Psalms 36
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Kulenkulumo yesiphambeko kokhohlakeleyo; ngaphakathi kwenhliziyo yami ngathi: Kakukho ukwesaba uNkulunkulu phambi kwamehlo akhe.
2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Ngoba uyazikhohlisa emehlweni akhe, ububi bakhe buze butholakale buzondeka.
3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Amazwi omlomo wakhe ayibubi lenkohliso; uyekele inhlakanipho ukwenza okuhle.
4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Uceba okubi embhedeni wakhe, azimise endleleni engalunganga, kakwali okubi.
5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Nkosi, umusa wakho usemazulwini, uthembeko lwakho luze lufike emayezini.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Ukulunga kwakho kunjengezintaba zikaNkulunkulu, izahlulelo zakho ziyinziki enkulu; uyalondoloza umuntu lenyamazana, Nkosi.
7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Luligugu kangakanani uthandolomusa wakho, Nkulunkulu! Ngakho abantwana babantu baphephela emthunzini wempiko zakho.
8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Bazasutha kakhulu ngamanono endlu yakho, ubanathise okomfula wentokozo yakho.
9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Ngoba ukuwe umthombo wempilo; ekukhanyeni kwakho sizabona ukukhanya.
10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Luqhubele phambili uthandolomusa wakho kulabo abakwaziyo, lokulunga kwakho kubo abaqotho enhliziyweni.
11 Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Unyawo lwabazigqajayo lungezi kimi, lesandla sababi singangixotshi.
12 There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
Nampo abenzi bobubi sebewile, bawiselwe phansi, kabalakuvuka.
