Psalms 50
1 A Psalm. Of Asaph. God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Ihubo lika-Asafi. USomandla, uNkulunkulu, uThixo, uyakhuluma, ubiza umhlaba kusukela okuphuma khona ilanga kuze kufike lapho elitshona khona.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
EseZiyoni, epheleleyo ngobuhle, uNkulunkulu uyakhazimula.
3 Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
UNkulunkulu wethu uyeza, kayikuthula; umlilo uyahangula phambi kwakhe, emaceleni akhe kukhukhula isiphepho.
4 He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Ubiza amazulu ngaphezulu lomhlaba, ukuze ehlulele abantu bakhe:
5 Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
“Qoqani kimi abahlanjululiweyo bami, abenza isivumelwano lami ngemihlatshelo.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. (Selah)
Lamazulu atshumayela ukulunga kwakhe; ngoba uNkulunkulu ngumahluleli ngokwakhe.
7 Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.
“Zwanini, bantu bami, ngizakhuluma; yebo Israyeli, ngizafakaza ngimelane lawe; nginguNkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wakho
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;
Kangikukhuzi ngemihlatshelo yakho kumbe iminikelo yakho yokutshiswa, ehlezi ikhona phambi kwami.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds:
Angisweli inkunzi ephuma esibayeni sakho kumbe imbuzi zesilugu sakho,
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
ngoba yiphi layiphi inyamazana yeganga ngeyami, lenkomo ezisemaqaqeni azinkulungwane.
11 I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
Ngazi zonke izinyoni ezisezintabeni, lezidalwa zeganga ngezami.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Aluba ngangingolambayo ngangingekulitshela, ngoba umhlaba ngowami, lakho konke okukuwo.
13 Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?
Ngidla inyama yezinkunzi yini kumbe nginatha igazi lembuzi na?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
Yenzani imihlatshelo yokubonga kuNkulunkulu, gcwalisani izifungo zenu koPhezukonke,
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
njalo lize kimi mhla lisekuhluphekeni; ngizalikhulula, lani lizangidumisa.”
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
Kodwa kwababi, uNkulunkulu uthi: “Lilelungelo bani ukukhuluma imithetho yami kumbe liphathe isivumelwano sami ezindebeni zenu na?
17 Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
Liyazizonda iziqondiso zami, lilahlela amazwi ami emuva kwenu.
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
Lithi lingabona isela lihle libambane lalo; lisuka lingenelane lezifebe.
19 Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Lisebenzisa imilomo yenu ukukhuluma okubi lifundise ulimi lwenu inkohliso.
20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
Linyeya umfowenu njalonjalo, limgcone umntakanyoko uqobo.
21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Lizenzile lezizinto ngazithulela; lalikhumbula ukuthi ngifana lani. Kodwa ngizalikhuza ngilibonisa icala lenu obala.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
Nanzelelani lokhu, lina elikhohlwa uNkulunkulu, funa ngilidabudabule, kungekho ongalilamulela:
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.
Lowo onikela iminikelo yokubonga uyangidumisa, njalo ulungisa indlela ukuze ngimtshengise insindiso yami.”
