Sigaba sesitsatfu
(Tihlabelelo 73 – 89)
Nkulunkulu ungiko konkhe emphilweni
Sihlabelelo sa-Asafa.
1Ngempela,
Nkulunkulu ubaphatsa kahle baka-Israyeli
nalabo labamsulwa etinhlitiyweni.
2Kepha mine,
tinyawo tami tacishe taphambuka,
kwasala kancane kutsi
tinyawo tami tishelele.
3Ngobe nganginemona nalabatigcabhako,
ngesikhatsi ngibona kuchuma kwalababi.
4Abayiva iminjunju yebuhlungu nabafa,
nemitimba yabo icinile, itinsakatja.
5Tinhlupheko letehlela bantfu
bona atisabehleli,
abavelelwa ngemashwa
njengabo bonkhe bantfu.
6Ngako-ke kutigcabha bakwegabe
entsanyeni njengeligcebesha.
Budlova babembetse njengengubo.
7Kukhuluphala
kuwakhukhumukisile emehlo abo,
imicabango yetinhlitiyo tabo iphuphuma bubi.
8Bayaphukuta bakhulume lokubi;
bakhuluma incindzetelo
ekutiphakamiseni kwabo.
9Ngemilomo yabo
bahlambalata lizulu.
Ngetilimi tabo
bagcilata umhlaba.
10Ngako-ke sive sakhe sijikela kubo,
sibakholwe kuko konkhe labakushoko.
11Sitsi: “Nkulunkulu angati kanjani?
Kukhona yini
lokwatiwa nguLosetikwako Konkhe?”
12Lababi-ke banjalo,
bakhomba ngalosekhatsi,
bandzise ingcebo.
13Impela ngiyihlantele lite inhlitiyo yami,
ngageza tandla tami njengalote licala.
14Ngihlushwa sonkhe sikhatsi,
ngitsetsiswe onkhe emalanga.
15Kube bengitsite:
“Ngitawukhuluma njengabo,”
ngabe ngihlubuke sive sakho, Simakadze.
16Kodvwa kwatsi nase ngicabanga
kutsi lendzaba ngingayiva njani,
kwaba matima ngangete ngabona kahle.
17Ngaze ngangena
endlini lengcwele yaNkulunkulu,
lapho ngevisisa khona ngesiphetfo sabo.
18Ngempela,
wena ubabeka endzaweni leshelelako,
ubente bawe babhubhe.
19Maye!
Bacitfwa ngekucwabita kweliso,
bakhukhulwe tinhlupheko letesabekako.
20Simakadze,
njengekuphela kweliphupho ekuphaphameni,
utawulahla titfunti tabo, nawuvuka.
21Kwatsi ngesikhatsi
umphefumulo wami umunyu
ngatsi nangihlabeka enhlitiyweni,
22kwakhandzaniseka kutsi
angicondzisisi, nginebulima;
mine ngaba nebulwane embikwakho.
23Noko-ke mine ngihlala nawe onkhe emalanga,
ungibambe ngesandla sami sekudla,
24uyawungihola ungicondzise ngeteluleko takho,
ekugcineni uyawungikhatimulisa ebukhosini.
25Ngubani lenginaye ezulwini
ngaphandle kwakho?
Nanginawe, kute lengikufunako la emhlabeni.
26Nome umtimba
nemphefumulo wami kwehluleka,
kodvwa Nkulunkulu
ulidvwala lenhlitiyo yami,
nesabelo selifa lami ingunaphakadze.
27Ngobe labakhashane nawe bayawubhubha,
ubacitsa ubacedze labahlubuka kuwe ngekona.
28Kodvwa mine
kungilungele kusondzela kuNkulunkulu,
Simakadze, iNkhosi,
ngimente waba siphephelo sami,
kuze ngishumayele ngako konkhe lakwentile.