Psalms 50
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.
Ihubo lika-Asafi. USomandla, uNkulunkulu, uThixo, uyakhuluma, ubiza umhlaba kusukela okuphuma khona ilanga kuze kufike lapho elitshona khona.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
EseZiyoni, epheleleyo ngobuhle, uNkulunkulu uyakhazimula.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.
UNkulunkulu wethu uyeza, kayikuthula; umlilo uyahangula phambi kwakhe, emaceleni akhe kukhukhula isiphepho.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Ubiza amazulu ngaphezulu lomhlaba, ukuze ehlulele abantu bakhe:
5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
“Qoqani kimi abahlanjululiweyo bami, abenza isivumelwano lami ngemihlatshelo.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. (Selah)
Lamazulu atshumayela ukulunga kwakhe; ngoba uNkulunkulu ngumahluleli ngokwakhe.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
“Zwanini, bantu bami, ngizakhuluma; yebo Israyeli, ngizafakaza ngimelane lawe; nginguNkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wakho
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
Kangikukhuzi ngemihlatshelo yakho kumbe iminikelo yakho yokutshiswa, ehlezi ikhona phambi kwami.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds.
Angisweli inkunzi ephuma esibayeni sakho kumbe imbuzi zesilugu sakho,
10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
ngoba yiphi layiphi inyamazana yeganga ngeyami, lenkomo ezisemaqaqeni azinkulungwane.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
Ngazi zonke izinyoni ezisezintabeni, lezidalwa zeganga ngezami.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fullness thereof.
Aluba ngangingolambayo ngangingekulitshela, ngoba umhlaba ngowami, lakho konke okukuwo.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Ngidla inyama yezinkunzi yini kumbe nginatha igazi lembuzi na?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High:
Yenzani imihlatshelo yokubonga kuNkulunkulu, gcwalisani izifungo zenu koPhezukonke,
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
njalo lize kimi mhla lisekuhluphekeni; ngizalikhulula, lani lizangidumisa.”
16 But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Kodwa kwababi, uNkulunkulu uthi: “Lilelungelo bani ukukhuluma imithetho yami kumbe liphathe isivumelwano sami ezindebeni zenu na?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Liyazizonda iziqondiso zami, lilahlela amazwi ami emuva kwenu.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Lithi lingabona isela lihle libambane lalo; lisuka lingenelane lezifebe.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Lisebenzisa imilomo yenu ukukhuluma okubi lifundise ulimi lwenu inkohliso.
20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
Linyeya umfowenu njalonjalo, limgcone umntakanyoko uqobo.
21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Lizenzile lezizinto ngazithulela; lalikhumbula ukuthi ngifana lani. Kodwa ngizalikhuza ngilibonisa icala lenu obala.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
Nanzelelani lokhu, lina elikhohlwa uNkulunkulu, funa ngilidabudabule, kungekho ongalilamulela:
23 Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] deportment [aright] will I show the salvation of God.
Lowo onikela iminikelo yokubonga uyangidumisa, njalo ulungisa indlela ukuze ngimtshengise insindiso yami.”
