Amahubo 30
1 Ngizakuphakamisa, Nkosi, ngoba ungenyusile, njalo kawuthokozisanga izitha zami ngami.
I will extol you, Adonai, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 Nkosi Nkulunkulu wami, ngakhalela kuwe, wangisilisa.
Adonai my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
3 Nkosi, uwukhuphulile umphefumulo wami engcwabeni, ungigcinile ngiphila, ukuze ngingehleli emgodini. (Sheol h7585)
Adonai, you have brought up my soul from Sheol ·Place of the dead·. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol). (Sheol h7585)
4 Hlabelelani eNkosini, lina bangcwele bayo, libonge ekukhunjulweni kobungcwele bayo.
Sing zahmar ·musical praise· to Adonai, you saints of his. Yadah ·Extend hands in thankful praise· to his holy name.
5 Ngoba ukuthukuthela kwayo kungokwesikhatshana, impilo isemuseni wayo. Ukulila kungahlala kusihlwa, kanti ekuseni kulentokozo.
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
6 Mina-ke ngathi ekuphumeleleni kwami: Kangiyikunyikinywa laphakade.
As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
7 Nkosi, ngomusa wakho wenzile intaba yami iqine; wabufihla ubuso bakho, ngahlupheka.
You, Adonai, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8 Ngakhala kuwe, Nkosi; ngancenga eNkosini.
I cried to you, Adonai. I made supplication to Adonai:
9 Kulenzuzo bani egazini lami ekutshoneni kwami emgodini? Uthuli luzakudumisa na? Luzatshumayela iqiniso lakho yini?
“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you? Shall it declare your truth?
10 Zwana, Nkosi, ube lomusa kimi; Nkosi, woba ngumsizi wami.
Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, Adonai, and have mercy on me. Adonai, be my helper.”
11 Uphendule ukukhala kwami kwaba yikusina; ukhuphile isaka lami, wangibhincisa intokozo,
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12 ukuze udumo lwami luhlabele indumiso kuwe, lungathuli; Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, ngizakubonga kuze kube nininini.
To the end that my kavod ·weighty glory· may sing zahmar ·musical praise· to you, and not be silent. Adonai my God, I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you forever!
