Amahubo 41
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.
2 UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.
3 UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.
4 Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”
5 Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!
6 Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.
And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.
7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 “Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”
A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.
9 Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,
10 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.
11 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.
12 Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.
13 Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.
