Psalms 41
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
2 Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.
3 Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.
4 I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”
5 Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!
Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”
6 And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.
Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.
7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,
8 A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
“Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”
9 Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.
10 And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.
11 By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.
12 As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.
13 Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.
