Amahubo 139
1 Nkosi, ungihlolile, uyangazi.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 Wena uyakwazi ukuhlala kwami lokusukuma kwami; uyaqedisisa imicabango yami ukhatshana.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Uyahlungula ukuhamba kwami lokulala kwami, uzejwayele indlela zami zonke.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
4 Ngoba kalikho ilizwi elimini lwami, khangela Nkosi, usulazi lonke.
For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Ungizingelezile emuva langaphambili, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwami.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
6 Lolulwazi lumangalisa kakhulu kimi; luphakeme, kangilakho ukufinyelela kulo.
[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Ngizakuya ngaphi ngisuke kuMoya wakho? Kumbe ngizabalekela ngaphi ngisuke ebusweni bakho?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 Uba ngisenyukela emazulwini, lapho ukhona; uba ngisendlala icansi lami esihogweni, khangela, ukhona. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Uba ngithatha amaphiko okusa, ngihlale emikhawulweni yolwandle,
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 lalapho isandla sakho sizangikhokhela, lesokunene sakho singibambe.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
11 Uba ngisithi: Isibili umnyama uzangifihla, ngitsho ubusuku buzakuba yikukhanya kimi inhlangothi zonke.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12 Ngitsho umnyama kawufihli kuwe, kodwa ubusuku bukhanya njengemini; njengomnyama kunjalo ukukhanya kuwe.
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
13 Ngoba wena ungumnini wezinso zami, wangeluka esiswini sikamama.
For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.
14 Ngizakudumisa, ngenxa yokuthi ngenziwe ngokwesabekayo, ngokumangalisayo. Imisebenzi yakho iyamangalisa; lomphefumulo wami uyakwazi kuhle kakhulu.
I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
15 Amathambo ami ayengafihlekanga kuwe, lapho ngangisenziwa ekusithekeni, ngenziwa ngobuciko ezindaweni ezizikileyo zomhlaba.
My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Amehlo akho abona ibumba lami; legwalweni lwakho zonke lezi zabhalwa, izinsuku okwabunjwa ngazo, kungakabikho lakunye kwakho.
Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
17 Iligugu kangakanani-ke kimi imicabango yakho, O Nkulunkulu; bukhulu kangakanani ubunengi bayo!
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 Uba ngingayibala, minengi kuletshebetshebe. Lapho ngivuka, ngilokhu ngilawe.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Isibili uzambulala omubi, Nkulunkulu! Ngakho lina bantu abomele igazi sukani kimi;
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20 abakhuluma ngenkohliso ngawe, ziphatha ngeze ibizo lakho, izitha zakho.
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21 Kangibazondi yini, Nkosi, abakuzondayo, nginengwe ngabakuvukelayo?
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 Ngiyabazonda ngenzondo epheleleyo; sebeyizitha kimi.
I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
23 Ngihlola, Nkulunkulu, uyazi inhliziyo yami; ngilinga, uyazi imicabango yami,
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 ubone ukuthi ikhona indlela embi kimi yini, ungikhokhele endleleni ephakade.
And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
