Amahubo 69
1 Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.
For the leader. On shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.
2 Ngiyatshona odakeni olujulileyo, lapho okungelakuma khona; ngingene emanzini atshonayo, lapho impophoma iyangicwilisa.
I am sunk in depths of mire, where ground there is none. I am come into deep deep waters, the flood overwhelms me.
3 Ngidiniwe yikukhala kwami, umphimbo wami womile qha; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.
I am weary of crying, my throat is parched, my eyes are wasted with waiting for God.
4 Abangizondayo ngeze banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; abangangibhubhisa, izitha zami ngaphandle kwecala, balamandla. Lokho engingakwebanga ngasengikubuyisela.
More than the hairs of my head are those who wantonly hate me. More than my bones in number are those who are falsely my foes. That which I never robbed, how am I then to restore?
5 Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.
O God, you know my folly, my guilt is not hidden from you.
6 Kabangayangeki ngenxa yami labo abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova wamabandla; bangadunyazwa ngenxa yami labo abakudingayo, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
Through me let not any be shamed, who wait for you, Lord God of hosts. Through me let not those be confounded who seek you, O God of Israel.
7 Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.
It’s in your cause that I have borne taunts, and my face has been covered with shame;
8 Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.
I became to my kindred a foreigner, to my mother’s sons a stranger.
9 Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.
It was zeal for your house that consumed me, and the insults they hurled at you fell upon me.
10 Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.
When I chastened myself with fasting, they took occasion to taunt me.
11 Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.
When I put on a garment of sackcloth, they made me the theme of a taunt-song.
12 Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.
Those who sit in the gate make sport of me in the music of drunken songs.
13 Kodwa mina umkhuleko wami ukuwe, Nkosi, ngesikhathi somusa, Nkulunkulu, ngobunengi besihawu sakho, ngiphendule, ngeqiniso losindiso lwakho.
But I pray to you, Lord, for a time of favour. In your great love answer me; with your loyal help, save me
14 Ungophule odakeni, ngingatshoni; ngikhululwe kwabangizondayo lenzikini yamanzi.
from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep deep waters,
15 Impophoma yamanzi kayingangicwilisi, lenziki ingangiginyi, lomgodi ungavali umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
that the rushing flood may not drown me, that the deep may not swallow me up, nor the pit close her mouth upon me.
16 Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.
Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
17 Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.
Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
18 Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.
Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
19 Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.
You know how I am insulted; in your sight are all my foes.
20 Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.
Insult has broken my heart, past cure are my shame and confusion. For pity I looked – there was none! And for comforters, but I found none.
21 Basebengipha inyongo ibe yikudla kwami, lekomeni kwami banginathisa iviniga.
Poison they gave me for food, and to slake my thirst they gave vinegar.
22 Itafula labo eliphambi kwabo kalibe ngumjibila, ibe yisifu sabonwabileyo.
May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.
23 Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.
May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.
24 Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.
Pour your indignation upon them, let your burning wrath overtake them.
25 Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.
May their camp be a desolation, in their tents be there none to live.
26 Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.
For those whom you struck, they persecute, and those whom you wounded, they pain yet more.
27 Yengezelela ukona ekoneni kwabo, ukuze bangangeni ekulungeni kwakho.
Charge them with sin upon sin, may they not be acquitted by you.
28 Kabesulwe ogwalweni lwabaphilayo, bangabalwa kanye labalungileyo.
From the book of life be they blotted, may their names not be written with the righteous.
29 Kodwa mina ngilusizi, ngiyafuthelwa; usindiso lwakho, Nkulunkulu, kalungimise phezulu ngivikelekile.
Lift me, O God, by your help above my pain and misery.
30 Ngizadumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngehubo, ngimkhulise ngokubonga.
Then will I praise God in song and magnify him with thanksgiving,
31 Kuzakuba kuhle-ke eNkosini okwedlula inkabi kumbe ijongosi elilempondo lenklagu.
which shall please the Lord better than ox, or than bullock with horns and hoofs.
32 Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.
The oppressed shall rejoice at the sight. You who seek after God, let your heart revive.
33 Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.
For the Lord listens to the poor, he does not despise his prisoners.
34 Kakuthi amazulu lomhlaba kuyidumise, izinlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza phakathi kwazo.
Let the heavens and the earth sing his praises, the seas, and all creatures that move in them.
35 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.
For God will bring help to Zion, and build up the cities of Judah, his people shall live there in possession.
36 Lenzalo yenceku zakhe izakudla ilifa layo, labathanda ibizo lakhe bazahlala kuyo.
His servants’ children shall have it for heritage, and those who love him shall live therein.
