Psalms 41

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.

2 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

INkosi izamlondoloza, imgcine ephila; uzabusiswa emhlabeni; kawuyikumnikela entandweni yezitha zakhe.

3 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

INkosi izamsekela embhedeni wokugula kwakhe; wena uzaguqula lonke icansi lakhe emkhuhlaneni wakhe.

4 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

Mina ngathi: Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, silisa umphefumulo wami, ngoba ngonile kuwe.

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

Izitha zami zikhuluma okubi ngami zisithi: Uzakufa nini, lebizo lakhe lichitheke?

6 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

Lalapho efika ukungibona, ukhuluma inkohliso; inhliziyo yakhe izibuthela okubi, esephumile phandle akhulume.

7 All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana bemelene lami, bangisongele ukungona.

8 They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

Into embi inamathele kuye; njalo njengoba elele phansi kasayikuvuka.

9 For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

Yebo, indoda yobungane bami engiyithembayo, ebikade isidla isinkwa sami, ingiphakamisele isithende imelene lami.

10 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.

Kodwa, wena Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, ungilulamise ukuze ngibaphindisele.

11 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

Ngalokhu ngiyazi ukuthi uyangithanda, ngoba isitha sami kasithabanga phezu kwami.

12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

Kodwa mina, ungisekele ebuqothweni bami, wangimisa phambi kwakho kuze kube nininini.

13 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

Kayibongwe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Ameni, loAmeni.