UTobiti 13

₂“Makabongwe uNkulunkulu

ophila phakade,

ngokuba umbuso wakhe umi phakade,

ngokuba uyashaya abuye ahawukele;

uyehlisela ehayidesi

emathunjini omhlaba,

aphinde ophule ekubhujisweni okukhulu,

akekho ongaphunyuka

esandleni sakhe.

₃Maziseni phambi kwezizwe

nina bantwana bakwa-Israyeli;

anihlakazele kuzo.

₄Unikhombisile ubukhulu bakhe

nikhona lapho.

Mphakamiseni ngaphambi

kwakho konke okuphilayo,

ngokuba uyiNkosi yethu,

unguNkulunkulu wethu;

unguBaba wethu,

unguNkulunkulu wakho

konke phakade.

₅Uyakunishaya

ngenxa yobubi benu,

kodwa abuye anenzele isihawu.

Uyakunibuyisa phakathi kwezizwe

abenihlakazele kuzo.

₆Uma niphendukela kuye

ngenhliziyo yenu yonke,

nangomphefumulo wenu wonke,

ukuba nenze okuliqiniso

phambi kwakhe,

uma nenza njalo

yena-ke uyakuphendukela kini

angabe esabufihla ubuso bakhe.

Ngakho-ke bonani

anenzele khona

nihlabe umkhosi kuye

ngezwi elikhulu.

Yibongeni iNkosi

niphakamise umbuso waphakade.

Ekuthunjweni kwami

ngiyamphakamisa yena,

ngibonakalisa amandla

nobukhosi bakhe esizweni sezoni.

Phendukani nina zoni,

nenze okulungileyo

phambi kwakhe

mhlawumbe uyakuba nomusa kini

anenzele isisa.

₇Ngakho mina,

ngiyakumphakamisa uNkulunkulu,

umphefumulo wami

uyathokoza eNkosini yezulu.

₈Abantu bonke mabakhulume

ngobukhosi bakhe

bamazise eJerusalema.

₉Jerusalema, muzi ongcwele,

unihluphile ngenxa yezenzo

zezandla zenu,

kodwa uyakubuye

abe nesihawu kubantwana babalungileyo.

₁₀Yituseni iNkosi,

ngokuba ilungile

niyibonge iNkosi yaphakade,

ukuze ubukhona bayo

bakhiwe ngentokozo phakathi kwenu.

Mayiduduze bonke abathunjwa,

ithande abacindezelweyo

emphefumulweni

kuzo zonke izizukulwane phakade.

₁₁Ukukhanya okukhulu

makufinyelele emikhawulweni yomhlaba.

Izizwe eziningi ziyakuza kuwe

zivela kude,

abakhileyo ezindaweni

ezikwasolokohlo zomhlaba

bathobele igama lakho elingcwele,

bayakuza eNkosini yeZulu

bephethe izipho ezandleni zabo.

Isizukulwane emuva kwesinye

siyakukunika indumiso ngokuthokoza;

kuthi igama lomuzi ongcwele

lime phakade.

₁₂Baqalekisiwe bonke

abakhuluma amazwi amabi ngawe;

baqalekisiwe bonke

abakunqobayo badilize

izindonga zakho,

bonke abadicilela phansi

imibhoshongo yakho

bashise imizi yakho ngomlilo.

Kepha babusisiwe phakade

bonke abakuhloniphayo.

₁₃Ngakho-ke hamba,

ube nokuthokoza ngabantwana

bolungileyo,

ngokuba bayakubuthelwa ndawonye

bayidumise iNkosi ephakade.

₁₄Babusisiwe bonke

abantu abakuthandayo,

abathokoza ngempumelelo yakho.

Babusisiwe nalabo abalila nawe

ngenxa yobuhlungu bakho,

ngokuba bayojabula nawe

bafakazele udumo lwakho phakade.

₁₅Umphefumulo wami

uyayidumisa iNkosi,

uMbusi omkhulu.

₁₆Ngokuba iJerusalema

liyakwakhiwa njengendlu yakhe

phakade.

Ngiyokujabula kangakanani

uma kuyoba khona insali

kwabolibo lwami

ukubona inkazimulo yakho

nokuyiphakamisa iNkosi yeZulu.

Amasango eJerusalema

ayokwakhiwa ngesefaya ne-emeraldi,

nazo zonke izingange zakho

ngamatshe ayigugu,

imibhoshongo yaseJerusalema

iyokwakhiwa ngegolide

nezindonga zalo

ngegolide elicwengekile.

₁₇Imigwaqo yakho Jerusalema

iyakugandaywa ngerubhi

nangamatshe ase-Ofire.

₁₈Amasango akho Jerusalema

ayocula amaculo entokozo,

kuthi zonke izindlu zakho

zivume uHaleluya!

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli!

Ababusisiwe bayolibonga

igama lakhe elingcwele

phakade naphakade.”