Wimbo Wa Ushindi
126:1 Isa 14:32; Zek 2:5; Isa 10:20; 30:29; 32:18; Zek 9:8; Za 48:13Katika siku ile, wimbo huu utaimbwa katika nchi ya Yuda:
Tuna mji ulio na nguvu,
Mungu huufanya wokovu kuwa kuta zake na maboma yake.
226:2 Isa 58:8; 62:2; Ufu 21:13; Za 24:4-7; 83:13; Isa 1:26; 50:8Fungua malango ili taifa lenye haki lipate kuingia,
taifa lile lidumishalo imani.
326:3 Ay 22:21; Flp 4:7; Isa 9:6-7; 1Nya 5:20; Za 28:7; 22:5Utamlinda katika amani kamilifu
yeye ambaye moyo wake ni thabiti
kwa sababu anakutumaini wewe.
426:4 Isa 12:2; 50:10; Za 62:8; Mwa 49:24Mtumaini Bwana milele,
kwa kuwa Bwana, Bwana, ni Mwamba wa milele.
526:5 Isa 25:12; 25:5; Eze 26:11Huwashusha wale wajikwezao,
huushusha chini mji wenye kiburi,
huushusha hadi ardhini
na kuutupa chini mavumbini.
626:6 Isa 5:5; 49:26; 3:15; 14:30Miguu huukanyaga chini,
miguu ya hao walioonewa,
hatua za hao maskini.
726:7 Kum 32:4; Kut 14:19; Isa 42:16; Za 26:12; 25:8; Isa 40:4Mapito ya wenye haki yamenyooka.
Ewe uliye Mwenye Haki,
waisawazisha njia ya mtu mnyofu.
826:8 Za 18:22; 145:2; Isa 12:4; Kum 18:18; Isa 65:5; Za 37:9Naam, Bwana, tukienenda katika sheria zako,
twakungojea wewe,
jina lako na sifa zako
ndizo shauku za mioyo yetu.
926:9 Za 42:1-2; Mt 6:33; Za 63:6; 119:55; 1Nya 16:14; Za 78:34Nafsi yangu yakutamani wakati wa usiku,
wakati wa asubuhi roho yangu yakuonea shauku.
Wakati hukumu zako zinapokuja juu ya dunia,
watu wa ulimwengu hujifunza haki.
1026:10 Isa 32:6; 1Sam 12:24; Rum 2:4; Mhu 8:12; Mt 5:45; Isa 22:12-13; Yer 2:19; Yn 5:38Ingawa neema yaonyeshwa kwa waovu,
hawajifunzi haki,
hata katika nchi ya unyofu huendelea kutenda mabaya
wala hawazingatii utukufu wa Bwana.
1126:11 Ay 34:27; Isa 18:3; 44:9, 18; Ebr 10:27; Za 10:12; Yoe 2:18; Zek 1:14; Mik 7:16Ee Bwana, mkono wako umeinuliwa juu,
lakini hawauoni.
Wao na waone wivu wako kwa ajili ya watu wako tena waaibishwe,
moto uliowekwa akiba kwa ajili ya adui zako na uwateketeze.
1226:12 Za 119:165; Isa 9:6; Za 68:28Bwana, unaamuru amani kwa ajili yetu,
yale yote tuliyoweza kuyakamilisha ni wewe uliyetenda kwa ajili yetu.
1326:13 Za 66:12; Isa 42:8; 2:8; 63:7Ee Bwana, Mungu wetu, mabwana wengine zaidi ya wewe wametutawala,
lakini jina lako pekee ndilo tunaloliheshimu.
1426:14 Kum 4:28; Za 9:5; Isa 10:3; Ay 28:5Wao sasa wamekufa, wala hawako tena hai,
roho za waliokufa hazitarudi tena.
Uliwaadhibu na kuwaangamiza,
umefuta kumbukumbu lao lote.
1526:15 Isa 33:17; 14:2; Ay 12:23Umeliongeza hilo taifa, Ee Bwana,
umeliongeza hilo taifa.
Umejipatia utukufu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe,
umepanua mipaka yote ya nchi.
1626:16 Amu 6:2; Hos 5:15; Isa 5:30; Za 39:11; Isa 29:4Bwana, walikujia katika taabu yao,
wewe ulipowarudi,
waliweza kuomba kwa kunongʼona tu.
1726:17 Isa 21:3; Ufu 12:2; Yn 16:21Kama mwanamke mwenye mimba aliyekaribia kuzaa
anavyogaagaa na kulia kwa ajili ya maumivu yake,
ndivyo tulivyokuwa mbele zako, Ee Bwana.
1826:18 Isa 59:4; Mwa 49:10; Za 17:14; Isa 42:6; 49:6; 51:4; Yer 12:16Tulikuwa na mimba, tuligaagaa kwa maumivu,
lakini tulizaa upepo.
Hatukuleta wokovu duniani,
hatujazaa watu katika ulimwengu huu.
1926:19 Hos 13:14; Efe 5:14; Isa 25:8; Eze 37:1-14; Dan 12:2; Isa 18:4; Mwa 27:28; Za 22:29Lakini wafu wenu wataishi,
nayo miili yao itafufuka.
Ninyi mnaokaa katika mavumbi,
amkeni mkapige kelele kwa furaha.
Umande wenu ni kama umande wa asubuhi,
dunia itawazaa wafu wake.
2026:20 Kut 12:23; Za 30:5; Ay 14:13; 2Kor 4:17; Isa 10:25; 30:27Nendeni, watu wangu, ingieni vyumbani mwenu
na mfunge milango nyuma yenu,
jificheni kwa kitambo kidogo
mpaka ghadhabu yake ipite.
2126:21 Yud 14; Mik 1:3; Ay 16:18; Isa 29:6; 18:4; Lk 11:50-51; Isa 30:12-14Tazama, Bwana anakuja kutoka makao yake
ili kuwaadhibu watu wa dunia kwa ajili ya dhambi zao.
Dunia itadhihirisha umwagaji damu juu yake,
wala haitaendelea kuwaficha watu wake waliouawa.
A Song of Praise
1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
God makes salvation
its walls and ramparts.
2Open the gates
that the righteous nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
4Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
5He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
6Feet trample it down—
the feet of the oppressed,
the footsteps of the poor.
7The path of the righteous is level;
you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
8Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,26:8 Or judgments
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
10But when grace is shown to the wicked,
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil
and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
11Lord, your hand is lifted high,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
12Lord, you establish peace for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
13Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone do we honor.
14They are now dead, they live no more;
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
15You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
16Lord, they came to you in their distress;
when you disciplined them,
they could barely whisper a prayer.26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
17As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth to wind.
We have not brought salvation to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.
19But your dead will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.
20Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until his wrath has passed by.
21See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
