Nkulunkulu ngumncobi nemehluleli
Sihlabelelo lesiyingoma ya-Asafa. Setfulwe kumhlabelisi kutsi sihlatjelwe ngetingubhu letinetintsambo.
1Nkulunkulu uyatiwa kaJuda,
libito lakhe likhulu ka-Israyeli.
2Lithende lakhe liseSalema,
nendlu yakhe iseSiyoni.
3Ngulapho ephula khona
imicibisholo levutsako,
sihlangu, inkemba,
kanye netikhali temphi. Cabanga.
4Maye, kukhanya kwakho kuyakhatimula!
Ukhatimula kwendlula tintsaba
letivunule kahle.
5Emachawe latatisako
asaphangwe imphango yawo,
adzimate efikelwa butfongo alala siphelane;
onkhe ehlulekile kusebentisa tandla tawo.
6Ngesikhahlo sakho,
Nkulunkulu waJakobe,
bagibeli nemahhashi behlelwe butfongo.
7Kodvwa uyesabeka,
ngubani nje longema embikwakho,
nase utfukutsele uvutsa lulaka?
8Usesemazulwini
wevakalisa kwehlulela kwakho,
umhlaba wesaba, wathula,
9mhlazana Nkulunkulu atekwehlulela,
kuze asindzise bonkhe labatfobekile bemhlaba. Cabanga.
10Ngempela lulaka lwebantfu
lwengeta indvumiso yakho,
labasindze elulakeni lwakho
bayimvunulo yakho.
11Yentani tetsembiso netifungo tenu
kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu,
nitigcwalise.
Bonkhe labasedvute naye
abaletse tipho kulowo lofanele kwesatjwa.
12Nguye lotfobisa tikhulu,
uyesabeka emakhosini emhlaba.