Psalms 147
1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Dumisani uThixo. Kuhle kangakanani ukuhlabela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wethu, kumnandi njalo kufanele ukumbonga!
2 The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
UThixo uyalakha iJerusalema; aqoqe labo abahlakazekileyo baka-Israyeli.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Uyabathoba abadabukileyo enhliziyweni abophe amanxeba abo.
4 He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.
Umisile ubunengi bezinkanyezi aziqambe leyo laleyo ngamabizo.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
INkosi yethu inkulu, njalo makhulu amandla ayo; ukuzwisisa kwayo kakulamkhawulo.
6 The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.
UThixo uyabasekela abathobekileyo kodwa abaphosele phansi ababi.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God:
Hlabelani kuThixo ngokubonga; litshaye amachacho kuNkulunkulu wethu.
8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Uyembesa umkhathi ngamayezi; awuphe umhlaba izulu njalo akhulise utshani ezintabeni.
9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Unika inkomo utshani aphe lamatsiyane amawabayi nxa esekhala.
10 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Ukuthokoza kwakhe kakukho emandleni ebhiza, loba injabulo yakhe ekuqineni kwemilenze yomuntu;
11 The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
UThixo uthokoza ngalabo abamesabayo, ababeka ithemba labo ethandweni lwakhe olungaphuthiyo.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
Umbabaze uThixo, Oh Jerusalema; dumisa uNkulunkulu wakho, Oh Ziyoni.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
Ngoba uyaqinisa imigoqo yamasango akho, abusise labantu bakho ngaphakathi kwakho.
14 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Wenza ukuthula emikhawulweni yelizwe lakho. Njalo ukusuthisa ngamabele amahle kakhulu.
15 He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly.
Uthumela umlayo wakhe emhlabeni; ilizwi lakhe ligijima masinyane.
16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
Wendlala ungqwaqwane njengoboya bezimvu ahaze iliqhwa njengomlotha.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Uphosela phansi isiqhotho sakhe njengamatshe. Ngubani ongamelana lomfutho wakhe olomqando na?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Uthumela ilizwi lakhe konke kuncibilike; aphephethise umoya wakhe amanzi ageleze.
19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
Ulivezile ilizwi lakhe kuJakhobe, imithetho yakhe lezahlulelo ku-Israyeli.
20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD.
Lokhu kazange akwenzele esinye isizwe; kaziyazi imithetho yakhe. Dumisani uThixo.
