Psalms 31
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Kuwe Thixo, sengithole isiphephelo; mangingayangiswa lanini; ngihlenga ngokulunga Kwakho.
2 Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Ngilalela, woza ngokuphangisa ungihlenge; woba lidwala lami lokuphephela, inqaba eqinileyo yokungisindisa.
3 For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Njengoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami, ngikhokhela ungihole ngenxa yegama Lakho.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
Ngikhulula emjibileni othiyelwe mina, ngoba uyisiphephelo sami.
5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Ezandleni Zakho nginikela umphefumulo wami; ngihlenga, Oh Thixo, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Ngiyabazonda labo abanamathela izithombe eziyize; ngithemba kuThixo.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Ngizathokoza ngijabule othandweni Lwakho, ngoba wakubona ukuhlupheka kwami wabazi ubuhlungu bomphefumulo wami.
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.
Kawungifuqelanga esitheni kodwa ugxilise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.
Woba lomusa kimi, Oh Thixo, ngoba ngiyahlupheka; amehlo ami ayafiphala ngenxa yosizi, umphefumulo wami lomzimba wami ngokudabuka.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Impilo yami incitshiswa yikukhathazeka, leminyaka yami yikububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yokuhlupheka kwami, lamathambo ami aphela amandla.
11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.
Ngenxa yezitha zami, sengiyinhlekisa enjani kubomakhelwane; sengiyinhlekisa kubangane bami labo abangibonayo ezindleleni bayangibalekela.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Sebekhohliwe ngami kungathi sengafa; senginjengembiza yebumba ehlephukileyo.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Ngoba ngizwa izingoma zabanengi; kulezisongo inxa zonke; bakha amasu okungilimaza, njalo baceba ukuchitha impilo yami.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
Kodwa ngiyethemba Kuwe, Thixo; ngithi, “UnguNkulunkulu wami.”
15 My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Izikhathi zami zisezandleni Zakho; ngisindisa ezitheni zami lakulabo abangizingelayo.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Ubuso Bakho mabukhazimulele encekwini Yakho; ngisindisa ngothando Lwakho olungehlulekiyo.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Mangingahlaziswa, Oh Thixo, ngoba sengikhalile Kuwe; kodwa akuthi ababi bahlaziswe balale bathule zwi ethuneni. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Akuthi izindebe zabo zamanga zithuliswe, ezikhuluma ngokuzigqaja lokweyisa bakhuluma ngobuqholo ngabantu abalungileyo.
19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga Kwakho okugcinele labo abakwesabayo, okunika obala abantu bebona kulabo abaphephela Kuwe.
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Uyabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona Bakho emaqingeni ababi uyabagcina bevikelwe emzini wakhe ezilimini ezichothozayo.
21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
Udumo alube kuThixo ngoba watshengisa uthando lwakhe olumangalisayo kimi ngisedolobheni elihanqiweyo yimpi.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.
Ngiphakathi kokwethuka ngathi, “Sengisusiwe kangisabonakali Kuwe!” Kanti wakuzwa ukukhala kwami ngicela umusa, lapho ngangicela kuwe ukusizwa.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Mthandeni uThixo, lina bangcwele bakhe! UThixo uyabalondoloza abathembekileyo, kodwa abazigqajayo uyabaphindisela ngokugcweleyo.
24 Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Qinani lime isibindi, lonke lina elithemba uThixo.
