Amahubo 89
1 Ihubo lika-Ethani umEzira Ngizahlabelela ngothando lukaThixo olukhulu lanininini; ngomlomo wami ngizakwenza ukuthembeka kwakho kwaziwe ezizukulwaneni zonke.
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 Ngizamemezela ukuthi uthando lwakho lumi luqinile laphakade, ukuthi ukuthembeka kwakho wakugxilisa ezulwini uqobo.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 Wathi, “Sengenze isivumelwano lalowo okhethiweyo wami, sengifungile kuDavida inceku yami,
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant,
4 ‘Ngizawumisa umndeni wakho laphakade, ngisiqinise isihlalo sakho sobukhosi kuzozonke izizukulwane.’”
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. (Selah)
5 Amazulu ayazidumisa izimanga zakho, Oh Thixo, lokuthembeka kwakho emhlanganweni wabangcwele.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 Phela ngubani onjengoThixo phakathi kwabaphilayo ezulwini na? Ngubani onjengoThixo phakathi kwabaphilayo ezulwini na?
For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
7 Enhlanganisweni yabangcwele uNkulunkulu uyesatshwa kakhulu; uyesabeka kulabo bonke abahlezi laye.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all [them that are] about him.
8 Yebo Thixo Nkulunkulu Somandla, ngubani onjengawe na? Ulamandla, Oh Thixo, ukuthembeka kwakho kukuhonqolozele.
O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like to thee? or to thy faithfulness around thee?
9 Uyabusa phezu kolwandle olugubhazelayo; lapho amavinqo alo equbuka, uyawathulisa.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when its waves arise, thou stillest them.
10 Wamchoboza uRahabi njengomunye wababuleweyo; ngengalo yakho elamandla wazichitha izitha.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.
11 Ngawakho amazulu, ngowakho njalo lomhlaba; wawudala umhlaba lakho konke okukuwo.
The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.
12 Wayidala inyakatho kanye leningizimu; iThabhori leHemoni zihlabelela ibizo lakho ngentokozo.
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Ingalo yakho igcwele amandla; isandla sakho siqinile, esokunene siphakeme.
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
14 Ukulunga lokwahlulela kuhle yikho okuyinsika yesihlalo sakho sobukhosi; uthando lokuthembeka kuhamba phambili kwakho.
Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Babusisiwe labo asebekufundile ukukubabaza, abahamba ekukhanyeni kobukhona bakho, Oh Thixo.
Blessed [are] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 Bayathokoza ngebizo lakho ilanga lonke; bayagubhazela ngokulunga kwakho.
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 Ngoba uyibukhosi babo lamandla abo, kuthi ngomusa wakho uphakamise uphondo lwethu.
For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
18 Ngempela isihlangu sethu ngesikaThixo, iNkosi yethu Kuye oYedwa oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
For the LORD [is] our defense; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
19 Endulo wakhuluma ngombono, ebantwini bakho abathembekileyo wathi: “Sengiwehlisele amandla phezu kweqhawe; sengiphakamise insizwa phakathi kwabantu.
Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
20 Sengifumane uDavida inceku yami; ngamafutha ami angcwele sengimgcobile.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 Isandla sami sizamsekela; ngempela ingalo yami izamqinisa.
With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 Akulasitha esizamncindezela ukuthi athele kuso; kakho umuntu omubi ozamcindezela.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 Ngizazichoboza izitha zakhe phambi kwakhe ngibalahlele phansi abalwa laye.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.
24 Uthando lwami oluthembekileyo luzaba laye, ukuthi ngebizo lami luphakanyiswe uphondo lwakhe.
But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 Ngizabeka isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle, isandla sakhe sokunene phezu kwemifula.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 Uzamemeza kimi athi, ‘UnguBaba, Nkulunkulu wami, iDwala elinguMsindisi wami.’
He shall cry to me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Njalo ngizamisa abe lizibulo lami, inkosi ephakeme ngaphezu kwawo wonke amakhosi omhlaba.
Also I will make him [my] first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
28 Ngizalugcina uthando lwami kuye laphakade, lesivumelwano sami laye kasiyikuphela.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 Inzalo yakhe ngizayimisa nini lanini, lesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi kasiyikufa saphela.
His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 Aluba amadodana akhe edela umlayo wami angalandeli izimiso zami,
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 nxa besephula izimemezelo zami behluleke ukugcina imiyalo yami,
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 ngizajezisa isono sabo ngoswazi, lesiphambeko sabo ngokubatshaya;
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33 kodwa kangiyikulususa uthando lwami kuye, njalo kangisoze ngiguqule ukuthembeka kwami.
Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 Kangiyikusephula isivumelwano sami kumbe ngiguqule lokho okuphume ezindebeni zami.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.
35 Ngavele ngafunga kanye ngobungcwele bami angiyikuqamba amanga kuDavida,
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.
36 ukuthi inzalo yakhe izaqhubeka laphakade lesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sizakuma phambi kwami njengelanga;
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 sizakuma laphakade njengenyanga, ufakazi othembekileyo yisibhakabhaka.”
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. (Selah)
38 Kodwa usumalile, usumlahlile, ubumthukuthelela kakhulu ogcotshiweyo wakho.
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thy anointed.
39 Ususikhalele isivumelwano lenceku yakho wawubhuqela othulini umqhele wakhe.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
40 Usuyibhidlizile yonke imiduli yakhe, izinqaba zakhe wazenza amanxiwa.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 Bonke abedlula khona bamphangile; useyinhlekisa yabomakhelwane.
All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 Usuphakamisile isandla sokunene sezitha zakhe; usuwenze zonke izitha zakhe zathokoza.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Uyibuyisele emuva inkemba yakhe ebukhali awaze wamsekela empini.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Usuyiqedile inkazimulo yakhe wadilizela phansi isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 Uluqumile lwaba lufitshane usuku lobutsha bakhe; usumembese ingubo yehlazo.
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. (Selah)
46 Koze kube nini, Oh Thixo? Uzazifihla kokuphela na? Koze kube nini ulaka lwakho luvutha njengomlilo?
How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Khumbula ukwedlula masinyane kwempilo yami. Ngoba wabadalela ize nje abantu!
Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?
What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Oh Thixo, lungaphi uthando lwakho lwakudala olukhulu, okwathi ngokuthembeka kwakho wafunga ngalo kuDavida?
LORD, where [are] thy former loving-kindnesses, [which] thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
50 Khumbula, Thixo ukuthi inceku yakho iklolodelwa njani, ukuthi enhliziyweni yami ngithwele izigcono zezizwe,
Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
51 izigcono izitha zakho eziklolode ngazo, Oh Thixo, okuthe ngazo zaklolodela ogcotshiweyo wakho kukho konke akwenzayo.
With which thy enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of thy anointed
52 Udumo kalube kuThixo laphakade!
Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen and amen.
