Amahubo 139
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo. Oh Thixo, usungihlolile usungazi.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Uyakwazi lapho ngihlala lalapho ngiphakama; uyayibona imicabango yami lanxa ukhatshana.
Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Uyananzelela ukuphuma kwami lokulala phansi kwami; uzazi kuhle zonke izindlela zami.
Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 Ilizwi lingakabi khona elimini lwami usulazi lonke, wena Thixo.
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Uyangihonqolozela emuva laphambili; ubekile isandla sakho phezu kwami.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 Ukwazi okunje kungumangaliso kimi, kuphakeme kakhulu ngeke ngikufinyelele.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Ngingaya ngaphi ngisuke eMoyeni wakho na? Ngingabalekela ngaphi ngisuke kuwe na?
Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Aluba ngindiza ngamaphiko okusa, aluba ngisehlela ngaphetsheya kolwandle,
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 lalapho isandla sakho sizangikhokhela, isandla sakho sokunene sizangibamba singiqinise.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 Nxa ngisithi, “Ngempela ubumnyama buzangifihla ukukhanya kube yibusuku eduze kwami,”
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 lalobo bumnyama kabukuba mnyama kuwe; ubusuku buzakhanya njengemini, ngoba ubumnyama buyikukhanya kuwe.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 Ngoba wadala ingaphakathi yobuyimi; wangiphetha kuhle ndawonye esiswini sikamama.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 Ngiyakudumisa ngokuthi ngabunjwa ngesimanga esesabekayo; iyamangalisa imisebenzi yakho, lokho ngikwazi kamhlophe.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth
15 Isimo samathambo ami sasingafihlekanga kuwe lapho ngangisenziwa endaweni esithekileyo. Lapho ngangiselukelwa ndawonye ezinzikini zomhlaba,
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 amehlo akho awubona umzimba wami ungakabi lesimo. Zonke insuku ezamiselwa mina zabhalwa encwadini yakho lalunye lwazo lungakabi khona.
Thy eyes saw my substance, not yet formed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 Iligugu elinganani kimi imicabango yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu! Bukhulu kanganani ubunengi bayo!
How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 Aluba ngingayibala ingedlula ubunengi bezinhlamvu zetshebetshebe. Ngithi nxa ngivuka ngibe ngilokhu ngilawe.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Ungasake ubabulale ababi, awu Nkulunkulu! Sukani kimi lina bachithi begazi!
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 Bakhuluma ngawe beqonde ububi; abakuphikisayo badlala ngebizo lakho.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Kangibazondi yini abakuzondayo na Oh, Thixo, ngibenyanye labo abakuvukelayo na?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 Ngiyabazonda ngenzondo yonke; ngithi bayizitha zami.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
23 Ngihlola, Oh Nkulunkulu, uyazi inhliziyo yami; ngizama ukuze wazi ukunqineka kwemicabango yami.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 Ake ubone ingabe kulendledlana embi kimi, ungihole ngendlela yaphakade.
And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
