Amahubo 71
1 Kuwe Thixo, sengithole isiphephelo; mangingayangiswa lanini.
In thee, O LORD! do I put my trust! Let me never be put to shame!
2 Ngihlenga ungikhulule ngokulunga kwakho; ngilalela, woza ngokuphangisa ungisindise.
In thy goodness deliver and rescue me; Incline thine ear to me, and save me!
3 Woba lidwala lami lokuphephela, lapho engingaya khona loba nini; tshono umlayo wokuba ngisindiswe, ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
Be thou the rock of my abode, where I may continually resort! Thou hast granted me deliverance; For thou art my rock and my fortress!
4 Ngikhulula, Oh Nkulunkulu, esandleni sababi, emandleni abantu ababi abalochuku.
Save me, O my God! from the hand of the wicked, -From the hand of the unjust and cruel!
5 Ngoba ube ulithemba lami, Oh Thixo Wobukhosi, ithemba lami kusukela ebutsheni bami.
For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah! Thou hast been my trust from my youth!
6 Kusukela ekuzalweni kwami ngahle ngeyama kuwe; nguwe owangikhuphayo esiswini sikamama. Ngizakudumisa njalonjalo.
Upon thee have I leaned from my birth; From my earliest breath thou hast been my support; My song hath been continually of thee!
7 Senginjengomhlolo kwabanengi, kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
I am a wonder to many, But thou art my strong refuge.
8 Umlomo wami ugcwele udumo lwakho, umemezela inkazimulo yakho ilanga lonke.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise; Yea, all the day long, with thy glory.
9 Ungangilahleli kude nxa sengiluphele; ungangifulatheli lapho amandla ami esephelile.
Cast me not off in mine old age; Forsake me not, When my strength faileth!
10 Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma kubi ngami; labo abalindele ukungibulala bahlangana ngami.
For my enemies speak against me, And they who lay wait for my life consult together:
11 Bathi, “UNkulunkulu usemlahlile; xotshanani laye limbambe, ngoba kakho ozamlamulela.”
“God,” say they, “hath forsaken him; Pursue and seize him; for he hath none to deliver him!”
12 Ungabi khatshana kwami, Oh Nkulunkulu; woza masinyane, Oh Nkulunkulu wami, uzongisiza.
O God! be not far from me! Come speedily to mine aid, O my God!
13 Sengathi labo abangethesa amacala bangabhubha beyangekile; sengathi labo abafuna ukungilimaza bangabhixwa ngehlazo lokuyangeka.
Let them perish with shame who are my enemies; Let them be covered with contempt and dishonor who seek my hurt!
14 Kodwa mina ngizahlala ngithembile; ngizakudumisa kakhulu.
But I will hope continually; I shall yet praise thee more and more.
15 Umlomo wami uzafakaza ngokulunga kwakho, langensindiso yakho ilanga lonke, lokuba ngingasazi isilinganiso sayo.
My mouth shall speak of thy goodness, —Of thy sure protection all the day long; For thy mercies are more than I can number.
16 Ngizakuza ngifakaze ngemisebenzi yakho emikhulu, Oh Thixo Wobukhosi; ngizafakaza ngokulunga kwakho, okwakho wedwa.
I will celebrate thy mighty deeds, O Lord Jehovah! I will make mention of thy goodness, of thine only!
17 Kusukela ebutsheni bami, Oh Nkulunkulu, wangifundisa, kuze kube lamuhla ngimemezela imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.
O God! thou hast taught me from my youth, And thus far have I declared thy wondrous deeds;
18 Lokuba sengiluphele sengiyimpunga ungangideli, Oh Nkulunkulu, ngize ngifakaze ngamandla akho esizukulwaneni esizayo, amandla akho kubo bonke abalandelayo.
And now, when I am old and gray-headed, O God! forsake me not, Until I make known thine arm to the next generation, -Thy mighty power to all that are to come!
19 Ukulunga kwakho kufika emkhathini, Oh Nkulunkulu, wena osuwenze izinto ezinkulu. Ngubani, Oh Nkulunkulu, onjengawe?
For thy goodness, O God! reacheth to the heavens; Wonderful things doest thou! O God! who is like unto thee?
20 Loba usungenze ngabona inhlupheko ezinengi lezibuhlungu, uzangenyula njalo ekujuleni komhlabathi.
Thou hast suffered us to see great and grievous troubles; Thou wilt again give us life, And wilt bring us back from the depths of the earth!
21 Uzalwandisa udumo lwami ungiduduze futhi njalo.
Thou wilt increase my greatness; Thou wilt again comfort me!
22 Ngizakudumisa ngechacho ngenxa yokuthembeka kwakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuwe ngomqangala, wena oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
Then will I praise thee with the psaltery; Even thy faithfulness, O my God! To thee will I sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel!
23 Izindebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo lapho ngihlabelela indumiso kuwe mina ongisindisileyo.
My lips shall rejoice, when I sing to thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed from death;
24 Ulimi lwami luzatshona lukhuluma ngokulunga kwakho ilanga lonke, ngoba labo abafuna ukungilimaza sebeyangisiwe basanganiswa.
My tongue also shall continually speak of thy righteousness: For all who seek my hurt are brought to shame and confounded.
