Amahubo 69

1 Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.

Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 Ngiyatshona odakeni olujulileyo, lapho okungelakuma khona; ngingene emanzini atshonayo, lapho impophoma iyangicwilisa.

I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 Ngidiniwe yikukhala kwami, umphimbo wami womile qha; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 Abangizondayo ngeze banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; abangangibhubhisa, izitha zami ngaphandle kwecala, balamandla. Lokho engingakwebanga ngasengikubuyisela.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

5 Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.

O God, thou know my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Kabangayangeki ngenxa yami labo abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova wamabandla; bangadunyazwa ngenxa yami labo abakudingayo, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.

Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord Jehovah of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

7 Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, shame has covered my face.

8 Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.

9 Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.

For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.

10 Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.

When I wept in my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

11 Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

12 Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 Kodwa mina umkhuleko wami ukuwe, Nkosi, ngesikhathi somusa, Nkulunkulu, ngobunengi besihawu sakho, ngiphendule, ngeqiniso losindiso lwakho.

But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Jehovah. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Ungophule odakeni, ngingatshoni; ngikhululwe kwabangizondayo lenzikini yamanzi.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Impophoma yamanzi kayingangicwilisi, lenziki ingangiginyi, lomgodi ungavali umlomo wawo phezu kwami.

Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep swallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

16 Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.

Answer me, O Jehovah, for thy loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou to me,

17 Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.

and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.

18 Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

19 Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.

Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

20 Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

21 Basebengipha inyongo ibe yikudla kwami, lekomeni kwami banginathisa iviniga.

They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Itafula labo eliphambi kwabo kalibe ngumjibila, ibe yisifu sabonwabileyo.

Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

23 Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and bow down their back continually.

24 Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

25 Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let none dwell in their tents.

26 Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.

For they persecute him whom thou have smitten, and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou have wounded.

27 Yengezelela ukona ekoneni kwabo, ukuze bangangeni ekulungeni kwakho.

Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.

28 Kabesulwe ogwalweni lwabaphilayo, bangabalwa kanye labalungileyo.

Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

29 Kodwa mina ngilusizi, ngiyafuthelwa; usindiso lwakho, Nkulunkulu, kalungimise phezulu ngivikelekile.

But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 Ngizadumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngehubo, ngimkhulise ngokubonga.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving,

31 Kuzakuba kuhle-ke eNkosini okwedlula inkabi kumbe ijongosi elilempondo lenklagu.

and it will please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

32 Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.

The meek have seen it, and are glad. Ye who seek after God, let your heart live.

33 Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.

For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise his prisoners.

34 Kakuthi amazulu lomhlaba kuyidumise, izinlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza phakathi kwazo.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.

35 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

36 Lenzalo yenceku zakhe izakudla ilifa layo, labathanda ibizo lakhe bazahlala kuyo.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell therein.