< Amahubo 83 >

1 Nkulunkulu, ungazithuleli; ungathuli, ungathi zwi, Nkulunkulu.
[A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
2 Ngoba, khangela, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela, labakuzondayo baphakamise ikhanda.
For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
3 Benzela abantu bakho iseluleko sobuqili, bacebisana bemelene labafihliweyo bakho.
They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
4 Bathi: Wozani, sibaqume, bangabi yisizwe, lebizo likaIsrayeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa.
They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 Ngoba bacebisana nganhliziyonye, benza isivumelwano esimelana lawe;
For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
6 amathente eEdoma, lamaIshmayeli; iMowabi, lamaHagari;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
7 iGebali, leAmoni, leAmaleki; amaFilisti kanye labahlali beTire;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 iAshuri layo isizihlanganise labo; bebeyingalo ebantwaneni bakaLothi. (Sela)
Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Yenza kubo njengeMidiyani, njengoSisera, njengoJabini, esifuleni iKishoni.
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
10 Babhubhela eEndori, baba ngumquba womhlabathi.
who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
11 Yenza zona izikhulu zabo zibe njengoOrebi lanjengoZebi, lawo wonke amakhosana abo abe njengoZeba lanjengoZalimuna,
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 abathi: Kasizithathele amadlelo kaNkulunkulu abe ngawethu.
who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
13 Nkulunkulu wami, benze babe njengokuhwithwayo, njengamakhoba phambi komoya,
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
14 njengomlilo utshisa ihlathi, lanjengelangabi lithungela izintaba.
Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
15 Ngokunjalo baxotshe ngesivunguzane sakho, ubethuse ngesiphepho sakho.
so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Gcwalisa ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze balidinge ibizo lakho, Nkosi.
Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, Jehovah.
17 Kababe lenhloni bethuke kuze kube nininini, yebo, badunyazwe babhubhe.
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 Ukuze bazi ukuthi nguwe wedwa, obizo lakho nguJehova, oPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke.
that they will know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.

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