Psalms 88
1 A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.
Ingoma. Ihubo lamadodana kaKhora. Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, Mahalathi leyanothi (Ukuhlupheka lokuchukuluzwa) Ihubo likaHemani umʼEzira. Oh Thixo, Nkulunkulu ongisindisayo, ebusuku lemini ngikhala kuwe.
2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
Akuthi umkhuleko wami ufinyelele kuwe; phendula indlebe yakho izwe ukukhala kwami.
Ngoba umphefumulo wami ugcwele inhlupheko lempilo yami isilengela engcwabeni. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Ngibalwa ndawonye lalabo asebesiya egodini; senginjengendoda engelamandla.
5 Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
Sengahlukaniselwe kwabafileyo, lezidumbu ezilele engcwabeni, wena ongasabakhumbuliyo njalo, abangasekho kulabo obanakekelayo.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Usungifake egodini elitshona okudlulayo, ekujuleni okumnyama bhuqe.
7 Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
Intukuthelo yakho iyangeleka; usungigalulisile ngawo wonke amagagasi akho.
8 Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Usungithathele abangane bami abasekhwapheni wangenza ngaba lesidina kubo. Ngivalelwe kangiselantuba;
9 Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
amehlo ami asebona kalufifi ngenxa yosizi. Ngiyakubiza, Oh Thixo, insuku zonke; ngiphakamisela izandla zami kuwe.
10 Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? (Selah)
Izimanga zakho uyazitshengisa kwabafileyo na? Kambe labo asebefile bangavuka bakudumise na?
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
Uthando lwakho luyamenyezelwa engcwabeni yini, ukuthembeka kwakho endaweni yokuBhubha na?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Izimanga zakho ziyaziwa yini endaweni yobumnyama, kumbe izenzo zakho zokulunga elizweni lokungabikho na?
13 But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
Kodwa ngikhala kuwe ngoncedo, Oh Thixo; ekuseni umkhuleko wami uyafika kuwe.
14 Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
Kungani, awu Thixo, ungifulathela ungifihlela ubuso bakho?
15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
Kusukela ebutsheni bami ngavele ngahlupheka ngaba seduze lokufa; ngiphethwe yikwesatshiswa nguwe, sengize ngidangele.
16 Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
Intukuthelo yakho isingigabhele; ukwesaba wena sekungiqedile.
17 They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
Ilanga lonke kungihanqile njengesikhukhula; sekungigalulisa nya.
18 Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
Usungithathele abakhula bami lengibathandayo; ubumnyama sebunguyena mngane wami oseduze.
