Psalms 40
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
Ngalindela lokuyilindela iNkosi; yangithobela, yezwa ukukhala kwami.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings.
Yangenyula emgodini ohlokomayo, exhaphozini lodaka, yabeka inyawo zami phezu kwedwala, yaqinisa izinyathelo zami.
3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Yafaka ingoma entsha emlonyeni wami, indumiso kuNkulunkulu wethu. Abanengi bazabona besabe, bathembe eNkosini.
4 Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ubusisiwe umuntu oyenzayo iNkosi ibe lithemba lakhe, ongaphendukeli kwabazigqajayo, lalabo abaphendukela emangeni.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order to you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Minengi wena oyenzileyo, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo lemicabango yakho kithi; ingelandiswe ngokulandelana kuwe. Ngingayilandisa ngiyitsho, minengi kulokuthi ibalwe.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
Umhlatshelo lomnikelo kawukufisi; izindlebe zami uzivulile; umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wesono kawuwubizi.
7 Then said I, See, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Ngasengisithi: Khangela, ngiyeza; emqulwini wogwalo kulotshiwe ngami.
8 I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart.
Ngiyathokoza ukwenza intando yakho, Nkulunkulu wami, lomlayo wakho uphakathi kwemibilini yami.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: see, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know.
Ngitshumayele ukulunga ebandleni elikhulu; khangela, kangibambanga indebe zami, Nkosi, wena uyakwazi.
10 I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great congregation.
Ukulunga kwakho kangikufihlanga phakathi kwenhliziyo yami; ngikhulumile ngobuqotho bakho langosindiso lwakho; kangifihlanga uthandolomusa wakho leqiniso lakho ebandleni elikhulu.
11 Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
Wena Nkosi, ungangigodleli isihawu sakho; uthandolomusa wakho leqiniso lakho kakungilondoloze njalonjalo.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
Ngoba ububi obungebalwe bungihanqile, iziphambeko zami zingibambile, ukuze ngingabi lakho ukubona; zinengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; ngakho inhliziyo yami ingitshiyile.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Thokoza, Nkosi, ukungikhulula. Nkosi, phangisa ukungisiza.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Kabayangeke babe lenhloni ndawonye abadinga umphefumulo wami ukuwuchitha; kababuyiselwe emuva bayangiswe abangifisela okubi.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
Kabachitheke kube ngumvuzo wehlazo labo abathi kimi: Aha, aha!
16 Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Kabathabe bajabule kuwe bonke abakudingayo; abathanda usindiso lwakho kabatsho njalonjalo bathi: Kayikhuliswe iNkosi!
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks on me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Kodwa ngingumyanga ngiyaswela; iNkosi iyangikhumbula; ungumsizi wami lomkhululi wami; Nkulunkulu wami, ungalibali.
