AMahubo 79

₁Nkulunkulu, abezizwe bahlasele ifa lakho,

bangcolisa ithempeli lakho elingcwele,

iJerusalema baliphendula incithakalo.

₂Izidumbu zezinceku zakho

bazinika izinyoni zezulu,

zaba ngukudla kwazo,

inyama yabakwesabayo

bayinika izilo zomhlaba.

₃Igazi labo balichithe

njengamanzi nxazonke zeJerusalema,

akubangabikho obambelayo.

₄Sesiphenduke isethuko komakhelwane bethu,

umbhinqo nenhlekisa kwabasiphahlileyo.

₅Kuyoze kube nini, Simakade,

ulokhu uthukuthele,

isifithifithi solaka lwakho

sivutha njengomlilo na?

₆Thela ulaka lwakho

phezu kwabezizwe abangakwaziyo,

naphezu kwemibuso engalibizi igama lakho.

₇Ngokuba sebemdlile uJakobe,

umuzi wakhe sebewubhubhisile.

₈Mawungasibaleli amacala akuqala,

umusa wakho mawusheshe usihlangabeze,

ngokuba sesibuthakathaka kakhulu.

₉Sisize, Nkulunkulu wensindiso yethu,

ngenxa yenkazimulo yegama lakho,

usikhulule, usithethelele izono zethu

ngenxa yegama lakho.

₁₀Kungani abeziwe bethi

phambi kwamehlo ethu:

“Ukuphi uNkulunkulu wabo na?”

Ukuphindiselelwa kwegazi

lezinceku zakho elichithekileyo

makwaziwe kwabezizwe.

₁₁Ukububula kwesiboshwa makuze phambi kwakho;

londoloza ngobukhulu bengalo yakho

asebengabantwana bokufa.

₁₂Ibuyisele kasikhombisa ezifubeni zomakhelwane bethu

inhlamba abakuhlambalaza ngayo, Nkosi.

₁₃Khona thina, bantu bakho,

izimvu zedlelo lakho, siyakukubonga

kuze kube phakade,

sishumayele udumo lwakho ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.