< Amahubo 13 >
1 Koze kube nini, Nkosi, ungikhohlwa kokuphela? Koze kube nini ungifihlela ubuso bakho?
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 Koze kube nini ngizicebisa emphefumulweni wami, ngilosizi enhliziyweni yami insuku zonke? Koze kube nini isitha sami siphakanyiswa phezu kwami?
How long must I worry and have grief in my heart all day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Khangela, ungiphendule, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami; khanyisa amehlo ami hlezi ngilale ubuthongo bokufa,
Look at me and answer me, Yahweh my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.
4 hlezi isitha sami sithi: Sengimehlule; labangihluphayo bathokoze lapho nginyikinywa.
Do not let my enemy say, “I have defeated him,” so that my enemy may not say, “I have prevailed over my adversary”; otherwise, my enemies will rejoice when I am brought down.
5 Kodwa mina ngithembele emuseni wakho, inhliziyo yami izathaba ngosindiso lwakho.
But I have trusted in your covenant faithfulness; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 Ngizayihlabelela iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele okuhle kakhulu.
I will sing to Yahweh because he has treated me very generously.