UNAHUME 3

₁Wo kumuzi wezingazi!

Wonke ugcwele amanga nempango,

ukuphanga akupheli.

₂Ngukuqhuma kwesiswebhu,

nomsindo wokugodlozela kwamasondo,

namahashi agadulayo,

nezinqola ezixhumayo;

₃ngabamahashi abasukelayo,

nenkemba enjengelangabi, nomkhonto onyazimayo,

abaningi ababuleweyo

nenqwaba yezidumbu,

kungekho ukuphela kwezidikadika;

bakhubeka ngezidikadika zabo,

₄ngenxa yobuningi bobufebe besifebe esibukekayo,

umnikazi wokulumba,

esithengisa izizwe ngobufebe baso,

nemindeni ngamalumbo aso.

₅Bheka, ngimelene nawe,

usho uJehova-Sebawoti;

ngiyakuphakamisa imiphetho yakho ebusweni bakho,

ngibonise izizwe ubunqunu bakho,

nemibuso ihlazo lakho.

₆Ngiyakuphonsa okunengekayo phezu kwakho,

ngikuhlazise,

ngikubeke ube-yinto ebukwayo.

₇Kuyakuthi bonke abakubonayo bakubalekele, bathi:

INineve lichithekile, ngubani oyakulililela na?

Ngiyakukufunelaphi abaduduzi na?

₈Umuhle wena kuneNo-Amoni

elaliphakathi kwemifula,

elalizungezwé ngamanzi,

elilugange lwalo lwalululwandle,

nelidonga lwalo lungamanzi, na?

₉IKushe neGibithe kwakungamandla alo angenakuphela;

uPhuthi namaLubi babengabasizi bakho.

₁₀Nalo lamukiswa, laya ekuthunjweni,

nezingane zalo zachotshozwa ezingosini zazo zonke izitaladi;

benza inkatho ngezikhulu zalo,

nabo bonke abakhulu balo baboshwa ngamaketanga.

₁₁Uyakudakwa nawe, ufihlwe;

futhi uyakufuna inqaba yokubalekela izitha.

₁₂Zonke izinqaba zakho ziyimikhiwane enamakhiwane ayingqalabutho;

uma inyakaziswa, awela emlonyeni wodlayo.

₁₃Bheka, abantu bakho phakathi kwakho bangabesifazane nje;

amasango ezwe lakho avulekele impela izitha zakho,

umlilo udlile imigoqo yakho.

₁₄Zikhelele amanzi okuvinjezelwa,

uqinise izinqaba zakho;

ngena odakeni,

uxove ibumba,

uqinise uhonela.

₁₅Lapho umlilo uyakukuqeda,

inkemba ikunqume,

ikudle njengenkasa;

zandise njengenkasa, zandise njengesikhonyane!

₁₆Wandisile abathengisi bakho kunezinkanyezi zezulu;

inkasa iyakhula, indize imuke.

₁₇Izikhulu zakho zinjengezinkumbi, nezinduna zakho zinjengamaqulo esikhonyane

esihlezi phakathi kwezingange ngosuku olumakhaza,

kepha lapho liphuma ilanga, sindize simuke,

ingabe isaziwa indawo yaso ukuthi iphi.

₁₈Abelusi bakho balele,

nkosi yaseAsiriya;

abakhulu bakho bayaphumula;

abantu bakho bahlakazekile ezintabeni,

akakho obabuthayo.

₁₉Akukho ukupholiswa kokwaphulwa kwakho;

umvimbo wakho unzima;

bonke abezwa umbiko ngawe

bashaya izandla ngawe,

ngokuba ngubani ububi bakho

obungadlulelanga njalo phezu kwakhe na?