Psalms 116
1 Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will listen to the voice of my supplication.
Ngiyamthanda uThixo ngoba walizwa ilizwi lami; wezwa ukukhala kwami ngicela umusa.
2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.
Ngoba wangipha indlela yakhe, ngizambiza kokuphela nxa ngisaphila.
3 The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
Izibopho zokufa zangithandela, ubuhlungu obukhulu bengcwaba bangehlela; ngagajelwa yikuhlupheka losizi. (Sheol h7585)
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.
Ngasengibiza ibizo likaThixo: “Oh Thixo ake ungisindise!”
5 The Lord is merciful and righteous; yes, our God has pity.
UThixo ulomusa njalo ulungile; uNkulunkulu wethu ulesihawu.
6 The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
UThixo uvikela abalenhliziyo ethobekileyo; ngathi ngihluphekile kakhulu wangisindisa.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
Phumula njalo, we mphefumulo wami, ngoba uThixo ukwenzile ukulunga.
8 For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Ngoba wena Thixo, uwukhulule umphefumulo wami ekufeni, amehlo ami ezinyembezini, lezinyawo zami azaze zakhubeka,
9 I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.
ukuze ngihambe phambi kukaThixo elizweni labaphilayo.
10 Alleluia. I believed, therefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.
Ngathembela kuThixo; ngakho ngasengisithi, “Ngiyahlupheka kakhulu.”
11 And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.
Ngiphakathi kokulahla ithemba ngathi, “Bonke abantu balamanga.”
12 What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?
Ngingambonga ngani uThixo ngabo bonke ubuhle bakhe kimi?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
Ngizayiphakamisa inkezo yensindiso ngimemeze ibizo likaThixo.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
Ngizazigcwalisa izifungo zami kuThixo phambi kwabo bonke abantu bakhe.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Kuligugu emehlweni kaThixo ukufa kwabathembekileyo bakhe.
16 O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have burst by bonds asunder.
Oh Thixo, ngempela ngiyinceku Yakho, indodana yencekukazi yakho; usungikhulule emaketaneni ami.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
Ngizakwenzela umhlatshelo womnikelo wokubonga ngilibize ibizo likaThixo
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people,
Ngizazigcwalisa izifungo zami kuThixo phambi kwabo bonke abantu bakhe,
19 in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
emagumeni endlu kaThixo phakathi kwakho, wena Jerusalema. Dumisani uThixo.
