Amahubo 2
1 Kungani izizwe zixokozela, labantu besakha amacebo ngeze?
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2 Amakhosi omhlaba ayahloma ajame lababusi bahlangana ndawonye bemelana loThixo njalo lalowo ogcotshiweyo wakhe besithi;
The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
3 “Kasiwaqamuleni amaketane abo, silahle izibopho zabo.”
“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
4 Yena osesihlalweni ezulwini uyahleka; uThixo uyabahleka.
He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
5 Abesebakhalimela ngolaka, abathuthumelise ngentukuthelo yakhe, esithi,
Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
6 “Sengiyibekile eyami inkosi phezu kweZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele.”
Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
7 Ngizasimemezela isimiso sikaThixo: Wathi kimi, “UyiNdodana yami; lamhla sengibe nguyihlo.
The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
8 Cela kimi, ngizakwenza izizwe zibe yilifa lakho, imikhawulo yomhlaba kube yinotho yakho.
Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 Uzazibusa ngentonga yobukhosi eyensimbi, uzazibhidliza zicubuzeke njengebumba.”
You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
10 Ngakho-ke lina makhosi, limukani, liyaxwayiswa lina babusi bomhlaba.
And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
11 Mkhonzeni uThixo ngokumesaba, lithokozele umbuso wakhe ngokuthuthumela.
Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
12 Ikhothameleni iNdodana, funa ithukuthele beselibhujiswa endleleni yenu, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingavutha ngesikhatshana. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuye.
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.
