Psalms 69
1 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Amaluba.” ElikaDavida. Ngisindisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngoba umsinga wamanzi usugamenxe ngentamo yami.
2 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.
Ngiyagalula ezinzikini ezitotayo, lapho okungekho ndawo yokugxila. Sengifike enzikini; impophoma sezingikhulela.
3 I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
Sengidiniwe yikumemeza ngicela uncedo; umphimbo wami usome qha. Amehlo ami aseze efiphele, edinga uNkulunkulu wami.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.
Labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; banengi abayizitha zami kungelambangela, labo abafuna ukungidiliza. Ngiyaphoqelwa ukuhlawula engingakuntshontshanga.
5 O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.
Uyabazi ubuthutha bami, wena Nkulunkulu; isono sami kasifihlakalanga kuwe.
6 Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.
Akuthi labo abathemba kuwe bangayangiswa ngenxa yami, Oh Thixo, Thixo Somandla; akuthi labo abakudingayo, bangahlaziswa ngenxa yami, Oh Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
7 For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.
Ngiyakubhensela ukugconwa ngenxa yakho, ihlazo lihuqiwe ebusweni bami.
8 I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.
Ngingowemzini kubafowethu, ngingowemzini emadodaneni kamama;
9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.
ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kufuthelene kimi, lezethuko zalabo abakuthukayo ziwela kimi.
10 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.
Ngithi lapho ngilila ngizila ukudla, ngibhensele ukwetheswa inhlamba;
11 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.
kuthi lapho ngivunula amasaka abantu badlale ngami.
12 They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.
Labo abalinda emasangweni bayangihleka, ngiyingoma nje yezidakwa.
13 But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
Kodwa ngikhuleka kuwe, Oh Thixo, ngesikhathi somusa wakho; ngothando lwakho olukhulu, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngiphendula ngensindiso yakho eqinisekileyo.
14 Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.
Ngihlenga exhaphozini, ungangiyekeli ngigalule; ngikhulula kulabo abangizondayo, emanzini atshonayo.
15 Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.
Ungayekeli izikhukhula zingigalulise loba inziki zingiginye, loba umgodi uvaleke umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.
Ngiphendula, Oh Thixo, ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho; emuseni wakho omkhulu phendukela kimi.
17 And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.
Ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngiphendula masinyane, ngoba ngiphakathi kohlupho.
18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Sondela ungikhulule; ngihlenga ngenxa yezitha zami.
19 For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.
Uyakwazi ukuthi ngigconwa njani, ngihlaziswa njalo ngiyangiswa; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.
20 My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.
Ukugconwa sekuyephule inhliziyo yami kwangitshiya esithubeni; ngadinga uzwelo ngaluswela, abaduduzi, kodwa ngabaswela.
21 They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
Bathela inyongo ekudleni kwami banginathisa iviniga nxa ngomile.
22 Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.
Sengathi itafula eliphambi kwabo lingaba ngumjibila; sengathi lingaba yisijeziso lesithiyo.
23 Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.
Sengathi amehlo abo angafiphala ukuze bangaboni, lamaqolo abo akhokhobe kokuphela.
24 Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.
Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabo; akuthi ulaka lwakho olwesabekayo lubehlele.
25 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:
Sengathi indawo yabo ingaba ngamanxiwa; akungabi lamuntu ozahlala emathenteni abo.
26 Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Ngoba bahlupha labo obalimazayo bakhulume ngobuhlungu balabo obalimazayo.
27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.
Bethese amacala phezu kwamacala; ungayekeli bazuze isabelo sensindiso yakho.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.
Sengathi bangesulwa encwadini yokuphila bangaze babalwa kanye labalungileyo.
29 I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.
Ngisebuhlungwini, ngikhathazekile; sengathi insindiso yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu ingangivikela.
30 I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;
Ngizalidumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngengoma, ngilibabaze ngokubonga.
31 and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.
Lokhu kuzamthabisa uThixo okwedlula inkabi, okwedlula inkunzi yonke ilempondo lamangqina ayo.
32 Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.
Abayanga bazabona bajabule lina elimdingayo uNkulunkulu, sengathi inhliziyo zenu zingaphila!
33 For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.
UThixo uyabezwa abaswelayo, kabeyisi abantu bakhe abathunjiweyo.
34 Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.
Akuthi izulu lomhlaba kumdumise, inlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza kuzo,
35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.
ngoba uNkulunkulu uzayisindisa iZiyoni ayakhe kutsha imizi yakoJuda. Yikhona-ke abantu bazakwakha khona balithathe libe ngelabo;
36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
abantwana bezinceku zayo lizakuba yilifa labo, labalithandayo ibizo lakhe bazahlala khona.
