UISAYA 42

₁Bheka inceku yami engiyisekelayo,

okhethiweyo wami othokoza ngaye umphefumulo wami;

nginikele umoya wami phezu kwakhe,

uyakukhiphela izizwe ukwahlulela.

₂Akayikukhala, adazuluke,

angezwakalisi izwi lakhe ezitaladini.

₃Umhlanga ofecekileyo akayikuwaphula,

umongo othunqayo akayikuwucima;

uyakukhipha ukwahlulela ngeqiniso.

₄Akayikudangala, aphele amandla,

aze amise ukwahlulela emhlabeni;

neziqhingi ziyakuhlalela umthetho wakhe.

₅Usho kanje uNkulunkulu uJehova

owadala izulu, waleneka,

nowawendlala umhlaba nokuvela kuwo,

nowanika abantu abakuwo ukuphefumula

nomoya kwabahamba kuwo, uthi:

₆Mina-Jehova ngikubizile ngokulunga,

ngiyakubamba isandla sakho, ngikugcine,

ngikubeke ube-yisivumelwano sabantu

nokukhanya kwabezizwe,

₇ukuze uvule amehlo ezimpumputhe,

ukhiphe iziboshwa etilongweni

nabahlezi ebumnyameni etilongweni.

₈NginguJehova; yilo igama lami;

angiyikunika omunye inkazimulo yami,

nezithombe ezibaziweyo udumo lwami.

₉Izinto zakuqala zifikile,

sengimemezela izinto ezintsha;

zingakaqhamuki, ngiyanizwisa zona.

₁₀Mhubeleni uJehova ihubo elisha,

nodumo lwakhe, kusukela emikhawulweni yomhlaba,

nina enehlela elwandle nakho konke okukulo,

nina-ziqhingi nabakhileyo kuzo.

₁₁Ihlane nemizi yalo makujabule

nemizana abakhileyo kuyo abakwaKedari,

bahube abakhile emadwaleni,

benanele beseziqongweni zezintaba.

₁₂Mabanike uJehova udumo,

bamemezele udumo lwakhe eziqhingini.

₁₃UJehova uyaphuma njengeqhawe;

njengendoda yempi uyavusa ukushisekela kwakhe;

uyakhala, yebo, uyabangalasa,

enze ubuqhawe phezu kwezitha zakhe.

₁₄Sekuyisikhathi eside ngithulile,

ngathula ngazibamba;

sengiyakukhala njengobelethayo,

ngiphefuzele, ngibiloze kanyekanye.

₁₅Ngiyakwenza ize izintaba namagquma,

ngomise yonke imifino yawo,

ngenze imifula ibe-yiziqhingi,

ngenze amachibi ukuba ashe.

₁₆Ngiyakuhambisa izimpumputhe ngendlela ezingayaziyo;

emikhondweni ezingayaziyo ngiyakuzihola;

ngiyakwenza ubumnyama bube-ngukukhanya phambi kwazo,

namagebhugebhu ukuba ahlelenjwe;

ngiyakwenza lezizinto ngingazishiyi.

₁₇Bayakubuyiselwa emuva, bajabhe nokujabha

labo abethemba ezithombeni ezibaziweyo,

abasho ezithombeni ezibunjiweyo ukuthi:

Ningonkulunkulu bethu.

₁₈Yizwani nina-zithulu;

bhekani nina-zimpumputhe, ukuze nibone.

₁₉Ngubani oyimpumputhe ngaphandle kwenceku yami,

nesithulu njengesithunywa sami engisithumayo, na?

Ngubani oyimpumputhe njengopheleleyo,

eyimpumputhe njengenceku kaJehova, na?

₂₀Ubona izinto eziningi, kepha awuqapheli;

izindlebe zakhe zivulekile, kepha akezwa.

₂₁Kwaba-kuhle kuJehova ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe

ukuba akhulise umthetho, awudumise.

₂₂Kepha laba bangabantu abaphangiweyo nabamukiweyo;

bonke bacushiwe emigodini,

bafihliwe ematilongweni;

bangabokuphangwa, akakho obophulayo,

yebo, bayimpango, kungekho oshoyo ukuthi: Buyisa.

₂₃Ngubani phakathi kwenu obeka indlebe kulokhu,

aqaphele, ezwele isikhathi esizayo, na?

₂₄Ngubani owanikela uJakobe ukuba aphangwe,

noIsrayeli kubo abaphangi, na?

Angithi nguJehova, esonile kuye,

nabangavumanga ukuhamba ngezindlela zakhe,

nabangawulalelanga umthetho wakhe.

₂₅Wayesethela phezu kwakhe ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe,

namandla empi;

kwamvuthela nxazonke, kepha akakwazanga;

kwamshisa, kepha akakubekanga enhliziyweni yakhe.