Amahubo 88
1 Nkosi Nkulunkulu wosindiso lwami, emini, ebusuku ngakhala phambi kwakho.
“A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, [and] at night I am before thee.
2 Umkhuleko wami kawuze phambi kwakho; beka indlebe yakho ekukhaleni kwami.
Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.
For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
4 Ngibalwa lalabo abehlela emgodini; nginjengomuntu ongelamandla.
I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:
5 Ngikhululwe phakathi kwabafileyo, nginjengababuleweyo abalele engcwabeni, ongasabakhumbuliyo; ngoba bequnyiwe basuswa esandleni sakho.
Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand.
6 Ungifakile emgodini ongaphansi kakhulu, emnyameni, ekujuleni.
Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths.
7 Intukuthelo yakho iyangeleka, langawo wonke amagagasi akho ungihluphile. (Sela)
Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. (Selah)
8 Ususele khatshana lami abejwayelene lami; wangenza ngibe yisinengiso kubo; ngivalelwe, ngingephume.
Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth.
9 Ilihlo lami liyaphela ngenxa yosizi. Ngikubizile lonke usuku, Nkosi, ngelulele izandla zami kuwe.
My eye languisheth by reason of affliction: I call on thee, O Lord, every day, I stretch out unto thee my hands.
10 Abafileyo uyabenzela izimangaliso yini? Imimoya efileyo izavuka yini ikudumise? (Sela)
Wilt thou display wonders to the dead? shall the departed arise [and] thank thee? (Selah)
11 Uthando lwakho luzalandiswa yini engcwabeni? Ukuthembeka kwakho encithakalweni yini?
Shall thy kindness be related in the grave? thy faithfulness in the place of corruption?
12 Izimangaliso zakho zizakwaziwa yini emnyameni? Lokulunga kwakho elizweni lokukhohlwa yini?
Shall thy wonders be acknowledged in the darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Kodwa mina, Nkosi, ngikhalile kuwe, lekuseni umkhuleko wami uzakuza phambi kwakho.
Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14 Nkosi, ulahlelani umphefumulo wami? Ubufihlelani ubuso bakho kimi?
Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
15 Ngihluphekile ngingofayo kusukela ebutsheni, ngithwele ukwesabeka kwakho, ngikhathazekile.
I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
16 Ulaka lwakho olutshisayo ludlulile phezu kwami, okwesabekayo kwakho kungiqedile.
Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me;
17 Kungizingelezile njengamanzi usuku lonke, kungihanqile kanyekanye.
They encompass me like water all the time; they have closed in round about me together.
18 Ususele khatshana lami othandayo lomngane, abejwayelene lami basemnyameni.
Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances [are in] darkness.
