Psalms 44
1 God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
Nkulunkulu, sizwile ngendlebe zethu, obaba basitshelile, umsebenzi owawenza ensukwini zabo, ensukwini zendulo.
2 [They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
Wena ngesandla sakho wazixotsha izizwe elifeni, wabahlanyela bona; wazihlupha izizwe, kodwa wabasabalalisa bona.
3 It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
Ngoba kabadlanga ilifa lelizwe ngenkemba yabo, lengalo yabo kayibasindisanga, kodwa isandla sakho sokunene, lengalo yakho, lokukhanya kobuso bakho, ngoba wawubathanda.
4 You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
Wena uyiNkosi yami, Nkulunkulu; laya ukukhululwa kukaJakobe.
5 It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
Ngawe sizadudula izitha zethu; ngebizo lakho sizabanyathelela phansi abasivukelayo.
6 I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
Ngoba kangithembeli kulo idandili lami, lenkemba yami kayiyikungisindisa.
7 No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
Kodwa usisindisile ezitheni zethu, wayangisa abasizondayo.
8 We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
KuNkulunkulu siyazincoma usuku lonke; lebizo lakho sizalidumisa kuze kube nininini. (Sela)
9 But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
Kodwa ulahlile wasiyangisa, njalo kawuphumi lamabutho ethu.
10 You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
Usenze ukuthi sibuyele emuva sisuka esitheni; labasizondayo baziphangela.
11 You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
Usinikele njengezimvu zokudliwa, wasichithachitha phakathi kwezizwe.
12 [It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
Uthengisile abantu bakho ngokungelanotho, awuzuzanga lutho ngentengo yabo.
13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Usenze saba lihlazo kwabakhelene lathi, inhlekisa lendumazo kwabasiphahlileyo.
14 They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
Usenze saba yisiga phakathi kwezizwe, ukunikinwa kwekhanda phakathi kwabantu.
15 All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
Usuku lonke ukudunyazwa kwami kuphambi kwami, lehlazo lobuso bami lingigubuzele,
16 I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
ngenxa yelizwi lomgconi lomhlambazi, ngenxa yesitha lomphindiseli.
17 All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
Konke lokhu kusehlele, kube kanti kasikukhohlwanga, kasenzanga ngenkohliso esivumelwaneni sakho.
18 We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
Inhliziyo yethu kayibuyelanga emuva, lezinyathelo zethu kaziphambukanga emkhondweni wakho,
19 But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
lanxa usichobozile endaweni yamaganyana, usembese ngethunzi lokufa.
20 If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
Uba besilikhohliwe ibizo likaNkulunkulu wethu, loba selulela izandla zethu kunkulunkulu wezizweni,
21 you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
uNkulunkulu ubengayikukuhlola lokhu yini? Ngoba uyayazi imfihlo yenhliziyo.
22 But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
Yebo, ngenxa yakho siyabulawa usuku lonke, kuthiwa sinjengezimvu zokuhlatshwa.
23 [So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
Phaphama, ulaleleni, Nkosi? Vuka, ungalahli kokuphela.
24 Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
Ufihlelani ubuso bakho, ukhohlwe ukuhlupheka kwethu locindezelo lwethu?
25 We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
Ngoba umphefumulo wethu ukhothamele othulini, isisu sethu sinamathela emhlabathini.
26 Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
Sukumela usizo lwethu, usihlenge ngenxa yomusa wakho.
