< Amahubo 63 >
1 Nkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu wami, ngizakudinga ngovivi; umphefumulo wami womela wena; inyama yami iyakulangatha, elizweni elomileyo leligagadekileyo, elingelamanzi.
melody to/for David in/on/with to be he in/on/with wilderness Judah God God my you(m. s.) to seek you to thirst to/for you soul my to pine to/for you flesh my in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and faint without water
2 Njengoba ngikubonile endaweni engcwele, ngibone amandla akho lobukhosi bakho.
so in/on/with holiness to see you to/for to see: see strength your and glory your
3 Ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lungcono kulempilo; indebe zami zizakudumisa.
for pleasant kindness your from life lips my to praise you
4 Ngokunjalo ngizakubonga ngisaphila, ngiphakamise izandla zami ebizweni lakho.
so to bless you in/on/with life my in/on/with name your to lift: vow palm my
5 Umphefumulo wami uzasutha kungathi ngomnkantsho lamahwahwa, lomlomo wami uzadumisa ngezindebe ezithabisayo.
like fat and ashes to satisfy soul my and lips triumphing to boast: praise lip my
6 Lapho ngikukhumbula embhedeni wami, emilindweni yebusuku ngizindla ngawe.
if to remember you upon bed my in/on/with watch to mutter in/on/with you
7 Ngoba ubulusizo lwami, ngakho emthunzini wempiko zakho ngizahlabela ngithokoze.
for to be help to/for me and in/on/with shadow wing your to sing
8 Umphefumulo wami unamathele ekukulandeleni, isandla sakho sokunene siyangisekela.
to cleave soul my after you in/on/with me to grasp right your
9 Kodwa abadinga umphefumulo wami ukuwuchitha bazakuya ezindaweni zomhlaba eziphansi.
and they(masc.) to/for devastation to seek soul: life my to come (in): come in/on/with lower [the] land: country/planet
10 Bazanikelwa emandleni enkemba, babe yisabelo samakhanka.
to pour him upon hand: power sword portion fox to be
11 Kodwa inkosi izathokoza kuNkulunkulu; wonke ofunga ngaye uzazincoma; kodwa umlomo wabaqamba amanga uzavalwa.
and [the] king to rejoice in/on/with God to boast: boast all [the] to swear in/on/with him for to stop lip to speak: speak deception