Ihubo 59
Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela. Ngomculo othi, “Ungabhubhisi.” Ihubo likaDavida eligolide, mhla uSawule ethuma amadoda ukuyoqapha indlu yakhe ukuze ambulale.
Amadoda kaSawule aqaphe indlu kaDavide. Uwabona njengomhlambi wezinja obuya njalo kusihlwa uzozulazula, ubhonge uma ungaphiwanga ukudla. Impendulo yakhe ngukuhlabelela ekuseni esikhundleni salokho, ebiza uBaba wakhe ngokuthi uyinqaba yakhe.
59 1Ngikhulule ezitheni zami, Baba wami; ungibeke phezulu ngokulondekile ngaphezu kwalabo abangivukelayo. 2Ngikhulule kulabo abenza okubi, ungisindise emadodeni achitha igazi. 3Ngokuba bheka—bayangicathamela ukuphila kwami; amadoda anonya avusa ukungihlasela, nakuba ngingenzanga lutho olubi ngingonanga, Baba wami. 4Kungekho cala lami, bayagijima bazimisa ezindaweni zabo. Vuka ungisize—bheka!
5Wena, Baba wami, Baba wamabutho asezulwini, Baba ka-Israyeli—vuka ujezise zonke izizwe; ungabi nomusa kunoma ubani oceba okubi ngenkohliso. 6Bayabuya kusihlwa, bevungama njengezinja bezungeza umuzi. 7Bheka—bathululela ubuthi ngemilomo yabo; izinkemba zisezindebeni zabo, ngokuba bacabanga bathi, “Ngubani osizwayo?” 8Kodwa wena, Baba wami, uyabahleka; uyaziklolodela zonke izizwe. 9Mandla ami, ngikulindele; ngokuba uBaba wami uyinqaba yami. 10uBaba wami, ngomusa wakhe, uyakuza ukuhlangabeza nami; uBaba wami uyakungivumela ngibukele ngokunqoba labo abangihlebayo. 11Ungababulali, funa abantu bami bakhohlwe; ngamandla akho ubazulazulise, ubawise phansi, O Baba oBusa konke, sihlangu sethu. 12Ngenxa yesono semilomo yabo, amazwi ezindebe zabo, abathiywe ekuzigqajeni kwabo—ngenxa yeziqalekiso namanga abawakhulumayo.
13Baqede ngolaka, baqede baze bangabikho, ukuze abantu bazi ukuthi uBaba wethu uyabusa phezu kukaJakobe kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. 14Bayabuya kusihlwa, bevungama njengezinja bezungeza umuzi. 15Bayazulazula befuna ukudla, bavungame uma bengasuthi. 16Kodwa ngiyakuhlabelela amandla akho; ekuseni ngiyakuhlabela ngezwi eliphakeme ngomusa wakho. Ngokuba ube uyinqaba yami, isiphephelo ngesikhathi sami sosizi. 17Mandla ami, ngiyakuhlabelela indumiso kuwe; ngokuba uBaba wami uyinqaba yami, uBaba wethu ongibonisa umusa.