Amahubo 41

1 Ubusisiwe onanzelela obuthakathaka. INkosi izamkhulula ngosuku lobubi.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

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

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: 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.

The LORD 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, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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

My 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 cometh 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 to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more.

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

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

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

But thou, O LORD, be merciful to 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 favorest me, because my 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 my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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

Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and amen.