< Amahubo 83 >

1 Nkulunkulu, ungazithuleli; ungathuli, ungathi zwi, Nkulunkulu.
A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.
2 Ngoba, khangela, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela, labakuzondayo baphakamise ikhanda.
For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
3 Benzela abantu bakho iseluleko sobuqili, bacebisana bemelene labafihliweyo bakho.
They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.
4 Bathi: Wozani, sibaqume, bangabi yisizwe, lebizo likaIsrayeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa.
They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”
5 Ngoba bacebisana nganhliziyonye, benza isivumelwano esimelana lawe;
For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:
6 amathente eEdoma, lamaIshmayeli; iMowabi, lamaHagari;
the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,
7 iGebali, leAmoni, leAmaleki; amaFilisti kanye labahlali beTire;
and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 iAshuri layo isizihlanganise labo; bebeyingalo ebantwaneni bakaLothi. (Sela)
For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.
9 Yenza kubo njengeMidiyani, njengoSisera, njengoJabini, esifuleni iKishoni.
Do to them as you did to Midian and Sisera, just as to Jabin at the torrent of Kishon.
10 Babhubhela eEndori, baba ngumquba womhlabathi.
They perished at Endor, and they became like the dung of the earth.
11 Yenza zona izikhulu zabo zibe njengoOrebi lanjengoZebi, lawo wonke amakhosana abo abe njengoZeba lanjengoZalimuna,
Set their leaders to be like Oreb and Zeeb, and Zebah and Zalmunna: all their leaders
12 abathi: Kasizithathele amadlelo kaNkulunkulu abe ngawethu.
who said, “Let us possess the Sanctuary of God for an inheritance.”
13 Nkulunkulu wami, benze babe njengokuhwithwayo, njengamakhoba phambi komoya,
My God, set them like a wheel, and like stubble before the face of the wind.
14 njengomlilo utshisa ihlathi, lanjengelangabi lithungela izintaba.
Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.
15 Ngokunjalo baxotshe ngesivunguzane sakho, ubethuse ngesiphepho sakho.
So will you pursue them in your tempest, and disturb them in your wrath.
16 Gcwalisa ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze balidinge ibizo lakho, Nkosi.
Fill their faces with shame, and they will seek your name, O Lord.
17 Kababe lenhloni bethuke kuze kube nininini, yebo, badunyazwe babhubhe.
Let them be ashamed and troubled, from age to age, and let them be confounded and perish.
18 Ukuze bazi ukuthi nguwe wedwa, obizo lakho nguJehova, oPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke.
And let them know that the Lord is your name. You alone are the Most High in all the earth.

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