Psalms 41
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.
2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
INkosi izamlondoloza, imgcine ephila; uzabusiswa emhlabeni; kawuyikumnikela entandweni yezitha zakhe.
3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
INkosi izamsekela embhedeni wokugula kwakhe; wena uzaguqula lonke icansi lakhe emkhuhlaneni wakhe.
4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
Mina ngathi: Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, silisa umphefumulo wami, ngoba ngonile kuwe.
5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Izitha zami zikhuluma okubi ngami zisithi: Uzakufa nini, lebizo lakhe lichitheke?
6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
Lalapho efika ukungibona, ukhuluma inkohliso; inhliziyo yakhe izibuthela okubi, esephumile phandle akhulume.
7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana bemelene lami, bangisongele ukungona.
8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Into embi inamathele kuye; njalo njengoba elele phansi kasayikuvuka.
9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Yebo, indoda yobungane bami engiyithembayo, ebikade isidla isinkwa sami, ingiphakamisele isithende imelene lami.
10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
Kodwa, wena Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, ungilulamise ukuze ngibaphindisele.
11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Ngalokhu ngiyazi ukuthi uyangithanda, ngoba isitha sami kasithabanga phezu kwami.
12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
Kodwa mina, ungisekele ebuqothweni bami, wangimisa phambi kwakho kuze kube nininini.
13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Kayibongwe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Ameni, loAmeni.
