Amahubo 8

1 Nkosi, Nkosi yethu, lilenkazimulo kangakanani ibizo lakho emhlabeni wonke! Omise ubukhosi bakho ngaphezu kwamazulu.

Adonai, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

2 Emlonyeni wezingane lowabamunyayo umisile amandla ngenxa yezitha zakho, ukuze uthulise isitha lomphindiseli.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 Lapho ngikhangela amazulu akho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga lenkanyezi owazimisayo,

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

4 uyini umuntu ukuthi umkhumbule, lendodana yomuntu ukuthi uyihambele?

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

5 Kanti wamenza waba ngaphansi kancinyane kulengilosi, wamethwesa umqhele wobukhosi lodumo.

For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 Wamenza wabusa phezu kwemisebenzi yezandla zakho, konke wakubeka ngaphansi kwenyawo zakhe,

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

7 izimvu lenkabi zonke, kanye lezinyamazana zeganga,

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

8 inyoni zamazulu, lezinhlanzi zolwandle, okudlula ezindleleni zenlwandle.

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

9 Nkosi, Nkosi yethu, lilenkazimulo kangakani ibizo lakho emhlabeni wonke!

Adonai, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!