Psalm 106
1Praise the Lord.106:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord
or fully declare his praise?
3Blessed are those who act justly,
who always do what is right.
4Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people,
come to my aid when you save them,
5that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that I may share in the joy of your nation
and join your inheritance in giving praise.
6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought to your miracles;
they did not remember your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
8Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his mighty power known.
9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;
he led them through the depths as through a desert.
10He saved them from the hand of the foe;
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.
11The waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.
13But they soon forgot what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
14In the desert they gave in to their craving;
in the wilderness they put God to the test.
15So he gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.
16In the camp they grew envious of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it buried the company of Abiram.
18Fire blazed among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20They exchanged their glorious God
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21They forgot the God who saved them,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22miracles in the land of Ham
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23So he said he would destroy them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24Then they despised the pleasant land;
they did not believe his promise.
25They grumbled in their tents
and did not obey the Lord.
26So he swore to them with uplifted hand
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27make their descendants fall among the nations
and scatter them throughout the lands.
28They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29they aroused the Lord’s anger by their wicked deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.
30But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.
31This was credited to him as righteousness
for endless generations to come.
32By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord,
and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips
34They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them,
35but they mingled with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36They worshiped their idols,
which became a snare to them.
37They sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to false gods.
38They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39They defiled themselves by what they did;
by their deeds they prostituted themselves.
40Therefore the Lord was angry with his people
and abhorred his inheritance.
41He gave them into the hands of the nations,
and their foes ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them
and subjected them to their power.
43Many times he delivered them,
but they were bent on rebellion
and they wasted away in their sin.
44Yet he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry;
45for their sake he remembered his covenant
and out of his great love he relented.
46He caused all who held them captive
to show them mercy.
47Save us, Lord our God,
and gather us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
and glory in your praise.
48Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord.
Zaburi 106
Wema Wa Bwana Kwa Watu Wake
1106:1 Ezr 3:11; Za 63:7; 22:23; 103:2; 119:68; 136:1-26; Yer 33:11; Mt 19:17Msifuni Bwana.
Mshukuruni Bwana, kwa kuwa ni mwema;
upendo wake wadumu milele.
2106:2 Za 40:5; 71:16Ni nani awezaye kusimulia matendo makuu ya Bwana
au kutangaza kikamilifu sifa zake?
3106:3 Yer 22:15, 16; Mt 22:37; Za 15:2; 112:5; Hos 12:6Heri wale wanaodumisha haki,
ambao daima wanafanya yaliyo mema.
4106:4 Za 25:6-7; 77:7; Mwa 50:24Ee Bwana, unikumbuke unapowatendea mema watu wako,
uwe msaada wangu unapowaokoa,
5106:5 Kum 30:15; Za 1:3; 105:6; 20:5; 27:5; 47:5; 118:15; Kut 34:9ili niweze kufurahia mafanikio ya wateule wako,
niweze kushiriki katika furaha ya taifa lako,
na kuungana na urithi wako katika kukusifu.
6106:6 1Fal 8:47; Neh 1:7; Dan 9:5; Rum 3:9; 2Nya 30:7; Law 26:40Tumetenda dhambi, kama vile baba zetu walivyotenda,
tumekosa na tumetenda uovu.
7106:7 Amu 3:7; Za 78:42; Kut 14:11, 12Wakati baba zetu walipokuwa Misri,
hawakuzingatia maajabu yako,
wala hawakukumbuka wingi wa fadhili zako,
bali waliasi kando ya bahari, Bahari ya Shamu.
8106:8 Kut 9:16; 14:30-31; Za 80:3; 107:13; 23:3; 143:11; Isa 25:9; Yoe 2:32; Yos 7:9; Yer 14:7, 21Hata hivyo aliwaokoa kwa ajili ya jina lake,
ili apate kudhihirisha uweza wake mkuu.
9106:9 Nah 1:4; Isa 50:3; 63:11-14; Kut 14:21; Za 18:15; 78:13Alikemea Bahari ya Shamu, nayo ikakauka,
akawaongoza katika vilindi vyake kama vile jangwani.
10106:10 Kut 14:30; Za 107:13; 78:42, 53; Isa 35:9; 62:12Aliwaokoa mikononi mwa adui;
kutoka mikononi mwa adui aliwakomboa.
11106:11 Kut 14:28Maji yaliwafunika adui zao,
hakunusurika hata mmoja.
12106:12 Kut 15:1-21; Za 105:43Ndipo walipoamini ahadi zake,
nao wakaimba sifa zake.
13106:13 Kut 15:24; 16:28; Hes 27:21Lakini mara walisahau aliyowatendea,
wala hawakungojea shauri lake.
14106:14 1Kor 10:9; Kut 17:2; Za 78:40; 68:7Jangwani walitawaliwa na tamaa zao,
walimjaribu Mungu nyikani.
15106:15 Isa 10:16; Hes 11:33; Kut 16:13; Za 78:29Kwa hiyo aliwapa kile walichoomba,
lakini akatuma juu yao ugonjwa wa kudhoofisha.
16106:16 Hes 16:1-3Kambini walimwonea wivu Mose,
na pia Aroni aliyekuwa amewekwa wakfu kwa Bwana.
17106:17 Kum 11:6; 15:12; Hes 16:1Ardhi ilifunguka ikawameza Dathani,
ikawazika Abiramu na kundi lake.
18106:18 Law 10:2Moto uliwaka katikati ya wafuasi wao,
mwali wa moto uliwateketeza waovu.
19106:19 Kut 32:4; Mdo 7:41Huko Horebu walitengeneza ndama,
na kuabudu sanamu ya kusubu kwa chuma.
20106:20 Yer 2:11; Rum 1:23Waliubadilisha Utukufu wao
kwa sanamu ya fahali, ambaye hula majani.
