Psalms 50
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
USomandla, uNkulunkulu, iNkosi, ukhulumile, ubiza umhlaba kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kube sekutshoneni kwalo.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.
EseZiyoni, ukuphelela kobuhle, uNkulunkulu ukhanyile.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
UNkulunkulu wethu uzakuza, kayikuthula; umlilo phambi kwakhe uzaqothula, enhlangothini zonke zakhe kuzakuba lesiphepho esikhulu.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Uzabiza amazulu ephezulu, lomhlaba, ukwahlulela abantu bakhe.
5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Buthelani kimi abangcwele bami, abenza isivumelwano lami ngomhlatshelo.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. (Selah)
Lamazulu azatshumayela ukulunga kwakhe, ngoba uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ungumahluleli. (Sela)
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
Zwanini bantu bami, ngizakhuluma; Israyeli, ngizafakaza ngimelene lawe. NginguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wakho.
8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Kangikusoli ngenxa yemihlatshelo yakho; leminikelo yakho yokutshiswa ihlala iphambi kwami.
9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.
Kangiyikuthatha ijongosi elivela emzini wakho, lezimpongo ezivela ezibayeni zakho.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
Ngoba ngeyami yonke inyamazana yehlathi, izinkomo ezisentabeni eziyizinkulungwane.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Ngiyazazi izinyoni zonke zezintaba, lezilo zommango zikimi.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
Uba bengilambile, bengingayikukutshela, ngoba umhlaba ngowami lokugcwala kwawo.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Ngizayidla yini inyama yezinkunzi, kumbe nginathe igazi lezimpongo?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High:
Nikela kuNkulunkulu umhlatshelo wokubonga, ukhokhe izithembiso zakho koPhezukonke.
15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
Ungibize osukwini lokuhlupheka, ngizakukhulula, ubusungidumisa.
16 But to the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
Kodwa komubi uNkulunkulu uthi: Ulani lokuthi utshumayele izimiso zami, kumbe uthathe isivumelwano sami emlonyeni wakho?
17 Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.
Ngoba wena uzonda ukuqondiswa, ulahla amazwi ami emva kwakho.
18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
Uba ubona isela, uthokozelana lalo, lesabelo sakho sisezifebeni.
19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Umlomo wakho uyawunikela ebubini, lolimi lwakho luqambe inkohliso.
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Uhlala ukhulume umelene lomfowenu, uhlebe indodana kanyoko.
21 These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
Lezizinto uzenzile, ngathula; wacabanga ukuthi nginjengawe kanye. Ngizakukhuza, ngikuhlele phambi kwamehlo akho.
22 Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Kuqapheleni-ke lokhu, lina elikhohlwa uNkulunkulu, hlezi ngilidabule, kungabi khona okukhululayo.
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
Onikela umnikelo wokubonga uyangidumisa; lolungisa indlela yakhe ngizambonisa usindiso lukaNkulunkulu.
