Psalms 48
1 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Yinkulu iNkosi, ingeyokudunyiswa kakhulu emzini kaNkulunkulu wethu, intaba yobungcwele bayo.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Yinhle ngokuphakama, yintokozo emhlabeni wonke intaba yeZiyoni, enhlangothini zenyakatho, umuzi weNkosi enkulu.
3 God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
Ezigodlweni zawo uNkulunkulu uyaziwa ukuthi uyinqaba.
4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves. They passed by together.
Ngoba, khangela, amakhosi abuthana, adlula kanyekanye.
5 They saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, they hastened away.
Wona awubona, ngokunjalo amangala, atshaywa luvalo, aphaphatheka.
6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
Ukuthuthumela kwawabamba lapho, umhelo njengowesifazana obelethayo.
7 With the east wind thou break the ships of Tarshish.
Ngomoya wempumalanga uphahlaza imikhumbi yeTarshishi.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God, God will establish it forever. (Selah)
Njengesikuzwileyo ngokunjalo sikubonile emzini weNkosi yamabandla, emzini kaNkulunkulu wethu; uNkulunkulu uzawumisa kuze kube nininini. (Sela)
9 We have thought on thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Sizindle ngothandolomusa wakho, Nkulunkulu, phakathi kwethempeli lakho.
10 As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Njengalo ibizo lakho, Nkulunkulu, injalo indumiso yakho kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba; isandla sakho sokunene sigcwele ukulunga.
11 Let mount Zion be glad. Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments.
Kayithokoze intaba yeZiyoni, amadodakazi akoJuda athabe, ngenxa yezahlulelo zakho.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her. Number the towers of it,
Ibhodeni iZiyoni, liyizingeleze, libale imiphotshongo yayo,
13 mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following.
liqaphelise umthangala wayo, lidabule lihlole izigodlo zayo, ukuze lilandisele isizukulwana esilandelayo.
14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
Ngoba lo uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wethu kuze kube nini lanini; yena uzasikhokhela kuze kube sekufeni.
