Psalms 74
1 A Psalme to give instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?
Ihubo lika-Asafu Kungani ususilahlile kokuphela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Kungani ulaka lwakho luvutha phezu kwezimvu zedlelo lakho na?
2 Thinke vpon thy Congregation, which thou hast possessed of olde, and on the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Khumbula abantu owabathengayo ekadeni, isizwe selifa lakho owasihlengayo iNtaba iZiyoni, owawuhlala khona.
3 Lift vp thy strokes, that thou mayest for euer destroy euery enemie that doeth euill to the Sanctuarie.
Phenduka ungene emanxiweni aphakade la, incithakalo yonke le yenziwe yisitha endlini engcwele.
4 Thine aduersaries roare in the middes of thy Congregation, and set vp their banners for signes.
Izitha zakho zazibhonga endaweni owawuhlangana lathi kuyo; zamisa impawu zazo njengeziboniso.
5 He that lifted the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:
Zenza njengabantu abaphakamise amahloka ukuphendla indlela yabo eguswini.
6 But nowe they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.
Zafohloza konke okubaziweyo ngamahloka azo langezando.
7 They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fire, and rased it to the grounde, and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
Zatshisa indlu yakho engcwele yaphela nya; zangcolisa indawo ehlala iBizo lakho.
8 They saide in their hearts, Let vs destroy them altogether: they haue burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.
Zathi ngezinhliziyo zazo, “Sizababhuqa baphele nya!” Zatshisa zonke izindawo zokukhonzela uNkulunkulu elizweni.
9 We see not our signes: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with vs that knoweth howe long.
Kasisaboniswa mimangaliso; kakuselabuphrofethi, kakho kithi owaziyo ukuthi kuzaze kube nini kunjalo.
10 O God, howe long shall the aduersarie reproche thee? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?
Koze kube nini isitha sikuklolodela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Izitha zizalithuka kokuphela ibizo lakho na?
11 Why withdrawest thou thine hand, euen thy right hand? drawe it out of thy bosome, and consume them.
Kungani ufinyeza isandla sakho sokunene na? Sikhuphe ezingoxweni zezembatho zakho ubabhubhise.
12 Euen God is my King of olde, working saluation in the middes of the earth.
Kodwa wena Nkulunkulu uyiNkosi yami kwasekadeni; uletha insindiso emhlabeni.
13 Thou didest deuide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Kwakunguwe owaqhekeza ulwandle ngamandla akho; wafohloza amakhanda esilo phakathi kwamanzi.
14 Thou brakest the head of Liuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to be meate for the people in wildernesse.
Kwakunguwe owachoboza amakhanda kaLeviyathani waba yikudla kwezidalwa zasenkangala.
15 Thou brakest vp the fountaine and riuer: thou dryedst vp mightie riuers.
Kwakunguwe owavula imithombo lemifula; womisa qha imifula eyayihlala igeleza.
16 The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
Imini ngeyakho, ngobakho njalo lobusuku; walimisa ilanga kanye lenyanga.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Kwakunguwe owamisa imingcele yonke yomhlaba; wenza ihlobo kanye lobusika.
18 Remember this, that the enemie hath reproched the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.
Khumbula ukuthi isitha besikuklolodela, Thixo, ukuthi iziwula bezihlambaza ibizo lakho.
19 Giue not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poore for euer.
Ungaqhubeli umphefumulo wejuba lakho ezinyamazaneni; ungaze wakhohlwa kokuphela impilo yabantu bakho abahluphekayo.
20 Consider thy couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.
Nanzelela isivumelwano sakho, ngoba izikhundla zobugebenga zigcwele kulolonke ilizwe ezindaweni ezilamathunzi.
21 Oh let not the oppressed returne ashamed, but let the poore and needie prayse thy Name.
Ungayekeli abancindezelweyo babuyele beyangekile; sengathi abayanga labaswelayo bangalidumisa ibizo lakho.
22 Arise, O God: mainteine thine owne cause: remember thy dayly reproche by the foolish man.
Phakama, awu Nkulunkulu, vikela okungokwakho; khumbula ukuthi iziwula zikuhleka njani ilanga lonke.
23 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.
Ungakulibali ukuvungama kwalabo abalwa lawe, ukuxokozela kwezitha zakho, okuzwakala kokuphela.
