< Amahubo 147 >

1 Dumisani uThixo. Kuhle kangakanani ukuhlabela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wethu, kumnandi njalo kufanele ukumbonga!
Praise YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant—lovely [is] praise.
2 UThixo uyalakha iJerusalema; aqoqe labo abahlakazekileyo baka-Israyeli.
YHWH [is] building Jerusalem, He gathers the driven away of Israel.
3 Uyabathoba abadabukileyo enhliziyweni abophe amanxeba abo.
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 Umisile ubunengi bezinkanyezi aziqambe leyo laleyo ngamabizo.
Appointing the number of the stars, He gives names to all of them.
5 INkosi yethu inkulu, njalo makhulu amandla ayo; ukuzwisisa kwayo kakulamkhawulo.
Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, There is no narration of His understanding.
6 UThixo uyabasekela abathobekileyo kodwa abaphosele phansi ababi.
YHWH is causing the meek to stand, Making the wicked low to the earth.
7 Hlabelani kuThixo ngokubonga; litshaye amachacho kuNkulunkulu wethu.
Answer to YHWH with thanksgiving, Sing to our God with a harp.
8 Uyembesa umkhathi ngamayezi; awuphe umhlaba izulu njalo akhulise utshani ezintabeni.
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing rain for the earth, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
9 Unika inkomo utshani aphe lamatsiyane amawabayi nxa esekhala.
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 Ukuthokoza kwakhe kakukho emandleni ebhiza, loba injabulo yakhe ekuqineni kwemilenze yomuntu;
He does not delight in the might of the horse, He is not pleased in the legs of a man.
11 UThixo uthokoza ngalabo abamesabayo, ababeka ithemba labo ethandweni lwakhe olungaphuthiyo.
YHWH is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 Umbabaze uThixo, Oh Jerusalema; dumisa uNkulunkulu wakho, Oh Ziyoni.
Glorify, O Jerusalem, YHWH, Praise your God, O Zion.
13 Ngoba uyaqinisa imigoqo yamasango akho, abusise labantu bakho ngaphakathi kwakho.
For He strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your sons in your midst.
14 Wenza ukuthula emikhawulweni yelizwe lakho. Njalo ukusuthisa ngamabele amahle kakhulu.
Who is making your border peace, He satisfies you [with] the fat of wheat.
15 Uthumela umlayo wakhe emhlabeni; ilizwi lakhe ligijima masinyane.
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, His word runs very speedily.
16 Wendlala ungqwaqwane njengoboya bezimvu ahaze iliqhwa njengomlotha.
Who is giving snow like wool, He scatters hoarfrost as ashes.
17 Uphosela phansi isiqhotho sakhe njengamatshe. Ngubani ongamelana lomfutho wakhe olomqando na?
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Who stands before His cold?
18 Uthumela ilizwi lakhe konke kuncibilike; aphephethise umoya wakhe amanzi ageleze.
He sends forth His word and melts them, He causes His wind to blow—the waters flow.
19 Ulivezile ilizwi lakhe kuJakhobe, imithetho yakhe lezahlulelo ku-Israyeli.
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 Lokhu kazange akwenzele esinye isizwe; kaziyazi imithetho yakhe. Dumisani uThixo.
He has not done so to any nation, As for judgments, they have not known them. Praise YAH!

< Amahubo 147 >