Amahubo 41

1 Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 INkosi izamlondoloza, imgcine ephila; uzabusiswa emhlabeni; kawuyikumnikela entandweni yezitha zakhe.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 INkosi izamsekela embhedeni wokugula kwakhe; wena uzaguqula lonke icansi lakhe emkhuhlaneni wakhe.

Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

4 Mina ngathi: Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, silisa umphefumulo wami, ngoba ngonile kuwe.

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 Izitha zami zikhuluma okubi ngami zisithi: Uzakufa nini, lebizo lakhe lichitheke?

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Lalapho efika ukungibona, ukhuluma inkohliso; inhliziyo yakhe izibuthela okubi, esephumile phandle akhulume.

And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana bemelene lami, bangisongele ukungona.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

8 Into embi inamathele kuye; njalo njengoba elele phansi kasayikuvuka.

A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.

9 Yebo, indoda yobungane bami engiyithembayo, ebikade isidla isinkwa sami, ingiphakamisele isithende imelene lami.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

10 Kodwa, wena Nkosi, woba lomusa kimi, ungilulamise ukuze ngibaphindisele.

But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 Ngalokhu ngiyazi ukuthi uyangithanda, ngoba isitha sami kasithabanga phezu kwami.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 Kodwa mina, ungisekele ebuqothweni bami, wangimisa phambi kwakho kuze kube nininini.

But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

13 Kayibongwe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Ameni, loAmeni.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.