Amahubo 144
1 Kayibongwe iNkosi, idwala lami, efundisela izandla zami impi, iminwe yami ukulwa;
A psalm of David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
2 umusa wami, lenqaba yami, umphotshongo wami ophakemeyo, lomkhululi wami, isihlangu sami, lengiphephela kuyo, ethobisa abantu bami ngaphansi kwami.
You are my covenant faithfulness and my fortress, my high tower and the one who rescues me, my shield and the one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues nations under me.
3 Nkosi, umuntu uyini ukuthi umazi? Indodana yomuntu ukuthi uyinanze?
Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him or the son of man that you think about him?
4 Umuntu unjengeze, insuku zakhe zinjengesithunzi esidlulayo.
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Nkosi, khothamisa amazulu akho, wehle; thinta izintaba ukuze zithunqe.
Cause the sky to sink and come down, Yahweh; touch the mountains and make them smoke.
6 Phazimisa umbane, ubachithe, uthumele imitshoko yakho, ubahlakaze.
Send flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies; shoot your arrows and drive them back in confusion.
7 Yelula isandla sakho uphezulu, ungikhulule, ungophule emanzini amanengi, esandleni sabantwana besizwe,
Reach out your hand from above; rescue me out of many waters, from the hand of foreigners.
8 abamlomo wabo ukhuluma amanga, lesandla sabo sokunene singesokunene senkohliso.
Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand is falsehood.
9 Ngizahlabelela kuwe ingoma entsha, Nkulunkulu; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuwe ngogubhu olulentambo ezilitshumi.
I will sing a new song to you, God; on a lute of ten strings I will sing praises to you,
10 Wena onika amakhosi usindiso, okhulula uDavida inceku yakho enkembeni embi.
who give salvation to kings, who rescued David your servant from an evil sword.
11 Ngophula, ungikhulule esandleni sabantwana besizwe, abamlomo wabo ukhuluma amanga, lesandla sabo sokunene singesokunene senkohliso.
Rescue me and free me from the hand of foreigners. Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand is falsehood.
12 Ukuthi amadodana ethu abe njengezilimo ezikhula ebutsheni bazo, amadodakazi ethu njengamatshe engonsi abazwe njengomfanekiso wesigodlo!
May our sons be like plants who grow to full size in their youth and our daughters like carved corner pillars, shapely like those of a palace.
13 Ukuthi iziphala zethu zigcwale ziveze uhlobo ngohlobo; izimvu zethu zizale izinkulungwane, yebo, izinkulungwane ezilitshumi emadlelweni ethu!
May our storehouses be full with every kind of produce, and may our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14 Ukuthi inkabi zethu zingathwaliswa, kungabi lokufohlela phakathi, njalo kungabi lokuphuma, kumbe kungabi lesililo ezitaladeni zethu!
Then our oxen will have many young. No one will break through our walls; there will be no exile and no outcry in our streets.
15 Bayathaba abantu okunjalo kubo; bayathaba abantu abaNkulunkulu wabo yiNkosi.
Blessed is the people with such blessings; happy is the people whose God is Yahweh.
