Psalms 41
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
3 Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
4 As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
5 Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
6 And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,
8 A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
“Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
10 But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
12 But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.
Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
