U‐Mika 7

₁Au mna! ngokuba ndinjengokuya kubutiwe iziqa̔mo zehlobo, njengokuya kubikiciwe ekuvunweni kwazo idreyive: akuko isipa sokutyiwa; umpefumlo wam uyakanuka amakiwane avutwa kuqala. ₂Onobubele ububile elizweni; onobunene pakati kwabantu akako; bonke bayalalela igazi; bayazingelana ngotambo. ₃Izandla zabo zikolisile ukwenza inkohlakalo; inkosi iyacela, nomgwebi uyacelela umvuzo; nomntu omkulu yena uyateta inkanuko yompefumlo wake; bayayipata indawo ngobugwenxa. ₄Odlula ngokulunga pakati kwabo unjengameva; odlula ngobunene ubukali pezu kwotango lweminga; umhla wabalindi bako, owokwohlwaywa kwako, uyeza; kwobako kaloku ukuxakeka kwabo. ₅Ningakolwa kumlingane; ningatembeli kwisihlobo: kulowo ulalayo esifubeni sako gcina ingcango zomlomo wako. ₆Ngokuba unyana ecekisa uyise: intombi iyasukela unina; umolokazana uyasukela unondoda; intshaba zomntu zingabantu beyake indlu.

₇Mna kodwa ndiya kukangela kuyehova; ndiya kumlinda utixo wosindiswa lwam; woti utixo wam andive. ₈Ungandivuyeli, lutshaba lwam! nakuba ndiwile, ndobuya ndipakame; nakuba ndihlala ebumnyameni, uyehova ulukanyiso kum. ₉Ukuṙala kukayehova ndiya kukunyamezela, ngokuba ndonile ngakuye; ade apikise upikiso lwam, alungise ityala lam: wondipumisela ekukanyeni; ndiya kubona ubulungisa bake. ₁₀Utshabakazi lwam nalo luya kubona, lize idano lilugubungele; olwati kum: Upina uyehova, utixo wako? amehlo am olukangela; kaloku lwoba yinto yokunyatelwa njengenkunkuma yezitarate. ₁₁Umhla kuya kwakiwa indonga zako, kwa umhla lowo kwopumela kude umteto. ₁₂Kwa umhla lowo baya kuza kuwe bevela e‐Asiriya kude kube se Jipete, nakuyo i‐Jipete kude kube semlanjeni, nakulwandle kude kube lulwandle, nakwintaba kude kube yintaba. ₁₃Kodwa ilizwe loba yingci̔takalo ngenxa yabemi balo, ngenxa yesixakato sezenzo zabo.

₁₄Yalusa abantu bako ngentonga, umhlambi welifa lako, abahlala bodwa ehlatini, pakati kwe‐Karamele; mabadlele e‐Bashane nase‐Gileyadi, njengasemihleni yakudala.

₁₅Njengasemihleni yokupuma kwako e‐Jipete, ndiya kubabonisa imimangaliso. ₁₆Abaheyideni baya kubona, badanele onke amandla abo; isandla bosibeka pezu kwomlomo; indlebe zabo zoba butulu. ₁₇Baya kukota utuli njengenyoka; njengezinambuzane zomhlaba baya kungcangcazela bepuma ezinqatyeni zabo; bobeka ngokunkwantya kuyehova, utixo wetu, bakwoyike wena.

₁₈Ngubanina ongutixo njengawe, oxolela inkohlakalo, odlula ekwoneni kwesisalela selifa lake? akabambi ingqumbo yake kude kube ngunapakade, ngokuba etanda ububele yena. ₁₉Wobuya abe nenceba kuti; uya kuzeyisa inkohlakalo zetu; ewe, zonke izono zabo woziposela ezinzulwini zolwandle wena. ₂₀Uya kunika inyaniso ebixelwa ku‐Yakobi, nobubele obebuxelwa ku‐Abrahame, obufungeleyo kobawo betu kwa kuselokwemihla yakudala.