1 Kute litsemba!
Mine ngifanana nemuntfu lolambile
lotfole tihlahla tite titselo
nemagelebisi kute emvinini.
Onkhe emagelebisi kanye nemakhiwa
lamnandzi bawakhe bawacedza.
2 Kute nome munye umuntfu lowetsembekile
losasele eveni, kute losetsembekile kuNkulunkulu.
Wonkhe umuntfu ufunana nematfuba ekubulala.
Wonkhe umuntfu utingelana newakubo.
3 Bonkhe batingcweti ekwenteni lokubi.
Tiphatsimandla nebehluleli bacela kudizelwa.
Umuntfu lomkhulu uvele atjele labantfu
loko lakufunako, bese babopha lisu.
4Ngisho labancono babo nalabetsembeke kakhulu
kunabo bonkhe abanamsebenti, bafana nelukhula.
Selifikile lilanga lapho Nkulunkulu
ayakujezisa bantfu,
njengobe vele abebacwayisile
ngebalindzi bakhe lababaphrofethi.
Kwamanje sebadzidzekile.
5Ungamkholwa makhelwane wakho,
nome-ke ungametsembi umnganakho.
Uwabale emavi akho lowakhulumako,
ngisho nakumkakho lomtsandzako imbala.
6 Kuletikhatsi emadvodzana
aphatsa boyise njengetilima,
nemadvodzakati aphindzilitana nabonina,
bese kutsi bomakoti baphambane naboninatala;
yebo, titsa temuntfu bantfu bemndeni wakhe.
7Kodvwa mine ngitakwetsembela kuSimakadze,
ngilindzele Nkulunkulu ngesibindzi,
ngobe nguye lotangiphephisa.
Nkulunkulu wami utangiva.
Simakadze uletsa insindziso8Titsa tetfu kute letingasicoloshela ngako.
Nome sesiwile, sitawuvuka futsi.
Nome sesisebumnyameni kwanyalo,
kodvwa Simakadze utawuba kukhanya kwetfu.
9Sonile kuSimakadze,
ngako nyalo kufanele kutfukutsela kwakhe
sikubeketelele kwesikhashana.
Kodvwa ekugcineni uyawusivikela,
acondzise loko lokubi lokwentiwe kitsi.
Uyawusiletsa asifake ekukhanyeni;
yebo, siyawuphila, simbone asisindzisa.
10 Titsa tetfu tiyawutsi tingakubona loko
tidliwe ngemahloni;
tona leto titsa letake
taba liphela endlebeni ngekusibuta titsi:
“Uphi loSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu?”
Siyawutibona setehluliwe tapitjitwa phansi,
sincane seludzaka lwendlela.
11 Nine bantfu baseJerusalema
siyeta sikhatsi sekwakha kabusha
tibondza telidolobha.
Ngaleso sikhatsi live lakini liyawukwandziswa.
12 Bantfu bakini bayawubuya,
baphuma yonkhe indzawo;
e-Asiriya emphumalanga, eGibhithe eningizimu,
etifundzeni teYufrathe,
nasetilwandle letikhashane,
nasetintsabeni letikhashane.
13Umhlaba uyawuba lugwadvule
ngenca yebubi balabo bantfu labahlala kuwo.
Bubele baNkulunkulu ku-Israyeli14 Simakadze, bani ngumelusi
wesive sakho losikhetsile.
Nome bantfu bakho bahlala babodvwa ehlane,
kodvwa batungeletwe live lelivundzile.
Abasukume batondle emadlelweni laneluhlata lolunyenti,
eBhashani nakaGileyadi, njengobe babenta kadzenidzeni.
15 Sentele timangaliso, Simakadze, njengobe wenta
emalangeni ekusikhipha kwakho eGibhithe.
16 Tive tiyawukubona loku,
bese tiyagongonyeka,
ngobe beticabanga kutsi tinemandla onkhe.
Tiyawuvala imilomo yato,
timbonye netindlebe tato ngenca yekujabha.
17 Tiyawuhuma phansi elutfulini njengetinyoka;
tiyawuphuma etinqabeni tato
titfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba.
Ngekwesaba tiyawugucukela
kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wetfu.
18 Kute nkulunkulu lofana nawe, Simakadze;
wena utsetselela tono tensali yakho
lesele ekubhujisweni.
Awuhlali utfukutsele siphelane,
kodvwa ujabulela kusikhombisa umusa wakho.
19Uyawuphindze ube nemusa futsi kitsi.
Tono tetfu utatigcobagcoba ngetinyawo
utigcumukisele tishone ekujuleni kwelwandle!
20Kwetsembeka nemusa wakho
utakukhombisa sive sakho
lekutitukulwane ta-Abrahama naJakobe,
njengobe wetsembisa ngekufunga
kubokhokho betfu endvulo.
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