Amahubo 31
1 Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyathemba, kangingayangeki lanini, ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Beka kimi indlebe yakho, ngikhulule masinyane, ube lidwala elilamandla kimi, indlu yezinqaba yokungisindisa.
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
3 Ngoba wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngakho ngenxa yebizo lakho ngikhokhela ungiqondise.
For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Ngikhupha embuleni abangithiye ngalo ensitha, ngoba uyinqaba yami.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
5 Esandleni sakho ngibeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 Ngibazondile labo abananzelela okuyize kwamanga; kodwa mina ngithembela eNkosini.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 Ngizathaba ngithokoze emuseni wakho, ngoba ubonile uhlupho lwami, wazile umphefumulo wami ezinkathazweni.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 Njalo kawungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.
9 Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngilohlupho; ilihlo lami liqedwa lusizi, umphefumulo wami lesisu sami.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.
10 Ngoba impilo yami iphela ngosizi, leminyaka yami ngokububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yeziphambeko zami, lamathambo ami ayaqedwa.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 Sengilihlazo phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, sengiyikwesabeka kwabangejwayeleyo; abangibonayo ngaphandle bayangibalekela.
I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.
12 Bakhohlwe ngami njengofileyo enhliziyweni; nginjengesitsha esifileyo.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 Ngoba ngizwile ukunyunda kwabanengi, ukwesaba inhlangothi zonke, becebisana bemelene lami, beceba ukuthatha impilo yami.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 Kodwa mina ngithemba kuwe, Nkosi, ngithi: UnguNkulunkulu wami.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
15 Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula esandleni sezitha zami lakwabangizingelayo.
My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisindise ngothando lwakho.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
18 Kazithuliswe indebe zamanga, ezikhuluma kalukhuni zimelene lolungileyo ngokuzigqaja langokweyisa.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga kwakho, okubekele labo abakwesabayo, okwenzela labo abathembela kuwe, phambi kwabantwana babantu!
[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Uzabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona bakho basuke kumagobe omuntu, ubafihle ethenteni ekuphikisaneni kwenlimi.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olumangalisayo emzini oyinqaba.
Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
22 Ngoba mina ngathi ekuphangiseni kwami: Ngiqunyiwe ngasuswa phambi kwamehlo akho. Loba kunjalo uzwile ilizwi lokuncenga kwami ekukhaleni kwami kuwe.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.
23 Ithandeni iNkosi lonke bangcwele bayo. INkosi ilondoloza abathembekileyo, iyamphindisela kakhulukazi owenze ngokuzigqaja.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Qinani, izaqinisa inhliziyo yenu, lina lonke elithembela eNkosini.
Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
