Amahubo 69
1 Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are 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 am 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 of 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.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.
O God, thou knowest 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 them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.
I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother’s children.
9 Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me.
10 Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was 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 LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear 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 them that 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 overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies.
19 Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: my adversaries are all before thee.
20 Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.
Reproach hath 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 gave me also 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 become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.
Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26 Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast 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 the living, 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.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull that hath horns and hoofs.
32 Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Kakuthi amazulu lomhlaba kuyidumise, izinlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza phakathi kwazo.
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth in it.
35 Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell 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 they that love his name shall dwell in it.
