Amahubo 88
1 Ingoma. Ihubo lamadodana kaKhora. Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Itshuni ethi, Mahalathi leyanothi (Ukuhlupheka lokuchukuluzwa) Ihubo likaHemani umʼEzira. Oh Thixo, Nkulunkulu ongisindisayo, ebusuku lemini ngikhala kuwe.
[A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.] Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
2 Akuthi umkhuleko wami ufinyelele kuwe; phendula indlebe yakho izwe ukukhala kwami.
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 Ngibalwa ndawonye lalabo asebesiya egodini; senginjengendoda engelamandla.
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
5 Sengahlukaniselwe kwabafileyo, lezidumbu ezilele engcwabeni, wena ongasabakhumbuliyo njalo, abangasekho kulabo obanakekelayo.
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
6 Usungifake egodini elitshona okudlulayo, ekujuleni okumnyama bhuqe.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Intukuthelo yakho iyangeleka; usungigalulisile ngawo wonke amagagasi akho.
Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
8 Usungithathele abangane bami abasekhwapheni wangenza ngaba lesidina kubo. Ngivalelwe kangiselantuba;
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
9 amehlo ami asebona kalufifi ngenxa yosizi. Ngiyakubiza, Oh Thixo, insuku zonke; ngiphakamisela izandla zami kuwe.
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Jehovah. I have spread out my hands to you.
10 Izimanga zakho uyazitshengisa kwabafileyo na? Kambe labo asebefile bangavuka bakudumise na?
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? (Selah)
11 Uthando lwakho luyamenyezelwa engcwabeni yini, ukuthembeka kwakho endaweni yokuBhubha na?
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
12 Izimanga zakho ziyaziwa yini endaweni yobumnyama, kumbe izenzo zakho zokulunga elizweni lokungabikho na?
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Kodwa ngikhala kuwe ngoncedo, Oh Thixo; ekuseni umkhuleko wami uyafika kuwe.
But to you, Jehovah, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
14 Kungani, awu Thixo, ungifulathela ungifihlela ubuso bakho?
Jehovah, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Kusukela ebutsheni bami ngavele ngahlupheka ngaba seduze lokufa; ngiphethwe yikwesatshiswa nguwe, sengize ngidangele.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
16 Intukuthelo yakho isingigabhele; ukwesaba wena sekungiqedile.
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
17 Ilanga lonke kungihanqile njengesikhukhula; sekungigalulisa nya.
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
18 Usungithathele abakhula bami lengibathandayo; ubumnyama sebunguyena mngane wami oseduze.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
