Psalms 10
1 Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
Kungani, Oh Thixo, umela khatshana? Kungani uzifihla ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka?
2 The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
Ngobuqholo bakhe umuntu omubi uzingela ababuthakathaka, abayengeka ngamacebo awakhayo.
3 For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
Uzikhukhumeza ngezinkanuko zenhliziyo yakhe; ubusisa abayizihwaba athuke uThixo.
4 The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
Ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwakhe omubi kamdingi uThixo; kuyo yonke imicabango yakhe akulandawo kaNkulunkulu.
5 What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
Izindlela zakhe ziyaphumelela; uyadelela njalo lemithetho yakho ikhatshana laye aneme lapho ebona izitha zakhe.
6 They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
Uthi, “Akulalutho olungangixukuxa; ukuthokoza ngokwami lanini, angiyikufa ngahlupheka.”
7 Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
Umlomo wakhe ugcwele amanga lenhlamba lezithuko; ulimi lwakhe luqukethe uhlupho lobubi.
8 They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
Ucathama ngaphandle kwemizi; avumbuluke lapho abulale abantu abamsulwa, ahlale ecatheme ekusithekeni.
9 They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
Uyacathama njengesilwane ekusithekeni; ucathamela labo abangelamandla; uyabadumela abahudulele emambuleni akhe.
10 Their victims are knocked down, laid low. They fall under the strength of the wicked.
Ababambileyo uyabachoboza baphangalale; uyabawisa ngamandla akhe.
11 They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
Uzitshela athi, “UNkulunkulu usekhohliwe; uyabugubuzela ubuso bakhe angabe esabona.”
12 Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
Vuka, Thixo! Phakamisa isandla sakho, Oh Nkulunkulu. Ungabakhohlwa abazihluphekelayo.
13 Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
Kungani umuntu omubi ethuka uNkulunkulu na? Kungani na ezitshela esithi, “Kazukungithonisisa?”
14 But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
Kodwa wena, Oh Nkulunkulu, uyalubona uhlupho losizi; uyakunanzelela ukuze ulamule. Ongelamandla uzilahla kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
15 Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
Yephula ingalo yomuntu oxhwalileyo; mthonisise ngokuganga kwakhe obekuzahlala kungaziwa.
16 Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
UThixo ungumbusi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zizabhubha elizweni lakhe.
17 Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
Uyazizwa, Oh Thixo, izifiso zabancindezelweyo; uyabaqinisa, ulalele ukukhala kwabo,
18 You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
ulamulele izintandane labancindezelweyo, ukuze kuthi umuntu, ongowasemhlabeni, angabe esesabeka futhi.
