3 Sura hii imetungwa kila beti likianzia, na pia kila mstari katika lile beti, na herufi ya alfabeti ya Kiebrania zikifuatana tangu Aleph (A) hadi Taw (T); zote ni 22. 13:1 Ay 19:21; Za 88:7; Yer 15:17-18Mimi ndiye mtu aliyeona mateso
kwa fimbo ya ghadhabu yake.
23:2 Ay 19:8; Za 82:5; Yer 4:23Amenifukuzia mbali na kunifanya nitembee
gizani wala si katika nuru;
33:3 Isa 5:25; Za 38:2hakika, amegeuza mkono wake dhidi yangu
tena na tena, mchana kutwa.
43:4 Za 51:8; Isa 38:13; Yer 50:17; Ay 30:30; Mao 4:8Amefanya ngozi yangu na nyama yangu kuchakaa
na ameivunja mifupa yangu.
53:5 Yer 23:15Amenizingira na kunizunguka
kwa uchungu na taabu.
63:6 Isa 59:10; Za 143:3; 88:5-6Amenifanya niishi gizani
kama wale waliokufa.
73:7 Ay 3:23; Yer 40:4Amenizungushia ukuta ili nisiweze kutoroka,
amenifunga kwa minyororo mizito.
83:8 Kum 1:45; Ay 30:20; Za 22:2; 5:2Hata ninapoita au kulia ili kuomba msaada,
anakataa kupokea maombi yangu.
93:9 Ay 9:24; Hos 2:6; Isa 63:17Ameizuia njia yangu kwa mapande ya mawe,
amepotosha njia zangu.
103:10 Ay 10:16; Hos 13:8; Amo 5:18-19Kama dubu aviziaye,
kama simba mafichoni,
11ameniburuta kutoka njia,
akanirarua na kuniacha bila msaada.
123:12 Mao 2:4; Ay 16:12; Za 38:2; 34:2Amevuta upinde wake
na kunifanya mimi niwe lengo
kwa ajili ya mishale yake.
13Alinichoma moyo wangu kwa mishale
iliyotoka kwenye podo lake.
143:14 Mwa 38:23; Za 22:6-7; Ay 30:9; Neh 4:2-4; Mt 27:29-31; Yer 20:7Nimekuwa kichekesho kwa watu wangu wote,
wananidhihaki kwa wimbo mchana kutwa.
153:15 Yer 9:15Amenijaza kwa majani machungu
na kunishibisha kwa nyongo.
163:16 Mit 20:17Amevunja meno yangu kwa changarawe,
amenikanyagia mavumbini.
17Amani yangu imeondolewa,
nimesahau kufanikiwa ni nini.
183:18 Ay 17:15; Za 31:22Kwa hiyo nasema, “Fahari yangu imeondoka
na yale yote niliyokuwa nimetarajia kutoka kwa Bwana.”
19Nayakumbuka mateso yangu na kutangatanga kwangu,
uchungu na nyongo.
203:20 Za 42:5; 43:5Ninayakumbuka vyema,
nayo nafsi yangu imezimia ndani yangu.
21Hata hivyo najikumbusha neno hili
na kwa hiyo ninalo tumaini.
223:22 Za 130:7; Mt 3:6; Neh 9:31; Ay 34:15; Za 130:1; Hos 11:9; Za 78:38; 57:10; Mal 3:6Kwa sababu ya upendo mkuu wa Bwana, hatuangamii,
kwa kuwa huruma zake hazikomi kamwe.
233:23 Kut 34:6; Isa 33:2; Ebr 10:23Ni mpya kila asubuhi,
uaminifu wako ni mkuu.
243:24 Za 16:5Nimeiambia nafsi yangu, “Bwana ni fungu langu,
kwa hiyo nitamngojea.”
253:25 Za 33:18; Isa 25:9; 30:18; Za 130:6Bwana ni mwema kwa wale ambao tumaini lao ni kwake,
kwa yule ambaye humtafuta;
263:26 Za 37:7ni vyema kungojea kwa utulivu
kwa ajili ya wokovu wa Bwana.
273:27 Za 90:12Ni vyema mtu kuchukua nira
bado angali kijana.
283:28 Yer 15:17Na akae peke yake awe kimya,
kwa maana Bwana ameiweka juu yake.
293:29 Yer 31:17; Ay 2:8; 42:6Na azike uso wake mavumbini
bado panawezekana kuwa na matumaini.
303:30 Ay 16:10; Isa 50:6; Mik 5:1; Mt 5:39Na atoe shavu lake kwa yule ampigaye,
na ajazwe na aibu.
313:31 Za 94:14; Isa 54:7Kwa kuwa watu hawakatiliwi mbali
na Bwana milele.
323:32 Za 106:43-45; Nah 1:12; Hos 11:8Ingawa huleta huzuni, ataonyesha huruma,
kwa kuwa upendo wake usiokoma ni mkuu.
333:33 Ay 37:23; Ebr 12:10; Yer 31:20; Eze 18:23Kwa maana hapendi kuwaletea mateso
au huzuni watoto wa wanadamu.
34Kuwaponda chini ya nyayo
wafungwa wote katika nchi,
353:35 Mwa 14:18-22Kumnyima mtu haki zake
mbele za Aliye Juu Sana,
363:36 Za 140:12; Mit 17:15; Hab 1:13; Yer 22:3kumnyima mtu haki:
Je, Bwana asione mambo kama haya?
