Amahubo 10
1 Nkosi, umeleni khatshana? Ucatshelani ezikhathini zokuhlupheka?
Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?
2 Omubi ekuzigqajeni uyamzingelisisa umyanga; kababanjwe ngamagobe abawacebileyo.
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 Ngoba omubi uyazikhukhumeza ngesifiso somphefumulo wakhe, uyasibusisa isihwaba, ayeyise iNkosi.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
4 Omubi, ngokuzigqaja kobuso bakhe uthi: Kakubizi; kakho uNkulunkulu emicabangweni yakhe yonke.
The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'
5 Indlela zakhe ziqinile isikhathi sonke; izahlulelo zakho ziphakeme zikhatshana laye; izitha zakhe zonke uyazivuthela.
His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6 Uthi enhliziyweni yakhe: Kangiyikunyikinywa; ngoba esizukulwaneni lesizukulwana kangiyikuba sebunzimeni.
He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'
7 Umlomo wakhe ugcwele ukuthuka lezinkohliso lobuqili; ngaphansi kolimi lwakhe kukhona ukona lobubi.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8 Uhlezi endaweni yokucathama yemizi, ezindaweni ezisithekileyo ubulala ongelacala; amehlo akhe akhangele othithibeleyo ngasese.
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.
9 Uyacatsha ekusithekeni njengesilwane ebhalwini lwaso; ucatshela ukumbamba ongumyanga, uyabamba ongumyanga ngokumhudulela embuleni lakhe.
He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.
10 Uyaqutha, uyakhothama, njalo umyanga awe ngokulamandla kwakhe.
He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
11 Uthi enhliziyweni yakhe: UNkulunkulu ukhohliwe, ufihle ubuso bakhe, kasoze abone lanini.
He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'
12 Sukuma, Nkosi! Nkulunkulu, phakamisa isandla sakho, ungabakhohlwa abahluphekayo.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.
13 Kungani omubi edelela uNkulunkulu? Uthi enhliziyweni yakhe: Kawuyikukubiza.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
14 Uyabona, ngoba wena uyakhangela ububi lenhlupheko, ukukubeka esandleni sakho. Umyanga uyazinikela kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Yephula ingalo yokhohlakeleyo lomubi; dinga inkohlakalo yakhe ukuze ungabe usayithola.
Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.
16 UJehova yiNkosi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zibhubhile elizweni layo.
The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.
17 Nkosi, uzwile isifiso sabathobekileyo, uzaqinisa inhliziyo yabo, wenze indlebe yakho izwe,
LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;
18 ukwahlulela intandane locindezelweyo, ukuze umuntu wasemhlabeni angabe esesabeka.
To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
