Amahubo 81
1 Hlabelani kakhulu kuNkulunkulu amandla ethu, lihlokome ngentokozo kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
2 Thathani ingoma, lilethe isigujana, ichacho elimnandi kanye logubhu lwezintambo.
Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
3 Vuthelani uphondo ekuthwaseni kwenyanga, esikhathini esimisiweyo, ngosuku lomkhosi wethu.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
4 Ngoba lokho kuyisimiso kuIsrayeli, umthetho kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
5 Wakumisa kwaba yibufakazi kuJosefa, ekuphumeni kwakhe emelene lelizwe leGibhithe; ngezwa ulimi engingalwaziyo.
He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
6 Ngasusa ihlombe lakhe emthwalweni; izandla zakhe zakhululwa ezimbizeni.
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 Wakhala usenhluphekweni, ngakukhulula; ngakuphendula ekusithekeni komdumo; ngakuhlola emanzini eMeriba. (Sela)
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8 Zwana, sizwe sami, ngizafakaza kuwe, Israyeli, aluba ungangilalela.
Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9 Kakungabi khona phakathi kwakho unkulunkulu wezizweni, njalo ungakhonzi unkulunkulu wezizweni.
There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
10 Mina ngiyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, owakwenyusa usuka elizweni leGibhithe. Khamisa umlomo wakho ube banzi, njalo ngizawugcwalisa.
I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 Kodwa abantu bami kabalilalelanga ilizwi lami; loIsrayeli kavumelananga lami.
But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
12 Ngakho ngabanikela enkanini yenhliziyo yabo, ukuze bahambe kumacebo abo.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
13 Kungathi abantu bami bebengangilalela, uIsrayeli ahambe endleleni zami!
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
14 Masinyane bengingazehlisela phansi izitha zabo, ngiphendulele isandla sami kwabamelene labo.
I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 Abayizondayo iNkosi bangatshotshobala phambi kwayo ngokuzenzisa, kodwa isikhathi sabo besizakuba phakade.
The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
16 Wayezabondla ngamanono engqoloyi; njalo bengizakusuthisa ngoluju oluvela edwaleni.
And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
