Ihubo 79

₁Nkulunkulu, abezizwe bangenile efeni lakho;

bangcolisile ithempeli lakho elingcwele;

benze iJerusalema libe yincithakalo.

₂Bazinikile izidumbu zezinceku zakho

zibe ngukudla kwezinyoni zezulu,

inyama yabakwesabayo kuzo izilo zomhlaba.

₃Bachithile igazi labo njengamanzi nxazonke zeJerusalema,

akwababikho obembelayo.

₄Sesiyisihlamba kubakhelwane bethu,

umbhinqo nenhlekiso kwabasiphahlileyo.

₅Koze kube nini, Jehova,

uthukuthele njalo,

ukushisekela kwakho kuvutha njengomlilo, na?

₆Thela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabezizwe abangakwaziyo

naphezu kwemibuso engakhulekeli igama lakho.

₇Ngokuba sebemdlile uJakobe,

umuzi wakhe sebewuchithile.

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.

₁₀Bangasholoni abezizwe ukuthi:

“Uphi uNkulunkulu wabo na?”

Makwazeke kwabezizwe emehlweni ethu

ukuphindiselwa kwegazi lezinceku zakho elichithiweyo.

₁₁Ukububula kwesiboshwa makuze phambi kwakho;

londoloza ngobukhulu bengalo

yakho asebengabantwana bokufa.

₁₂Buyisela kubakhelwane bethu,

kuphindwe kasikhombisa esifubeni sabo

inhlamba abakuhlambalaza ngayo, Nkosi.

₁₃Khona thina bantu bakho,

izimvu zedlelo lakho,

siyakukubonga kuze kube phakade,

sishumayele udumo lwakho ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.