Amahubo 60
1 Nkulunkulu, ubusilahlile, wasibhidliza, wathukuthela; buyela kithi.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
2 Uzamazamisile umhlaba, wawuqhekeza; silisa imikenke yawo, ngoba uyazamazama.
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 Abantu bakho ubabonisile okulukhuni; usinathise iwayini lokudiyazela.
You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
4 Ubanikile labo abakwesabayo isiboniso, ukuze siphakanyiswe ngenxa yeqiniso. (Sela)
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow.
5 Ukuze abathandekayo bakho bakhululwe; sindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, usiphendule.
Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
6 UNkulunkulu ukhulumile ebungcweleni bakhe. Ngizathaba, ngilabe iShekema, ngilinganise isihotsha seSukothi.
God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
7 Ngeyami iGileyadi, njalo ngowami uManase, loEfrayimi ungamandla ekhanda lami, uJuda ngumnikumthetho wami.
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
8 UMowabi ungumganu wami wokugezela; phezu kukaEdoma ngizaphosela inyathela lami; mayelana lami, wena Filisti, memeza ngokunqoba.
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 Ngubani ozangisa emzini oqinileyo? Ngubani ozangiholela eEdoma?
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Kawusilahlanga yini, Nkulunkulu; kawuphumanga, Nkulunkulu, lamabutho ethu?
Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
11 Siphe usizo ekuhlupheni, ngoba luyize uncedo lomuntu.
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
12 KuNkulunkulu sizakwenza ngobuqhawe, ngoba yena uzanyathelela phansi izitha zethu.
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
