Amahubo 50
1 USomandla, uNkulunkulu, iNkosi, ukhulumile, ubiza umhlaba kusukela ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kube sekutshoneni kwalo.
A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 EseZiyoni, ukuphelela kobuhle, uNkulunkulu ukhanyile.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.
3 UNkulunkulu wethu uzakuza, kayikuthula; umlilo phambi kwakhe uzaqothula, enhlangothini zonke zakhe kuzakuba lesiphepho esikhulu.
Our God comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.
4 Uzabiza amazulu ephezulu, lomhlaba, ukwahlulela abantu bakhe.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
5 Buthelani kimi abangcwele bami, abenza isivumelwano lami ngomhlatshelo.
“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 Lamazulu azatshumayela ukulunga kwakhe, ngoba uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ungumahluleli. (Sela)
The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 Zwanini bantu bami, ngizakhuluma; Israyeli, ngizafakaza ngimelene lawe. NginguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wakho.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.
8 Kangikusoli ngenxa yemihlatshelo yakho; leminikelo yakho yokutshiswa ihlala iphambi kwami.
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
9 Kangiyikuthatha ijongosi elivela emzini wakho, lezimpongo ezivela ezibayeni zakho.
I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.
10 Ngoba ngeyami yonke inyamazana yehlathi, izinkomo ezisentabeni eziyizinkulungwane.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 Ngiyazazi izinyoni zonke zezintaba, lezilo zommango zikimi.
I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 Uba bengilambile, bengingayikukutshela, ngoba umhlaba ngowami lokugcwala kwawo.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.
13 Ngizayidla yini inyama yezinkunzi, kumbe nginathe igazi lezimpongo?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Nikela kuNkulunkulu umhlatshelo wokubonga, ukhokhe izithembiso zakho koPhezukonke.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Ungibize osukwini lokuhlupheka, ngizakukhulula, ubusungidumisa.
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.”
16 Kodwa komubi uNkulunkulu uthi: Ulani lokuthi utshumayele izimiso zami, kumbe uthathe isivumelwano sami emlonyeni wakho?
But to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
17 Ngoba wena uzonda ukuqondiswa, ulahla amazwi ami emva kwakho.
since you hate instruction and throw my words away?
18 Uba ubona isela, uthokozelana lalo, lesabelo sakho sisezifebeni.
When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.
19 Umlomo wakho uyawunikela ebubini, lolimi lwakho luqambe inkohliso.
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.
20 Uhlala ukhulume umelene lomfowenu, uhlebe indodana kanyoko.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
21 Lezizinto uzenzile, ngathula; wacabanga ukuthi nginjengawe kanye. Ngizakukhuza, ngikuhlele phambi kwamehlo akho.
You have done these things, but I have kept silent, so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
22 Kuqapheleni-ke lokhu, lina elikhohlwa uNkulunkulu, hlezi ngilidabule, kungabi khona okukhululayo.
Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, otherwise I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to come to help you!
23 Onikela umnikelo wokubonga uyangidumisa; lolungisa indlela yakhe ngizambonisa usindiso lukaNkulunkulu.
The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, and to anyone who plans his path in the right way I will show God's salvation.”
