Zaburi 18 – NEN & NIV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Zaburi 18:1-50

Zaburi 18

Wimbo Wa Daudi Wa Ushindi

(2 Samweli 22:1-51)

Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi mtumishi wa Bwana aliyomwimbia Bwana wakati Bwana alipomwokoa mikononi mwa adui zake wote, na pia mkononi mwa Sauli. Alisema hivi:

118:1 Kut 15:2; Yer 16:19; Kum 32:4; 33:29; Za 91:2; 22:19; 59:9; 81:1; 1Sam 2:2; Isa 2:10; 12:2; 49:5Nakupenda wewe, Ee Bwana,

nguvu yangu.

218:2 Kut 33:22; Isa 2:1; 17:10; Yer 16:19; Za 40:17; 114:2; 2:12; 9:9; 94:20; 28:7, 8; 31:2, 3; 84:9; 119:114; Ebr 2:13; Mwa 15:1; Lk 1:69Bwana ni mwamba wangu,

ngome yangu na mwokozi wangu,

Mungu wangu ni mwamba,

ambaye kwake ninakimbilia.

Yeye ni ngao yangu na pembe ya wokovu wangu,

ngome yangu.

318:3 1Nya 16:25; Za 9:13; 76:4Ninamwita Bwana anayestahili kusifiwa,

nami ninaokolewa kutoka kwa adui zangu.

418:4 Za 116:4; 93:4; 124:6; Eze 43:2; Isa 5:30; 17:12; Yer 6:23; 51:42, 55Kamba za mauti zilinizunguka,

mafuriko ya maangamizi yalinilemea.

518:5 Mit 14:13Kamba za kuzimu zilinizunguka,

mitego ya mauti ilinikabili.

618:6 Kum 4:30; Za 30:2; 99:6; 102; 120:1; 66:19; 116:1; Ay 16:18Katika shida yangu nalimwita Bwana,

nilimlilia Mungu wangu anisaidie.

Kutoka hekaluni mwake alisikia sauti yangu,

kilio changu kikafika mbele zake,

masikioni mwake.

718:7 Za 97:4; Isa 5:25; 64:3; Amu 5:4, 5; Ay 9:5; Yer 10:10; Mdo 4:31Dunia ilitetemeka na kutikisika,

misingi ya milima ikatikisika,

vilitetemeka kwa sababu alikuwa amekasirika.

818:8 Ay 41:20, 21; Kut 15:17; 19:18; Mit 25:22; Za 50:3; 97:3; Dan 7:10; Rum 12:20Moshi ukapanda kutoka puani mwake,

moto uteketezao ukatoka kinywani mwake,

makaa ya moto yawakayo

yakatoka ndani mwake.

918:9 Mwa 11:5; Isa 64:1; Za 57:3; 104:3; Kut 20:21; Kum 33:26Akazipasua mbingu akashuka chini,

mawingu meusi yalikuwa chini ya miguu yake.

1018:10 Mwa 3:24; Eze 10:18; Kum 33:26; Za 104:3; 99:1Alipanda juu ya kerubi akaruka,

akapaa juu kwa mbawa za upepo.

1118:11 Za 97:2; Kut 19:9; Ay 22:14; Isa 4:5; Kum 4:11; Yer 43:10Alifanya giza kuwa kitu chake cha kujifunika,

hema lake kumzunguka,

mawingu meusi ya mvua ya angani.

1218:12 Za 104:2; Yos 10:10; Ay 36:30Kutokana na mwanga wa uwepo wake

mawingu yalisogea,

ikanyesha mvua ya mawe

na umeme wa radi.

1318:13 Kut 9:23; Za 29:3; 2Sam 2:10Bwana alinguruma kutoka mbinguni,

sauti ya Aliye Juu Sana ilisikika.

1418:14 Kum 32:23; Ay 6:4; 36:30; Ufu 4:5; Za 21:12; Amu 4:15; Hes 24:8Aliipiga mishale yake na kutawanya adui,

naam, umeme mwingi wa radi na kuwafukuza.

1518:15 Za 11:3; 76:6; 104:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2; Kut 15:8Mabonde ya bahari yalifunuliwa,

na misingi ya dunia ikawa wazi

kwa kukaripia kwako, Ee Bwana,

kwa uvumi wa pumzi kutoka puani mwako.

1618:16 Kut 15:5; Mit 18:4; 20:5; Za 69:2; 144:7Alinyoosha mkono kutoka juu na kunishika;

alinitoa kutoka kilindi cha maji makuu.

