Amahubo 68
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo. Ingoma. UNkulunkulu kaphakame, izitha zakhe azihlakazwe; izitha zakhe azimbalekele.
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.
2 Njengentuthu iphetshulwa ngumoya lawe baphephulele kude; njengengcino encibilikiswa ngumlilo, ababi kababhubhe phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.
3 Kodwa sekungathi abalungileyo bangajabula bathokoze phambi kukaNkulunkulu; sengathi bangathaba bathokoze.
But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.
4 Hlabelelani kuNkulunkulu, hlabelelani indumiso ebizweni lakhe, mphakamiseni yena ohlezi phezu kwamayezi lithokoze phambi kwakhe obizo lakhe nguThixo.
Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.
5 Uyise wezintandane, umlamuleli wabafelokazi, nguNkulunkulu emzini wakhe ongcwele.
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
6 UNkulunkulu uyabalungisela indawo ezimulini labo abalesizungu, ukhokhela izibotshwa ngokuhlabela; kodwa abahlamuki bahlala elizweni elomileyo.
Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.
7 Kwathi lapho ukhokhela abantu bakho, Oh Nkulunkulu, lapho wawudabula elizweni eliyinkangala,
O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah)
8 umhlaba wanyikinyeka, umkhathi walithulula izulu, phambi kukaNkulunkulu, onguYena oweSinayi, phambi kukaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.
9 Wanisa izulu elinengi, Oh Nkulunkulu; wavuselela ilifa lakho elaselikhathele.
You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.
10 Abantu bakho bahlala kulo bazinza, kwathi ngokuphana kwakho Nkulunkulu, wabaphakela abangabayanga.
Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.
11 INkosi yalikhupha ilizwi, kwaba labanengi kakhulu abalimemezelayo besithi,
The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.
12 “Makhosi lamabutho phangisani libaleke; ezihonqweni amakhosikazi abelana impango.
Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.
13 Khonapho lisalele phakathi kwemililo yezihonqo, impiko zejuba lami zihuqiwe ngesiliva, izinsiba zalo ngegolide elikhazimulayo.”
Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
14 Lapho uSomandla wawahlakaza amakhosi elizwe, kwakunjengongqwaqwane eqoqene phezu kweZalimoni.
When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon.
15 Izintaba zeBhashani yizintaba ezilesithunzi; zilezindongandonga izintaba zaseBhashani.
A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.
16 Kungani linyonkoloza ngomona, lina zintaba ezindongandonga, leyontaba uNkulunkulu akhetha ukubusa kuyo, lapho uThixo ngokwakhe uzahlala khona lanini?
Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.
17 Izinqola zikaNkulunkulu zingamatshumi ezinkulungwane; lezinkulungwane zezinkulungwane; iNkosi isifikile ivela eSinayi yangena endlini yayo engcwele.
The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.
18 Wathi ekukhuphukeni kwakho uqansa, wakhokhela abathunjiweyo; wemukela izipho ebantwini, lakulabo abahlamukayo ukuze wena, Oh Thixo Nkulunkulu, uhlale khona.
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
19 Udumo kalube kuThixo, kuNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu, othwala imithwalo yethu insuku zonke.
Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah)
20 UNkulunkulu wethu nguNkulunkulu osindisayo; kuThixo wobukhosi kuvela ukuphepha ekufeni.
Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.
21 Ngeqiniso uNkulunkulu uzawachoboza amakhanda ezitha zakhe, imiqhele eloboya yalabo abaqhubekayo ngezono zabo.
The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.
22 INkosi ithi, “Ngizabaletha besuka eBhashani; ngizabaletha besuka ekujuleni kolwandle,
The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;
23 ukuze ligxamuze inyawo zenu egazini lezitha zenu, lezilimi zezinja zenu zibe lesabelo sazo.”
So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.
24 Udwendwe lwakho Nkulunkulu seluqhamuka, yebo udwendwe lukaNkulunkulu wami leNkosi lungena endlini engcwele.
We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.
25 Phambili ngabahlabeleli, kulandele abamachacho; phakathi kwabo kulamantombazana atshaya amagedla.
The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.
26 Dumisani uNkulunkulu ebandleni elikhulu; dumisani uThixo embuthanweni ka-Israyeli.
Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.
27 Masinyane isizwana sakoBhenjamini sibakhokhele, nantiyana ixuku elikhulu lamakhosana kaJuda, njalo nankayana amakhosana kaZebhuluni lakaNafithali.
There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.
28 Veza amandla akho, Oh Nkulunkulu, sitshengise amandla akho Nkulunkulu, njengowakwenza endulo.
O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,
29 Ngenxa yethempeli lakho eliseJerusalema amakhosi azakulethela izipho.
Out of your Temple in Jerusalem.
30 Khuza isilo esiphakathi kwemihlanga umhlambi wenkunzi phakathi kwamathole ezizwe. Sezithotshisiwe kazilethe izibhebhedu zesiliva. Hlakaza izizwe ezithokoza ngempi.
Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
31 Amanxusa azavela eGibhithe; iKhushi izazithoba kuNkulunkulu.
Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.
32 Hlabelelani kuNkulunkulu, awu lina mibuso yomhlaba, hlabelelani indumiso kuThixo,
Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah)
33 kuye ohlala phezu kwesibhakabhaka sekadeni, okhwaza ngelizwi elikhulu.
To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.
34 Fakazani ngamandla kaNkulunkulu, obukhosi bakhe buphezu kuka-Israyeli; omandla akhe asesibhakabhakeni.
Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
35 Uyamangalisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, usendlini yakho engcwele; uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli upha amandla ebantwini bakhe. Indumiso kayibe kuNkulunkulu!
O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.
