Amahubo 10
1 Kungani, Oh Thixo, umela khatshana? Kungani uzifihla ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka?
Why, YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Do You hide in times of adversity?
2 Ngobuqholo bakhe umuntu omubi uzingela ababuthakathaka, abayengeka ngamacebo awakhayo.
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in schemes that they devised.
3 Uzikhukhumeza ngezinkanuko zenhliziyo yakhe; ubusisa abayizihwaba athuke uThixo.
Because the wicked has boasted Of the desire of his soul, And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, He has despised YHWH.
4 Ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwakhe omubi kamdingi uThixo; kuyo yonke imicabango yakhe akulandawo kaNkulunkulu.
The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
5 Izindlela zakhe ziyaphumelela; uyadelela njalo lemithetho yakho ikhatshana laye aneme lapho ebona izitha zakhe.
His ways writhe at all times, Your judgments [are] on high before him, All his adversaries—he puffs at them.
6 Uthi, “Akulalutho olungangixukuxa; ukuthokoza ngokwami lanini, angiyikufa ngahlupheka.”
He has said in his heart, “I am not moved, [And am] not in calamity to generation and generation.”
7 Umlomo wakhe ugcwele amanga lenhlamba lezithuko; ulimi lwakhe luqukethe uhlupho lobubi.
His mouth is full of oaths, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
8 Ucathama ngaphandle kwemizi; avumbuluke lapho abulale abantu abamsulwa, ahlale ecatheme ekusithekeni.
He sits in an ambush of the villages, He slays the innocent in secret places. His eyes secretly watch for the afflicted,
9 Uyacathama njengesilwane ekusithekeni; ucathamela labo abangelamandla; uyabadumela abahudulele emambuleni akhe.
He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor, He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 Ababambileyo uyabachoboza baphangalale; uyabawisa ngamandla akhe.
He is bruised—he bows down, The afflicted has fallen by his mighty ones.
11 Uzitshela athi, “UNkulunkulu usekhohliwe; uyabugubuzela ubuso bakhe angabe esabona.”
He said in his heart, “God has forgotten, He has hid His face, He has never seen.”
12 Vuka, Thixo! Phakamisa isandla sakho, Oh Nkulunkulu. Ungabakhohlwa abazihluphekelayo.
Arise, O YHWH! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.
13 Kungani umuntu omubi ethuka uNkulunkulu na? Kungani na ezitshela esithi, “Kazukungithonisisa?”
Why has the wicked despised God? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
14 Kodwa wena, Oh Nkulunkulu, uyalubona uhlupho losizi; uyakunanzelela ukuze ulamule. Ongelamandla uzilahla kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
You have seen, For You behold perverseness and anger; By giving into Your hand, The afflicted leave [it] on You, You have been a helper of the fatherless.
15 Yephula ingalo yomuntu oxhwalileyo; mthonisise ngokuganga kwakhe obekuzahlala kungaziwa.
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
16 UThixo ungumbusi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zizabhubha elizweni lakhe.
YHWH [is] King for all time and forever, The nations have perished out of His land!
17 Uyazizwa, Oh Thixo, izifiso zabancindezelweyo; uyabaqinisa, ulalele ukukhala kwabo,
You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,
18 ulamulele izintandane labancindezelweyo, ukuze kuthi umuntu, ongowasemhlabeni, angabe esesabeka futhi.
To judge the fatherless and bruised: He adds no more to oppress—man of the earth!