1718:17 Za 38:19; 59:1; 143:9; Amu 18:26Aliniokoa kutoka adui wangu mwenye nguvu nyingi,

kutoka adui zangu waliokuwa na nguvu nyingi kuliko mimi.

1818:18 Mit 1:27; 16:4; Yer 17:17; 40:2; Oba 1:13; Za 20:2; Isa 3:1Walinikabili siku ya msiba wangu,

lakini Bwana alikuwa msaada wangu.

1918:19 Za 31:8; 118:5; Hes 14:8Alinileta nje mahali penye nafasi tele,

akaniokoa kwa kuwa alipendezwa nami.

2018:20 1Sam 22:21; 26:23; Ay 22:30; Za 24:4; Rum 2:12; 2Nya 15:7; 1Kor 3:8; Mit 6:4Bwana alinitendea sawasawa na uadilifu wangu;

sawasawa na usafi wa mikono yangu amenilipa.

2118:21 2Nya 34:33; Za 37:34; 119:2; 102; Mit 8:32; 23:26Kwa maana nimezishika njia za Bwana;

sijatenda ubaya nikamwacha Mungu wangu.

2218:22 Za 119:30Sheria zake zote zi mbele yangu,

wala sijayaacha maagizo yake.

2318:23 Mwa 6:9Nimekuwa sina hatia mbele zake,

nami nimejilinda nisitende dhambi.

2418:24 1Sam 26:23; Rut 2:12; Mt 10:41-42Bwana amenilipa sawasawa na uadilifu wangu;

sawasawa na usafi wa mikono yangu machoni pake.

2518:25 Za 31:23; 37:23; 50:5; 25:10; 40:11; 89:24; 146:6; Mit 2:8; Mt 18:32-35Kwa yeye aliye mwaminifu, unajionyesha kuwa mwaminifu,

kwa asiye na hatia, unajionyesha kutokuwa na hatia.

2618:26 Mit 15:26; Mt 5:8; Flp 1:10; 1Tim 5:22; Tit 1:15; 1Yn 3:3; Mit 3:34; Mt 10:16; Lk 16:8; Law 26:23Kwa aliye mtakatifu, unajionyesha kuwa mtakatifu,

lakini kwa aliyepotoka, unajionyesha kuwa mkaidi.

2718:27 2Nya 33:23; Mt 23:12; Ay 41:34; Za 10:5; Mit 3:33-35; 6:17Wewe huwaokoa wanyenyekevu,

lakini huwashusha wenye kiburi.

2818:28 1Fal 11:36; Za 132:17; Ay 29:3; Za 97:11; 112:4; Yn 1:5; Mdo 26:18; 2Kor 4:6; 2Pet 1:19; Ay 18:6Wewe, Ee Bwana, unaifanya taa yangu iendelee kuwaka;

Mungu wangu hulifanya giza langu kuwa mwanga.

2918:29 Isa 45:5; Ebr 11:34Kwa msaada wako naweza kushinda jeshi,

nikiwa pamoja na Mungu wangu

nitaweza kuruka ukuta.

3018:30 Kum 32:4; Za 12:6; 3:3; 2:12; Mit 30:5; Ufu 15:3; Rum 12:3Kuhusu Mungu, njia yake ni kamilifu,

neno la Bwana halina dosari.

Yeye ni ngao kwa wote

wanaokimbilia kwake.

3118:31 Kum 4:5; 32:39; Za 35:10; 86:8; 89:6; Isa 46:9; 44:6, 8; 45:5, 6, 14, 18, 21; Mwa 49:24Kwa maana ni nani aliye Mungu

zaidi ya Bwana?

Ni nani aliye Mwamba

isipokuwa Mungu wetu?

3218:32 1Pet 5:10; Yak 3:2; Za 15:2; 19:13; Ebr 10:14Mungu ndiye anivikaye nguvu

na kufanya njia yangu kuwa kamilifu.

3318:33 Za 42:1; Mit 5:19; Isa 35:6; Hab 3:19; Kum 32:13Huifanya miguu yangu kama miguu ya kulungu,

huniwezesha kusimama mahali palipo juu.

3418:34 Za 144:1Huifundisha mikono yangu kupigana vita;

mikono yangu inaweza kupinda upinde wa shaba.

3518:35 Za 3:5; 37:5, 17; 41:3; 51:2; 54:4; 55:22; 119:116; Isa 41:4, 10, 13; 43:2; 46:4Hunipa ngao yako ya ushindi,

nao mkono wako wa kuume hunitegemeza,

unajishusha chini ili kuniinua.

3618:36 Ay 18:7; Za 31:8; 66:9Huyapanua mapito yangu,

ili miguu yangu isiteleze.

