Psalms 109
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo. Oh Nkulunkulu, wena engikudumisayo, ungali ulokhu uthule,
2 O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.
ngoba abantu ababi abalenkohliso bayivulile imilomo yabo bekhuluma ngami; bakhuluma bengigcona ngendimi zabo zamanga.
3 They have spoken against with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.
Bangihonqolozela ngamazwi enzondo; bayangisukela nje kungelasizatho.
4 Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.
Ukubathanda kwami bakuphindisela ngokungisola, kodwa ngingumuntu womkhuleko.
5 And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.
Bangiphindisela okuhle ngokubi, langenzondo ukubathanda kwami.
6 Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.
Bathi, “Khethani umuntu omubi ozamelana laye; ombeka icala kame kwesokunene sakhe.
7 When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.
Nxa esethonisiswa kafunyanwe elecala, futhi sengathi imikhuleko yakhe ingamlahla.
8 May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.
Sengathi insuku zakhe zingabazilutshwana; kakube lomunye ozathatha isikhundla sakhe sobukhokheli.
9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zintandane lomkakhe abe ngumfelokazi.
10 Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.
Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zinzulane zeziceli; sengathi bangaxotshwa emizini yabo esingamanxiwa.
11 May the userer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.
Sengathi lowo aboleke kuye angamemuka konke alakho; sengathi labezizweni bangaphanga izithelo zamandla akhe.
12 May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.
Akungabikhona omenzela umusa loba ozwela izintandane zakhe.
13 May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.
Sengathi izizukulwane zakhe zingaphela, amabizo abo esulwe esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Sengathi ububi bukayise bungakhunjulwa phambi kukaThixo, sengathi isono sikanina singacitshi lanini.
15 May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
Sengathi izono zabo zingahlala zisobala phambi kukaThixo, ukuze aphelise du ukukhunjulwa kwabo emhlabeni.
16 Because he remembered not to show mercy,
Ngoba kazange akhumbule ukwenza umusa kodwa wabazingelela ukufa abayanga labaswelayo labadabukileyo enhliziyweni.
17 But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
Wayekuthanda ukwethesa isithuko, sengathi singehlela kuye. Wayengakuthandi ukubusisa sengathi kungaba khatshana laye.
18 And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
Wayevunula ukuthuka njengesigqoko; kwangena emzimbeni wakhe njengamanzi, emathanjeni akhe njengamafutha.
19 May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
Sengathi kungaba njengengubo athandelwe ngayo njengebhanti abotshwe ngalo lanini.”
20 This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
Sengathi lokhu kungaba yisijeziso sikaThixo kulabo abangethesa amacala, labo abakhuluma okubi ngami.
21 But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.
Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo woBukhosi, ngenzela kuhle ngenxa yebizo lakho; ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho akungikhulule.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
Ngoba ngingumyanga ngiyaswela, lenhliziyo yami ilimele ngaphakathi kwami.
23 I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
Ngiyafiphala njengethunzi lakusihlwa; ngiyaphetshulwa njengentethe.
24 My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
Amadolo ami asebuthakathaka ngokuzila ukudla; umzimba wami usuzacile usutshwabhene.
25 And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,
Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa kulabo abangibeka amacala; bathi bengibona banyikinye amakhanda abo.
26 Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.
Akungisize, Oh Thixo Nkulunkulu wami; ngisindisa ngokuya ngothando lwakho.
27 And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.
Kumele bakwazi ukuthi lokhu ngokwesandla sakho; wena, Oh Thixo, nguwe okwenzileyo.
28 They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
Bangangiqalekisa, kodwa wena uzabusisa; bathi bayahlasela bayangiswe, kodwa inceku yakho izathokoza.
29 Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.
Abangivukelayo kabembeswe ihlazo bagoqelwe ngokuyangeka njengengubo.
30 I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.
Ngomlomo wami ngizambabaza kakhulu uThixo; ngisemphakathini ngizamdumisa.
31 Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
Ngoba umi ngakwesokunene salowo oswelayo, ukusindisa impilo yakhe kulabo abamnikela ekufeni.
