Psalms 41

1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. YHWH will deliver him in the day of evil.

Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.

2 YHWH will protect him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

INkosi izamlondoloza, imgcine ephila; uzabusiswa emhlabeni; kawuyikumnikela entandweni yezitha zakhe.

3 YHWH will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

INkosi izamsekela embhedeni wokugula kwakhe; wena uzaguqula lonke icansi lakhe emkhuhlaneni wakhe.

4 I said, "YHWH, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

Mina ngathi: Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, silisa umphefumulo wami, ngoba ngonile kuwe.

5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

Izitha zami zikhuluma okubi ngami zisithi: Uzakufa nini, lebizo lakhe lichitheke?

6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Lalapho efika ukungibona, ukhuluma inkohliso; inhliziyo yakhe izibuthela okubi, esephumile phandle akhulume.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana bemelene lami, bangisongele ukungona.

8 "A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

Into embi inamathele kuye; njalo njengoba elele phansi kasayikuvuka.

9 Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Yebo, indoda yobungane bami engiyithembayo, ebikade isidla isinkwa sami, ingiphakamisele isithende imelene lami.

10 But you, YHWH, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

Kodwa, wena Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, ungilulamise ukuze ngibaphindisele.

11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

Ngalokhu ngiyazi ukuthi uyangithanda, ngoba isitha sami kasithabanga phezu kwami.

12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Kodwa mina, ungisekele ebuqothweni bami, wangimisa phambi kwakho kuze kube nininini.

13 Blessed be YHWH, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and amen.

Kayibongwe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Ameni, loAmeni.