Amahubo 74
1 Ihubo lika-Asafu Kungani ususilahlile kokuphela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Kungani ulaka lwakho luvutha phezu kwezimvu zedlelo lakho na?
An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Khumbula abantu owabathengayo ekadeni, isizwe selifa lakho owasihlengayo iNtaba iZiyoni, owawuhlala khona.
Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Phenduka ungene emanxiweni aphakade la, incithakalo yonke le yenziwe yisitha endlini engcwele.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
4 Izitha zakho zazibhonga endaweni owawuhlangana lathi kuyo; zamisa impawu zazo njengeziboniso.
Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
5 Zenza njengabantu abaphakamise amahloka ukuphendla indlela yabo eguswini.
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
6 Zafohloza konke okubaziweyo ngamahloka azo langezando.
And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
7 Zatshisa indlu yakho engcwele yaphela nya; zangcolisa indawo ehlala iBizo lakho.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
8 Zathi ngezinhliziyo zazo, “Sizababhuqa baphele nya!” Zatshisa zonke izindawo zokukhonzela uNkulunkulu elizweni.
They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Kasisaboniswa mimangaliso; kakuselabuphrofethi, kakho kithi owaziyo ukuthi kuzaze kube nini kunjalo.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Koze kube nini isitha sikuklolodela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Izitha zizalithuka kokuphela ibizo lakho na?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
11 Kungani ufinyeza isandla sakho sokunene na? Sikhuphe ezingoxweni zezembatho zakho ubabhubhise.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
12 Kodwa wena Nkulunkulu uyiNkosi yami kwasekadeni; uletha insindiso emhlabeni.
But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Kwakunguwe owaqhekeza ulwandle ngamandla akho; wafohloza amakhanda esilo phakathi kwamanzi.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
14 Kwakunguwe owachoboza amakhanda kaLeviyathani waba yikudla kwezidalwa zasenkangala.
Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
15 Kwakunguwe owavula imithombo lemifula; womisa qha imifula eyayihlala igeleza.
Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Imini ngeyakho, ngobakho njalo lobusuku; walimisa ilanga kanye lenyanga.
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
17 Kwakunguwe owamisa imingcele yonke yomhlaba; wenza ihlobo kanye lobusika.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
18 Khumbula ukuthi isitha besikuklolodela, Thixo, ukuthi iziwula bezihlambaza ibizo lakho.
Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
19 Ungaqhubeli umphefumulo wejuba lakho ezinyamazaneni; ungaze wakhohlwa kokuphela impilo yabantu bakho abahluphekayo.
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
20 Nanzelela isivumelwano sakho, ngoba izikhundla zobugebenga zigcwele kulolonke ilizwe ezindaweni ezilamathunzi.
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
21 Ungayekeli abancindezelweyo babuyele beyangekile; sengathi abayanga labaswelayo bangalidumisa ibizo lakho.
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
22 Phakama, awu Nkulunkulu, vikela okungokwakho; khumbula ukuthi iziwula zikuhleka njani ilanga lonke.
Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
23 Ungakulibali ukuvungama kwalabo abalwa lawe, ukuxokozela kwezitha zakho, okuzwakala kokuphela.
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
