Amahubo 10
1 Kungani, Oh Thixo, umela khatshana? Kungani uzifihla ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka?
WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 Ngobuqholo bakhe umuntu omubi uzingela ababuthakathaka, abayengeka ngamacebo awakhayo.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 Uzikhukhumeza ngezinkanuko zenhliziyo yakhe; ubusisa abayizihwaba athuke uThixo.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 Ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwakhe omubi kamdingi uThixo; kuyo yonke imicabango yakhe akulandawo kaNkulunkulu.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 Izindlela zakhe ziyaphumelela; uyadelela njalo lemithetho yakho ikhatshana laye aneme lapho ebona izitha zakhe.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 Uthi, “Akulalutho olungangixukuxa; ukuthokoza ngokwami lanini, angiyikufa ngahlupheka.”
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 Umlomo wakhe ugcwele amanga lenhlamba lezithuko; ulimi lwakhe luqukethe uhlupho lobubi.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 Ucathama ngaphandle kwemizi; avumbuluke lapho abulale abantu abamsulwa, ahlale ecatheme ekusithekeni.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 Uyacathama njengesilwane ekusithekeni; ucathamela labo abangelamandla; uyabadumela abahudulele emambuleni akhe.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 Ababambileyo uyabachoboza baphangalale; uyabawisa ngamandla akhe.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 Uzitshela athi, “UNkulunkulu usekhohliwe; uyabugubuzela ubuso bakhe angabe esabona.”
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Vuka, Thixo! Phakamisa isandla sakho, Oh Nkulunkulu. Ungabakhohlwa abazihluphekelayo.
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Kungani umuntu omubi ethuka uNkulunkulu na? Kungani na ezitshela esithi, “Kazukungithonisisa?”
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Kodwa wena, Oh Nkulunkulu, uyalubona uhlupho losizi; uyakunanzelela ukuze ulamule. Ongelamandla uzilahla kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Yephula ingalo yomuntu oxhwalileyo; mthonisise ngokuganga kwakhe obekuzahlala kungaziwa.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 UThixo ungumbusi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zizabhubha elizweni lakhe.
The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Uyazizwa, Oh Thixo, izifiso zabancindezelweyo; uyabaqinisa, ulalele ukukhala kwabo,
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 ulamulele izintandane labancindezelweyo, ukuze kuthi umuntu, ongowasemhlabeni, angabe esesabeka futhi.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
