Batho ba ba kgobegileng ba Modimo
1Pesalome ya ga Asafe.
Modimo, baheitane
ba tsenye mo bosweng jwa gago;
ba itshepolotse Tempele
e e Boitshepo ya gago;
ba dirile Jerusalema
maroperope fela.
2Ditoto tsa batlhanka ba gago ba di
file dinonyane tsa loapi go di ja;
nama ya baitshepi ba gago
ba e file dibata tsa naga.
3Madi a bona ba a tsholotse
jaaka metsi
tikologong ya Jerusalema,
mme go ne go se ope
yo o ba fitlhang.
4Re diregile nyatsego fela
mo go ba re bapileng nabo;
le tshotlego le kgobo
mo go ba ba tikologong ya rona.
5E tla nna goleele go le kae,
Morena?
A o tla galefela ruri,
a lefufa la gago
le tla tuka jaaka molelo?
6Tshololela kgakalo ya gago
mo baheitaneng
ba ba sa go itseng le mo magosing
a a sa bitseng leina la gago.
7Gonne ba jele Jakobe,
ba senya boago jwa gagwe.
8O se ka wa re beletsa ditshiamololo
tsa borraetsho-mogolwagolwane;
a boutlwelo-botlhoko jwa gago
bo re kgatlhantshe ka bonako,
gonne re koafetse thata.
9Re thuse,
Modimo wa pholoso ya rona
ka ntlha ya tlotlo ya leina la gago;
o re namolele,
o re itshwarele maleo
ka ntlha ya leina la gago.
10Kana baheitane
ba tla buelang ba re:
“Modimo wa bona o kae?”
A pusolosetso ya madi
a a tsholotsweng
a batlhanka ba gago e itsege
mo baheitaneng
fa pele ga matlho a rona.
11A phegelo ya bagolegwi
e fitlhe fa pele ga gago;
a bona ba ba tshwanetseng go swa
ba lesiwe ka fa bogolong
jwa letsogo la gago.
12Mme kgalo e bona
ba re bapileng nabo
ba go kgadileng ka yona,
Morena, o e ba busetse gasupa
mo dihubeng tsa bona.
13Mme rona
ba re leng batho ba gago
le dinku tsa bofulo jwa gago,
re tla go leboga ka bosakhutleng,
re bolela pako ya gago
go ya tshikatshikeng.
