Psalms 69
1 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.
Ngisindisa, Nkulunkulu, ngoba amanzi asengene kuwo umphefumulo.
2 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.
Ngiyatshona odakeni olujulileyo, lapho okungelakuma khona; ngingene emanzini atshonayo, lapho impophoma iyangicwilisa.
3 I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.
Ngidiniwe yikukhala kwami, umphimbo wami womile qha; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.
Abangizondayo ngeze banengi okwedlula inwele zekhanda lami; abangangibhubhisa, izitha zami ngaphandle kwecala, balamandla. Lokho engingakwebanga ngasengikubuyisela.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.
Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuthutha bami, lezono zami kazifihlakalanga kuwe.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.
Kabangayangeki ngenxa yami labo abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova wamabandla; bangadunyazwa ngenxa yami labo abakudingayo, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
7 For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face.
Ngoba ngenxa yakho ngithwele ihlazo; inhloni zisibekele ubuso bami.
8 I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.
Sengaba ngowemzini kubafowethu, lowezizweni kubantwana bakamama.
9 For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Ngoba ukutshisekela indlu yakho kungidlile, lenhlamba yabakuhlambazayo iwele phezu kwami.
10 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.
Ngasengilila ekuzileni ukudla komphefumulo wami, njalo kwaba yikudunyazwa kimi.
11 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.
Ngasengisenza isaka isembatho sami, ngaba yisiga kibo.
12 They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.
Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami, njalo ngaba yingoma yabanatha okunathwayo okulamandla.
13 But I [will cry] to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Kodwa mina umkhuleko wami ukuwe, Nkosi, ngesikhathi somusa, Nkulunkulu, ngobunengi besihawu sakho, ngiphendule, ngeqiniso losindiso lwakho.
14 Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.
Ungophule odakeni, ngingatshoni; ngikhululwe kwabangizondayo lenzikini yamanzi.
15 Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.
Impophoma yamanzi kayingangicwilisi, lenziki ingangiginyi, lomgodi ungavali umlomo wawo phezu kwami.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.
Ngiphendula, Nkosi, ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lulungile; ngobunengi besihawu sakho uphendukele kimi.
17 And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.
Njalo ungayifihleli ubuso bakho inceku yakho; ngoba ngiyahlupheka, phangisa ungiphendule.
18 Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Sondela emphefumulweni wami, uwuhlenge, ungikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.
19 For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.
Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami lehlazo lami lokudunyazwa kwami; izitha zami zonke ziphambi kwakho.
20 My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.
Ukuthukwa kuyidabule inhliziyo yami, njalo ngibuthakathaka. Bengilindele ongangihawukela, kodwa wayengekho, labaduduzayo, kodwa kangibatholanga.
21 They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
Basebengipha inyongo ibe yikudla kwami, lekomeni kwami banginathisa iviniga.
22 Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling-block.
Itafula labo eliphambi kwabo kalibe ngumjibila, ibe yisifu sabonwabileyo.
23 Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.
Amehlo abo kawafiphale ukuze bangaboni, njalo wenze inkalo zabo zihlale zithuthumele.
24 Pour out thy wrath upon them, and let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.
Thela intukuthelo yakho phezu kwabo, lolaka lwakho oluvuthayo lubafice.
25 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:
Indawo yabo yokuhlala kayibe lunxiwa, kungabi khona ohlala emathenteni abo.
26 Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Ngoba omtshayileyo wena bayamzingela, njalo baxoxa kube buhlungu kwabalinyazwe nguwe.
27 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Yengezelela ukona ekoneni kwabo, ukuze bangangeni ekulungeni kwakho.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.
Kabesulwe ogwalweni lwabaphilayo, bangabalwa kanye labalungileyo.
29 I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.
Kodwa mina ngilusizi, ngiyafuthelwa; usindiso lwakho, Nkulunkulu, kalungimise phezulu ngivikelekile.
30 I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;
Ngizadumisa ibizo likaNkulunkulu ngehubo, ngimkhulise ngokubonga.
31 and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.
Kuzakuba kuhle-ke eNkosini okwedlula inkabi kumbe ijongosi elilempondo lenklagu.
32 Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.
Abathobekileyo bazabona, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu inhliziyo yenu izaphila.
33 For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.
Ngoba iNkosi iyabezwa abaswelayo, njalo kayideleli izibotshwa zayo.
34 Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.
Kakuthi amazulu lomhlaba kuyidumise, izinlwandle lakho konke okunyakaza phakathi kwazo.
35 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzasindisa iZiyoni, ayakhe imizi yakoJuda; njalo bahlale khona badle ilifa layo.
36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Lenzalo yenceku zakhe izakudla ilifa layo, labathanda ibizo lakhe bazahlala kuyo.
