Amahubo 35
1 Phikisana, Nkosi, labaphikisana lami, ulwe labalwa lami.
Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
2 Xhakalaza ihawu lesihlangu esikhulu, usukumele usizo lwami.
Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
3 Hwatsha lomkhonto, uvimbe indlela umelane labangizingelayo; tshono emphefumulweni wami ukuthi: Ngilusindiso lwakho.
Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
4 Kabayangeke babe lehlazo labo abadinga umphefumulo wami. Kabahlehliselwe emuva babe lenhloni labo abaceba ububi ngami.
Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
5 Kababe njengamakhoba phambi komoya, lengilosi yeNkosi kayibadudule.
Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
6 Indlela yabo kayibe mnyama itshelele, lengilosi yeNkosi ibaxotshe.
Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
7 Ngoba kungelasizatho bangifihlele imbule labo emgodini, kungelasizatho bawugebhele umphefumulo wami.
Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
8 Ukubhujiswa kakumjume, lembule lakhe alifihlileyo kalimbambe yena, awele kulo, ekubhujisweni.
Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
9 Kodwa umphefumulo wami uzathokoza eNkosini, ujabule esindisweni lwayo.
Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
10 Wonke amathambo ami azakuthi: Nkosi, ngubani onjengawe, okhulula umyanga kulowo olamandla kulaye, yebo, umyanga loswelayo komphangayo?
With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
11 Abafakazi bamanga basukuma, bangibuza engingakwaziyo.
People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
12 Bangibuyisela okubi endaweni yokuhle, umphefumulo wami ulahlekelwa.
In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
13 Kanti mina, ekuguleni kwabo isembatho sami sasilisaka, ngathobisa umphefumulo wami ngokuzila ukudla, lomkhuleko wami wabuyela esifubeni sami.
When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
14 Ngahamba ngokungathi ungumngane ngokungathi ungumfowethu; ngikhotheme kwezimnyama njengolilela unina.
I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
15 Kodwa ekukhubekeni kwami bathokoza, babuthana ndawonye, abalahliweyo babuthana ndawonye bemelene lami, njalo ngangingakwazi; badabula kabemanga.
But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
16 Kanye lababi abaklolodayo edilini, bangigedlela amazinyo abo.
Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
17 Nkosi, uzabukela kuze kube nini? Buyisa umphefumulo wami ekubhubhiseni kwabo, wona wodwa owami emabhongweni ezilwane.
Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
18 Ngizakubonga ebandleni elikhulu, ngikudumise phakathi kwabantu abanengi.
Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
19 Bangajabuli ngami abayizitha zami ngamanga, kabangangificeli ilihlo labo abangizonda ngeze.
Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
20 Ngoba kabakhulumi ukuthula, kodwa baceba amazwi enkohliso bemelene labachumileyo emhlabeni.
They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
21 Kanti bangikhamisela kakhulu umlomo wabo bathi: Aha, aha, ilihlo lethu likubonile!
They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
22 Nkosi, usukubonile; ungathuli. Nkosi, ungabi khatshana lami.
Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
23 Zivuse, uvukele ilungelo lami, udaba lwami, Nkulunkulu wami leNkosi yami.
Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
24 Ngahlulela, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wami, ngokulunga kwakho; kabangathokozi ngami.
Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
25 Kabangatsho enhliziyweni yabo ukuthi: Hiya, yisifiso sethu! Bangatsho ukuthi: Simginyile.
Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
26 Kabayangeke babe lenhloni ndawonye abajabula ngosizi lwami; bembathiswe ngenhloni lehlazo labo abazikhukhumeza ngami.
Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
27 Kabamemeze ngenjabulo bathabe abaloyisa ukulunga kwami, yebo kabatsho njalonjaloukuthi: Kayikhuliswe iNkosi ethokoza ngokuhlala kuhle kwenceku yayo.
But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
28 Lolimi lwami luzakhuluma ukulunga kwakho, usuku lonke indumiso yakho.
Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
