Psalms 71
1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be made ashamed.
Kuwe Thixo, sengithole isiphephelo; mangingayangiswa lanini.
2 In thy righteousness do thou deliver me and release me: incline thy ear unto me, and save me.
Ngihlenga ungikhulule ngokulunga kwakho; ngilalela, woza ngokuphangisa ungisindise.
3 Be thou unto me a rocky habitation, whereunto I may continually resort, which thou hast ordained to save me; for my rock and my strong-hold art thou.
Woba lidwala lami lokuphephela, lapho engingaya khona loba nini; tshono umlayo wokuba ngisindiswe, ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
4 O my God, release me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and violent man.
Ngikhulula, Oh Nkulunkulu, esandleni sababi, emandleni abantu ababi abalochuku.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord Eternal: thou art my trust from my youth.
Ngoba ube ulithemba lami, Oh Thixo Wobukhosi, ithemba lami kusukela ebutsheni bami.
6 By thee have I been supported from my birth: thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: of thee is my praise continually.
Kusukela ekuzalweni kwami ngahle ngeyama kuwe; nguwe owangikhuphayo esiswini sikamama. Ngizakudumisa njalonjalo.
7 As a wonderful token have I been unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Senginjengomhlolo kwabanengi, kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory all the day.
Umlomo wami ugcwele udumo lwakho, umemezela inkazimulo yakho ilanga lonke.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength faileth, forsake me not.
Ungangilahleli kude nxa sengiluphele; ungangifulatheli lapho amandla ami esephelile.
10 For my enemies speak of me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma kubi ngami; labo abalindele ukungibulala bahlangana ngami.
11 Saying, “God hath forsaken him: pursue and seize him: for there is none to deliver.”
Bathi, “UNkulunkulu usemlahlile; xotshanani laye limbambe, ngoba kakho ozamlamulela.”
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, hasten to my help.
Ungabi khatshana kwami, Oh Nkulunkulu; woza masinyane, Oh Nkulunkulu wami, uzongisiza.
13 Let those be made ashamed, let them perish, that are adversaries to my soul: let those be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my unhappiness.
Sengathi labo abangethesa amacala bangabhubha beyangekile; sengathi labo abafuna ukungilimaza bangabhixwa ngehlazo lokuyangeka.
14 But I will continually hope, and will add yet more to all thy praise.
Kodwa mina ngizahlala ngithembile; ngizakudumisa kakhulu.
15 My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not their numbers.
Umlomo wami uzafakaza ngokulunga kwakho, langensindiso yakho ilanga lonke, lokuba ngingasazi isilinganiso sayo.
16 I will come to praise the mighty deeds of the Lord Eternal: I will make mention of thy righteousness, yea, thine only.
Ngizakuza ngifakaze ngemisebenzi yakho emikhulu, Oh Thixo Wobukhosi; ngizafakaza ngokulunga kwakho, okwakho wedwa.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto I ever tell of thy wondrous deeds.
Kusukela ebutsheni bami, Oh Nkulunkulu, wangifundisa, kuze kube lamuhla ngimemezela imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.
18 Therefore also even in old age, and when I am grayheaded, O God, forsake me not: until I have told of thy strength unto [this] generation, to every one that may come of thy might.
Lokuba sengiluphele sengiyimpunga ungangideli, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngize ngifakaze ngamandla akho esizukulwaneni esizayo, amandla akho kubo bonke abalandelayo.
19 And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth even to the height, thou, who hast done great things: O God, who is like thee!
Ukulunga kwakho kufika emkhathini, Oh Nkulunkulu, wena osuwenze izinto ezinkulu. Ngubani, Oh Nkulunkulu, onjengawe?
20 Thou, who hast shown me great distresses and misfortunes, wilt again revive me; and from the depths of the earth wilt thou bring me up again.
Loba usungenze ngabona inhlupheko ezinengi lezibuhlungu, uzangenyula njalo ekujuleni komhlabathi.
21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and wilt turn round and comfort me.
Uzalwandisa udumo lwami ungiduduze futhi njalo.
22 Also I, I will thank thee with the psaltery, [for] thy truth, O my God: I will sing unto thee with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Ngizakudumisa ngechacho ngenxa yokuthembeka kwakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuwe ngomqangala, wena oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
23 My lips shall shout joyfully when I sing unto thee; and my soul [too], which thou hast redeemed.
Izindebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo lapho ngihlabelela indumiso kuwe mina ongisindisileyo.
24 Also my tongue shall speak all the day of thy righteousness; for ashamed, for put to the blush are those that seek my unhappiness.
Ulimi lwami luzatshona lukhuluma ngokulunga kwakho ilanga lonke, ngoba labo abafuna ukungilimaza sebeyangisiwe basanganiswa.
