Amahubo 69
1 Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.
For the chief musician; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of David. Save me, God; for the waters have put my life in danger.
2 Ngiyatshona odakeni olujulileyo, lapho okungelakuma khona; ngingene emanzini atshonayo, lapho impophoma iyangicwilisa.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me.
3 Ngidiniwe yikukhala kwami, umphimbo wami womile qha; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; 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 on my head; those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; what I did not steal, I have to give back.
5 Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.
God, you know my foolishness, and my sins are not hidden from you.
6 Kabangayangeki ngenxa yami labo abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova wamabandla; bangadunyazwa ngenxa yami labo abakudingayo, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
Let not those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, Lord Yahweh of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor because of me, God of Israel.
7 Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.
For your sake I have borne rebuke; shame has covered my face.
8 Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.
9 Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.
For the zeal of your house has eaten me up, and the rebukes of those who rebuke you have fallen on me.
10 Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.
When I wept and did not eat food, they insulted me.
11 Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became the object of a proverb to them.
12 Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.
Those who sit in the city gate talk about me; I am a song of 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 you, Yahweh, at a time that you will accept; answer me in the trustworthiness of your salvation.
14 Ungophule odakeni, ngingatshoni; ngikhululwe kwabangizondayo lenzikini yamanzi.
Pull me out of the mire, and do not let me sink; let me be taken away from those who hate me and rescued out of the deep waters.
15 Impophoma yamanzi kayingangicwilisi, lenziki ingangiginyi, lomgodi ungavali umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.
Answer me, Yahweh, for your covenant faithfulness is good; because your mercies for me are many, turn to me.
17 Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.
Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress; answer me quickly.
18 Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.
Come to me and redeem me. Because of my enemies, ransom me.
19 Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.
You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.
20 Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.
Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; I looked for comforters, but I found none.
21 Basebengipha inyongo ibe yikudla kwami, lekomeni kwami banginathisa iviniga.
They gave me poison for my food; 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; when they think they are in safety, let it become a trap.
23 Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.
Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and always make their loins shake.
24 Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.
Pour out your indignation on them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
25 Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.
Let their place be a desolation; let no one live in their tents.
26 Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.
For they persecuted the one you struck down. They repeated the account of the pain of those you have wounded.
27 Yengezelela ukona ekoneni kwabo, ukuze bangangeni ekulungeni kwakho.
Accuse them of having committed iniquity after iniquity; do not let them come into your righteous victory.
28 Kabesulwe ogwalweni lwabaphilayo, bangabalwa kanye labalungileyo.
Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life and not be written down along with the righteous.
29 Kodwa mina ngilusizi, ngiyafuthelwa; usindiso lwakho, Nkulunkulu, kalungimise phezulu ngivikelekile.
But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, 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 exalt him with thanksgiving.
31 Kuzakuba kuhle-ke eNkosini okwedlula inkabi kumbe ijongosi elilempondo lenklagu.
That will please Yahweh better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.
32 Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.
The meek have seen it and are glad; you who seek after God, let your hearts live.
33 Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.
For Yahweh 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 in them.
35 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.
For God will save Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah; the people will live there and have it as a possession.
36 Lenzalo yenceku zakhe izakudla ilifa layo, labathanda ibizo lakhe bazahlala kuyo.
His servants' descendants will inherit it; and those who love his name will live there.
