Psalms 35
1 Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
Phikisana, Nkosi, labaphikisana lami, ulwe labalwa lami.
2 Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
Xhakalaza ihawu lesihlangu esikhulu, usukumele usizo lwami.
3 Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
Hwatsha lomkhonto, uvimbe indlela umelane labangizingelayo; tshono emphefumulweni wami ukuthi: Ngilusindiso lwakho.
4 Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
Kabayangeke babe lehlazo labo abadinga umphefumulo wami. Kabahlehliselwe emuva babe lenhloni labo abaceba ububi ngami.
5 Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
Kababe njengamakhoba phambi komoya, lengilosi yeNkosi kayibadudule.
6 Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
Indlela yabo kayibe mnyama itshelele, lengilosi yeNkosi ibaxotshe.
7 Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
Ngoba kungelasizatho bangifihlele imbule labo emgodini, kungelasizatho bawugebhele umphefumulo wami.
8 Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
Ukubhujiswa kakumjume, lembule lakhe alifihlileyo kalimbambe yena, awele kulo, ekubhujisweni.
9 Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
Kodwa umphefumulo wami uzathokoza eNkosini, ujabule esindisweni lwayo.
10 With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
Wonke amathambo ami azakuthi: Nkosi, ngubani onjengawe, okhulula umyanga kulowo olamandla kulaye, yebo, umyanga loswelayo komphangayo?
11 People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
Abafakazi bamanga basukuma, bangibuza engingakwaziyo.
12 In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
Bangibuyisela okubi endaweni yokuhle, umphefumulo wami ulahlekelwa.
13 When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
Kanti mina, ekuguleni kwabo isembatho sami sasilisaka, ngathobisa umphefumulo wami ngokuzila ukudla, lomkhuleko wami wabuyela esifubeni sami.
14 I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
Ngahamba ngokungathi ungumngane ngokungathi ungumfowethu; ngikhotheme kwezimnyama njengolilela unina.
15 But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
Kodwa ekukhubekeni kwami bathokoza, babuthana ndawonye, abalahliweyo babuthana ndawonye bemelene lami, njalo ngangingakwazi; badabula kabemanga.
16 Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
Kanye lababi abaklolodayo edilini, bangigedlela amazinyo abo.
17 Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
Nkosi, uzabukela kuze kube nini? Buyisa umphefumulo wami ekubhubhiseni kwabo, wona wodwa owami emabhongweni ezilwane.
18 Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
Ngizakubonga ebandleni elikhulu, ngikudumise phakathi kwabantu abanengi.
19 Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
Bangajabuli ngami abayizitha zami ngamanga, kabangangificeli ilihlo labo abangizonda ngeze.
20 They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
Ngoba kabakhulumi ukuthula, kodwa baceba amazwi enkohliso bemelene labachumileyo emhlabeni.
21 They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
Kanti bangikhamisela kakhulu umlomo wabo bathi: Aha, aha, ilihlo lethu likubonile!
22 Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
Nkosi, usukubonile; ungathuli. Nkosi, ungabi khatshana lami.
23 Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
Zivuse, uvukele ilungelo lami, udaba lwami, Nkulunkulu wami leNkosi yami.
24 Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
Ngahlulela, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wami, ngokulunga kwakho; kabangathokozi ngami.
25 Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
Kabangatsho enhliziyweni yabo ukuthi: Hiya, yisifiso sethu! Bangatsho ukuthi: Simginyile.
26 Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
Kabayangeke babe lenhloni ndawonye abajabula ngosizi lwami; bembathiswe ngenhloni lehlazo labo abazikhukhumeza ngami.
27 But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
Kabamemeze ngenjabulo bathabe abaloyisa ukulunga kwami, yebo kabatsho njalonjaloukuthi: Kayikhuliswe iNkosi ethokoza ngokuhlala kuhle kwenceku yayo.
28 Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
Lolimi lwami luzakhuluma ukulunga kwakho, usuku lonke indumiso yakho.
