Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
1O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
3They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.
4We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn and derision to those around us.
5How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out your wrath on the nations
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;
7for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
8Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
9Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
10Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
11May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
13Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will praise you forever;
from generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.
Zaburi 79
Maombi Kwa Ajili Ya Wokovu Wa Taifa
Zaburi ya Asafu.
179:1 Kut 34:9; Law 20:3; 2Fal 25:9; Neh 4:2; Isa 6:11; Yer 26:18Ee Mungu, mataifa yameuvamia urithi wako,
wamelinajisi Hekalu lako takatifu,
wameifanya Yerusalemu kuwa magofu.
279:2 Ufu 19:17-18; Kum 28:26; Yer 7:33Wametoa maiti za watumishi
kuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani
na nyama ya watakatifu wako
kwa wanyama wa nchi.
379:3 Ufu 11:9; Yer 25:33; 16:4Wamemwaga damu kama maji
kuzunguka Yerusalemu yote,
wala hakuna yeyote wa kuwazika.
479:4 Eze 5:14; Za 39:8; 44:13Tumekuwa kitu cha aibu kwa jirani zetu,
cha dharau na mzaha kwa wale wanaotuzunguka.
579:5 Za 74:10; 74:1; 85:5; Kum 29:20; Za 89:46; Sef 3:8; Eze 36:5Hata lini, Ee Bwana? Je, wewe utakasirika milele?
Wivu wako utawaka kama moto hadi lini?
679:6 Ufu 16:1; Za 2:5; 110:5; 14:4; 53:4; 147:20; 69:24; Yer 10:25; Isa 45:4Mwaga ghadhabu yako kwa mataifa yasiyokukubali,
juu ya falme za hao wasioliitia jina lako,
779:7 Isa 9:12; Yer 10:25kwa maana wamemrarua Yakobo
na kuharibu nchi ya makao yake.
879:8 Mwa 9:25; Yer 44:21; Za 116:6; 142:6Usituhesabie dhambi za baba zetu,
huruma yako na itujie hima,
kwa maana tu wahitaji mno.
979:9 2Nya 14:11; 25:11; 31:3; Yer 14:7; Yos 7:9Ee Mungu Mwokozi wetu, utusaidie,
kwa ajili ya utukufu wa jina lako;
tuokoe na kutusamehe dhambi zetu
kwa ajili ya jina lako.
1079:10 Za 42:3; 94:1; Ufu 6:10; Za 79:3Kwa nini mataifa waseme,
“Yuko wapi Mungu wenu?”
Mbele ya macho yetu,
dhihirisha kati ya mataifa
kwamba unalipiza kisasi damu iliyomwagwa
ya watumishi wako.
1179:11 Hes 14:17Kilio cha huzuni cha wafungwa kifike mbele zako;
kwa nguvu za mkono wako
hifadhi wale waliohukumiwa kufa.
1279:12 Isa 65:6; Yer 32:18; Mwa 4:15Walipize jirani zetu mara saba vifuani mwao
aibu walizovurumisha juu yako, Ee Bwana.
1379:13 Za 44:8; 74:1; Isa 43:21Ndipo sisi watu wako, kondoo wa malisho yako,
tutakusifu milele;
toka kizazi hadi kizazi
tutasimulia sifa zako.
