Amahubo 108
1 Ingoma. Ihubo likaDavida. Inhliziyo yami ibambelele, kayiguquki, Oh Nkulunkulu; ngizahlabela ngenze iculo elimnandi ngomoya wami wonke.
A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.
2 Vuka, mhubhe lechacho! Ngizayivusa intathakusa.
Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.
3 Ngizakudumisa, yebo Thixo, phakathi kwezizwe; ngizahlabela ngawe phakathi kwabantu.
I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations.
4 Ngoba lukhulu uthando lwakho, luphakame kulamazulu; ukwethembeka kwakho kufinyelela emkhathini.
For great above the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.
5 Kawuphakanyiswe, yebo Nkulunkulu, ngaphezu kwamazulu, akuthi inkazimulo yakho ibe khona emhlabeni wonke.
Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.
6 Sisindise usisize ngesandla sakho sokunene, ukuze kuthi laba obathandayo bakhululwe.
That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.
7 UNkulunkulu usekhulumile esendlini yakhe engcwele: “Ngokunqoba ngizayaba iShekhemu ngihlole leSigodi saseSukhothi.
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
8 Ngeyami iGiliyadi, loManase ngowami; u-Efrayimi yisivikelo sekhanda lami, uJuda uyintonga yami yobukhosi.
Mine [is] Gilead, mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver,
9 IMowabi ngumganu wami wokugezela, phezu kuka-Edomi ngiphosela amanyathelo ami; phezu kweFilistiya ngihalalisa umkhosi wokunqoba.”
Moab [is] a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.
10 Ngubani ozangisa emzini olenqaba na? Ngubani ozangiholela e-Edomi na?
Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom?
11 Kakusuwe na, Oh Nkulunkulu, wena osusikhalele, ongasaphumi lathi ezimpini zethu?
Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!
12 Ake usisize ezitheni zethu, ngoba usizo lomuntu luyize.
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.
13 Nxa siloNkulunkulu sizanqoba, njalo uzazinyathelela phansi izitha zethu.
In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!
