Psalms 146

1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

Dumisani uThixo. Dumisa uThixo mphefumulo wami.

2 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Ngizamdumisa uThixo impilo yami yonke; ngizahlabela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami nxa ngisaphila.

3 Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

Lingabeki ithemba lenu emakhosini, ebantwini benyama, abangeke basindise.

4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Kuthi umoya wabo ungaphuma, babuyele emhlabathini; mhlalokho nje amacebo ahle abhidlike.

5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,

Ubusisiwe lowo osizo lwakhe lunguNkulunkulu kaJakhobe, othemba lakhe likuThixo uNkulunkulu wakhe.

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

UnguMenzi wamazulu lomhlaba, ulwandle lakho konke okulapho: uThixo owala elokhu ethembekile laphakade.

7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

Uyabalwela abancindezelwayo anike abalambileyo ukudla. UThixo ukhulula izibotshwa,

8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

uThixo wenza iziphofu zibone, uThixo uyabaphakamisa labo asebebhazalele, uThixo uthanda abalungileyo.

9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

UThixo uyabalinda abezizweni asekele izintandane labafelokazi, kodwa anyampise izindlela zababi.

10 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

UThixo uyabusa nini lanini, uNkulunkulu wakho, wena Ziyoni, ezizukulwaneni zonke. Dumisani uThixo.