Psalms 109
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O God of my praise, do not be silent,
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo. Oh Nkulunkulu, wena engikudumisayo, ungali ulokhu uthule,
2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, They have opened against me, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
ngoba abantu ababi abalenkohliso bayivulile imilomo yabo bekhuluma ngami; bakhuluma bengigcona ngendimi zabo zamanga.
3 They have surrounded me about, And they fight me without cause.
Bangihonqolozela ngamazwi enzondo; bayangisukela nje kungelasizatho.
4 For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!
Ukubathanda kwami bakuphindisela ngokungisola, kodwa ngingumuntu womkhuleko.
5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Bangiphindisela okuhle ngokubi, langenzondo ukubathanda kwami.
6 Appoint the wicked over him, And an adversary stands at his right hand.
Bathi, “Khethani umuntu omubi ozamelana laye; ombeka icala kame kwesokunene sakhe.
7 In his being judged, he goes forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
Nxa esethonisiswa kafunyanwe elecala, futhi sengathi imikhuleko yakhe ingamlahla.
8 His days are few, another takes his oversight,
Sengathi insuku zakhe zingabazilutshwana; kakube lomunye ozathatha isikhundla sakhe sobukhokheli.
9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zintandane lomkakhe abe ngumfelokazi.
10 And his sons wander continually, Indeed, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zinzulane zeziceli; sengathi bangaxotshwa emizini yabo esingamanxiwa.
11 An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, And strangers spoil his labor.
Sengathi lowo aboleke kuye angamemuka konke alakho; sengathi labezizweni bangaphanga izithelo zamandla akhe.
12 He has none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.
Akungabikhona omenzela umusa loba ozwela izintandane zakhe.
13 His posterity is for cutting off, Their name is blotted out in another generation.
Sengathi izizukulwane zakhe zingaphela, amabizo abo esulwe esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.
14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered to YHWH, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
Sengathi ububi bukayise bungakhunjulwa phambi kukaThixo, sengathi isono sikanina singacitshi lanini.
15 They are continually before YHWH, And He cuts off their memorial from earth.
Sengathi izono zabo zingahlala zisobala phambi kukaThixo, ukuze aphelise du ukukhunjulwa kwabo emhlabeni.
16 Because that he has not remembered to do kindness, And pursues the poor man and needy, And the struck of heart—to slay,
Ngoba kazange akhumbule ukwenza umusa kodwa wabazingelela ukufa abayanga labaswelayo labadabukileyo enhliziyweni.
17 And he loves reviling, and it meets him, And he has not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
Wayekuthanda ukwethesa isithuko, sengathi singehlela kuye. Wayengakuthandi ukubusisa sengathi kungaba khatshana laye.
18 And he puts on reviling as his robe, And it comes in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
Wayevunula ukuthuka njengesigqoko; kwangena emzimbeni wakhe njengamanzi, emathanjeni akhe njengamafutha.
19 It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, And he girds it on for a continual girdle.
Sengathi kungaba njengengubo athandelwe ngayo njengebhanti abotshwe ngalo lanini.”
20 This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, And of those speaking evil against my soul.
Sengathi lokhu kungaba yisijeziso sikaThixo kulabo abangethesa amacala, labo abakhuluma okubi ngami.
21 And You, O Lord YHWH, Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.
Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo woBukhosi, ngenzela kuhle ngenxa yebizo lakho; ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho akungikhulule.
22 For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart has been pierced in my midst.
Ngoba ngingumyanga ngiyaswela, lenhliziyo yami ilimele ngaphakathi kwami.
23 I have gone as a shadow when it is stretched out, I have been driven away as a locust.
Ngiyafiphala njengethunzi lakusihlwa; ngiyaphetshulwa njengentethe.
24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh has failed of fatness.
Amadolo ami asebuthakathaka ngokuzila ukudla; umzimba wami usuzacile usutshwabhene.
25 And I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa kulabo abangibeka amacala; bathi bengibona banyikinye amakhanda abo.
26 Help me, O YHWH my God, Save me, according to Your kindness.
Akungisize, Oh Thixo Nkulunkulu wami; ngisindisa ngokuya ngothando lwakho.
27 And they know that this [is] Your hand, You, O YHWH, You have done it.
Kumele bakwazi ukuthi lokhu ngokwesandla sakho; wena, Oh Thixo, nguwe okwenzileyo.
28 They revile, and You bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Your servant rejoices.
Bangangiqalekisa, kodwa wena uzabusisa; bathi bayahlasela bayangiswe, kodwa inceku yakho izathokoza.
29 My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
Abangivukelayo kabembeswe ihlazo bagoqelwe ngokuyangeka njengengubo.
30 I thank YHWH greatly with my mouth, And I praise Him in the midst of many,
Ngomlomo wami ngizambabaza kakhulu uThixo; ngisemphakathini ngizamdumisa.
31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
Ngoba umi ngakwesokunene salowo oswelayo, ukusindisa impilo yakhe kulabo abamnikela ekufeni.
