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Ee Mungu, tumesikia kwa masikio yetu Baba zetu wametuambia, Matendo uliyoyatenda siku zao, siku za kale.
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
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Wewe kwa mkono wako uliwafukuza mataifa, Ukawakalisha wao. Wewe uliwatesa watu wa nchi, Ukawaeneza wao.
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
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Maana si kwa upanga wao walivyoimiliki nchi, Wala si mkono wao uliowaokoa; Bali mkono wako wa kuume, naam, mkono wako, Na nuru ya uso wako, kwa kuwa uliwaridhia.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
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Ee Mungu, Wewe ndiwe mfalme wangu, Uagize mambo ya wokovu kwa Yakobo.
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
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Kwa nguvu zako tutawaangusha watesi wetu; Kwa jina lako tutawakanyaga watupingao.
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
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Maana sitautumainia upinde wangu, Wala upanga wangu hautaniokoa.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
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Bali Wewe ndiwe uliyetuokoa na watesi wetu; Na watuchukiao umewaaibisha.
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
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Tumejisifia Mungu mchana kutwa, Na jina lako tutalishukuru milele.
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
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Lakini umetutupa, umetufedhehesha, Wala hutoki na majeshi yetu.
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
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Waturudisha nyuma tukampa mtesi kisogo, Na watuchukiao wanajipatia mateka.
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
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Umetutoa kama kondoo tuwe chakula, Na kututawanya kati ya mataifa.
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
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Wawauza watu wako bila kupata mali, Wala hukupata faida kwa thamani yao.
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
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Umetufanya kuwa lawama kwa jirani zetu, Mzaha na dhihaka kwao wanaotuzunguka.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
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Umetufanya kuwa mithali kwa mataifa, Sababu ya kutikisa kichwa kwa watu wa nchi.
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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Mchana kutwa fedheha yangu i mbele yangu, Na haya ya uso wangu imenifunika,
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
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Kwa sauti ya mwenye kulaumu na kukufuru, Kwa sababu ya adui na mjilipiza kisasi.
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
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Haya yote yametupata, bali hatukukusahau, Wala hatukulihalifu agano lako.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
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Hatukuiacha mioyo yetu irudi nyuma, Wala hatua zetu hazikuiacha njia yako.
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
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Hata utuponde katika kao la mbwa-mwitu, Na kutufunika kwa uvuli wa mauti.
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
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Ikiwa tumelisahau jina la Mungu wetu, Au kumnyoshea mungu mgeni mikono yetu;
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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Je! Mungu hatalichunguza neno hilo? Maana ndiye azijuaye siri za moyo.
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
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Hasha! Kwa ajili yako tunauawa mchana kutwa; Tunafanywa kondoo waendao kuchinjwa.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Amka, Bwana, mbona umelala? Ondoka, usitutupe kabisa.
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
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Mbona unatuficha uso wako, Na kusahau kuonewa na kudhulumiwa kwetu?
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
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Maana nafsi yetu imeinama mavumbini, Tumbo letu limegandamana na nchi.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
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Uondoke, uwe msaada wetu, Utukomboe kwa ajili ya fadhili zako.
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Chagua Sura
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