Amahubo 85
1 Nkosi, ubulomusa elizweni lakho. Ubuyisile ukuthunjwa kukaJakobe.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. You have accepted, O YHWH, Your land, You have turned [to] the captivity of Jacob.
2 Wathethelela ububi babantu bakho, wasibekela zonke izono zabo. (Sela)
You have carried away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. (Selah)
3 Ukususile konke ukuthukuthela kwakho, waphenduka ekuvutheni kolaka lwakho.
You have gathered up all Your wrath, You have turned back from the fierceness of Your anger.
4 Siphendule, Nkulunkulu wosindiso lwethu, wenze ulaka lwakho kithi luphele.
Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Your anger with us.
5 Uzasithukuthelela kokuphela yini? Uzakwelulela ulaka lwakho esizukulwaneni lesizukulwana yini?
Are You angry against us for all time? Do You draw out Your anger To generation and generation?
6 Kawuyikubuya usivuselele yini, ukuze abantu bakho bathokoze kuwe?
Do You not turn back? You revive us, And Your people rejoice in You.
7 Sitshengise umusa wakho, Nkosi, usinike usindiso lwakho.
Show us, O YHWH, your kindness, And You give to us Your salvation.
8 Ngizakuzwa lokho uNkulunkulu iNkosi azakukhuluma, ngoba uzakhuluma ukuthula ebantwini bakhe, lakwabangcwele bakhe, kodwa kabangabuyeli ebuwuleni.
I hear what God, YHWH, speaks, For He speaks peace to His people, And to His saints, and they do not turn back to folly.
9 Isibili usindiso lwakhe luseduze kulabo abamesabayo ukuze kuhlale udumo elizweni lakithi.
Surely His salvation [is] near to those fearing Him, That glory may dwell in our land.
10 Umusa leqiniso kuyahlangabezana, ukulunga lokuthula kwangene.
Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
11 Iqiniso lizaphuma emhlabeni, lokulunga kuzakhangela phansi kusemazulwini.
Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks out from the heavens,
12 Yebo, iNkosi izanika okuhle, lelizwe lethu lizathela isivuno salo.
YHWH also gives that which is good, And our land gives its increase.
13 Ukulunga kuzahamba phambi kwayo, kwenzele izinyathelo zayo indlela.
Righteousness goes before Him, And makes a way for His footsteps!