21106:21 Za 78:11; 75:1; Kum 10:21Walimsahau Mungu aliyewaokoa,
aliyekuwa ametenda mambo makuu huko Misri,
22106:22 Za 78:51; Kut 3:20; Kum 4:34miujiza katika nchi ya Hamu
na mambo ya kutisha huko Bahari ya Shamu.
23106:23 Kut 32:10-14; Hes 11:2; Eze 13:5; 20:13; Kum 9:19Kwa hiyo alisema kwamba angewaangamiza:
kama Mose mteule wake,
asingesimama kati yao na Mungu
kuizuia ghadhabu yake kuwaangamiza.
24106:24 Ebr 3:18; Yer 3:19; Hes 14:11, 30, 31; Kum 8:7Kisha waliidharau ile nchi nzuri,
hawakuiamini ahadi yake.
25106:25 Kut 15:24; Kum 1:27; 1Kor 10:10Walinungʼunika ndani ya mahema yao,
wala hawakumtii Bwana.
26106:26 Hes 14:23; Ebr 4:3; 3:17; Kum 2:14Kwa hiyo akaapa kwa mkono ulioinuliwa
kwamba atawafanya waanguke jangwani,
27106:27 Law 26:33kuwatawanya wazao wao waanguke miongoni mwa mataifa,
na kuwatawanya katika nchi zote.
28106:28 Hes 23:28; 25:2, 3; Kum 4:3; Hos 9:10; Ufu 2:14Walijifunga nira na Baali wa Peori,
wakala dhabihu zilizotolewa kwa miungu isiyo na uhai.
29106:29 Za 64:2; 141:4; Hes 16:46; 25:3, 8Waliichochea hasira ya Bwana,
wakamkasirisha kwa matendo yao maovu,
nayo tauni ikazuka katikati yao.
30106:30 Kut 6:25; Hes 25:8Lakini Finehasi alisimama na kuingilia kati,
nayo tauni ikazuiliwa.
31106:31 Mwa 15:6; Za 49:11; Hes 15:11-13Hili likahesabiwa kwake haki,
kwa vizazi visivyo na mwisho vijavyo.
32106:32 Kum 1:37; Kut 17:7; Hes 20:2-13Kwenye maji ya Meriba, walimkasirisha Bwana,
janga likampata Mose kwa sababu yao;
33106:33 Kut 17:4-7; 23:21; Yak 3:2; Isa 63:10; Za 107:11; 51:11; Hes 20:8-12kwa maana walimwasi Roho wa Mungu,
na maneno yasiyofaa yakatoka midomoni kwa Mose.
34106:34 Amu 1:21, 27-36; 2:2; Yos 9:15; Kum 2:34; 7:2, 16; 20:10; Kut 23:24Hawakuyaangamiza yale mataifa
kama Bwana alivyowaagiza,
35106:35 Amu 3:5, 6; Ezr 9:1, 2bali walijichanganya na mataifa
na wakazikubali desturi zao.
36106:36 Kut 10:7; 23:33; Amu 2:12; 2Fal 17:8-11; 2Nya 33:2-7; Kum 7:10, 16Waliabudu sanamu zao,
zikawa mtego kwao.
37106:37 Isa 57:5; Kut 10:7; 22:20; Law 18:21; Kum 32:17; 12:31; 7:16; 1Kor 10:20; Eze 16:20-21Wakawatoa wana wao
na binti zao dhabihu kwa mashetani.
38106:38 2Fal 3:27; Hes 35:33; Law 18:21; Kum 18:10Walimwaga damu isiyo na hatia,
damu za wana wao na binti zao,
ambao waliwatoa dhabihu kwa sanamu za Kanaani,
nayo nchi ikanajisika kwa damu zao.
39106:39 Mwa 3:17; Law 18:24; Eze 20:18; Hes 15:39Wakajinajisi wenyewe kwa yale waliyotenda;
kwa matendo yao wenyewe wakajifanyia ukahaba.
40106:40 Law 26:28; Kut 34:9; 9:29Kwa hiyo Bwana akawakasirikia watu wake
na akauchukia sana urithi wake.
41106:41 Amu 2:14; Neh 9:27Akawakabidhi kwa mataifa
na adui zao wakawatawala.
42106:42 Amu 4:3Adui zao wakawaonea
na kuwatia chini ya mamlaka yao.
43106:43 Amu 7:1-25; 2:16-19; 6:1-7; Yos 10:14; Neh 9:28Mara nyingi aliwaokoa
lakini walikuwa wamezama kwenye uasi,
nao wakajiharibu katika dhambi zao.
44106:44 Amu 3:9; 10:10Lakini akaangalia mateso yao
wakati aliposikia kilio chao;
45106:45 Mwa 9:15; Lk 1:72; Za 105:8; 103:11; 17:7; Law 26:41; Mao 3:32; Kut 32:14kwa ajili yao akakumbuka agano lake,
na kutokana na upendo wake mkuu akapooza hasira yake.
46106:46 1Nya 16:8; Mt 19:17; 2Nya 5:13; 7:3Akawafanya wahurumiwe
na wote waliowashikilia mateka.
47106:47 Za 147:2; 105:1; 30:4; 99:3; 28:9; 107:3; Isa 11:12; 27:13; 56:8; 66:20; Yer 31:8; Lk 1:74; Eze 20:34; Mik 4:6; 2Kor 5:15Ee Bwana Mungu wetu, tuokoe.
Tukusanye tena kutoka kwa mataifa,
ili tuweze kulishukuru jina lako takatifu,
na kushangilia katika sifa zako.
48106:48 Za 41:13; 72:19Atukuzwe Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli,
tangu milele na hata milele.
Watu wote na waseme, “Amen!”
Msifuni Bwana.
