< Amahubo 83 >

1 Nkulunkulu, ungazithuleli; ungathuli, ungathi zwi, Nkulunkulu.
A song. A psalm of Asaph. God, please do not stay silent! You can't remain unmoved! God, you must not keep quiet!
2 Ngoba, khangela, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela, labakuzondayo baphakamise ikhanda.
Can't you hear the roars of your enemies? Can't you see how those who hate you are defiantly lifting up their heads?
3 Benzela abantu bakho iseluleko sobuqili, bacebisana bemelene labafihliweyo bakho.
They invent cunning plans to conspire against your people; they plot against those you treasure.
4 Bathi: Wozani, sibaqume, bangabi yisizwe, lebizo likaIsrayeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa.
They say, “Come on! Let's destroy them as a nation so the name ‘Israel’ will be completely forgotten.”
5 Ngoba bacebisana nganhliziyonye, benza isivumelwano esimelana lawe;
They all agree in their conspiracy; they've made a treaty together to attack you—
6 amathente eEdoma, lamaIshmayeli; iMowabi, lamaHagari;
the people of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagirites;
7 iGebali, leAmoni, leAmaleki; amaFilisti kanye labahlali beTire;
the people of Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 iAshuri layo isizihlanganise labo; bebeyingalo ebantwaneni bakaLothi. (Sela)
Assyria too has joined them, allied with the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Yenza kubo njengeMidiyani, njengoSisera, njengoJabini, esifuleni iKishoni.
Do to them what you did to Midian, what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 Babhubhela eEndori, baba ngumquba womhlabathi.
They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
11 Yenza zona izikhulu zabo zibe njengoOrebi lanjengoZebi, lawo wonke amakhosana abo abe njengoZeba lanjengoZalimuna,
Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb; all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 abathi: Kasizithathele amadlelo kaNkulunkulu abe ngawethu.
for they said, “Let's take the pastures of God for ourselves!”
13 Nkulunkulu wami, benze babe njengokuhwithwayo, njengamakhoba phambi komoya,
My God, make them like whirling tumbleweeds, chaff blown away by the wind.
14 njengomlilo utshisa ihlathi, lanjengelangabi lithungela izintaba.
Just like fire that burns the forest, a flame that sets fire to the mountains,
15 Ngokunjalo baxotshe ngesivunguzane sakho, ubethuse ngesiphepho sakho.
in the same way chase them down with your storm, terrify them with your whirlwind.
16 Gcwalisa ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze balidinge ibizo lakho, Nkosi.
Shame them in defeat so that they come to you, Lord!
17 Kababe lenhloni bethuke kuze kube nininini, yebo, badunyazwe babhubhe.
Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.
18 Ukuze bazi ukuthi nguwe wedwa, obizo lakho nguJehova, oPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke.
Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.

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