Psalms 35
1 A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lord, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me.
ElikaDavida. Xabana labo, Thixo abaxabana lami; lwana labo abalwa lami.
2 Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe.
Thatha isihlangu lewisa; phakama uzongilamulela.
3 Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
Phakamisa umkhonto lesijula, ukuqondise kwabangihlaselayo. Ngitshela ukuthi, “Ngiyikusindiswa kwakho.”
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.
Sengathi labo abazingela impilo yami bangayangiswa bathelwe ngehlazo; sengathi labo abazama ukungidiliza bangabuyiselwa emuva bedumazekile.
5 Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
Sengathi bangaba njengamakhoba emoyeni, ingilosi kaThixo ibe ibadudula ibaxotsha;
6 Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.
sengathi indlela yabo ingaba mnyama itshelele, ingilosi kaThixo ibe ibahlezi ezithendeni.
7 For without cause they haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
Ngoba bangithiya ngamambule abo ngingonanga lutho, baphinda bangembela umgodi kungelasizatho,
8 Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.
sengathi bangadilizwa belibele lawomambule abawathiyileyo abahilele, sengathi bangawela kulowomgodi babhidlizwe.
9 Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
Lapho-ke umoya wami uzathokoza kuThixo ujabule ekusindiseni Kwakhe.
10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
Mina qobo lwami ngizamemeza ngithi, “Ngubani onjengawe, Oh Thixo? Uyabakhulula abahluphekayo kulabo abalamandla kulabo, abahluphekayo labaswelayo kulabo ababantshontshelayo.”
11 Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.
Ofakazi bolunya bayangivelela; bangibuza ngezinto engingazaziyo.
12 They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule.
Bangiphindisela okuhle ngokubi umphefumulo wami usale usudabukile.
13 Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting: and my praier was turned vpon my bosome.
Ikanti kwathi bona begula ngembatha amasaka ngazithoba ngazila ukudla. Kwathi lapho imikhuleko yami ingaphendulwa
14 I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.
ngaba sesililweni kwangathi ngililela umngane wami loba umfowethu. Ngakhothamisa ikhanda lami ngokudabuka kwangathi ngililela umama.
15 But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not,
Kodwa ngathi sengikhubekile baqwebana bokha insini; abahlaseli bangihlanganyela ngilibele. Bangichothoza okungapheliyo.
16 With the false skoffers at bankets, gnashing their teeth against me.
Bakloloda ngomona njengabangakholwayo; bangigedlela amazinyo abo.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions.
Nkosi, uzakuma ubukele kuze kube nini na? Yenyula impilo yami ekungilimazeni kwabo, impilo yami eligugu kulezizilwane.
18 So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Ngizakubonga phakathi komhlangano omkhulu; ngikudumise ngiphakathi kwamaxuku abantu.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.
Ungabayekeli abayizitha zami ngingabonelanga lutho, bantele phezu kwami. Ungayekeli labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho, banginyonkoloze ngomona.
20 For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.
Kabakhulumi okuqondileyo kodwa babumba amacala amanga, ngalabo abaphila ngokuthula elizweni.
21 And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene.
Bangikhamisela imilomo bathi, “Hiya belo! Sizibonele ngawethu amehlo la.”
22 Thou hast seene it, O Lord: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord.
Oh Thixo, usukubonile lokhu; ungathuli. Ungabi khatshana kwami, Oh Nkosi.
23 Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Vuka, uphakame ungilamulele! Ngilwela, Nkulunkulu Thixo wami.
24 Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee.
Ngigeza ngokulunga Kwakho, Thixo, Nkulunkulu wami; ungabayekeli bantele phezu kwami.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.
Ungabayekeli bacabange bathi, “Ehe, yikho ebesikufuna!” loba bathi, “Sesimginyile.”
26 Let them bee confounded, and put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me.
Sengathi bonke abantela ngokuhlupheka kwami bangathelwa ngehlazo basanganiseke; sengathi bonke abazikhukhumezayo phezu kwami bangembeswa ngokuyangeka langehlazo.
27 But let them be ioyful and glad, that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the prosperitie of his seruant.
Sengathi labo abathokoza ngokugezwa kwami bangahalalisa ngentokozo lenjabulo; sengathi bangatsho kokuphela bathi, “Makaphakanyiswe uThixo othokoza ngokuhlala kuhle kwenceku yakhe.”
28 And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.
Ulimi lwami luzakhuluma ngokulunga Kwakho langendumiso Yakho ilanga lonke.