373:37 Mit 19:21; Za 33:9-11; Mit 21:30Nani awezaye kusema nalo likatendeka
kama Bwana hajaamuru?
383:38 Ay 2:10; Isa 45:7; Yer 32:42Je, si ni kwenye kinywa cha Aliye Juu Sana
ndiko yatokako maafa na mambo mema?
393:39 Yer 30:15; Mik 7:9Mwanadamu yeyote aliye hai aweza kulalamika
wakati anapoadhibiwa kwa ajili ya dhambi zake?
403:40 2Kor 13:5; Za 119:59; 139:23-24Tuzichunguze njia zetu na kuzijaribu,
na tumrudie Bwana Mungu.
413:41 Dan 9:5; Yer 14:20; 2Fal 24:4; Yer 5:7-9; Za 86:4Tuinue mioyo yetu pamoja na mikono yetu
kwa Mungu mbinguni, na tuseme:
423:42 Dan 9:5“Tumetenda dhambi na kuasi
nawe hujasamehe.
433:43 Mao 2:2, 17, 21; Za 35:6“Umejifunika mwenyewe kwa hasira na kutufuatilia;
umetuchinja bila huruma.
443:44 Mao 2:1; Zek 7:13; Za 97:2; Isa 58:4Unajifunika mwenyewe kwa wingu,
ili pasiwe na ombi
litakaloweza kupenya.
453:45 1Kor 4:13Umetufanya takataka na uchafu
miongoni mwa mataifa.
463:46 Za 22:13; Mao 2:16“Adui zetu wote wamefumbua vinywa vyao
wazi dhidi yetu.
473:47 Yer 48:43; Isa 24:17-18; 51:19Tumeteseka kwa hofu kuu na shida ya ghafula,
uharibifu na maangamizi.”
483:48 Yer 9:1; Mao 2:18Vijito vya machozi vinatiririka kutoka machoni mwangu,
kwa sababu watu wangu wameangamizwa.
49Macho yangu yatatiririka machozi bila kukoma,
bila kupata nafuu,
503:50 Za 14:2; 80:14; Isa 63:15hadi Bwana atazame chini
kutoka mbinguni na kuona.
51Lile ninaloliona huniletea huzuni nafsini
kwa sababu ya wanawake wote wa mji wangu.
523:52 Za 35:7; 69:4Wale waliokuwa adui zangu bila sababu
wameniwinda kama ndege.
533:53 Yer 38:6; 37:16; Dan 6:17Walijaribu kukomesha maisha yangu ndani ya shimo
na kunitupia mawe;
543:54 Za 69:2; Yon 2:3-5; Eze 37:11; Za 88:5maji yalifunika juu ya kichwa changu,
nami nikafikiri nilikuwa karibu
kukatiliwa mbali.
553:55 Za 130:1; 2Nya 33:12; Yon 2:2; Za 18:5, 6Nililiitia jina lako, Ee Bwana,
kutoka vina vya shimo.
563:56 Rum 8:26; Za 116:1-2; 6:8Ulisikia ombi langu: “Usikizibie masikio yako
kilio changu nikuombapo msaada.”
573:57 Isa 41:10; Yak 4:8; Za 46:1; 69:18; Isa 58:9Ulikuja karibu nilipokuita,
nawe ukasema, “Usiogope.”
583:58 Yer 51:36; Za 34:22; Yer 50:34; 1Sam 25:39Ee Bwana, ulichukua shauri langu,
ukaukomboa uhai wangu.
593:59 Yer 18:19; Za 35:23Umeona, Ee Bwana, ubaya niliotendewa.
Tetea shauri langu!
603:60 Yer 11:20; 18:18Umeona kina cha kisasi chao,
mashauri yao yote mabaya dhidi yangu.
61Ee Bwana, umesikia matukano yao,
mashauri yao yote mabaya dhidi yangu:
623:62 Eze 36:3kile adui zangu wanachonongʼona na kunungʼunikia
dhidi yangu mchana kutwa.
633:63 Ay 30:9; Za 139:2Watazame! Wakiwa wameketi au wamesimama,
wananidhihaki katika nyimbo zao.
643:64 Za 28:4; Yer 51:6; 2Tim 4:14; Yer 11:20; Ufu 6:10Uwalipe kile wanachostahili, Ee Bwana,
kwa yale ambayo mikono yao imetenda.
653:65 Kut 14:8; Kum 2:30; Isa 6:10; Za 8:3Weka pazia juu ya mioyo yao,
laana yako na iwe juu yao!
66Wafuatilie katika hasira na uwaangamize
kutoka chini ya mbingu za Bwana.
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.3.13 arrows: Heb. sons 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.3.15 bitterness: Heb. bitternesses 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.3.16 covered…: or, rolled me in the ashes 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.3.17 prosperity: Heb. good 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.3.19 Remembering: or, Remember 20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.3.20 humbled: Heb. bowed
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.3.21 recall…: Heb. make to return to my heart
22¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.3.33 willingly: Heb. from his heart 34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,3.35 the most High: or, a superior 36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.3.36 approveth not: or, seeth not
37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?3.39 complain: or, murmur 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.3.51 mine heart: Heb. my soul3.51 because…: or, more than all 52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55¶ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; 62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. 63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64¶ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.3.65 sorrow…: or, obstinacy of heart 66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
