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Nalisema, Nitazitunza njia zangu Nisije nikakosa kwa ulimi wangu; Nitajitia lijamu kinywani, Maadamu mtu mbaya yupo mbele yangu.
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
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Nalikuwa sisemi, nalinyamaa kimya, Sina faraja, maumivu yangu yakazidi.
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
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Moyo wangu ukawa moto ndani yangu, Na katika kuwaza kwangu moto ukawaka; Nalisema kwa ulimi wangu,
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
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Bwana, unijulishe mwisho wangu, Na kiasi cha siku zangu ni kiasi gani; Nijue jinsi nilivyo dhaifu.
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
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Tazama, umefanya siku zangu kuwa mashubiri; Maisha yangu ni kama si kitu mbele zako. Kila mwanadamu, ingawa amesitawi, ni ubatili.
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
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Binadamu huenda tu huko na huko kama kivuli; Hufanya ghasia tu kwa ajili ya ubatili; Huweka akiba wala hajui ni nani atakayeichukua.
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
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Na sasa ninangoja nini, Ee Bwana? Matumaini yangu ni kwako.
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
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Uniokoe na maasi yangu yote, Usinifanye laumu ya mpumbavu.
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
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Nimenyamaza, sitafumbua kinywa changu, Maana Wewe ndiwe uliyeyafanya.
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
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Uniondolee pigo lako; Kwa uadui wa mkono wako nimeangamia.
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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Ukimrudi mtu kwa kumkemea kwa uovu wake, Watowesha uzuri wake kama nondo. Kila mwanadamu ni ubatili.
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
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Ee Bwana, usikie maombi yangu, Utege sikio lako niliapo, Usiyanyamalie machozi yangu. Kwa maana mimi ni mgeni wako, Msafiri kama baba zangu wote.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
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Uniachilie nikunjuke uso, Kabla sijaondoka nisiwepo tena.
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Chagua Sura
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