< Amahubo 75 >
1 Siyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, siyabonga, ukuthi ibizo lakho liseduze, iyalandisa imisebenzi yakho emangalisayo.
We give thanks to you; our God, we thank you. You are close to us, and we proclaim to others the wonderful things that you have done [for us].
2 Lapho ngisemukela isikhathi esimisiweyo ngizakwahlulela ngokuqonda.
[You have said], “I have appointed a time when I will judge people, and I will judge [everyone] fairly.
3 Umhlaba labo bonke abakhileyo kuwo kuncibilikile; mina ngiqinisa insika zawo. (Sela)
When the earth shakes and all the creatures on the earth tremble, I am the one who will (keep its foundations steady/prevent it from being destroyed).
4 Ngathi kwabayiziwula: Lingabi yiziwula. Lakwababi: Lingaphakamisi uphondo.
I say to people who (boast/talk proudly about themselves), ‘Stop bragging!’ and I say to wicked people, ‘Do not proudly [do things to] show how great you are [IDM]!
5 Lingaphakamiseli phezulu uphondo lwenu, lingakhulumi ngentamo elukhuni.
Do not be arrogant, and do not speak so boastfully!’”
6 Ngoba ukuphakanyiswa kakuveli empumalanga kumbe entshonalanga njalo hatshi enkangala.
The one who judges people does not come from the east or from the west, and he does not come from the desert.
7 Kodwa uNkulunkulu ungumahluleli, uyehlisa omunye, aphakamise omunye.
God is the one who judges people; he says that some have sinned and must be punished, and that others have not done what is wrong.
8 Ngoba esandleni seNkosi kulenkezo; lewayini liphuphuma, ligcwele inhlanganiso; iyathulula okwalo; kodwa izibhidi zalo, ababi bonke bomhlaba bazazihluza bazinathe.
[It is as though] Yahweh holds a cup in his hand; it is filled with wine that [has spices] mixed in it [to cause those who drink it to become more drunk]; and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; they will drink every drop of it, [which means that he will give them all the punishment that they deserve].
9 Kodwa mina ngizatshumayela njalonjalo, ngihlabele indumiso kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
But [as for me], I will never stop saying what the God whom Jacob [worshiped has done]; I will never quit singing to praise him.
10 Njalo zonke impondo zababi ngizaziquma; impondo zabalungileyo zizaphakanyiswa.
He will destroy the power [IDM] of wicked people, but he will cause righteous people to become more powerful.