Amahubo 69
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Amaluba.” ElikaDavida. Ngisindisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngoba umsinga wamanzi usugamenxe ngentamo yami.
Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul.
2 Ngiyagalula ezinzikini ezitotayo, lapho okungekho ndawo yokugxila. Sengifike enzikini; impophoma sezingikhulela.
I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed me.
3 Sengidiniwe yikumemeza ngicela uncedo; umphimbo wami usome qha. Amehlo ami aseze efiphele, edinga uNkulunkulu wami.
I have endured hardships, while crying out. My jaws have become hoarse; my eyes have failed. Meanwhile, I hope in my God.
4 Labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; banengi abayizitha zami kungelambangela, labo abafuna ukungidiliza. Ngiyaphoqelwa ukuhlawula engingakuntshontshanga.
Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take.
5 Uyabazi ubuthutha bami, wena Nkulunkulu; isono sami kasifihlakalanga kuwe.
O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you.
6 Akuthi labo abathemba kuwe bangayangiswa ngenxa yami, Oh Thixo, Thixo Somandla; akuthi labo abakudingayo, bangahlaziswa ngenxa yami, Oh Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
Let those who wait for you, O Lord, the Lord of hosts, not be shamed in me. Let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded over me.
7 Ngiyakubhensela ukugconwa ngenxa yakho, ihlazo lihuqiwe ebusweni bami.
For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.
8 Ngingowemzini kubafowethu, ngingowemzini emadodaneni kamama;
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
9 ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kufuthelene kimi, lezethuko zalabo abakuthukayo ziwela kimi.
For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
10 Ngithi lapho ngilila ngizila ukudla, ngibhensele ukwetheswa inhlamba;
And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.
11 kuthi lapho ngivunula amasaka abantu badlale ngami.
And I put on a haircloth as my garment, and I became a parable to them.
12 Labo abalinda emasangweni bayangihleka, ngiyingoma nje yezidakwa.
Those who sat at the gate spoke against me, and those who drank wine made me their song.
13 Kodwa ngikhuleka kuwe, Oh Thixo, ngesikhathi somusa wakho; ngothando lwakho olukhulu, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngiphendula ngensindiso yakho eqinisekileyo.
But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the truth of your salvation, hear me.
14 Ngihlenga exhaphozini, ungangiyekeli ngigalule; ngikhulula kulabo abangizondayo, emanzini atshonayo.
Rescue me from the quagmire, so that I may not become trapped. Free me from those who hate me and from deep waters.
15 Ungayekeli izikhukhula zingigalulise loba inziki zingiginye, loba umgodi uvaleke umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me.
16 Ngiphendula, Oh Thixo, ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho; emuseni wakho omkhulu phendukela kimi.
Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
17 Ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngiphendula masinyane, ngoba ngiphakathi kohlupho.
And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.
18 Sondela ungikhulule; ngihlenga ngenxa yezitha zami.
Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.
19 Uyakwazi ukuthi ngigconwa njani, ngihlaziswa njalo ngiyangiswa; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.
You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.
20 Ukugconwa sekuyephule inhliziyo yami kwangitshiya esithubeni; ngadinga uzwelo ngaluswela, abaduduzi, kodwa ngabaswela.
All those who trouble me are in your sight; my heart has anticipated reproach and misery. And I sought for one who might grieve together with me, but there was no one, and for one who might console me, and I found no one.
21 Bathela inyongo ekudleni kwami banginathisa iviniga nxa ngomile.
And they gave me gall for my food. And in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Sengathi itafula eliphambi kwabo lingaba ngumjibila; sengathi lingaba yisijeziso lesithiyo.
Let their table be a snare before them, and a retribution, and a scandal.
23 Sengathi amehlo abo angafiphala ukuze bangaboni, lamaqolo abo akhokhobe kokuphela.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and may their back always be crooked.
24 Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabo; akuthi ulaka lwakho olwesabekayo lubehlele.
Pour out your indignation upon them, and may the fury of your anger take hold of them.
25 Sengathi indawo yabo ingaba ngamanxiwa; akungabi lamuntu ozahlala emathenteni abo.
May their dwelling place be deserted, and may there be no one who dwells in their tabernacles.
26 Ngoba bahlupha labo obalimazayo bakhulume ngobuhlungu balabo obalimazayo.
For they persecuted whomever you struck. And they have added to the grief of my wounds.
27 Bethese amacala phezu kwamacala; ungayekeli bazuze isabelo sensindiso yakho.
Assign an iniquity upon their iniquity, and may they not enter into your justice.
28 Sengathi bangesulwa encwadini yokuphila bangaze babalwa kanye labalungileyo.
Delete them from the Book of the Living, and let them not be written down with the just.
29 Ngisebuhlungwini, ngikhathazekile; sengathi insindiso yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu ingangivikela.
I am poor and sorrowful, but your salvation, O God, has taken me up.
30 Ngizalidumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngengoma, ngilibabaze ngokubonga.
I will praise the name of God with a canticle, and I will magnify him with praise.
31 Lokhu kuzamthabisa uThixo okwedlula inkabi, okwedlula inkunzi yonke ilempondo lamangqina ayo.
And it will please God more than a new calf producing horns and hoofs.
32 Abayanga bazabona bajabule lina elimdingayo uNkulunkulu, sengathi inhliziyo zenu zingaphila!
Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.
33 UThixo uyabezwa abaswelayo, kabeyisi abantu bakhe abathunjiweyo.
For the Lord has heard the poor, and he has not despised his prisoners.
34 Akuthi izulu lomhlaba kumdumise, inlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza kuzo,
Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.
35 ngoba uNkulunkulu uzayisindisa iZiyoni ayakhe kutsha imizi yakoJuda. Yikhona-ke abantu bazakwakha khona balithathe libe ngelabo;
For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be built up. And they will dwell there, and they will acquire it by inheritance.
36 abantwana bezinceku zayo lizakuba yilifa labo, labalithandayo ibizo lakhe bazahlala khona.
And the offspring of his servants will possess it; and those who love his name will dwell in it.
