Psalms 75

1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A PSALM OF ASAPH. A SONG. We have given thanks to You, O God, We have given thanks, and Your Name [is] near, They have recounted Your wonders.

Siyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, siyabonga, ukuthi ibizo lakho liseduze, iyalandisa imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.

2 When I receive an appointment, I judge uprightly.

Lapho ngisemukela isikhathi esimisiweyo ngizakwahlulela ngokuqonda.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants are melted, I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

Umhlaba labo bonke abakhileyo kuwo kuncibilikile; mina ngiqinisa insika zawo. (Sela)

4 I have said to the boastful, “Do not be boastful,” And to the wicked, “Do not raise up a horn.”

Ngathi kwabayiziwula: Lingabi yiziwula. Lakwababi: Lingaphakamisi uphondo.

5 Do not raise up your horn on high (You speak with a stiff neck).

Lingaphakamiseli phezulu uphondo lwenu, lingakhulumi ngentamo elukhuni.

6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness—[is] elevation.

Ngoba ukuphakanyiswa kakuveli empumalanga kumbe entshonalanga njalo hatshi enkangala.

7 But God [is] judging, This He makes low—and this He lifts up.

Kodwa uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, uyehlisa omunye, aphakamise omunye.

8 For a cup [is] in the hand of YHWH, And the wine has foamed, It is full of mixture, and He pours out of it, Surely wring out its dregs, And all the wicked of the earth drink,

Ngoba esandleni seNkosi kulenkezo; lewayini liphuphuma, ligcwele inhlanganiso; iyathulula okwalo; kodwa izibhidi zalo, ababi bonke bomhlaba bazazihluza bazinathe.

9 And I declare [it] for all time, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

Kodwa mina ngizatshumayela njalonjalo, ngihlabele indumiso kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.

10 And I cut off all horns of the wicked, The horns of the righteous are exalted!

Njalo zonke impondo zababi ngizaziquma; impondo zabalungileyo zizaphakanyiswa.