Amahubo 41

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

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

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

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

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

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, LORD, be merciful to 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 shall 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 cometh to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

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

An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more.

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

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of 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 merciful to 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 favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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

Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and amen.