Amahubo 41

1 Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: YHWH will deliver him in time of trouble.

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

YHWH will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

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

YHWH will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, YHWH, be merciful 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 speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when 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.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall 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 trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

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

But thou, O YHWH, be merciful 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 favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

And 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 YHWH Elohim of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.