Psalms 41
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,
8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
“Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
