Amahubo 3
1 Ihubo likaDavida ebalekela indodana yakhe u-Abhisalomu. Oh Thixo banengi kangaka abayizitha zami! Banengi kangaka abangihlaselayo!
A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
2 Abanengi bathi ngami, “UNkulunkulu kayikumhlenga.”
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” (Selah)
3 Kodwa wena uyisihlangu sokungivikela, Oh, Thixo, inkazimulo yami, uphakamisa ikhanda lami.
And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, My glory, and lifter up of my head.
4 Ngikhala kakhulu kuThixo uyangiphendula esentabeni yakhe engcwele.
My voice [is] to YHWH: I call and He answers me from His holy hill, (Selah)
5 Ngilala phansi ngijumeke; ngibuye ngiphaphame, ngoba uThixo uyangilondoloza.
I have lain down, and I sleep, I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me.
6 Angiyikubesaba abangamatshumitshumi ezinkulungwane abangihlaselayo inxa zonke.
I am not afraid of myriads of people, That they have set against me all around.
7 Phakama, awu Thixo Ngisindise, Oh Nkulunkulu wami. Zibethe zonke izitha zami emhlathini; akhumule amazinyo ababi.
Rise, O YHWH! Save me, my God! For You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheek. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8 KuThixo kuvela insindiso. Sengathi isibusiso Sakho singaba sebantwini Bakho.
This salvation [is] of YHWH; Your blessing [is] on Your people! (Selah)
