Psalms 39
1 To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.'
Ngathi: Ngizaqaphelisa izindlela zami, ukuze ngingoni ngolimi lwami; ngizagcina umlomo wami ngetomu, omubi esesekhona phambi kwami.
2 I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Ngaba yisimungulu ngokuthula; ngathula kokuhle; lokuhlupheka kwami kwavuswa.
3 Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
Inhliziyo yami yatshisa phakathi kwami, ngisacabanga umlilo wavutha; ngakhuluma ngolimi lwami,
4 'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],' I know how frail I [am].
ngathi: Nkosi, ngazisa isiphetho sami lesilinganiso sensuku zami ukuthi siyini, ukuze ngazi ukuthi ngiyedlula kangakanani.
5 Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. (Selah)
Khangela, wenze insuku zami zaba yibubanzi besandla, lobudala bami bunjengento engesilutho phambi kwakho; isibili ngulowo lalowomuntu ekumeni kwakhe uyize nje. (Sela)
6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
Isibili, umuntu uhambahamba esesithunzini; isibili, bayakhathazeka ngeze; uyabuthelela, kodwa kazi ukuthi ngubani ozakubutha.
7 And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope — it [is] of Thee.
Pho-ke, ngilindeleni, Nkosi? Ithemba lami likuwe.
8 From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.
Ngikhulula kuzo zonke iziphambeko zami. Ungangenzi ihlazo lesithutha.
9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].
Ngaba yisimungulu, kangivulanga umlomo wami, ngoba wakwenza wena.
10 Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
Susa uswazi lwakho kimi, ngoba ngiyaqedwa yisidutshulo sesandla sakho.
11 With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. (Selah)
Lapho ulaya umuntu ngokukhuza ngenxa yesiphambeko, wenza ubuhle bakhe buncibilike njengenundu; isibili ngulowo lalowomuntu uyize. (Sela)
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Zwana umkhuleko wami, Nkosi, ubeke indlebe ekukhaleni kwami; ungathuleli izinyembezi zami, ngoba ngingowemzini kuwe, ohlala njengowezizwe, njengabo bonke obaba.
13 Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
Ungangihwaqeli ukuze ngihlumelele, ngingakasuki, ngingabe ngisaba khona.
