Psalms 41

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.

2 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.

3 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.

4 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”

6 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.

7 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,

8 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

“Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”

9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.

10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.

11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.

12 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.

13 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.