Amahubo 144
1 ElikaDavida. Udumo kalube kuThixo iDwala lami, yena ofundisa izandla zami ukulwa impi, leminwe yami ukuhlasela.
“By David.” Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who exerciseth my hands for the battle, my fingers for the war:
2 UnguNkulunkulu wami othandekayo lenqaba yami, inqaba yami lomkhululi wami, isihlangu sami engiphephela kuso, othobisa abantu bami ngaphansi kwami.
My kindness, and my strong-hold; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 Kambe Thixo, umuntu uyini ungaze umnanze, indodana yomuntu ukuthi uyikhumbule na?
Lord, what is man, that thou takest cognizance of him: the son of a mortal, that thou regardest him!
4 Umuntu unjengomphefumulo; insuku zakhe zinjengesithunzi esidlulayo masinyane.
Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Yahlukanisa izulu lakho, Oh Thixo, wehlele phansi; thinta izintaba, ukuze zithunqe intuthu.
O Lord, bend thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6 Thumela umbane uzihlakaze izitha; phosa imitshoko yakho zichitheke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: send out thy arrows, and confound them.
7 Yelula isandla sakho sisuka phezulu; ngihlenga ungikhulule emanzini alamandla abezizweni
Stretch out thy hands from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the children of the stranger.
8 omilomo yabo igcwele amanga, ozandla zabo zokunene zilenkohliso.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.
9 Ngizakuhlabelela ingoma entsha, Oh Nkulunkulu; ngechacho lezintambo ezilitshumi ngizakutshayela ingoma,
O God, a new song will I sing unto thee: upon the ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praises unto thee.
10 kuye yedwa onika amakhosi ukunqoba, ohlenga inceku yakhe uDavida enkembeni ebulalayo.
[Thou art he] that giveth victory unto kings: who riddeth David his servant from the evil-bringing sword.
11 Ngihlenge, ungikhulule ezandleni zabezizwe omilomo yabo igcwele amanga, ozandla zabo zokunene zilenkohliso.
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of the children of the stranger, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.
12 Kuzakuthi amadodana ethu ebutsheni bawo azakuba njengezihlahla ezikhuliswa kuhle, kuthi amadodakazi ethu abe njengezinsika ezibazelwe ukucecisa isigodlo.
So that our sons may be like plants, grown up in their youth: our daughters, like corner-pillars, sculptured in the model of a palace.
13 Iziphala zethu zizagcwala ngemihlobo yonke yokudla. Izimvu zethu zizakwanda ngezinkulungwane, ngamatshumi ezinkulungwane emadlelweni ethu;
May our garners be full, furnishing all manner of store: our sheep bringing forth thousands and ten thousands in our open pastures.
14 inkabi zethu zizadonsa imithwalo enzima. Akusayikuba khona ukubhidlizwa kwemiduli, ukuya ebugqilini, lokukhala kosizi emigwaqweni yakithi.
May our oxen be strong to labor: may there be no breach, nor migration, nor loud complaint in our streets.
15 Babusisiwe labobantu lokhu okuzakwenzakala kubo; babusisiwe abantu oNkulunkulu wabo ngu Thixo.
Happy the people, that fare thus: happy the people, whose God is the Lord.
