< Psalms 83 >

1 A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.
Nkulunkulu, ungazithuleli; ungathuli, ungathi zwi, Nkulunkulu.
2 For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
Ngoba, khangela, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela, labakuzondayo baphakamise ikhanda.
3 They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.
Benzela abantu bakho iseluleko sobuqili, bacebisana bemelene labafihliweyo bakho.
4 They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”
Bathi: Wozani, sibaqume, bangabi yisizwe, lebizo likaIsrayeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa.
5 For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:
Ngoba bacebisana nganhliziyonye, benza isivumelwano esimelana lawe;
6 the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,
amathente eEdoma, lamaIshmayeli; iMowabi, lamaHagari;
7 and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.
iGebali, leAmoni, leAmaleki; amaFilisti kanye labahlali beTire;
8 For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.
iAshuri layo isizihlanganise labo; bebeyingalo ebantwaneni bakaLothi. (Sela)
9 Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.
Yenza kubo njengeMidiyani, njengoSisera, njengoJabini, esifuleni iKishoni.
10 They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth.
Babhubhela eEndori, baba ngumquba womhlabathi.
11 Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leaders
Yenza zona izikhulu zabo zibe njengoOrebi lanjengoZebi, lawo wonke amakhosana abo abe njengoZeba lanjengoZalimuna,
12 who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.”
abathi: Kasizithathele amadlelo kaNkulunkulu abe ngawethu.
13 My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind.
Nkulunkulu wami, benze babe njengokuhwithwayo, njengamakhoba phambi komoya,
14 Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.
njengomlilo utshisa ihlathi, lanjengelangabi lithungela izintaba.
15 So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath.
Ngokunjalo baxotshe ngesivunguzane sakho, ubethuse ngesiphepho sakho.
16 Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.
Gcwalisa ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze balidinge ibizo lakho, Nkosi.
17 Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish.
Kababe lenhloni bethuke kuze kube nininini, yebo, badunyazwe babhubhe.
18 And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth.
Ukuze bazi ukuthi nguwe wedwa, obizo lakho nguJehova, oPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke.

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