Amahubo 71
1 Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyaphephela; kangingayangeki lanininini.
In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.
2 Ngikhulula ngokulunga kwakho, ungophule; beka indlebe yakho kimi, ungisindise.
In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.
3 Woba lidwala lokuhlala kimi, ngiye kulo njalonjalo; ulayile ukungisindisa, ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.
4 Nkulunkulu wami, ngophula esandleni somubi lesandleni songalunganga lolesihluku.
O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
5 Ngoba wena, ulithemba lami Nkosi, Jehova, ithemba lami kwasebutsheni bami.
For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.
6 Ngeyame kuwe kwasesizalweni; nguwe owangikhupha esiswini sikamama; indumiso yami ingawe njalonjalo.
By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.
7 Benginjengesimangaliso kwabanengi; kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.
8 Umlomo wami kawugcwaliswe ngendumiso yakho, usuku lonke ngodumo lwakho.
Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.
9 Ungangilahli esikhathini sokuluphala, ungangitshiyi ekupheleni kwamandla ami.
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
10 Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma zimelene lami, labacathamela umphefumulo wami bayacebisana,
For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
11 besithi: UNkulunkulu umtshiyile; zingelani, limbambe, ngoba kakho okhululayo.
Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'
12 Nkulunkulu, ungabi khatshana lami; Nkulunkulu wami, phangisela usizo lwami.
O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
13 Kabayangeke baphele abayizitha zomphefumulo wami, kabasitshekelwe yikuyangeka lehlazo labo abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
14 Kodwa mina ngizathemba njalonjalo, ngengeze ekudunyisweni kwakho konke.
And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.
15 Umlomo wami uzalandisa ukulunga kwakho, usuku lonke usindiso lwakho, ngoba kangiwazi amanani akho.
My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
16 Ngizahamba emandleni eNkosi uJehova, ngiqambe ukulunga kwakho, okwakho kuphela.
I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness — Thine only.
17 Nkulunkulu, ungifundisile kusukela ebutsheni bami, njalo kuze kube khathesi ngitshumayele izimangaliso zakho.
God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.
18 Lalapho sengiluphele sengiyimpunga, Nkulunkulu, ungangitshiyi, ngize ngitshumayele ingalo yakho kuso isizukulwana, amandla akho kuye wonke ozakuza.
And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
19 Lokulunga kwakho, Nkulunkulu, kufika ezingqongeni, owenze izinto ezinkulu; Nkulunkulu, ngubani onjengawe?
And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?
20 Ongenze ngabona inhlupheko ezinengi lezibuhlungu, uzangivuselela futhi, ungikhuphule futhi ezinzikini zomhlaba.
Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back — Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back — Thou bringest me up.
21 Uzakwandisa ubukhulu bami, ungiduduze inhlangothi zonke.
Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest — Thou comfortest me,
22 Lami ngizakudumisa ngogubhu lwezintambo, iqiniso lakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngizahlabelela izibongo kuwe ngechacho, wena ongcwele kaIsrayeli.
I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
23 Indebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo lapho ngihlabelela kuwe, lomphefumulo wami owuhlengileyo.
My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,
24 Futhi ulimi lwami luzakhuluma ngokulunga kwakho usuku lonke, ngoba bayangekile, ngoba badumazeka, abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed — because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
