Amahubo 69
1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, “Amaluba.” ElikaDavida. Ngisindisa, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngoba umsinga wamanzi usugamenxe ngentamo yami.
O God, save me, because [I am in great danger]. [It is as though] flood water is up to my neck, [and I am about to drown] [MET].
2 Ngiyagalula ezinzikini ezitotayo, lapho okungekho ndawo yokugxila. Sengifike enzikini; impophoma sezingikhulela.
I continue to sink in the deep mud, and there is no solid ground for me to stand on. I am in deep water, and flood waters are swirling around me.
3 Sengidiniwe yikumemeza ngicela uncedo; umphimbo wami usome qha. Amehlo ami aseze efiphele, edinga uNkulunkulu wami.
I am exhausted from calling out [for help]; my throat is very dry. Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God [to help me], my eyes are swollen.
4 Labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; banengi abayizitha zami kungelambangela, labo abafuna ukungidiliza. Ngiyaphoqelwa ukuhlawula engingakuntshontshanga.
Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head [HYP]! Those who want to get rid of me are strong, and they tell lies about me. They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal!
5 Uyabazi ubuthutha bami, wena Nkulunkulu; isono sami kasifihlakalanga kuwe.
O God, (you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you). You know that I have foolishly [disobeyed your laws].
6 Akuthi labo abathemba kuwe bangayangiswa ngenxa yami, Oh Thixo, Thixo Somandla; akuthi labo abakudingayo, bangahlaziswa ngenxa yami, Oh Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
O Yahweh God, [you who are the commander] of the armies [of heaven], do not allow the [wrong things that] I [have done] to cause those who trust in you to be disappointed/disillusioned. O God, you whom [we] Israeli people [worship], do not allow me to cause your people to be humiliated.
7 Ngiyakubhensela ukugconwa ngenxa yakho, ihlazo lihuqiwe ebusweni bami.
People have insulted/ridiculed me because [I am devoted to] you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
8 Ngingowemzini kubafowethu, ngingowemzini emadodaneni kamama;
Even my own [older] brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.
9 ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kufuthelene kimi, lezethuko zalabo abakuthukayo ziwela kimi.
[Some people have despised your temple]; but my zeal for [keeping] your temple [holy] is like a fire burning inside me. So [it is as though] those who are insulting you are also insulting me.
10 Ngithi lapho ngilila ngizila ukudla, ngibhensele ukwetheswa inhlamba;
When I have humbled myself and (fasted/abstained from eating food) [to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple], they just insult me.
11 kuthi lapho ngivunula amasaka abantu badlale ngami.
When I put on [rough] sackcloth [to show that I am sad], they laugh at [IDM] me.
12 Labo abalinda emasangweni bayangihleka, ngiyingoma nje yezidakwa.
Even the elders [of the city] say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing [disgusting] songs about me.
13 Kodwa ngikhuleka kuwe, Oh Thixo, ngesikhathi somusa wakho; ngothando lwakho olukhulu, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngiphendula ngensindiso yakho eqinisekileyo.
But Yahweh, I will [continue] praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me.
14 Ngihlenga exhaphozini, ungangiyekeli ngigalule; ngikhulula kulabo abangizondayo, emanzini atshonayo.
Do not allow me to sink any more in the mud. Rescue me from those who hate me! Lift me up out of these deep waters!
15 Ungayekeli izikhukhula zingigalulise loba inziki zingiginye, loba umgodi uvaleke umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me, do not allow the deep [mud] to swallow me; keep me from sinking into the pit [of death] [MET].
16 Ngiphendula, Oh Thixo, ngenxa yokulunga kothando lwakho; emuseni wakho omkhulu phendukela kimi.
O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully.
17 Ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngiphendula masinyane, ngoba ngiphakathi kohlupho.
Do not (hide yourself from/refuse to hear) me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.
18 Sondela ungikhulule; ngihlenga ngenxa yezitha zami.
Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies.
19 Uyakwazi ukuthi ngigconwa njani, ngihlaziswa njalo ngiyangiswa; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.
You know that I am insulted and that [people cause] me [to feel] ashamed and dishonored; you know [who] all my enemies [are].
20 Ukugconwa sekuyephule inhliziyo yami kwangitshiya esithubeni; ngadinga uzwelo ngaluswela, abaduduzi, kodwa ngabaswela.
[Their] insults have deeply offended me, and I (feel helpless/am in despair). I searched for [someone who would] pity [me], but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none.
21 Bathela inyongo ekudleni kwami banginathisa iviniga nxa ngomile.
[Instead], they gave me food [that tasted like] poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink.
22 Sengathi itafula eliphambi kwabo lingaba ngumjibila; sengathi lingaba yisijeziso lesithiyo.
I hope/desire that the feasts [MTY] [that they enjoy] will (become a snare for/bring trouble to) them, and that [those whom they invite to] the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped.
23 Sengathi amehlo abo angafiphala ukuze bangaboni, lamaqolo abo akhokhobe kokuphela.
I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything, and that their backs/bodies will become weaker and weaker.
24 Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabo; akuthi ulaka lwakho olwesabekayo lubehlele.
Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them.
25 Sengathi indawo yabo ingaba ngamanxiwa; akungabi lamuntu ozahlala emathenteni abo.
Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses.
26 Ngoba bahlupha labo obalimazayo bakhulume ngobuhlungu balabo obalimazayo.
[Do this] because they persecute those whom you have punished, (they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more) those whom you have wounded.
27 Bethese amacala phezu kwamacala; ungayekeli bazuze isabelo sensindiso yakho.
Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them [for the evil things that they have done].
28 Sengathi bangesulwa encwadini yokuphila bangaze babalwa kanye labalungileyo.
Erase their names [SYN] from the book [containing the names of those who have eternal] life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.
29 Ngisebuhlungwini, ngikhathazekile; sengathi insindiso yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu ingangivikela.
As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me.
30 Ngizalidumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngengoma, ngilibabaze ngokubonga.
When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him.
31 Lokhu kuzamthabisa uThixo okwedlula inkabi, okwedlula inkunzi yonke ilempondo lamangqina ayo.
My doing that will please Yahweh more than [sacrificing] oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls.
32 Abayanga bazabona bajabule lina elimdingayo uNkulunkulu, sengathi inhliziyo zenu zingaphila!
Oppressed/Afflicted people will see [that God has rescued me], and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God [to help you] to be encouraged.
33 UThixo uyabezwa abaswelayo, kabeyisi abantu bakhe abathunjiweyo.
Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned.
34 Akuthi izulu lomhlaba kumdumise, inlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza kuzo,
I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas.
35 ngoba uNkulunkulu uzayisindisa iZiyoni ayakhe kutsha imizi yakoJuda. Yikhona-ke abantu bazakwakha khona balithathe libe ngelabo;
God will rescue the people of Jerusalem [from their enemies], and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah. His people will live there and [again] possess the land.
36 abantwana bezinceku zayo lizakuba yilifa labo, labalithandayo ibizo lakhe bazahlala khona.
The descendants of his people will inherit it, and those who love him will live there [safely].
