Amahubo 60

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela. Kulandelwa itshuni ethi, “Iluba lesiVumelwano.” Imikithamu kaDavida. Elokufundisa. Lapho alwa lo-Aramu Naharayimu lo-Aramu Zobha, njalo lapho uJowabi athi ekubuyeni kwakhe walahla phansi ama-Edomi azinkulungwane ezilitshumi lambili eSigodini seTswayi. Ususilahlile, Oh Nkulunkulu, wabhidliza izinqaba zethu; ubukade uthukuthele, manje ake usivuselele!

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILY OF TESTIMONY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, TO TEACH, IN HIS STRIVING WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, WHEN JOAB TURNS BACK AND STRIKES EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT—TWELVE THOUSAND. O God, You had cast us off, You had broken us—had been angry! You turn back to us.

2 Usulizamazamisile ilizwe waliqhekeza; namathisela iminkenke yalo ngoba selivevezela.

You have caused the land to tremble, You have broken it, Heal its breaches, for it has moved.

3 Ubabonisile abantu bakho izikhathi ezilukhuni; usiphe iwayini elisenza sidiyazele.

You have shown Your people a hard thing, You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.

4 Kodwa kulabo abakwesabayo usuphakamise uphawu lokubahlanganisa ndawonye.

You have given an ensign to those fearing You, To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)

5 Sisindise, usisize ngesandla sakho sokunene, ukuze bonke labo obathandayo bakhululwe.

That Your beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.

6 UNkulunkulu usekhulumile esendlini yakhe engcwele: “Ngokunqoba ngizayaba iShekhemu, ngihlole leSigodi saseSukhothi.

God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,

7 Ngeyami iGiliyadi, loManase ngowami; u-Efrayimi yisivikelo sekhanda lami, uJuda uyintonga yami yobukhosi.

Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,

8 IMowabi ngumganu wami wokugezela, phezu kuka-Edomi ngiphosela amanyathelo ami; phezu kweFilistiya ngihalalisa umkhosi wokunqoba.”

Moab [is] My pot for washing, Over Edom I cast My shoe, Shout, concerning Me, O Philistia.

9 Ngubani ozangisa emzini olenqaba na? Ngubani ozangiholela e-Edomi na?

Who brings me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who has led me to Edom?

10 Kakusuwe na, Oh Nkulunkulu, wena osusilahlile, ongasaphumi lathi ezimpini zethu?

Is it not You, O God? Have You cast us off? And do You not go forth, O God, with our hosts?

11 Ake usisize ezitheni zethu, ngoba usizo lomuntu luyize.

Give to us help from adversity, And the deliverance of man [is] vain.

12 Nxa siloNkulunkulu sizanqoba, njalo uzazinyathelela phansi izitha zethu.

We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!