuomba msaada, Huyapinga maombi yangu.
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
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Ameziziba njia zangu kwa mawe yaliyochongwa; Ameyapotosha mapito yangu.
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
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Alivyo kwangu ni kama dubu aoteaye, Kama simba aliye mafichoni.
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
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Amezigeuza njia zangu, na kunirarua-rarua; Amenifanya ukiwa.
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
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Ameupinda upinde wake, Na kunifanya niwe shabaha kwa mshale.
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
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Amenichoma viuno Kwa mishale ya podo lake.
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
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Nimekuwa dhihaka kwa watu wangu wote; Wimbo wao mchana kutwa.
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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Amenijaza uchungu, Amenikinaisha kwa pakanga.
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
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Amenivunja meno kwa changarawe; Amenifunika majivu.
He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
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Umeniweka nafsi yangu mbali na amani; Nikasahau kufanikiwa.
My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
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Nikasema, Nguvu zangu zimepotea, Na tumaini langu kwa Bwana.
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
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Kumbuka mateso yangu, na msiba wangu, Pakanga na nyongo.
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
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Nafsi yangu ikali ikiyakumbuka hayo, Nayo imeinama ndani yangu.
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
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Najikumbusha neno hili, Kwa hiyo nina matumaini.
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
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Ni huruma za Bwana kwamba hatuangamii, Kwa kuwa rehema zake hazikomi.
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
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Ni mpya kila siku asubuhi; Uaminifu wako ni mkuu.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
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Bwana ndiye fungu langu, husema nafsi yangu, Kwa hiyo nitamtumaini yeye.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
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Bwana ni mwema kwa hao wamngojeao, Kwa hiyo nafsi imtafutayo.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
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Ni vema mtu autarajie wokovu wa Bwana Na kumngojea kwa utulivu.
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
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Ni vema mwanadamu aichukue nira Wakati wa ujana wake.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
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Na akae peke yake na kunyamaza kimya; Kwa sababu Bwana ameweka hayo juu yake.
Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.
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Na atie kinywa chake mavumbini; Ikiwa yamkini liko tumaini.
Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
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Na amwelekezee yule ampigaye shavu lake; Ashibishwe mashutumu.
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
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Kwa kuwa Bwana hatamtupa mtu Hata milele.
For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
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Maana ajapomhuzunisha atamrehemu, Kwa kadiri ya wingi wa huruma zake.
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
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Maana moyo wake hapendi kuwatesa wanadamu. Wala kuwahuzunisha.
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
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Kuwaseta chini kwa miguu Wafungwa wote wa duniani,
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
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Kuipotosha hukumu ya mtu Mbele zake Aliye juu,
to deny a man justice before the Most High,
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Na kumnyima mtu haki yake, Hayo Bwana hayaridhii kabisa.
to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
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Ni nani asemaye neno nalo likafanyika, Ikiwa Bwana hakuliagiza?
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
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Je! Katika kinywa chake Aliye juu Hayatoki maovu na mema?
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
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Mbona anung'unika mwanadamu aliye hai Mtu akiadhibiwa kwa dhambi zake?
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
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Na tuchunguze njia zetu na kuzijaribu, Na kumrudia Bwana tena.
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
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Na tumwinulie Mungu aliye mbinguni Mioyo yetu na mikono.
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
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Sisi tumekosa na kuasi; Wewe hukusamehe.
“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
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Umetufunika kwa hasira na kutufuatia; Umeua, wala hukuona huruma.
You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
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Umejifunika nafsi yako kwa wingu, Maombi yetu yasipite.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
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Umetufanya kuwa takataka, na vifusi Katikati ya mataifa.
You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
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Juu yetu adui zetu wote Wametupanulia vinywa vyao.
All our enemies open their mouths against us.
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Hofu imetujilia na shimo, Ukiwa na uharibifu.
Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
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Jicho langu lachuruzika mito ya maji Kwa ajili ya uvunjifu wa binti ya watu wangu.
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Jicho langu latoka machozi lisikome, Wala haliachi;
My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
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Hata Bwana atakapoangalia Na kutazama toka mbinguni.
until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
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Jicho langu lanitia huzuni nafsini mwangu, Kwa sababu ya binti zote za mji wangu.
My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
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Walio adui zangu bila sababu Wameniwinda sana kama ndege;
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
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Wameukatilia mbali uhai wangu gerezani, Na kutupa jiwe juu yangu.
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
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Maji mengi yalipita juu ya kichwa changu, Nikasema, Nimekatiliwa mbali.
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
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Naliliitia jina lako, Bwana, kutoka lile shimo Liendalo chini kabisa.
I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
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Ukaisikia sauti yangu; usifiche sikio lako Ili usisikie pumzi yangu, kwa kilio changu.
You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
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Ulinikaribia siku ile nilipokulilia; Ukasema, Usiogope.
You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
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Ee Bwana umenitetea mateto ya nafsi yangu; Umeukomboa uhai wangu.
You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
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Umekuona kudhulumiwa kwangu, Ee Bwana; Unihukumie neno langu.
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
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Umekiona kisasi chao chote, Na mashauri yao yote juu yangu.
You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.
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Ee Bwana, umeyasikia matukano yao, Na mashauri yao yote juu yangu;
O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
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Midomo yao walioinuka juu yangu Na maazimio yao juu yangu mchana kutwa.
the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
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Uangalie kuketi kwao, na kuinuka kwao; Wimbo wao ndio mimi.
When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
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Utawalipa malipo, Ee Bwana, Sawasawa na kazi ya mikono yao.
You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
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Utawapa ushupavu wa moyo; Laana yako juu yao.
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
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Utawafuatia kwa hasira, na kuwaangamiza Wasiwe tena chini ya mbingu za Bwana.
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.