Psalms 69
1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Amaluba.” ElikaDavida. Ngisindisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngoba umsinga wamanzi usugamenxe ngentamo yami.
2 I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
Ngiyagalula ezinzikini ezitotayo, lapho okungekho ndawo yokugxila. Sengifike enzikini; impophoma sezingikhulela.
3 I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
Sengidiniwe yikumemeza ngicela uncedo; umphimbo wami usome qha. Amehlo ami aseze efiphele, edinga uNkulunkulu wami.
4 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
Labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; banengi abayizitha zami kungelambangela, labo abafuna ukungidiliza. Ngiyaphoqelwa ukuhlawula engingakuntshontshanga.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
Uyabazi ubuthutha bami, wena Nkulunkulu; isono sami kasifihlakalanga kuwe.
6 Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
Akuthi labo abathemba kuwe bangayangiswa ngenxa yami, Oh Thixo, Thixo Somandla; akuthi labo abakudingayo, bangahlaziswa ngenxa yami, Oh Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Ngiyakubhensela ukugconwa ngenxa yakho, ihlazo lihuqiwe ebusweni bami.
8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
Ngingowemzini kubafowethu, ngingowemzini emadodaneni kamama;
9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kufuthelene kimi, lezethuko zalabo abakuthukayo ziwela kimi.
10 And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
Ngithi lapho ngilila ngizila ukudla, ngibhensele ukwetheswa inhlamba;
11 And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
kuthi lapho ngivunula amasaka abantu badlale ngami.
12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
Labo abalinda emasangweni bayangihleka, ngiyingoma nje yezidakwa.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Kodwa ngikhuleka kuwe, Oh Thixo, ngesikhathi somusa wakho; ngothando lwakho olukhulu, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngiphendula ngensindiso yakho eqinisekileyo.
14 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Ngihlenga exhaphozini, ungangiyekeli ngigalule; ngikhulula kulabo abangizondayo, emanzini atshonayo.
15 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Ungayekeli izikhukhula zingigalulise loba inziki zingiginye, loba umgodi uvaleke umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Ngiphendula, Oh Thixo, ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho; emuseni wakho omkhulu phendukela kimi.
17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
Ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngiphendula masinyane, ngoba ngiphakathi kohlupho.
18 Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
Sondela ungikhulule; ngihlenga ngenxa yezitha zami.
19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
Uyakwazi ukuthi ngigconwa njani, ngihlaziswa njalo ngiyangiswa; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.
20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
Ukugconwa sekuyephule inhliziyo yami kwangitshiya esithubeni; ngadinga uzwelo ngaluswela, abaduduzi, kodwa ngabaswela.
21 And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Bathela inyongo ekudleni kwami banginathisa iviniga nxa ngomile.
22 Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
Sengathi itafula eliphambi kwabo lingaba ngumjibila; sengathi lingaba yisijeziso lesithiyo.
23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
Sengathi amehlo abo angafiphala ukuze bangaboni, lamaqolo abo akhokhobe kokuphela.
24 Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabo; akuthi ulaka lwakho olwesabekayo lubehlele.
25 Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
Sengathi indawo yabo ingaba ngamanxiwa; akungabi lamuntu ozahlala emathenteni abo.
26 Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Ngoba bahlupha labo obalimazayo bakhulume ngobuhlungu balabo obalimazayo.
27 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
Bethese amacala phezu kwamacala; ungayekeli bazuze isabelo sensindiso yakho.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
Sengathi bangesulwa encwadini yokuphila bangaze babalwa kanye labalungileyo.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
Ngisebuhlungwini, ngikhathazekile; sengathi insindiso yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu ingangivikela.
30 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
Ngizalidumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngengoma, ngilibabaze ngokubonga.
31 And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
Lokhu kuzamthabisa uThixo okwedlula inkabi, okwedlula inkunzi yonke ilempondo lamangqina ayo.
32 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
Abayanga bazabona bajabule lina elimdingayo uNkulunkulu, sengathi inhliziyo zenu zingaphila!
33 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
UThixo uyabezwa abaswelayo, kabeyisi abantu bakhe abathunjiweyo.
34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
Akuthi izulu lomhlaba kumdumise, inlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza kuzo,
35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
ngoba uNkulunkulu uzayisindisa iZiyoni ayakhe kutsha imizi yakoJuda. Yikhona-ke abantu bazakwakha khona balithathe libe ngelabo;
36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
abantwana bezinceku zayo lizakuba yilifa labo, labalithandayo ibizo lakhe bazahlala khona.
