Amahubo 41
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
2 UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
3 UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath 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 — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.
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 thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
