Psalms 116
1 Alleluia. I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer.
Ngiyamthanda uThixo ngoba walizwa ilizwi lami; wezwa ukukhala kwami ngicela umusa.
2 For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him.
Ngoba wangipha indlela yakhe, ngizambiza kokuphela nxa ngisaphila.
3 The sorrows of death have surrounded me, and the perils of Hell have found me. I have found tribulation and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
Izibopho zokufa zangithandela, ubuhlungu obukhulu bengcwaba bangehlela; ngagajelwa yikuhlupheka losizi. (Sheol h7585)
4 And so, I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, free my soul.
Ngasengibiza ibizo likaThixo: “Oh Thixo ake ungisindise!”
5 Merciful is the Lord, and just. And our God is compassionate.
UThixo ulomusa njalo ulungile; uNkulunkulu wethu ulesihawu.
6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.
UThixo uvikela abalenhliziyo ethobekileyo; ngathi ngihluphekile kakhulu wangisindisa.
7 Turn again, my soul, to your rest. For the Lord has done good to you.
Phumula njalo, we mphefumulo wami, ngoba uThixo ukwenzile ukulunga.
8 For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.
Ngoba wena Thixo, uwukhulule umphefumulo wami ekufeni, amehlo ami ezinyembezini, lezinyawo zami azaze zakhubeka,
9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
ukuze ngihambe phambi kukaThixo elizweni labaphilayo.
10 Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.
Ngathembela kuThixo; ngakho ngasengisithi, “Ngiyahlupheka kakhulu.”
11 I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”
Ngiphakathi kokulahla ithemba ngathi, “Bonke abantu balamanga.”
12 What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?
Ngingambonga ngani uThixo ngabo bonke ubuhle bakhe kimi?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
Ngizayiphakamisa inkezo yensindiso ngimemeze ibizo likaThixo.
14 I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.
Ngizazigcwalisa izifungo zami kuThixo phambi kwabo bonke abantu bakhe.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.
Kuligugu emehlweni kaThixo ukufa kwabathembekileyo bakhe.
16 O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds.
Oh Thixo, ngempela ngiyinceku Yakho, indodana yencekukazi yakho; usungikhulule emaketaneni ami.
17 I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.
Ngizakwenzela umhlatshelo womnikelo wokubonga ngilibize ibizo likaThixo
18 I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,
Ngizazigcwalisa izifungo zami kuThixo phambi kwabo bonke abantu bakhe,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.
emagumeni endlu kaThixo phakathi kwakho, wena Jerusalema. Dumisani uThixo.
