Amahubo 41

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.

Jehovah will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

4 Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”

My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.

And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,

All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

8 “Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”

An evil disease, they say, clings firm to him. And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

9 Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

11 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.

By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.

And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

13 Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.