Psalms 31
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.
Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyathemba, kangingayangeki lanini, ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.
2 Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Beka kimi indlebe yakho, ngikhulule masinyane, ube lidwala elilamandla kimi, indlu yezinqaba yokungisindisa.
3 For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.
Ngoba wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngakho ngenxa yebizo lakho ngikhokhela ungiqondise.
4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength.
Ngikhupha embuleni abangithiye ngalo ensitha, ngoba uyinqaba yami.
5 Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.
Esandleni sakho ngibeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
6 I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.
Ngibazondile labo abananzelela okuyize kwamanga; kodwa mina ngithembela eNkosini.
7 I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.
Ngizathaba ngithokoze emuseni wakho, ngoba ubonile uhlupho lwami, wazile umphefumulo wami ezinkathazweni.
8 And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
Njalo kawungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngilohlupho; ilihlo lami liqedwa lusizi, umphefumulo wami lesisu sami.
10 For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.
Ngoba impilo yami iphela ngosizi, leminyaka yami ngokububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yeziphambeko zami, lamathambo ami ayaqedwa.
11 Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me.
Sengilihlazo phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, sengiyikwesabeka kwabangejwayeleyo; abangibonayo ngaphandle bayangibalekela.
12 I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
Bakhohlwe ngami njengofileyo enhliziyweni; nginjengesitsha esifileyo.
13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,
Ngoba ngizwile ukunyunda kwabanengi, ukwesaba inhlangothi zonke, becebisana bemelene lami, beceba ukuthatha impilo yami.
14 And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my God.'
Kodwa mina ngithemba kuwe, Nkosi, ngithi: UnguNkulunkulu wami.
15 In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula esandleni sezitha zami lakwabangizingelayo.
16 Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.
Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisindise ngothando lwakho.
17 O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Nkosi, kangingayangeki, ngoba ngikubizile; kabayangeke ababi, bathule engcwabeni. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Kazithuliswe indebe zamanga, ezikhuluma kalukhuni zimelene lolungileyo ngokuzigqaja langokweyisa.
19 How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,
Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga kwakho, okubekele labo abakwesabayo, okwenzela labo abathembela kuwe, phambi kwabantwana babantu!
20 Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.
Uzabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona bakho basuke kumagobe omuntu, ubafihle ethenteni ekuphikisaneni kwenlimi.
21 Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.
Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olumangalisayo emzini oyinqaba.
22 And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Ngoba mina ngathi ekuphangiseni kwami: Ngiqunyiwe ngasuswa phambi kwamehlo akho. Loba kunjalo uzwile ilizwi lokuncenga kwami ekukhaleni kwami kuwe.
23 Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.
Ithandeni iNkosi lonke bangcwele bayo. INkosi ilondoloza abathembekileyo, iyamphindisela kakhulukazi owenze ngokuzigqaja.
24 Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!
Qinani, izaqinisa inhliziyo yenu, lina lonke elithembela eNkosini.
