Psalms 18
1 I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
Ngizakuthanda, Nkosi, mandla ami.
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
INkosi ilidwala lami, lenqaba yami, lomkhululi wami; uNkulunkulu wami, idwala lami, engizaphephela kulo, isihlangu sami, lophondo losindiso lwami, inqaba yami ephakemeyo.
3 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Ngizabiza iNkosi edumisekayo, ngakho ngizasindiswa ezitheni zami.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Izibopho zokufa zangizingelezela, lezikhukhula zobubi zangethusa.
Izibopho zesihogo zangigombolozela, imijibila yokufa yayiphambi kwami. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Ekuhluphekeni kwami ngayibiza iNkosi, ngakhala kuNkulunkulu wami; walizwa ilizwi lami esethempelini lakhe, lokukhala kwami kweza phambi kwakhe, endlebeni zakhe.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Khona umhlaba wazamazama, wanyikinyeka, lezisekelo zezintaba zaqhaqhazela, zazamazama, ngoba wayethukuthele.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Kwenyuka intuthu emakhaleni akhe, lomlilo ophuma emlonyeni wakhe waqothula; amalahle avuthiswa yiwo.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Wasekhothamisa amazulu, wehlela phansi, lomnyama onzima wawungaphansi kwenyawo zakhe.
10 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind.
Wasegada ikherubhi, waphapha, wandiza phezu kwempiko zomoya.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Wamisa umnyama waba yindawo yakhe yensitha, idumba lakhe inhlangothi zonke zakhe, amanzi amnyama, amayezi amnyama omkhathi.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Ekukhazimuleni okuphambi kwakhe amayezi akhe amnyama edlula, isiqhotho lamalahle omlilo.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
INkosi yasiduma emazulwini, oPhezukonke wazwakalisa ilizwi lakhe, isiqhotho lamalahle omlilo.
14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them.
Yasithuma imitshoko yayo, yabachitha; lemibane eminengi, yabaphaphathekisa.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Khona kwabonakala imisele yamanzi, kwembulwa izisekelo zomhlaba ekusoleni kwakho, Nkosi, ekuvutheleni komoya wamakhala akho.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Yathuma iphezulu, yangibamba, yangenyula emanzini amanengi.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Yangophula esitheni sami esilamandla, lakibo abangizondayo, ngoba babelamandla kulami.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Babephambi kwami osukwini lwenhlupheko yami, kodwa iNkosi yaba yisisekelo sami.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Yangikhuphela endaweni ebanzi, yangikhulula ngoba yayithokoza ngami.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
INkosi yangivuza njengokulunga kwami; yangibuyisela njengokuhlanzeka kwezandla zami.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ngoba ngizilondolozile indlela zeNkosi, kangisukanga kuNkulunkulu wami ngenkohlakalo.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Ngoba zonke izahlulelo zayo zaziphambi kwami, lezimiso zayo kangiziphambulanga kimi.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
Njalo ngangiqondile kuyo, ngizinqandile ebubini bami.
24 Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Ngakho iNkosi ingibuyisele njengokulunga kwami, njengokuhlanzeka kwezandla zami phambi kwamehlo ayo.
25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;
Kolesihawu uzaziveza ulesihawu; koqotho uzaziveza uqotho;
26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious.
kohlanzekileyo uzaziveza uhlanzekile; lakophambukileyo uzaziveza uphambukile.
27 For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.
Ngoba wena uzabasindisa abantu abahlutshwayo; kodwa amehlo aphakemeyo uzawehlisela phansi.
28 For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Ngoba wena uzalumathisa isibane sami; iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wami, izakhanyisa ubumnyama bami.
29 For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Ngoba ngawe ngigijimile ngadabula phakathi kwebutho, langoNkulunkulu wami ngeqe umthangala.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
UNkulunkulu, indlela yakhe iphelele; ilizwi leNkosi lihloliwe; uyisihlangu kubo bonke abaphephela kuye.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Ngoba ngubani onguNkulunkulu ngaphandle kweNkosi? Njalo ngubani olidwala ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu wethu?
32 It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.
NguNkulunkulu ongibhincisa amandla, owenza indlela yami iphelele.
33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
Owenza inyawo zami zibe njengezezimpala, wangimisa ezingqongeni zami.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
Ofundisela izandla zami impi, ukuze idandili lethusi ligotshiswe zingalo zami.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.
Unginikile lesihlangu sosindiso lwakho, lesandla sakho sokunene singisekele, lobumnene bakho bungikhulisile.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Wenze zaba banzi izinyathelo zami ngaphansi kwami, ukuze inyawo zami zingatsheleli.
37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Ngixotshene lezitha zami, ngazifica, kangibuyanga ngaze ngaziqeda.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Ngazigwaza, zaze zehluleka ukuvuka, zawa ngaphansi kwenyawo zami.
39 For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ngoba ungibhincise amandla kusenzelwa impi, wabakhothamisela phansi kwami abangivukelayo.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Unginike intamo yezitha zami, labo abangizondayo ngababhubhisa.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
Bakhala, kodwa engekho umsindisi; eNkosini, kodwa kayibaphendulanga.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Ngasengibacholisisa njengothuli phambi komoya, ngabachitha njengodaka lwezitalada.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Wangikhulula ekuphikiseni kwabantu, wangimisa ngaba yinhloko yezizwe; abantu engangingabazi bangisebenzela.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
Bangenela ukuzwa ngendlebe bazangilalela, abezizweni bazazithoba kimi ngokuzenzisa.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Abezizweni bazabuna, baphume ezinqabeni zabo bethuthumela.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
INkosi iyaphila; njalo kalidunyiswe idwala lami, kaphakanyiswe uNkulunkulu wosindiso lwami.
47 It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me.
UNkulunkulu onginika impindiselo, lowehlisela izizwe ngaphansi kwami;
48 He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
ongikhulula ezitheni zami; yebo, phezu kwabangivukelayo wangiphakamisa, emuntwini wodlakela wangikhulula.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to your name.
Ngenxa yalokhu ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, phakathi kwezizwe, ngihlabelele ibizo lakho indumiso.
50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.
Iyanika inkosi yayo usindiso olukhulu, isenzela ogcotshiweyo wayo umusa, kuDavida, lenzalweni yakhe kuze kube nininini.
