Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisa iNkosi, mphefumulo wami.

2 I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Ngizayidumisa iNkosi ngisaphila; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami ngisesekhona.

3 Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Lingabeki ithemba lenu eziphathamandleni, endodaneni yomuntu okungekho kuyo usindiso.

4 When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

Umoya wakhe uyaphuma, uyabuyela emhlabathini wakhe; ngalolosuku amacebo akhe ayaphela.

5 [But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;

Ubusisiwe yena oloNkulunkulu kaJakobe ukuthi abe lusizo lwakhe, othemba lakhe liseNkosini uNkulunkulu wakhe,

6 Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

owenza amazulu, lomhlaba, ulwandle, lakho konke okukukho, ogcina iqiniso kuze kube nininini,

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

owenzela abacindezelweyo isahlulelo, obaphayo ukudla abalambileyo. INkosi iyakhulula izibotshwa,

8 The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:

INkosi iyavula amehlo eziphofu; iNkosi iyabalulamisa abakhothemeyo; iNkosi iyabathanda abalungileyo.

9 The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

INkosi ilondoloza abemzini, isekele intandane lomfelokazi; kodwa indlela yababi iyayigenqula.

10 The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

INkosi izabusa kuze kube nininini, uNkulunkulu wakho, Ziyoni, kuze kube sesizukulwaneni ngesizukulwana. Dumisani iNkosi!