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Ee Mungu, mbona umetutupa milele? Kwa nini hasira yako inatoka moshi Juu ya kondoo wa malisho yako?
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
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Ulikumbuke kusanyiko lako, Ulilolinunua zamani. Ulilolikomboa liwe kabila ya urithi wako, Mlima Sayuni ulioufanya maskani yako.
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
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Upainulie miguu yako palipoharibika milele; Adui ameufanya kila ubaya katika patakatifu.
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
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Watesi wako wamenguruma kati ya kusanyiko lako; Wameweka bendera zao ziwe alama.
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
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Wanaonekana kama watu wainuao mashoka, Waikate miti ya msituni.
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
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Na sasa nakishi yake yote pia Wanaivunja-vunja kwa mashoka na nyundo.
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
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Wamepatia moto patakatifu pako; Wamelinajisi kao la jina lako hata chini.
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
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Walisema mioyoni mwao, Na tuwaangamize kabisa; Mahali penye mikutano ya Mungu Wamepachoma moto katika nchi pia.
They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
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Hatuzioni ishara zetu, wala sasa hakuna nabii, Wala kwetu hakuna ajuaye, hata lini?
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
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Ee Mungu, mtesi atalaumu hata lini? Adui alidharau jina lako hata milele?
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
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Mbona unaurudisha mkono wako, Naam, mkono wako wa kuume, Uutoe kifuani mwako, Ukawaangamize kabisa.
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
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Lakini Mungu ni mfalme wangu tokea zamani, Afanyaye mambo ya wokovu katikati ya nchi.
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
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Wewe umeipasua bahari kwa nguvu zako, Umevivunja vichwa vya nyangumi juu ya maji.
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
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Wewe uliviseta vichwa vya lewiathani, Awe chakula cha watu wa jangwani.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
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Wewe ulitokeza chemchemi na kijito; Wewe ulikausha mito yenye maji sikuzote.
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
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Mchana ni wako, usiku nao ni wako, Ndiwe uliyeufanya mwanga na jua.
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
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Wewe uliiweka mipaka yote ya dunia, Kaskazi na kusi Wewe ulizitengeneza.
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
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Ee Bwana, uyakumbuke hayo, adui amelaumu, Na watu wapumbavu wamelidharau jina lako.
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
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Usimpe mnyama mkali nafsi ya hua wako; Usiusahau milele uhai wa watu wako walioonewa.
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
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Ulitafakari agano; Maana mahali penye giza katika nchi Pamejaa makao ya ukatili.
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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Aliyeonewa asirejee ametiwa haya, Mnyonge na mhitaji na walisifu jina lako.
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
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Ee Mungu, usimame, ujitetee mwenyewe, Ukumbuke unavyotukanwa na mpumbavu mchana kutwa.
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
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Usiisahau sauti ya watesi wako, Ghasia yao wanaokuondokea inapaa daima.
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
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