Ihubo 53

₁Isiwula sithi enhliziyweni yaso:

“Akakho uNkulunkulu,”

iziphambeko zabo zimbi, ziyanengeka;

akakho owenza okuhle.

₂UNkulunkulu esezulwini uyababheka abantwana babantu

ukubona uma kukhona yini onokuqonda,

ofuna uNkulunkulu.

₃Baphambukile bonke,

bonakele bonke;

akakho owenza okuhle,

akakho noyedwa.

₄Abanakwazi yini abenza okubi,

abadla abantu bami njengalokhu bedla isinkwa,

bengakhuleki kuNkulunkulu.

₅Besaba nokwesaba,

lapho kungekho okwesabisayo;

ngokuba uNkulunkulu wasakaza amathambo akhe owamisa ngakuwe;

wena ubajabhisile,

ngokuba uNkulunkulu ubalahlile.

₆Sengathi kungavela ukusindiswa kuka-Israyeli eSiyoni.

Kuyakuthi lapho uNkulunkulu eguqula ukuthunjwa kwabantu bakhe,

uJakobe ethabe, u-Israyeli ajabule.