Amahubo 75

1 Siyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, siyabonga, ukuthi ibizo lakho liseduze, iyalandisa imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.

To you, O God, do we give thanks, to you do we give thanks: for that your name is near your wondrous works declare.

2 Lapho ngisemukela isikhathi esimisiweyo ngizakwahlulela ngokuqonda.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3 Umhlaba labo bonke abakhileyo kuwo kuncibilikile; mina ngiqinisa insika zawo. (Sela)

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)

4 Ngathi kwabayiziwula: Lingabi yiziwula. Lakwababi: Lingaphakamisi uphondo.

I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5 Lingaphakamiseli phezulu uphondo lwenu, lingakhulumi ngentamo elukhuni.

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6 Ngoba ukuphakanyiswa kakuveli empumalanga kumbe entshonalanga njalo hatshi enkangala.

For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 Kodwa uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, uyehlisa omunye, aphakamise omunye.

But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

8 Ngoba esandleni seNkosi kulenkezo; lewayini liphuphuma, ligcwele inhlanganiso; iyathulula okwalo; kodwa izibhidi zalo, ababi bonke bomhlaba bazazihluza bazinathe.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

9 Kodwa mina ngizatshumayela njalonjalo, ngihlabele indumiso kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 Njalo zonke impondo zababi ngizaziquma; impondo zabalungileyo zizaphakanyiswa.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.