Psalms 32

1 By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Ubusisiwe lowo osiphambeko sakhe sithethelelwe, osono sakhe sisitshekelwe.

2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engambaleli ububi, lokungekho inkohliso emoyeni wakhe.

3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Lapho ngathula, amathambo ami aguga ngenxa yokubhonga kwami usuku lonke.

4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. (Selah)

Ngoba emini lebusuku isandla sakho sasinzima phezu kwami; ubumanzi bami baguqulelwa ekomeni kwehlobo. (Sela)

5 I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)

Ngakwazisa isono sami, kangifihlanga isiphambeko sami, ngathi: Ngizavuma ngeziphambeko zami eNkosini. Wena wasuthethelela icala lesono sami. (Sela)

6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

Ngenxa yalokhu ngulowo lalowo owesaba uNkulunkulu uzakhuleka kuwe ngesikhathi ongatholwa ngaso. Isibili, esikhukhuleni samanzi amakhulu kawayikufinyelela kuye.

7 You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

Wena uyindawo yami yokucatsha, uyangilondoloza ekuhluphekeni, ungiphahle ngamahubo okukhululwa. (Sela)

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Ngizakulaya ngikufundise endleleni ozahamba ngayo, ngizakweluleka, ilihlo lami libe phezu kwakho.

9 Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

Ungabi njengebhiza, njengembongolo engelakuqedisisa, omlomo wayo onqandwa ngomkhala langetomu, hlezi kusondele kuwe.

10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.

Zinengi izinhlupheko zomubi, kodwa othembela eNkosini, umusa uzamphahla.

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Jabulani eNkosini, lithabe, balungileyo; memezani ngokuthaba, lonke baqotho enhliziyweni.