Amahubo 31
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Kuwe Thixo, sengithole isiphephelo; mangingayangiswa lanini; ngihlenga ngokulunga Kwakho.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Ngilalela, woza ngokuphangisa ungihlenge; woba lidwala lami lokuphephela, inqaba eqinileyo yokungisindisa.
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
3 Njengoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami, ngikhokhela ungihole ngenxa yegama Lakho.
For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Ngikhulula emjibileni othiyelwe mina, ngoba uyisiphephelo sami.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
5 Ezandleni Zakho nginikela umphefumulo wami; ngihlenga, Oh Thixo, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 Ngiyabazonda labo abanamathela izithombe eziyize; ngithemba kuThixo.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 Ngizathokoza ngijabule othandweni Lwakho, ngoba wakubona ukuhlupheka kwami wabazi ubuhlungu bomphefumulo wami.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 Kawungifuqelanga esitheni kodwa ugxilise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.
9 Woba lomusa kimi, Oh Thixo, ngoba ngiyahlupheka; amehlo ami ayafiphala ngenxa yosizi, umphefumulo wami lomzimba wami ngokudabuka.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.
10 Impilo yami incitshiswa yikukhathazeka, leminyaka yami yikububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yokuhlupheka kwami, lamathambo ami aphela amandla.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 Ngenxa yezitha zami, sengiyinhlekisa enjani kubomakhelwane; sengiyinhlekisa kubangane bami labo abangibonayo ezindleleni bayangibalekela.
I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.
12 Sebekhohliwe ngami kungathi sengafa; senginjengembiza yebumba ehlephukileyo.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 Ngoba ngizwa izingoma zabanengi; kulezisongo inxa zonke; bakha amasu okungilimaza, njalo baceba ukuchitha impilo yami.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 Kodwa ngiyethemba Kuwe, Thixo; ngithi, “UnguNkulunkulu wami.”
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
15 Izikhathi zami zisezandleni Zakho; ngisindisa ezitheni zami lakulabo abangizingelayo.
My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Ubuso Bakho mabukhazimulele encekwini Yakho; ngisindisa ngothando Lwakho olungehlulekiyo.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 Mangingahlaziswa, Oh Thixo, ngoba sengikhalile Kuwe; kodwa akuthi ababi bahlaziswe balale bathule zwi ethuneni. (Sheol h7585)
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
18 Akuthi izindebe zabo zamanga zithuliswe, ezikhuluma ngokuzigqaja lokweyisa bakhuluma ngobuqholo ngabantu abalungileyo.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga Kwakho okugcinele labo abakwesabayo, okunika obala abantu bebona kulabo abaphephela Kuwe.
[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Uyabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona Bakho emaqingeni ababi uyabagcina bevikelwe emzini wakhe ezilimini ezichothozayo.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Udumo alube kuThixo ngoba watshengisa uthando lwakhe olumangalisayo kimi ngisedolobheni elihanqiweyo yimpi.
Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
22 Ngiphakathi kokwethuka ngathi, “Sengisusiwe kangisabonakali Kuwe!” Kanti wakuzwa ukukhala kwami ngicela umusa, lapho ngangicela kuwe ukusizwa.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.
23 Mthandeni uThixo, lina bangcwele bakhe! UThixo uyabalondoloza abathembekileyo, kodwa abazigqajayo uyabaphindisela ngokugcweleyo.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Qinani lime isibindi, lonke lina elithemba uThixo.
Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