3718:37 Law 26:7Niliwafuatia adui zangu na nikawapata,

sikurudi nyuma mpaka walipoangamizwa.

3818:38 Za 68:21; 110:6; 36:12; 47:3; 140:10; Isa 26:14Niliwaseta hata hawakuweza kuinuka tena;

walianguka chini ya miguu yangu.

3918:39 Za 18:32, 47; Isa 45:5, 24; Za 47:3; 144:2Ulinivika nguvu kwa ajili ya kupigana vita;

uliwafanya adui zangu wasujudu miguuni pangu.

4018:40 Yos 7:12; Za 18:37Uliwafanya adui zangu wageuke na kukimbia,

nami nikawaangamiza adui zangu.

4118:41 2Fal 14:26; Za 50:22; 1Sam 8:18; 14:37; Yer 11:11; Mit 1:28Walipiga yowe, lakini hapakuwepo na yeyote wa kuwaokoa;

walimlilia Bwana, lakini hakuwajibu.

4218:42 Kum 9:21; Isa 2:22Niliwaponda kama mavumbi yanayopeperushwa na upepo;

niliwamwaga nje kama tope barabarani.

4318:43 2Sam 8:1-14; Isa 55:5Umeniokoa kutokana na mashambulizi ya watu;

umenifanya kuwa kiongozi wa mataifa,

watu ambao sikuwajua wananitumikia.

4418:44 Za 144:7, 11; 54:3; Isa 25:5Mara wanisikiapo hunitii,

wageni hunyenyekea mbele yangu.

4518:45 2Kor 4:1; Ebr 12:3; 1Sam 17:32; Isa 66:2; Hos 3:5; 11:10; Za 9:9; Mik 7:17Wote wanalegea,

wanatoka katika ngome zao wakitetemeka.

4618:46 Yos 3:10; 2Kor 13:4; 1Sam 14:39; Kut 33:22; Za 21:13; 35:27; 40:16; 108:5; 1Nya 16:35; Lk 1:47; Yer 10:10Bwana yu hai! Sifa ni kwa Mwamba wangu!

Atukuzwe Mungu Mwokozi wangu!

4718:47 Mwa 4:24; Za 18:29; Amu 4:23Yeye ndiye Mungu anilipiziaye kisasi,

awatiishaye mataifa chini yangu,

4818:48 Dan 3:17; Za 7:10; 37:40; 140:2; 18:49aniokoaye na adui zangu.

Uliniinua juu ya adui zangu;

uliniokoa toka kwa watu wajeuri.

4918:49 Za 101:1; 7:17; 9:2; 108:1; 146:2; Rum 15:9Kwa hiyo nitakusifu katikati ya mataifa, Ee Bwana;

nitaliimbia sifa jina lako.

5018:50 2Sam 23:1; Za 144:10; 89:4Humpa mfalme wake ushindi mkuu,

huonyesha fadhili zake kwa mpakwa mafuta wake,

kwa Daudi na wazao wake milele.

New International Version

Psalms 18:1-50

Psalm 18In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1I love you, Lord, my strength.

2The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield18:2 Or sovereign and the horn18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength. of my salvation, my stronghold.

3I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,

and I have been saved from my enemies.

4The cords of death entangled me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

5The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

6In my distress I called to the Lord;

I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came before him, into his ears.

7The earth trembled and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

8Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.

9He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

10He mounted the cherubim and flew;

he soared on the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,

with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13The Lord thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning

14He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke, Lord,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

16He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

17He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the Lord was my support.

19He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21For I have kept the ways of the Lord;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

23I have been blameless before him

and have kept myself from sin.

24The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

27You save the humble

but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;

my God turns my darkness into light.

29With your help I can advance against a troop18:29 Or can run through a barricade;

with my God I can scale a wall.

30As for God, his way is perfect:

The Lord’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him.

31For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is the Rock except our God?

32It is God who arms me with strength

and keeps my way secure.

33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he causes me to stand on the heights.

34He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35You make your saving help my shield,

and your right hand sustains me;

your help has made me great.

36You provide a broad path for my feet,

so that my ankles do not give way.

37I pursued my enemies and overtook them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

38I crushed them so that they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

39You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

40You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—

to the Lord, but he did not answer.

42I beat them as fine as windblown dust;

I trampled them18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out like mud in the streets.

43You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;

you have made me the head of nations.

People I did not know now serve me,

44foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

45They all lose heart;

they come trembling from their strongholds.

46The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God my Savior!

47He is the God who avenges me,

who subdues nations under me,

48who saves me from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from a violent man you rescued me.

49Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

50He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing love to his anointed,

to David and to his descendants forever.