Amahubo 74
1 Ihubo lika-Asafu Kungani ususilahlile kokuphela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Kungani ulaka lwakho luvutha phezu kwezimvu zedlelo lakho na?
Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Khumbula abantu owabathengayo ekadeni, isizwe selifa lakho owasihlengayo iNtaba iZiyoni, owawuhlala khona.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Phenduka ungene emanxiweni aphakade la, incithakalo yonke le yenziwe yisitha endlini engcwele.
Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Izitha zakho zazibhonga endaweni owawuhlangana lathi kuyo; zamisa impawu zazo njengeziboniso.
And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5 Zenza njengabantu abaphakamise amahloka ukuphendla indlela yabo eguswini.
And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
6 Zafohloza konke okubaziweyo ngamahloka azo langezando.
They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
7 Zatshisa indlu yakho engcwele yaphela nya; zangcolisa indawo ehlala iBizo lakho.
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
8 Zathi ngezinhliziyo zazo, “Sizababhuqa baphele nya!” Zatshisa zonke izindawo zokukhonzela uNkulunkulu elizweni.
They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
9 Kasisaboniswa mimangaliso; kakuselabuphrofethi, kakho kithi owaziyo ukuthi kuzaze kube nini kunjalo.
Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
10 Koze kube nini isitha sikuklolodela na, awu Nkulunkulu? Izitha zizalithuka kokuphela ibizo lakho na?
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
11 Kungani ufinyeza isandla sakho sokunene na? Sikhuphe ezingoxweni zezembatho zakho ubabhubhise.
Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
12 Kodwa wena Nkulunkulu uyiNkosi yami kwasekadeni; uletha insindiso emhlabeni.
But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Kwakunguwe owaqhekeza ulwandle ngamandla akho; wafohloza amakhanda esilo phakathi kwamanzi.
Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Kwakunguwe owachoboza amakhanda kaLeviyathani waba yikudla kwezidalwa zasenkangala.
Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
15 Kwakunguwe owavula imithombo lemifula; womisa qha imifula eyayihlala igeleza.
Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
16 Imini ngeyakho, ngobakho njalo lobusuku; walimisa ilanga kanye lenyanga.
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
17 Kwakunguwe owamisa imingcele yonke yomhlaba; wenza ihlobo kanye lobusika.
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
18 Khumbula ukuthi isitha besikuklolodela, Thixo, ukuthi iziwula bezihlambaza ibizo lakho.
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
19 Ungaqhubeli umphefumulo wejuba lakho ezinyamazaneni; ungaze wakhohlwa kokuphela impilo yabantu bakho abahluphekayo.
Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
20 Nanzelela isivumelwano sakho, ngoba izikhundla zobugebenga zigcwele kulolonke ilizwe ezindaweni ezilamathunzi.
Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
21 Ungayekeli abancindezelweyo babuyele beyangekile; sengathi abayanga labaswelayo bangalidumisa ibizo lakho.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
22 Phakama, awu Nkulunkulu, vikela okungokwakho; khumbula ukuthi iziwula zikuhleka njani ilanga lonke.
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
23 Ungakulibali ukuvungama kwalabo abalwa lawe, ukuxokozela kwezitha zakho, okuzwakala kokuphela.
Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
