Psalms 48

1 A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, In the city of our God—His holy hill.

Ingoma. Ihubo lamaDodana kaKhora. Umkhulu uThixo, ufanele ngokuphindiweyo ukudunyiswa, emzini kaNkulunkulu wethu, intaba yakhe engcwele.

2 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of [the] great King.

Muhle kakhulu ngokuphakama kwakhe, uyintokozo yomhlaba wonke. Njengeziqongo zeZafoni injalo intaba iZiyoni, umuzi weNkosi eNkulu.

3 God is known for a tower in her high places.

UNkulunkulu usemithangaleni yawo; ubonisa ukuthi nguye oyinqaba yawo.

4 For behold, the kings met, they passed by together,

Kwathi lapho amakhosi ehlanganisa izimpi zawo, lapho ehlasela kanyekanye,

5 They have seen—so they have marveled, They have been troubled, they were hurried away.

awubona umuzi lo ethuka aphaphatheka esetshaywa luvalo.

6 Trembling has seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

Ahle athuthumela khonapho, ezwa ubuhlungu obuzwiwa ngowesifazane ehelelwa.

7 By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.

Wena wabatshabalalisa njengemikhumbi yaseThashishi ibhidlizwa ngumoya wempumalanga.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of YHWH of hosts, In the city of our God, God establishes her for all time. (Selah)

Lokho esikuzwileyo yikho esikubonileyo emzini kaThixo uSomandla, emzini kaNkulunkulu wethu: uNkulunkulu uzawuvikela lanini.

9 We have thought, O God, of Your kindness, In the midst of Your temple,

Phakathi kwethempeli lakho, Oh Nkulunkulu, siyacabanga ngothando lwakho olungaphuthiyo.

10 As [is] Your Name, O God, so [is] Your praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness has filled Your right hand.

Njengebizo lakho, Oh Nkulunkulu, udumo lwakho lufika emikhawulweni yomhlaba; isandla sakho sokunene sigcwele ukulunga.

11 Mount Zion rejoices, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Your judgments.

Intaba iZiyoni iyathokoza, imizi yakoJuda iyathaba ngezahlulelo zakho.

12 Surround Zion, and go around her, count her towers,

Hambahamba eZiyoni, ibhode, bala izilindo zayo eziphezulu,

13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that you recount to a later generation,

nanzelela kuhle imithangala yayo, hlola izinqaba zayo, ukuze ukwazi ukulandisela isizukulwane esizayo.

14 That this God [is] our God—For all time and forever, He leads us over death!

Ngoba uNkulunkulu lo nguNkulunkulu wethu nini lanini; uzakuba ngumholi wethu lasekupheleni.