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wembathe amandla akho, Siyoni,

uzigqoke izingubo zakho ezinhle,

Jerusalema, muzi ongcwele,

ngokuba akusayikungena kuwe

ongasokile nongcolileyo.

²Zithintithe uthuli,

usukume, uhlale, Jerusalema elithunjiweyo;

zikhulule eziboshweni zentamo yakho

wena ndodakazi yaseSiyoni ethunjiweyo.

³

“Nathengiswa ngento engelutho;

niyakuhlengwa ngaphandle kwemali.”

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Abantu bami behlela kuqala eGibithe

ukuba bagogobale khona;

i-Asiriya lamcindezela ngaphandle kwesizathu.

⁵

“lapho abantu bami besusiwe ngeze na?

Ababusa phezu kwabo bayaklabalasa,” usho uJehova,

“negama lami liyahlanjalazwa njalo usuku lonke.

⁶Ngalokho abantu bami bayakulazi igama lami;

ngalokho bayakuqonda ngalolo suku

ukuthi yimi engikhulumileyo;

bhekani, ngilapha.”

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izinyawo zoletha izindaba ezinhle,

nomemezela ukuthula,

obika izindaba ezinhle, ezwakalise ukusindiswa,

oshoyo kulo iSiyoni ukuthi:

“UNkulunkulu wakho uyinkosi.”

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bayaliphakamisa izwi,

bajabule kanyekanye,

ngokuba bayakubona iso neso,

lapho uJehova ebuyela eSiyoni.

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nihlabelele kanyekanye,

nina zindawo ezichithekileyo zaseJerusalema,

ngokuba uJehova ubaduduzile abantu bakhe,

ulihlengile iJerusalema.

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emehlweni ezizwe zonke,

namajukujuku onke omhlaba

ayakubona insindiso kaNkulunkulu wethu.

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ningathinti okungcolileyo,

niphume phakathi kwalo, nizihlambulule

nina eniphatha izitsha zikaJehova.

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ningahambi ngokubaleka,

ngokuba uJehova uyakuhamba phambi kwenu,

noNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uyakuba semva kwenu.

Ukuhlupheka kwenceku

¹³

iyakukhuliswa, iphakanyiswe, iphakame kakhulu.

¹⁴

ubuso bayo babonakele kunobabantu,

nesimo sayo kunesamadodana abantu

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amakhosi ayakuvala imilomo yawo ngenxa yayo,

ngokuba lokho angatshelwanga khona ayakukubona,

nalokho angakuzwanga ayakukuqonda.