1 Chronicles 16
1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.
Basebewuletha umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu, bawumisa phakathi kwethente uDavida ayelimisele wona; basebenikela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
2 And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.
UDavida eseqedile ukunikela umnikelo wokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula wababusisa abantu ebizweni leNkosi.
3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.
Wasesabela wonke umuntu wakoIsrayeli kusukela kowesilisa kuze kube kowesifazana, kwaba ngulowo lalowo isinkwa esisodwa, leqatha lenyama, lesinkwa sezithelo zevini ezonyisiweyo.
4 And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:
Wasemisa izikhonzi kumaLevi phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi, ngitsho ukukhumbula lokubonga lokudumisa iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;
UAsafi inhloko, lowesibili kuye uZekhariya, uJeyiyeli, loShemiramothi, loJehiyeli, loMathithiya, loEliyabi, loBhenaya, loObedi-Edoma, loJeyiyeli belezinto zezigubhu zezintambo njalo lamachacho; uAsafi wasezizwakalisa ngezinsimbi ezincencethayo;
6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
loBhenaya loJahaziyeli abapristi ngezimpondo njalonjalo phambi komtshokotsho wesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu.
7 Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.
Ngalesosikhathi ngalolosuku uDavida wanika kuqala lesisihlabelelo ukudumisa iNkosi ngesandla sikaAsafi labafowabo:
8 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Bongani iNkosi, libize ibizo layo, lazise phakathi kwabantu izenzo zayo.
9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
Hlabelelani kuyo, liyihubele amahubo, lilandise ngezenzo zayo ezimangalisayo.
10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Zincomeni ebizweni layo elingcwele, kayithokoze inhliziyo yabo abadinga iNkosi.
11 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Dingani iNkosi lamandla ayo, lidinge ubuso bayo njalonjalo.
12 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
Khumbulani izimangaliso zayo eyazenzayo, izibonakaliso zayo, lezahlulelo zomlomo wayo,
13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
nzalo kaIsrayeli inceku yayo, bantwana bakaJakobe, abakhethiweyo bayo.
14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
IyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu; izahlulelo zayo zisemhlabeni wonke.
15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
Khumbulani isivumelwano sayo kuze kube nininini, ilizwi eyalilaya kuzinkulungwane zezizukulwana,
16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
eyasenza loAbrahama, lesifungo sakhe kuIsaka,
17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
eyasiqinisa lakuJakobe saba yisimiso, kuIsrayeli saba yisivumelwano esilaphakade,
18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
isithi: Ngizakunika ilizwe leKhanani, inkatho yelifa lakho.
19 When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
Lapho lalibalutshwana ngenani, yebo libalutshwana, njalo liyizihambi kulo.
20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
Basebezula besuka esizweni besiya esizweni, besuka embusweni besiya kwabanye abantu.
21 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
Kayivumelanga muntu ukubacindezela; yebo yakhuza amakhosi ngenxa yabo:
22 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
Lingathinti abagcotshiweyo bami, lingoni abaprofethi bami.
23 Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
Hlabelelani eNkosini, mhlaba wonke, litshumayele insuku ngensuku usindiso lwayo.
24 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
Landisani udumo lwayo phakathi kwezizwe, izimangaliso zayo phakathi kwabantu bonke.
25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.
Ngoba yinkulu iNkosi, ifanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu, iyesabeka phezu kwabonkulunkulu bonke.
26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
Ngoba bonke onkulunkulu bezizwe bayizithombe; kodwa iNkosi yenza amazulu.
27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
Udumo lenkazimulo kuphambi kwayo, amandla lentokozo kusendaweni yayo.
28 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
Inikeni iNkosi, zizukulwana zezizwe, inikeni iNkosi udumo lamandla.
29 Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.
Inikeni iNkosi udumo lwebizo layo, lethani umnikelo lize phambi kwayo. Ikhonzeni iNkosi ebuhleni bobungcwele.
30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
Lithuthumele phambi kwayo, mhlaba wonke; njalo umhlaba uzaqiniswa, kawuyikunyikinyeka.
31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.
Kawathokoze amazulu, lomhlaba ujabule, kabatsho phakathi kwezizwe ukuthi: INkosi iyabusa.
32 Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;
Kaluhlokome ulwandle lokugcwala kwalo, iganga kalithabe lakho konke okukulo.
33 Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.
Khona zizahlabelela ngentokozo izihlahla zehlathi phambi kweNkosi, ngoba iyeza ukwahlulela umhlaba.
34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Bongani iNkosi ngoba ilungile, ngoba umusa wayo umi kuze kube phakade.
35 And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.
Lithi futhi: Sisindise, Nkulunkulu wosindiso lwethu, usibuthe usikhulule ezizweni, ukuze sibonge ibizo lakho elingcwele, sizincome kudumo lwakho.
36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.
Kayibusiswe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Bonke abantu basebesithi: Ameni. Basebeyidumisa iNkosi.
37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:
Wasetshiya lapho phambi komtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi oAsafi labafowabo ukukhonza phambi komtshokotsho njalonjalo njengodaba losuku ngosuku lwalo.
38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:
LoObedi-Edoma kanye labafowabo, abangamatshumi ayisithupha lesificaminwembili; uObedi-Edoma indodana kaJeduthuni loHosa babengabagcini bamasango.
39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;
LoZadoki umpristi labafowabo abapristi phambi kwethabhanekele leNkosi endaweni ephakemeyo eyayiseGibeyoni,
40 To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord which he gave to Israel;
ukuze banikele iminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini phezu kwelathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa njalonjalo ekuseni lakusihlwa, lanjengakho konke okubhaliweyo emlayweni weNkosi, eyawulaya uIsrayeli.
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;
Njalo kanye labo oHemani loJeduthuni labanye ababekhethiwe abamiswa ngamabizo ukubonga iNkosi, ngoba umusa wayo umi kuze kube phakade.
42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
Njalo kanye labo oHemani loJeduthuni babelezimpondo lezinsimbi ezincencethayo zalabo abazizwakalisayo, lezinto zokuhlabelela zikaNkulunkulu. Lamadodana kaJeduthuni ayesesangweni.
43 And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.
Basebehamba bonke abantu, ngulowo lalowo waya endlini yakhe. UDavida wasebuyela ukubusisa indlu yakhe.
