< Amahubo 2 >

1 Kungani izizwe zixokozela, labantu besakha amacebo ngeze?
Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
2 Amakhosi omhlaba ayahloma ajame lababusi bahlangana ndawonye bemelana loThixo njalo lalowo ogcotshiweyo wakhe besithi;
The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
3 “Kasiwaqamuleni amaketane abo, silahle izibopho zabo.”
Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!
4 Yena osesihlalweni ezulwini uyahleka; uThixo uyabahleka.
He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:
5 Abesebakhalimela ngolaka, abathuthumelise ngentukuthelo yakhe, esithi,
Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
6 “Sengiyibekile eyami inkosi phezu kweZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele.”
Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.
7 Ngizasimemezela isimiso sikaThixo: Wathi kimi, “UyiNdodana yami; lamhla sengibe nguyihlo.
Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:
8 Cela kimi, ngizakwenza izizwe zibe yilifa lakho, imikhawulo yomhlaba kube yinotho yakho.
Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:
9 Uzazibusa ngentonga yobukhosi eyensimbi, uzazibhidliza zicubuzeke njengebumba.”
Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, —as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
10 Ngakho-ke lina makhosi, limukani, liyaxwayiswa lina babusi bomhlaba.
Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
11 Mkhonzeni uThixo ngokumesaba, lithokozele umbuso wakhe ngokuthuthumela.
Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:
12 Ikhothameleni iNdodana, funa ithukuthele beselibhujiswa endleleni yenu, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingavutha ngesikhatshana. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuye.
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, —How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

< Amahubo 2 >