Amahubo 71
1 Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyaphephela; kangingayangeki lanininini.
IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Ngikhulula ngokulunga kwakho, ungophule; beka indlebe yakho kimi, ungisindise.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Woba lidwala lokuhlala kimi, ngiye kulo njalonjalo; ulayile ukungisindisa, ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Nkulunkulu wami, ngophula esandleni somubi lesandleni songalunganga lolesihluku.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 Ngoba wena, ulithemba lami Nkosi, Jehova, ithemba lami kwasebutsheni bami.
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
6 Ngeyame kuwe kwasesizalweni; nguwe owangikhupha esiswini sikamama; indumiso yami ingawe njalonjalo.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
7 Benginjengesimangaliso kwabanengi; kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Umlomo wami kawugcwaliswe ngendumiso yakho, usuku lonke ngodumo lwakho.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
9 Ungangilahli esikhathini sokuluphala, ungangitshiyi ekupheleni kwamandla ami.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma zimelene lami, labacathamela umphefumulo wami bayacebisana,
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 besithi: UNkulunkulu umtshiyile; zingelani, limbambe, ngoba kakho okhululayo.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 Nkulunkulu, ungabi khatshana lami; Nkulunkulu wami, phangisela usizo lwami.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Kabayangeke baphele abayizitha zomphefumulo wami, kabasitshekelwe yikuyangeka lehlazo labo abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 Kodwa mina ngizathemba njalonjalo, ngengeze ekudunyisweni kwakho konke.
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15 Umlomo wami uzalandisa ukulunga kwakho, usuku lonke usindiso lwakho, ngoba kangiwazi amanani akho.
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 Ngizahamba emandleni eNkosi uJehova, ngiqambe ukulunga kwakho, okwakho kuphela.
I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 Nkulunkulu, ungifundisile kusukela ebutsheni bami, njalo kuze kube khathesi ngitshumayele izimangaliso zakho.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 Lalapho sengiluphele sengiyimpunga, Nkulunkulu, ungangitshiyi, ngize ngitshumayele ingalo yakho kuso isizukulwana, amandla akho kuye wonke ozakuza.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Lokulunga kwakho, Nkulunkulu, kufika ezingqongeni, owenze izinto ezinkulu; Nkulunkulu, ngubani onjengawe?
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Ongenze ngabona inhlupheko ezinengi lezibuhlungu, uzangivuselela futhi, ungikhuphule futhi ezinzikini zomhlaba.
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Uzakwandisa ubukhulu bami, ungiduduze inhlangothi zonke.
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 Lami ngizakudumisa ngogubhu lwezintambo, iqiniso lakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngizahlabelela izibongo kuwe ngechacho, wena ongcwele kaIsrayeli.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 Indebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo lapho ngihlabelela kuwe, lomphefumulo wami owuhlengileyo.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 Futhi ulimi lwami luzakhuluma ngokulunga kwakho usuku lonke, ngoba bayangekile, ngoba badumazeka, abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
