Psalms 81
1 To the Overseer. — 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
Hlabelani kakhulu kuNkulunkulu amandla ethu, lihlokome ngentokozo kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
Thathani ingoma, lilethe isigujana, ichacho elimnandi kanye logubhu lwezintambo.
3 Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
Vuthelani uphondo ekuthwaseni kwenyanga, esikhathini esimisiweyo, ngosuku lomkhosi wethu.
4 For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Ngoba lokho kuyisimiso kuIsrayeli, umthetho kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
5 A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.
Wakumisa kwaba yibufakazi kuJosefa, ekuphumeni kwakhe emelene lelizwe leGibhithe; ngezwa ulimi engingalwaziyo.
6 From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
Ngasusa ihlombe lakhe emthwalweni; izandla zakhe zakhululwa ezimbizeni.
7 In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
Wakhala usenhluphekweni, ngakukhulula; ngakuphendula ekusithekeni komdumo; ngakuhlola emanzini eMeriba. (Sela)
8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
Zwana, sizwe sami, ngizafakaza kuwe, Israyeli, aluba ungangilalela.
9 There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
Kakungabi khona phakathi kwakho unkulunkulu wezizweni, njalo ungakhonzi unkulunkulu wezizweni.
10 I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
Mina ngiyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, owakwenyusa usuka elizweni leGibhithe. Khamisa umlomo wakho ube banzi, njalo ngizawugcwalisa.
11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
Kodwa abantu bami kabalilalelanga ilizwi lami; loIsrayeli kavumelananga lami.
12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
Ngakho ngabanikela enkanini yenhliziyo yabo, ukuze bahambe kumacebo abo.
13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
Kungathi abantu bami bebengangilalela, uIsrayeli ahambe endleleni zami!
14 As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
Masinyane bengingazehlisela phansi izitha zabo, ngiphendulele isandla sami kwabamelene labo.
15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.
Abayizondayo iNkosi bangatshotshobala phambi kwayo ngokuzenzisa, kodwa isikhathi sabo besizakuba phakade.
16 He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
Wayezabondla ngamanono engqoloyi; njalo bengizakusuthisa ngoluju oluvela edwaleni.
