Psalms 69
1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ngiyatshona odakeni olujulileyo, lapho okungelakuma khona; ngingene emanzini atshonayo, lapho impophoma iyangicwilisa.
3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Ngidiniwe yikukhala kwami, umphimbo wami womile qha; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Abangizondayo ngeze banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; abangangibhubhisa, izitha zami ngaphandle kwecala, balamandla. Lokho engingakwebanga ngasengikubuyisela.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.
6 Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.
Kabangayangeki ngenxa yami labo abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova wamabandla; bangadunyazwa ngenxa yami labo abakudingayo, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.
10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.
Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.
12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
Kodwa mina umkhuleko wami ukuwe, Nkosi, ngesikhathi somusa, Nkulunkulu, ngobunengi besihawu sakho, ngiphendule, ngeqiniso losindiso lwakho.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Ungophule odakeni, ngingatshoni; ngikhululwe kwabangizondayo lenzikini yamanzi.
15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Impophoma yamanzi kayingangicwilisi, lenziki ingangiginyi, lomgodi ungavali umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
16 Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies.
Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.
19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Basebengipha inyongo ibe yikudla kwami, lekomeni kwami banginathisa iviniga.
22 Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
Itafula labo eliphambi kwabo kalibe ngumjibila, ibe yisifu sabonwabileyo.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,
Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Yengezelela ukona ekoneni kwabo, ukuze bangangeni ekulungeni kwakho.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Kabesulwe ogwalweni lwabaphilayo, bangabalwa kanye labalungileyo.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Kodwa mina ngilusizi, ngiyafuthelwa; usindiso lwakho, Nkulunkulu, kalungimise phezulu ngivikelekile.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Ngizadumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngehubo, ngimkhulise ngokubonga.
31 And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Kuzakuba kuhle-ke eNkosini okwedlula inkabi kumbe ijongosi elilempondo lenklagu.
32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.
33 For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Kakuthi amazulu lomhlaba kuyidumise, izinlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza phakathi kwazo.
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Lenzalo yenceku zakhe izakudla ilifa layo, labathanda ibizo lakhe bazahlala kuyo.
