Amahubo 52

1 Uzincomelani ngokubi, qhawe? Umusa kaNkulunkulu ukulo lonke usuku.

You people [think that you] are strong and brag about the sins that you have committed, while you plan to harm godly people.

2 Ulimi lwakho luceba konke ukuganga, njengensingo ebukhali, lwenza inkohliso.

All during the day you plan to get rid of [others]; what you say [MTY] [injures others] like a sharp razor [SIM], and you are [always] deceiving [others].

3 Uthanda okubi kulokuhle; amanga kulokukhuluma iqiniso. (Sela)

You like [doing what is] evil more than you like doing what is good, and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth.

4 Uthanda wonke amazwi okuginya, limi lwenkohliso.

You who say things [MTY] to deceive people, you like to say (things that hurt people/cruel things)!

5 UNkulunkulu laye uzakubhidliza phakade, akususe, akuhluthune ethenteni, akusiphune elizweni labaphilayo. (Sela)

But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive.

6 Abalungileyo bazakubona besabe, bazamhleka, besithi:

When righteous [people] see that, they will be awestruck, and they will laugh at [what happened to] you, and say,

7 Khangelani, umuntu ongamenzanga uNkulunkulu abe yinqaba yakhe, kodwa wathembela ebunengini benotho yakhe, eqinile ekugangeni kwakhe.

“Look [what happened to] the man who would not ask God to protect him; he trusted that his great wealth [would save him]; he trusted in the money that he got by wickedly taking it from others!”

8 Kodwa nginjengesihlahla somhlwathi esiluhlaza endlini kaNkulunkulu. Ngiyathemba emuseni kaNkulunkulu phakade laphakade.

But I am [secure/safe because I worship] in God’s temple; I am like a [strong] green olive tree. I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever.

9 Ngizakudumisa kuze kube phakade ngoba ukwenzile. Ngizalindela ibizo lakho, ngoba lihle phambi kwabangcwele bakho.

God, I will always thank you for the things that you have done. As I stand before godly [people], I will proclaim that you are good (OR, the many good [MTY] [things you have done for us]).