Tihlabelelo 40
40
Sekubonga kwephulwa
(Hla. 70:1-5)
Sihlabelelo saDavide lesetfulwe kumhlabelisi.
1 Lusito lwaNkulunkulu
ngalulindzela ngesineke,
wavula indlebe yakhe,
wakuva kuncusa kwami.
2 Wangikhipha emgodzini wekufa,
wangikhipha eludzakeni lolubishako,
wasimisa tinyawo tami etikwelidvwala,
wacinisa kuhamba kwami.
3Wafaka ingoma lensha emlonyeni wami,
ingoma yekudvumisa Nkulunkulu wetfu.
Labanyenti bayawubona bamesabe,
babeke litsemba labo kuSimakadze.
4Ubusisiwe umuntfu
lobeke litsemba lakhe kuNkulunkulu,
longagucukeli kulabatigabatisako,
nakulabo labedukela etithicweni.
5 Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wami,
timangaliso losentele tona tinyenti,
tingeke tibalwe,
wasikhumbula tikhatsi letinyenti.
Kute nome munye nje lofana nawe!
Kube bengingatilandzisa tonkhe
betingeke tibaleke tonkhe.
6 Awujatjuliswa ngumhlatjelo nemnikelo,
kodvwa ujatjuliswa kusebentisa
tindlebe longiphe tona.
Awuzange sewusho
kutsi ufuna umhlatjelo loshiswa samuku,
nome umnikelo wekuhlawulela sono.
7 Ngase ngiphendvula ngitsi:
“Naku ngilapha!
Emculwini wencwadzi kubhalwe ngami.
8 Yebo, Nkulunkulu wami,
kujabula kwami
kusekwenteni intsandvo yakho,
imiyalo yakho isenhlitiyweni yami.”
9 Kulunga kwakho
ngakushumayela kulabanyenti.
Angikatibambi tindzebe tami,
naloko nguwe lokwatiko, Simakadze.
10Kulunga kwakho
angikakufihli enhlitiyweni yami.
Ngashumayela ngekwetsembeka kwakho
nangensindziso yakho.
Umusa wakho neliciniso lakho
angilifihlanga emikhambatsini.
11 Hhawu, Simakadze,
ungangigodleli sihawu sakho;
shangatsi umusa wakho,
neliciniso lakho,
nekwetsembeka kwakho
kungangigcina njalonjalo.
12 Ngitungeletwe tinhlupheko letinyenti,
licala lekona lingigabhe
kangangekutsi angisaboni nekubona.
Letinhlupheko tinyenti
tendlula tinwele tenhloko yami,
sengilahlekelwe litsemba.
13Akube kuhle kuwe, Simakadze!
Ase ungikhulule, Simakadze!
Phutfuma ungisite.
14 Bonkhe bantfu labafuna kungibulala
abahlazeke basangane.
Bantfu labangifisela lokubi
abancandzekiswe bahlazekile.
15Abashaywe luvalo ngenca yelihlazo labo,
bonkhe labo labasho kimi batsi:
“Yehhehhe!”
16 Abatfokote bajabule kuwe,
bonkhe labakufunako,
labatsandza insindziso yakho
basho njalo batsi:
“Akudvunyiswe Simakadze!”
17Nome ngihlupheka ngimphofu,
kepha iNkhosi iyanginakekela.
Wena ungumsiti wami nemkhululi wami;
Nkulunkulu wami, ungalibali.
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