Amahubo 41
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” Happy is he that careth for the poor: on the day of evil will the Lord deliver him.
2 UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy on the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the revengeful desire of his enemies.
3 UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
The Lord will sustain him upon the bed of painful disease: thou changest all his couch in his sickness.
4 Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
I said, Lord, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
My enemies speak evil of me, 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 come to see [me], he speaketh falsely: his heart gathereth wickedness to itself; he goeth abroad [and] speaketh it.
7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,
Altogether whisper against me all that hate me: against me do they devise my injury.
8 “Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”
“His godless deed [say they] is poured out over him: as he lieth there he will never more rise up again.”
9 Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
Yea, even the man that should have sought my welfare, in whom I trusted, who eateth my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
But thou, O Lord, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite it unto them.
11 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
By this do I know that thou art pleased with me, that my enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
But as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and placest me before thy presence for ever.
13 Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. BEGIM
