(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
A Prayer in Time of Sickness
1 You, Lord God, bless everyone
who cares for the poor,
and you rescue those people
in times of trouble.
2 You protect them
and keep them alive.
You make them happy here
in this land,
and you don't hand them over
to their enemies.
3 You always heal them
and restore their strength
when they are sick.
4 I prayed, “Have pity, Lord!
Heal me, though I have sinned
against you.”
5 My vicious enemies ask me,
“When will you die
and be forgotten?”
6 When visitors come,
all they ever bring
are worthless words,
and when they leave,
they spread gossip.
7 My enemies whisper about me.
They think the worst,
8 and they say,
“You have some fatal disease!
You'll never get well.”
9 My most trusted friend
has turned against me,
though he ate at my table.
10 Have pity, Lord! Heal me,
so I can pay them back.
11 Then my enemies
won't defeat me,
and I will know
that you really care.
12 You have helped me
because I am innocent,
and you will always
be close to my side.
13 You, the Lord God of Israel,
will be praised forever!
Amen and amen.
Ntembezelo mu kugwala
1 Iye unokumbula bashayi wakakombolegwa,
Yahwe banonsunungula mu nsi we mbatsha.
2 Yahwe banontjengeta bakantjidza.
Unodang'wa wakakombolegwa.
Amutonletjedzela kuda kwe zwita zwizwe.
3 Yahwe banonsimisa ha ali mu thobo dzinopisa.
Mompodza mu kugwala kukwe mukansimisa.
4 Nge kwangu imi ndakati,
“Yahwe, mundihwile ngoni
mundipodze, ngoti ndakamutjinyila.”
5 Zwita zwangu nge yemula mbiimbi zoti nge kwangu,
“Unowofa lini zina lile likatongokanganika?”
6 Koga ha mmwe ezha kuwondibona,
unoleba matama asina tjaanodwa,
mu moyo uwe ekubunganya zwakabipa.
Ha ebhudila kuzhe unozwiandamisa.
7 Bose bakandibenga banondiseba,
banokumbula kuti ndowowigwa ne zwakabipisisa.
8 Beti tjithu tjinobulaya tjakandinamatila,
aatjowomuka kakale paalele.
9 Naiye nzwalani wangu nkulu
wandakabe ndigalabgwe munli,
iye watakabe tija tjiwunga tjangu tose,
wakatjindishandukila.
10 Koga imwi, Yahwe, ibeni ne ngoni nami
mundimilidze kuti ndibabgwilizile.
11 Ndiyeyo zila ndowoziba kuti moshathiswa ndimi,
ngoti tjita tjangu atjizondikunda.
12 Koga makandisimisa nge zila yekutambunuka kwangu,
mukandigadza pa muli nge kusingapele.
13 Ngabakudziwe Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela,
kudwa ntolo kunoti ne kusingapele kose.
Ngakujalo Ngakujalo.