Amahubo 51
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Lapho umphrofethi uNathani efike kuye emveni kokuba uDavida efebe loBhathishebha. Ake ungihawukele, awu Nkulunkulu, ngenxa yothando lwakho olungaphuthiyo; ngenxa yesihawu sakho esikhulu yesula iziphambeko zami.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
2 Hlanza wonke amanyala ami ungihlambulule esonweni sami.
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 Phela ngiyazazi iziphambeko zami, isono sami sihlezi siphambi kwami.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Ngenzile isono kuwe, wena wedwa, ngenza okubi phambi kwakho, ukuze kukhanye ukuthi wena uqondile nxa ukhuluma njalo kube kufanele nxa usahlulela.
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
5 Ngeqiniso ngavele ngazalwa ngilesono, ngaba yisoni ngiqalisa esiswini sikamama.
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
6 Ngempela wena ufuna iqiniso elisuka emibilini; uyangifundisa ukuhlakanipha ngaphakathi kwami.
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Ngihlanza ngehisophi ngihlambuluke; ngigezisa ngibemhlophe kuleliqhwa.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Mangizwe intokozo lokuthaba; makuthi amathambo owacobozileyo ajabule.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
9 Fihla ubuso bakho esonweni sami ucitshe nya wonke amanyala ami.
Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Dala phakathi kwami inhliziyo ehlanzekileyo, Oh Nkulunkulu uvuselele ngaphakathi kwami umoya othembekileyo.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Ungangilahli ebusweni bakho kumbe ususe kimi uMoya oNgcwele.
Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Buyisela kimi intokozo yokusindisa kwakho njalo ungiphe umoya ovumayo ukuthi ungisekele.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
13 Lapho-ke ngizafundisa abonayo izindlela zakho, lezoni zizabuyela kuwe.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
14 Ngikhulula ecaleni lokuchitha igazi, Oh Nkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu ongisindisayo, njalo ulimi lwami luzahlabelela ukulunga kwakho.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
15 Oh Thixo, vula izindebe zami, umlomo wami uzamemezela indumiso yakho.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
16 Kawuthokoziswa yimihlatshelo, ngoba bengizawuletha; kawuthakazeleli iminikelo yokutshiswa.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 Imihlatshelo kaNkulunkulu iyinhliziyo edabukileyo; inhliziyo edabukileyo, ezisolayo, awu Nkulunkulu, kawuyikuyilahla.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
18 Nxa kuyintando yakho phumelelisa iZiyoni; yakha imiduli yeJerusalema.
In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Lapho-ke kuzakuba lemihlatshelo elungileyo, iminikelo yokutshiswa egcweleyo elungileyo, lapho-ke inkunzi zizanikelwa e-alithareni lakho.
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
