< Psalms 31 >
1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in your righteousness.
Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyathemba, kangingayangeki lanini, ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.
2 Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Beka kimi indlebe yakho, ngikhulule masinyane, ube lidwala elilamandla kimi, indlu yezinqaba yokungisindisa.
3 For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
Ngoba wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngakho ngenxa yebizo lakho ngikhokhela ungiqondise.
4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
Ngikhupha embuleni abangithiye ngalo ensitha, ngoba uyinqaba yami.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
Esandleni sakho ngibeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in the LORD.
Ngibazondile labo abananzelela okuyize kwamanga; kodwa mina ngithembela eNkosini.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
Ngizathaba ngithokoze emuseni wakho, ngoba ubonile uhlupho lwami, wazile umphefumulo wami ezinkathazweni.
8 You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
Njalo kawungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
9 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngilohlupho; ilihlo lami liqedwa lusizi, umphefumulo wami lesisu sami.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones waste away.
Ngoba impilo yami iphela ngosizi, leminyaka yami ngokububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yeziphambeko zami, lamathambo ami ayaqedwa.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
Sengilihlazo phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, sengiyikwesabeka kwabangejwayeleyo; abangibonayo ngaphandle bayangibalekela.
12 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
Bakhohlwe ngami njengofileyo enhliziyweni; nginjengesitsha esifileyo.
13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
Ngoba ngizwile ukunyunda kwabanengi, ukwesaba inhlangothi zonke, becebisana bemelene lami, beceba ukuthatha impilo yami.
14 But I trust in you, LORD. I said, "You are my God."
Kodwa mina ngithemba kuwe, Nkosi, ngithi: UnguNkulunkulu wami.
15 My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula esandleni sezitha zami lakwabangizingelayo.
16 Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisindise ngothando lwakho.
17 Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol )
Nkosi, kangingayangeki, ngoba ngikubizile; kabayangeke ababi, bathule engcwabeni. (Sheol )
18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Kazithuliswe indebe zamanga, ezikhuluma kalukhuni zimelene lolungileyo ngokuzigqaja langokweyisa.
19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the descendants of Adam.
Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga kwakho, okubekele labo abakwesabayo, okwenzela labo abathembela kuwe, phambi kwabantwana babantu!
20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
Uzabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona bakho basuke kumagobe omuntu, ubafihle ethenteni ekuphikisaneni kwenlimi.
21 Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a besieged city.
Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olumangalisayo emzini oyinqaba.
22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Ngoba mina ngathi ekuphangiseni kwami: Ngiqunyiwe ngasuswa phambi kwamehlo akho. Loba kunjalo uzwile ilizwi lokuncenga kwami ekukhaleni kwami kuwe.
23 Oh love the LORD, all you his faithful ones. The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
Ithandeni iNkosi lonke bangcwele bayo. INkosi ilondoloza abathembekileyo, iyamphindisela kakhulukazi owenze ngokuzigqaja.
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD.
Qinani, izaqinisa inhliziyo yenu, lina lonke elithembela eNkosini.