Psalms 89
1 Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
Ihubo lika-Ethani umEzira Ngizahlabelela ngothando lukaThixo olukhulu lanininini; ngomlomo wami ngizakwenza ukuthembeka kwakho kwaziwe ezizukulwaneni zonke.
2 I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
Ngizamemezela ukuthi uthando lwakho lumi luqinile laphakade, ukuthi ukuthembeka kwakho wakugxilisa ezulwini uqobo.
3 Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
Wathi, “Sengenze isivumelwano lalowo okhethiweyo wami, sengifungile kuDavida inceku yami,
4 ‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
‘Ngizawumisa umndeni wakho laphakade, ngisiqinise isihlalo sakho sobukhosi kuzozonke izizukulwane.’”
5 Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
Amazulu ayazidumisa izimanga zakho, Oh Thixo, lokuthembeka kwakho emhlanganweni wabangcwele.
6 There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
Phela ngubani onjengoThixo phakathi kwabaphilayo ezulwini na? Ngubani onjengoThixo phakathi kwabaphilayo ezulwini na?
7 When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
Enhlanganisweni yabangcwele uNkulunkulu uyesatshwa kakhulu; uyesabeka kulabo bonke abahlezi laye.
8 O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
Yebo Thixo Nkulunkulu Somandla, ngubani onjengawe na? Ulamandla, Oh Thixo, ukuthembeka kwakho kukuhonqolozele.
9 You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
Uyabusa phezu kolwandle olugubhazelayo; lapho amavinqo alo equbuka, uyawathulisa.
10 You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
Wamchoboza uRahabi njengomunye wababuleweyo; ngengalo yakho elamandla wazichitha izitha.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
Ngawakho amazulu, ngowakho njalo lomhlaba; wawudala umhlaba lakho konke okukuwo.
12 You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
Wayidala inyakatho kanye leningizimu; iThabhori leHemoni zihlabelela ibizo lakho ngentokozo.
13 (You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
Ingalo yakho igcwele amandla; isandla sakho siqinile, esokunene siphakeme.
14 (Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
Ukulunga lokwahlulela kuhle yikho okuyinsika yesihlalo sakho sobukhosi; uthando lokuthembeka kuhamba phambili kwakho.
15 Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
Babusisiwe labo asebekufundile ukukubabaza, abahamba ekukhanyeni kobukhona bakho, Oh Thixo.
16 Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
Bayathokoza ngebizo lakho ilanga lonke; bayagubhazela ngokulunga kwakho.
17 You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
Ngoba uyibukhosi babo lamandla abo, kuthi ngomusa wakho uphakamise uphondo lwethu.
18 Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
Ngempela isihlangu sethu ngesikaThixo, iNkosi yethu Kuye oYedwa oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
Endulo wakhuluma ngombono, ebantwini bakho abathembekileyo wathi: “Sengiwehlisele amandla phezu kweqhawe; sengiphakamise insizwa phakathi kwabantu.
20 That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
Sengifumane uDavida inceku yami; ngamafutha ami angcwele sengimgcobile.
21 I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
Isandla sami sizamsekela; ngempela ingalo yami izamqinisa.
22 His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
Akulasitha esizamncindezela ukuthi athele kuso; kakho umuntu omubi ozamcindezela.
23 I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
Ngizazichoboza izitha zakhe phambi kwakhe ngibalahlele phansi abalwa laye.
24 I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
Uthando lwami oluthembekileyo luzaba laye, ukuthi ngebizo lami luphakanyiswe uphondo lwakhe.
25 I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
Ngizabeka isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle, isandla sakhe sokunene phezu kwemifula.
26 He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
Uzamemeza kimi athi, ‘UnguBaba, Nkulunkulu wami, iDwala elinguMsindisi wami.’
27 I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
Njalo ngizamisa abe lizibulo lami, inkosi ephakeme ngaphezu kwawo wonke amakhosi omhlaba.
28 I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
Ngizalugcina uthando lwami kuye laphakade, lesivumelwano sami laye kasiyikuphela.
29 I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
Inzalo yakhe ngizayimisa nini lanini, lesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi kasiyikufa saphela.
30 But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
Aluba amadodana akhe edela umlayo wami angalandeli izimiso zami,
31 if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
nxa besephula izimemezelo zami behluleke ukugcina imiyalo yami,
32 I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
ngizajezisa isono sabo ngoswazi, lesiphambeko sabo ngokubatshaya;
33 But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
kodwa kangiyikulususa uthando lwami kuye, njalo kangisoze ngiguqule ukuthembeka kwami.
34 I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
Kangiyikusephula isivumelwano sami kumbe ngiguqule lokho okuphume ezindebeni zami.
35 Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
Ngavele ngafunga kanye ngobungcwele bami angiyikuqamba amanga kuDavida,
36 [I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
ukuthi inzalo yakhe izaqhubeka laphakade lesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sizakuma phambi kwami njengelanga;
37 That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
sizakuma laphakade njengenyanga, ufakazi othembekileyo yisibhakabhaka.”
38 But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
Kodwa usumalile, usumlahlile, ubumthukuthelela kakhulu ogcotshiweyo wakho.
39 [It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
Ususikhalele isivumelwano lenceku yakho wawubhuqela othulini umqhele wakhe.
40 You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
Usuyibhidlizile yonke imiduli yakhe, izinqaba zakhe wazenza amanxiwa.
41 All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
Bonke abedlula khona bamphangile; useyinhlekisa yabomakhelwane.
42 You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
Usuphakamisile isandla sokunene sezitha zakhe; usuwenze zonke izitha zakhe zathokoza.
43 You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
Uyibuyisele emuva inkemba yakhe ebukhali awaze wamsekela empini.
44 You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
Usuyiqedile inkazimulo yakhe wadilizela phansi isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi.
45 You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
Uluqumile lwaba lufitshane usuku lobutsha bakhe; usumembese ingubo yehlazo.
46 O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
Koze kube nini, Oh Thixo? Uzazifihla kokuphela na? Koze kube nini ulaka lwakho luvutha njengomlilo?
47 Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
Khumbula ukwedlula masinyane kwempilo yami. Ngoba wabadalela ize nje abantu!
48 No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Ngumuntu bani ongaphila angaze abona ukufa, loba azisindise emandleni eliba na? (Sheol h7585)
49 Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
Oh Thixo, lungaphi uthando lwakho lwakudala olukhulu, okwathi ngokuthembeka kwakho wafunga ngalo kuDavida?
50 Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
Khumbula, Thixo ukuthi inceku yakho iklolodelwa njani, ukuthi enhliziyweni yami ngithwele izigcono zezizwe,
51 Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
izigcono izitha zakho eziklolode ngazo, Oh Thixo, okuthe ngazo zaklolodela ogcotshiweyo wakho kukho konke akwenzayo.
52 I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
Udumo kalube kuThixo laphakade!
