Amahubo 141
1 Ihubo likaDavida Oh Thixo, ngiyakubiza; woza masinyane kimi. Zwana ilizwi lami nxa ngikubiza.
A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
2 Sengathi umkhuleko wami ungema phambi kwakho njengempepha; kuthi ukuphakama kwezandla zami kube njengomhlatshelo wakusihlwa.
Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
3 Ngibekela umlindi womlomo wami, Oh Thixo, qaphela umnyango wezindebe zami.
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
4 Ungayekeli inhliziyo yami ihugwe ngokubi, ngingene ezenzweni ezimbi labantu abayizigangi; mangingadli izibiliboco zabo.
Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
5 Ake ngitshaywe ngumuntu olungileyo, kungumusa; kake angikhuze, kungamafutha ekhanda lami. Ikhanda lami kaliyikukwala. Ikanti umkhuleko wami uhlezi umelana lezenzo zezigangi.
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 Ababusi bazo bazaphoselwa phansi emaweni, lababi bazafunda ukuthi amazwi ami ayekhulunywe kuhle.
Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7 Bazakuthi, “Njengalowo olimayo eqeqebula umhlabathi, kanjalo amathambo ethu achithiziwe emlonyeni weliba.” (Sheol h7585)
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
8 Kodwa amehlo ami agxile kuwe, Oh Thixo woBukhosi; kuwe ngiyaphephela unganginikeli ekufeni.
For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
9 Ngivikela emijibileni asebeyithiyele mina, ezifini ezithiywe yizigangi.
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
10 Akuthi ababi bawele emambuleni abo, mina ngidlule kuhle ngiphephile.
Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
