Psalms 10
1 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
Kungani, Oh Thixo, umela khatshana? Kungani uzifihla ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka?
2 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
Ngobuqholo bakhe umuntu omubi uzingela ababuthakathaka, abayengeka ngamacebo awakhayo.
3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
Uzikhukhumeza ngezinkanuko zenhliziyo yakhe; ubusisa abayizihwaba athuke uThixo.
4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
Ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwakhe omubi kamdingi uThixo; kuyo yonke imicabango yakhe akulandawo kaNkulunkulu.
5 His ways are profane at all times; your judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
Izindlela zakhe ziyaphumelela; uyadelela njalo lemithetho yakho ikhatshana laye aneme lapho ebona izitha zakhe.
6 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
Uthi, “Akulalutho olungangixukuxa; ukuthokoza ngokwami lanini, angiyikufa ngahlupheka.”
7 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
Umlomo wakhe ugcwele amanga lenhlamba lezithuko; ulimi lwakhe luqukethe uhlupho lobubi.
8 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
Ucathama ngaphandle kwemizi; avumbuluke lapho abulale abantu abamsulwa, ahlale ecatheme ekusithekeni.
9 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
Uyacathama njengesilwane ekusithekeni; ucathamela labo abangelamandla; uyabadumela abahudulele emambuleni akhe.
10 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
Ababambileyo uyabachoboza baphangalale; uyabawisa ngamandla akhe.
11 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
Uzitshela athi, “UNkulunkulu usekhohliwe; uyabugubuzela ubuso bakhe angabe esabona.”
12 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
Vuka, Thixo! Phakamisa isandla sakho, Oh Nkulunkulu. Ungabakhohlwa abazihluphekelayo.
13 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
Kungani umuntu omubi ethuka uNkulunkulu na? Kungani na ezitshela esithi, “Kazukungithonisisa?”
14 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.
Kodwa wena, Oh Nkulunkulu, uyalubona uhlupho losizi; uyakunanzelela ukuze ulamule. Ongelamandla uzilahla kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
15 Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
Yephula ingalo yomuntu oxhwalileyo; mthonisise ngokuganga kwakhe obekuzahlala kungaziwa.
16 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.
UThixo ungumbusi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zizabhubha elizweni lakhe.
17 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
Uyazizwa, Oh Thixo, izifiso zabancindezelweyo; uyabaqinisa, ulalele ukukhala kwabo,
18 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
ulamulele izintandane labancindezelweyo, ukuze kuthi umuntu, ongowasemhlabeni, angabe esesabeka futhi.
