Psalms 2
1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Kungani izizwe zixokozela, labantu besakha amacebo ngeze?
2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
Amakhosi omhlaba ayahloma ajame lababusi bahlangana ndawonye bemelana loThixo njalo lalowo ogcotshiweyo wakhe besithi;
3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
“Kasiwaqamuleni amaketane abo, silahle izibopho zabo.”
4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
Yena osesihlalweni ezulwini uyahleka; uThixo uyabahleka.
5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
Abesebakhalimela ngolaka, abathuthumelise ngentukuthelo yakhe, esithi,
6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
“Sengiyibekile eyami inkosi phezu kweZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele.”
7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
Ngizasimemezela isimiso sikaThixo: Wathi kimi, “UyiNdodana yami; lamhla sengibe nguyihlo.
8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
Cela kimi, ngizakwenza izizwe zibe yilifa lakho, imikhawulo yomhlaba kube yinotho yakho.
9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
Uzazibusa ngentonga yobukhosi eyensimbi, uzazibhidliza zicubuzeke njengebumba.”
10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
Ngakho-ke lina makhosi, limukani, liyaxwayiswa lina babusi bomhlaba.
11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
Mkhonzeni uThixo ngokumesaba, lithokozele umbuso wakhe ngokuthuthumela.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.
Ikhothameleni iNdodana, funa ithukuthele beselibhujiswa endleleni yenu, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingavutha ngesikhatshana. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuye.
