Amahubo 28

1 Ngiyakhala kuwe, Nkosi; dwala lami, ungangithuleli, hlezi nxa ungithulela, ngifanane labehlela emgodini.

Unto you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Zwana ilizwi lokuncenga kwami lapho ngikhala kuwe, lapho ngiphakamisela izandla zami endaweni yakho yelizwi engcwele.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.

3 Ungangihuduli kanye lababi njalo kanye labenzi bobubi, abakhuluma ukuthula labomakhelwane babo, kodwa ububi busenhliziyweni yabo.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Ubanike njengokwenza kwabo, lanjengobubi bezenzo zabo; ubanike njengokomsebenzi wezandla zabo, ubabuyisele isenzo sabo.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5 Ngoba kabayinanzi imisebenzi yeNkosi lokwenza kwezandla zayo, izababhidliza ingabakhi.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

6 Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ilizwile ilizwi lokuncenga kwami.

Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

7 INkosi ingamandla ami lesihlangu sami; inhliziyo yami ithembela kuyo, ngiyasizwa; ngakho inhliziyo yami iyathokoza, ngiyidumise ngengoma yami.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.

8 INkosi ingamandla abo, njalo iyinqaba yezinsindiso zogcotshiweyo wayo.

The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

9 Sindisa abantu bakho, ubusise ilifa lakho, beluse, ubaphakamise kuze kube nininini.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.