Amahubo 74
1 Nkulunkulu, usilahleleni kokuphela? Ulaka lwakho luvuthelani ngakuzo izimvu zedlelo lakho?
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
2 Khumbula ibandla lakho owalithenga endulo, intonga yelifa lakho owayihlengayo, le intaba yeZiyoni ohlala kuyo.
Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
3 Phakamisa inyawo zakho ezincithakalweni eziqhubekayo, konke okubi izitha ezikwenzileyo endaweni engcwele.
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Izitha zakho zibhongile phakathi kwezindawo zakho zokubuthanela, zamisa impawu zazo zibe zimpawu.
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 Umuntu waziwa njengophakamisa amahloka eguswini lezihlahla.
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 Kodwa khathesi zitshaye okubaziweyo kwayo ndawonye ngamahloka lezando.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Zinikele indlu yakho engcwele emlilweni, zangcolisa indawo yokuhlala yebizo lakho ngokuyiwisela emhlabathini.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Zathi enhliziyweni yazo: Kasibachithe ndawonye. Zatshisa zonke indawo zokubuthanela zikaNkulunkulu elizweni.
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Impawu zethu kasiziboni; kakusekho mprofethi; kakho kithi owaziyo ukuthi koze kube nini.
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Koze kube nini, Nkulunkulu, umcindezeli edelela? Isitha sizahlambaza ibizo lakho kokuphela yini?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Usifinyezeleni isandla sakho, yebo isandla sakho sokunene? Sikhuphe phakathi kwesifuba sakho.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 Kanti uNkulunkulu uyiNkosi yami kusukela endulo, eyenza insindiso phakathi komhlaba.
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Nguwe owehlukanisa ulwandle ngamandla akho; wafohloza amakhanda emigobho emanzini.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Nguwe owachoboza amakhanda kaLeviyathani, wamnikela waba yikudla kwabantu enkangala.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Nguwe owaqhekeza umthombo lesifula, nguwe owomisa imifula egeleza njalo.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Usuku ngolwakho, lobusuku ngobakho; nguwe owamisa ukukhanya lelanga.
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 Nguwe owamisa yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba; nguwe owenza ihlobo lobusika.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Khumbula lokhu, isitha siyangisile, Nkosi, labantu abayizithutha bahlambazile ibizo lakho.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Ungawunikeli umphefumulo wejuba lakho ezinyamazaneni zendle; ungakhohlwa ixuku lezihlupheki zakho phakade.
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Nanzelela isivumelwano; ngoba indawo ezimnyama zomhlaba zigcwele indawo zokuhlala zesihluku.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Kangabuyeli eyangekile ocindezelweyo; ohluphekayo loswelayo kabalidumise ibizo lakho.
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
22 Vuka, Nkulunkulu! Ulumele udaba lwakho, ukhumbule ihlazo lakho ngoyisiwula usuku lonke.
Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Ungakhohlwa ilizwi lezitha zakho, ukuxokozela kwabakuvukelayo kwenyuka njalonjalo.
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
