Psalm 44
For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah.
1God, we have heard what you did.
Those who came before us have told us
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.
2By your power you drove out the nations.
You gave our people homes in the land.
You crushed the people who were there.
And you made our people do well.
3They didn’t win the land with their swords.
They didn’t gain success by their own power.
Your powerful right hand and your mighty arm gave them victory.
You gave them success because you loved them.
4You are my King and my God.
You give victories to the people of Jacob.
5With your help we push back our enemies.
By your power we walk all over them.
6I put no trust in my bow.
My sword doesn’t bring me victory.
7But you give us victory over our enemies.
You put them to shame.
8All day long we talk about how great God is.
We will praise your name forever.
9But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble.
You don’t march out with our armies anymore.
10You made us turn and run from our enemies.
They have taken what belongs to us.
11You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep.
You have scattered us among the nations.
12You sold your people for very little.
You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.
13You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at.
Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.
14The nations make jokes about us.
They shake their heads at us.
15All day long I have to live with my shame.
My face is covered with it.
16That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words.
They want to get even with me.
17All of this happened to us,
even though we had not forgotten you.
We had not broken the covenant you made with us.
18Our hearts had not turned away from you.
Our feet had not wandered from your path.
19But you crushed us and left us to the wild dogs.
You covered us over with deep darkness.
20We didn’t forget our God.
We didn’t spread out our hands in prayer to a false god.
21If we had, God would have discovered it.
He knows the secrets of our hearts.
22But because of you, we face death all day long.
We are considered as sheep to be killed.
23Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t say no to us forever.
24Why do you turn your face away from us?
Why do you forget our pain and troubles?
25We are brought down to the dust.
Our bodies lie flat on the ground.
26Rise up and help us.
Save us because of your faithful love.
Zaburi 44
Kuomba Ulinzi Wa Mungu
Kwa mwimbishaji. Utenzi wa wana wa Kora.
144:1 2Sam 7:22; 1Nya 17:20; Yer 26:11; Amu 6:13; Kum 32:7; Ay 37:23Ee Mungu, tumesikia kwa masikio yetu,
baba zetu wametueleza
yale uliyotenda katika siku zao,
siku za kale.
244:2 Kut 15:17; Kum 7:1; Yos 10:42; 3:10; Mdo 7:45; Isa 60:21; Amu 4:23; 2Nya 14:13; Za 80:9; Yer 32:23Kwa mkono wako uliwafukuza mataifa
na ukawapanda baba zetu,
uliangamiza mataifa
na kuwastawisha baba zetu.
344:3 Yos 24:12; Kut 15:16; Za 78:54; 77:15; 79:11; 89:10, 15; Isa 40:10; 52:10; 63:5; Kum 4:37Sio kwa upanga wao waliipata nchi,
wala si mkono wao uliwapatia ushindi;
ilikuwa ni kitanga cha mkono wako wa kuume,
na nuru ya uso wako,
kwa kuwa uliwapenda.
444:4 Za 24:7; 5:2; 21:5; 74:12Wewe ni mfalme wangu na Mungu wangu,
unayeamuru ushindi kwa Yakobo.
544:5 Yos 23:5; Za 60:12; 108:13; Dan 8:10Kwa uwezo wako tunawasukuma nyuma watesi wetu;
kwa jina lako tunawakanyaga adui zetu.
644:6 Za 33:16; Hos 1:7; Mwa 48:22Siutumaini upinde wangu,
upanga wangu hauniletei ushindi;
744:7 Kum 20:4; Ay 8:2bali wewe unatupa ushindi juu ya adui zetu,
unawaaibisha watesi wetu.
844:8 1Kor 1:3; Rum 2:17; Za 34:2; 52:1; 30:12; 2Kor 10:17Katika Mungu wetu tunajivuna mchana kutwa,
nasi tutalisifu jina lako milele.
944:9 Kum 8:3; 31:17; Za 43:2; 107:39; 108:11; Isa 5:15; Yos 7:12Lakini sasa umetukataa na kutudhili,
wala huendi tena na jeshi letu.
1044:10 Law 26:17; Amu 2:14; Kum 28:25Umetufanya turudi nyuma mbele ya adui,
nao watesi wetu wametuteka nyara.
1144:11 Yer 12:3; 32:37; Law 26:33; Zek 2:6; Kum 4:27; Eze 6:8; Lk 21:24; Za 9:11; 60:1; 2Fal 17:6Umetuacha tutafunwe kama kondoo
na umetutawanya katika mataifa.
1244:12 Kum 32:30; Isa 50:1; 52:3; Yer 15:13Umewauza watu wako kwa fedha kidogo,
wala hukupata faida yoyote kwa mauzo yao.
1344:13 2Nya 29:8; Isa 30:3; Yer 25:9; 42:18; 44:8; Kum 28:37; Mik 2:6; Za 79:4; 80:6; 89:41; Eze 23:32Umetufanya lawama kwa jirani zetu,
dharau na dhihaka kwa wale wanaotuzunguka.
1444:14 1Fal 9:7; 2Fal 19:21Umetufanya kuwa mithali miongoni mwa mataifa,
mataifa hutikisa vichwa vyao.
1544:15 Mwa 30:23; 2Nya 32:21; Za 35:26; 34:5Fedheha yangu iko mbele yangu mchana kutwa,
na uso wangu umejaa aibu tele,
1644:16 Za 42:10; 10:13; 55:3; 74:10; 1Sam 18:25; Yer 11:19; Rum 12:19kwa ajili ya dhihaka ya wale wanaonilaumu na kunitukana,
kwa sababu ya adui, ambaye anatamani kulipiza kisasi.
1744:17 Kum 6:12; 32:18; Mit 3:1; Dan 9:13; Za 119:16, 61, 153, 176Hayo yote yametutokea,
ingawa tulikuwa hatujakusahau
wala hatujaenda kinyume na agano lako.
1844:18 Za 119:51, 157Mioyo yetu ilikuwa haijarudi nyuma;
nyayo zetu zilikuwa hazijaiacha njia yako.
1944:19 2Nya 14:13; Za 51:8; Isa 43:12; Ay 30:29; 3:5Lakini ulituponda na kutufanya makao ya mbweha,
na ukatufunika kwa giza nene.
2044:20 Kum 32:18; Amu 4:7; Isa 43:12; Kut 20:3; Yer 5:12Kama tungalikuwa tumelisahau jina la Mungu wetu
au kunyooshea mikono yetu kwa mungu mgeni,
2144:21 1Sam 16:7; 1Fal 8:39; Yn 2:25; Mit 15:11; Yer 12:3; 17:10; Ay 31:14; Za 139:1; Mhu 12:14; Mdo 1:24; Ufu 2:23; Rum 2:16; Ebr 4:12je, Mungu hangaligundua hili,
kwa kuwa anazijua siri za moyo?
2244:22 Yer 11:19; 12:3; Isa 53:7; Rum 8:36Hata hivyo kwa ajili yako tunauawa mchana kutwa;
tumehesabiwa kama kondoo wa kuchinjwa.
2344:23 Za 7:6; 78:65; 59:5; 74:1; 77:7Amka, Ee Bwana! Kwa nini unalala?
Zinduka! Usitukatae milele.
2444:24 Mao 5:20Kwa nini unauficha uso wako
na kusahau taabu na mateso yetu?
2544:25 Za 119:25Tumeshushwa hadi mavumbini,
miili yetu imegandamana na ardhi.
2644:26 Za 102:13; 26:11; 12:5; 6:4; Hes 10:25Inuka na utusaidie,
utukomboe kwa sababu ya upendo wako usio na mwisho.
