< Psalms 75 >
1 Unto thee, O Elohim, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
Siyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, siyabonga, ukuthi ibizo lakho liseduze, iyalandisa imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.
2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
Lapho ngisemukela isikhathi esimisiweyo ngizakwahlulela ngokuqonda.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)
Umhlaba labo bonke abakhileyo kuwo kuncibilikile; mina ngiqinisa insika zawo. (Sela)
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Ngathi kwabayiziwula: Lingabi yiziwula. Lakwababi: Lingaphakamisi uphondo.
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Lingaphakamiseli phezulu uphondo lwenu, lingakhulumi ngentamo elukhuni.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Ngoba ukuphakanyiswa kakuveli empumalanga kumbe entshonalanga njalo hatshi enkangala.
7 But Elohim is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Kodwa uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, uyehlisa omunye, aphakamise omunye.
8 For in the hand of YHWH there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Ngoba esandleni seNkosi kulenkezo; lewayini liphuphuma, ligcwele inhlanganiso; iyathulula okwalo; kodwa izibhidi zalo, ababi bonke bomhlaba bazazihluza bazinathe.
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the Elohim of Jacob.
Kodwa mina ngizatshumayela njalonjalo, ngihlabele indumiso kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Njalo zonke impondo zababi ngizaziquma; impondo zabalungileyo zizaphakanyiswa.