Amahubo 69
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Amaluba.” ElikaDavida. Ngisindisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngoba umsinga wamanzi usugamenxe ngentamo yami.
To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
2 Ngiyagalula ezinzikini ezitotayo, lapho okungekho ndawo yokugxila. Sengifike enzikini; impophoma sezingikhulela.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
3 Sengidiniwe yikumemeza ngicela uncedo; umphimbo wami usome qha. Amehlo ami aseze efiphele, edinga uNkulunkulu wami.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; banengi abayizitha zami kungelambangela, labo abafuna ukungidiliza. Ngiyaphoqelwa ukuhlawula engingakuntshontshanga.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 Uyabazi ubuthutha bami, wena Nkulunkulu; isono sami kasifihlakalanga kuwe.
Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
6 Akuthi labo abathemba kuwe bangayangiswa ngenxa yami, Oh Thixo, Thixo Somandla; akuthi labo abakudingayo, bangahlaziswa ngenxa yami, Oh Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
7 Ngiyakubhensela ukugconwa ngenxa yakho, ihlazo lihuqiwe ebusweni bami.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
8 Ngingowemzini kubafowethu, ngingowemzini emadodaneni kamama;
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
9 ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kufuthelene kimi, lezethuko zalabo abakuthukayo ziwela kimi.
For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
10 Ngithi lapho ngilila ngizila ukudla, ngibhensele ukwetheswa inhlamba;
And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; —
11 kuthi lapho ngivunula amasaka abantu badlale ngami.
And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
12 Labo abalinda emasangweni bayangihleka, ngiyingoma nje yezidakwa.
They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
13 Kodwa ngikhuleka kuwe, Oh Thixo, ngesikhathi somusa wakho; ngothando lwakho olukhulu, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngiphendula ngensindiso yakho eqinisekileyo.
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
14 Ngihlenga exhaphozini, ungangiyekeli ngigalule; ngikhulula kulabo abangizondayo, emanzini atshonayo.
Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
15 Ungayekeli izikhukhula zingigalulise loba inziki zingiginye, loba umgodi uvaleke umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16 Ngiphendula, Oh Thixo, ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho; emuseni wakho omkhulu phendukela kimi.
Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
17 Ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngiphendula masinyane, ngoba ngiphakathi kohlupho.
And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
18 Sondela ungikhulule; ngihlenga ngenxa yezitha zami.
Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
19 Uyakwazi ukuthi ngigconwa njani, ngihlaziswa njalo ngiyangiswa; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.
Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Ukugconwa sekuyephule inhliziyo yami kwangitshiya esithubeni; ngadinga uzwelo ngaluswela, abaduduzi, kodwa ngabaswela.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 Bathela inyongo ekudleni kwami banginathisa iviniga nxa ngomile.
Yea, 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 become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
23 Sengathi amehlo abo angafiphala ukuze bangaboni, lamaqolo abo akhokhobe kokuphela.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabo; akuthi ulaka lwakho olwesabekayo lubehlele.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
25 Sengathi indawo yabo ingaba ngamanxiwa; akungabi lamuntu ozahlala emathenteni abo.
Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
26 Ngoba bahlupha labo obalimazayo bakhulume ngobuhlungu balabo obalimazayo.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Bethese amacala phezu kwamacala; ungayekeli bazuze isabelo sensindiso yakho.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Sengathi bangesulwa encwadini yokuphila bangaze babalwa kanye labalungileyo.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Ngisebuhlungwini, ngikhathazekile; sengathi insindiso yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu ingangivikela.
But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
30 Ngizalidumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngengoma, ngilibabaze ngokubonga.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;
31 Lokhu kuzamthabisa uThixo okwedlula inkabi, okwedlula inkunzi yonke ilempondo lamangqina ayo.
And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, — a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.
32 Abayanga bazabona bajabule lina elimdingayo uNkulunkulu, sengathi inhliziyo zenu zingaphila!
The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.
33 UThixo uyabezwa abaswelayo, kabeyisi abantu bakhe abathunjiweyo.
For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Akuthi izulu lomhlaba kumdumise, inlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza kuzo,
Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
35 ngoba uNkulunkulu uzayisindisa iZiyoni ayakhe kutsha imizi yakoJuda. Yikhona-ke abantu bazakwakha khona balithathe libe ngelabo;
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:
36 abantwana bezinceku zayo lizakuba yilifa labo, labalithandayo ibizo lakhe bazahlala khona.
And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
