Amahubo 109

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo. Oh Nkulunkulu, wena engikudumisayo, ungali ulokhu uthule,

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.

2 ngoba abantu ababi abalenkohliso bayivulile imilomo yabo bekhuluma ngami; bakhuluma bengigcona ngendimi zabo zamanga.

For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

3 Bangihonqolozela ngamazwi enzondo; bayangisukela nje kungelasizatho.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

4 Ukubathanda kwami bakuphindisela ngokungisola, kodwa ngingumuntu womkhuleko.

For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.

5 Bangiphindisela okuhle ngokubi, langenzondo ukubathanda kwami.

And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

6 Bathi, “Khethani umuntu omubi ozamelana laye; ombeka icala kame kwesokunene sakhe.

Set thou the wicked ouer him, and let the aduersarie stand at his right hand.

7 Nxa esethonisiswa kafunyanwe elecala, futhi sengathi imikhuleko yakhe ingamlahla.

Whe he shalbe iudged, let him be condemned, and let his praier be turned into sinne.

8 Sengathi insuku zakhe zingabazilutshwana; kakube lomunye ozathatha isikhundla sakhe sobukhokheli.

Let his daies be fewe, and let another take his charge.

9 Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zintandane lomkakhe abe ngumfelokazi.

Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.

10 Sengathi abantwabakhe bangaba zinzulane zeziceli; sengathi bangaxotshwa emizini yabo esingamanxiwa.

Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.

11 Sengathi lowo aboleke kuye angamemuka konke alakho; sengathi labezizweni bangaphanga izithelo zamandla akhe.

Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.

12 Akungabikhona omenzela umusa loba ozwela izintandane zakhe.

Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.

13 Sengathi izizukulwane zakhe zingaphela, amabizo abo esulwe esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.

Let his posteritie be destroied, and in the generation following let their name be put out.

14 Sengathi ububi bukayise bungakhunjulwa phambi kukaThixo, sengathi isono sikanina singacitshi lanini.

Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.

15 Sengathi izono zabo zingahlala zisobala phambi kukaThixo, ukuze aphelise du ukukhunjulwa kwabo emhlabeni.

But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.

16 Ngoba kazange akhumbule ukwenza umusa kodwa wabazingelela ukufa abayanga labaswelayo labadabukileyo enhliziyweni.

Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.

17 Wayekuthanda ukwethesa isithuko, sengathi singehlela kuye. Wayengakuthandi ukubusisa sengathi kungaba khatshana laye.

As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

18 Wayevunula ukuthuka njengesigqoko; kwangena emzimbeni wakhe njengamanzi, emathanjeni akhe njengamafutha.

As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

19 Sengathi kungaba njengengubo athandelwe ngayo njengebhanti abotshwe ngalo lanini.”

Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

20 Sengathi lokhu kungaba yisijeziso sikaThixo kulabo abangethesa amacala, labo abakhuluma okubi ngami.

Let this be the rewarde of mine aduersarie from the Lord, and of them, that speake euill against my soule.

21 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo woBukhosi, ngenzela kuhle ngenxa yebizo lakho; ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho akungikhulule.

But thou, O Lord my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)

22 Ngoba ngingumyanga ngiyaswela, lenhliziyo yami ilimele ngaphakathi kwami.

Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.

23 Ngiyafiphala njengethunzi lakusihlwa; ngiyaphetshulwa njengentethe.

I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.

24 Amadolo ami asebuthakathaka ngokuzila ukudla; umzimba wami usuzacile usutshwabhene.

My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.

25 Sengiyinto yokuhlekisa kulabo abangibeka amacala; bathi bengibona banyikinye amakhanda abo.

I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.

26 Akungisize, Oh Thixo Nkulunkulu wami; ngisindisa ngokuya ngothando lwakho.

Helpe me, O Lord my God: saue me according to thy mercie.

27 Kumele bakwazi ukuthi lokhu ngokwesandla sakho; wena, Oh Thixo, nguwe okwenzileyo.

And they shall know, that this is thine hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it.

28 Bangangiqalekisa, kodwa wena uzabusisa; bathi bayahlasela bayangiswe, kodwa inceku yakho izathokoza.

Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.

29 Abangivukelayo kabembeswe ihlazo bagoqelwe ngokuyangeka njengengubo.

Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.

30 Ngomlomo wami ngizambabaza kakhulu uThixo; ngisemphakathini ngizamdumisa.

I will giue thankes vnto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among ye multitude.

31 Ngoba umi ngakwesokunene salowo oswelayo, ukusindisa impilo yakhe kulabo abamnikela ekufeni.

For he will stand at the right hand of the poore, to saue him from them that woulde condemne his soule.