Psalms 116
1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
Ngiyayithanda iNkosi, ngoba izwile ilizwi lami, ukunxusa kwami.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
Ngoba ibeke indlebe yayo kimi, ngakho ngizayibiza ensukwini zami.
3 The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: (Sheol h7585)
Izibopho zokufa zangihanqa, lenhlungu zesihogo zangibamba; ngathola inhlupheko losizi. (Sheol h7585)
4 And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
Ngasengibiza ibizo leNkosi, ngathi: O Nkosi, khulula umphefumulo wami.
5 The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
Ilomusa iNkosi, ilungile; ye, uNkulunkulu wethu ulesihawu.
6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me.
INkosi iyabalondoloza abathobekileyo; ngehliselwa phansi, yasingisindisa.
7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
Buyela, mphefumulo wami, ekuphumuleni kwakho, ngoba iNkosi ikuphethe ngomusa.
8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
Ngoba ikhulule umphefumulo wami ekufeni, amehlo ami ezinyembezini, unyawo lwami ekuweni.
9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
Ngizahamba phambi kweNkosi emazweni abaphilayo.
10 I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.
Ngakholwa, ngakho ngikhulumile. Mina ngahlupheka kakhulu.
11 I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
Mina ngathi ekuphangiseni kwami: Wonke umuntu ungumqambimanga.
12 What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?
Ngizabuyiselani eNkosiningazo zonke inzuzo zayo kimi?
13 I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
Ngizathatha inkezo yosindiso, ngibize ibizo leNkosi.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
Ngizakhokha izifungo zami eNkosini, khathesi phambi kwabantu bayo bonke.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Kuligugu emehlweni eNkosi ukufa kwabangcwele bayo.
16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
Hawu Nkosi, isibili ngiyinceku yakho, ngiyinceku yakho, indodana yencekukazi yakho; uthukulule izibopho zami.
17 I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
Ngizakuhlabela umhlatshelo wokubonga, ngibize ibizo leNkosi.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
Ngizakhokha izifungo zami eNkosini, khathesi phambi kwabantu bayo bonke,
19 In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
emagumeni endlu yeNkosi, phakathi kwakho, Jerusalema. Dumisani iNkosi!
