Psalms 41

1 Blessed is he who considers a poor man. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.

2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.

3 Jehovah will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.

4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”

5 My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”

6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,

8 An evil disease, they say, clings firm to him. And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

“Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”

9 Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.

10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.

11 By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.

12 And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.

Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.