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.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be 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 blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 Omubi, ngokuzigqaja kobuso bakhe uthi: Kakubizi; kakho uNkulunkulu emicabangweni yakhe yonke.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 Indlela zakhe ziqinile isikhathi sonke; izahlulelo zakho ziphakeme zikhatshana laye; izitha zakhe zonke uyazivuthela.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 Uthi enhliziyweni yakhe: Kangiyikunyikinywa; ngoba esizukulwaneni lesizukulwana kangiyikuba sebunzimeni.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never 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 fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 Uhlezi endaweni yokucathama yemizi, ezindaweni ezisithekileyo ubulala ongelacala; amehlo akhe akhangele othithibeleyo ngasese.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
9 Uyacatsha ekusithekeni njengesilwane ebhalwini lwaso; ucatshela ukumbamba ongumyanga, uyabamba ongumyanga ngokumhudulela embuleni lakhe.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 Uyaqutha, uyakhothama, njalo umyanga awe ngokulamandla kwakhe.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
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 it.
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.
Why doth the wicked despise God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Uyabona, ngoba wena uyakhangela ububi lenhlupheko, ukukubeka esandleni sakho. Umyanga uyazinikela kuwe; wena ungumsizi wezintandane.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to repay it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Yephula ingalo yokhohlakeleyo lomubi; dinga inkohlakalo yakhe ukuze ungabe usayithola.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou shalt find none.
16 UJehova yiNkosi kuze kube nini lanini; izizwe zibhubhile elizweni layo.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have 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 prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:
18 ukwahlulela intandane locindezelweyo, ukuze umuntu wasemhlabeni angabe esesabeka.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
