Praise to the Lord
1Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
2You have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified town a ruin,
the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3Therefore strong peoples will honor you;
cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm driving against a wall
5and like the heat of the desert.
You silence the uproar of foreigners;
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
6On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
9In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
10The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;
but Moab will be trampled in their land
as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down their pride
despite the cleverness25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. of their hands.
12He will bring down your high fortified walls
and lay them low;
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.
Msifuni Bwana
125:1 Hes 23:19; Za 40:5; Yoe 2:21-26; Isa 7:13; 14:24; 37:26; Efe 1:11Ee Bwana, wewe ni Mungu wangu,
nitakutukuza na kulisifu jina lako,
kwa maana katika ukamilifu wa uaminifu
umetenda mambo ya ajabu,
mambo yaliyokusudiwa tangu zamani.
225:2 Isa 37:26; Yer 51:37; Isa 17:3; 13:22; Kum 13:16; Ay 12:14Umeufanya mji kuwa lundo la kifusi,
mji wenye ngome kuwa magofu,
ngome imara ya wageni kuwa si mji tena,
wala hautajengwa tena kamwe.
325:3 Kut 6:2; Za 22:23; Isa 11:14; 13:11; Ufu 11:13Kwa hiyo mataifa yenye nguvu yatakuheshimu,
miji ya mataifa katili itakuheshimu wewe.
425:4 Yoe 3:16; Isa 33:16; Za 46:1-11; Isa 49:25; 2Sam 22:3; Za 118:8; Isa 3:14Umekuwa kimbilio la watu maskini,
kimbilio la mhitaji katika taabu yake,
hifadhi wakati wa dhoruba
na kivuli wakati wa hari.
Kwa maana pumzi ya wakatili
ni kama dhoruba ipigayo ukuta
525:5 Yer 51:25; Za 18:44; Isa 13:11na kama joto la jangwani.
Wewe wanyamazisha makelele ya wageni;
kama vile hari ipunguzwavyo na kivuli cha wingu,
ndivyo wimbo wa wakatili unyamazishwavyo.
625:6 Mt 22:4; Mit 9:2; Dan 7:14; Mwa 29:22; Za 36:8Juu ya mlima huu Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ataandaa
karamu ya vinono kwa mataifa yote,
karamu ya mvinyo wa zamani,
nyama nzuri sana na divai zilizo bora sana.
725:7 2Kor 3:15-16; Efe 4:8; 1:17; Ay 4:9Juu ya mlima huu ataharibu
sitara ihifadhiyo mataifa yote,
kile kifuniko kifunikacho mataifa yote,
825:8 Hos 13:14; 1Kor 15:54-55; Yer 31:16; Ufu 7:14-17; Ebr 2:14; Isa 26:19yeye atameza mauti milele.
Bwana Mwenyezi atafuta machozi katika nyuso zote;
ataondoa aibu ya watu wake duniani kote.
Bwana amesema hili.
925:9 Isa 40:9; Yer 14:8; Za 20:5; Kum 32:43; Isa 2:11; 49:25-26; Za 145:19Katika siku ile watasema,
“Hakika huyu ndiye Mungu wetu;
tulimtumaini, naye akatuokoa.
Huyu ndiye Bwana, tuliyemtumaini;
sisi tushangilie na kufurahia katika wokovu wake.”
1025:10 Mwa 19:37; Hes 21:29; Kum 23:6; Isa 11:14; Amo 2:1-2Mkono wa Bwana utatulia juu ya mlima huu,
bali Moabu atakanyagwa chini
kama majani makavu yakanyagwavyo kwenye shimo la mbolea.
1125:11 Isa 5:25; 14:26; Law 26:19; Ay 40:12; Isa 2:10-17; 16:14Watakunjua mikono yao katikati yake,
kama vile mwogeleaji akunjuavyo mikono yake ili aogelee.
Mungu atashusha kiburi chao
licha ya ujanja wa mikono yao.
1225:12 Ay 40:11; Isa 26:5; Yer 51:44; Isa 2:15Atabomoa kuta ndefu za maboma yako
na kuziangusha chini,
atazishusha chini ardhini,
mpaka mavumbini kabisa.
