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| 1. | Zwanini ilizwi i Nkosi elikhuluma kini, lina ndlu kaIsrayeli. |
| 2. | I Nkosi ithi: Lingayifundi indlela yabezizwe, lingatshaywa luvalo ngezibonakaliso zamazulu, ngoba bona abezizweni bayazesaba; |
| 3. | izithombe zabezizwe ziyize. Ngoba kuganyulwa isihlahla ehlathini, sibazwe ngehloka lombazi; |
| 4. | abantu basicecisa ngesiliva langegolide, basibethela ngesando lezipikili ukuze singasuki. |
| 5. | Izithombe zabo zinjengesihlahla selala emasimini, kazikhulumi, futhi ziyathwalwa, ngoba kazihambi; lingazesabi, ngoba kazilamandla okwenza okubi, lokuhle kazilakukwenza. |
| 6. | Kakho onjengawe, Nkosi, ngoba umkhulu, lebizo lakho likhulu kakhulu. |
| 7. | Ngubani ongaze wakwesaba, wena Nkosi yezizwe? Ngoba kukufanele. Ngoba phakathi kwabahlakaniphileyo bonke bezizwe, lakuyo yonke imibuso yabo, kakho onjengawe. |
| 8. | Bonke bayizithutha leziphukuphuku; izithombe zesigodo zingabafundisa ulutho yini? |
| 9. | Isiliva esikhandiweyo sivela eTarshishi, legolide livela eOfiri. Ukwenza izithombe kungumsebenzi wesisebenzi lowezandla zomkhandi, zigqokiswe okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka lokuyibubende; konke kungumsebenzi wezingcitshi. |
| 10. | Kodwa i Nkosi inguNkulunkulu weqiniso, inguNkulunkulu ophilayo lenkosi yaphakade. Ekuthukutheleni kwayo umhlaba uyazamazama, lezizwe kazilakukumela ukufutheka kwayo. |
| 11. | Tshono kubo uthi: Onkulunkulu abangenzanga iphezulu lomhlaba bazabhubha emhlabeni langaphansi kwezulu. |
| 12. | Owenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe, omise ilizwe ngenhlakanipho yakhe, langokuqedisisa kwakhe wendlala amazulu. |
| 13. | Lapho ekhupha ilizwi lakhe, amanzi ayahlokoma emazulwini; uyakhupha inkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba, enze imibane iphazime lapho lisina, akhuphe umoya eziphaleni zakhe. |
| 14. | Bonke abantu bayizithutha, kabalalwazi; wonke umkhandi uyangiswa yizithombe zakhe, ngoba izithombe zakhe ezibunjiweyo ziyinkohliso, kazilamphefumulo. |
| 15. | Ziyize nje, zingumsebenzi wenkohliso; ngesikhathi sempindiselo yazo ziyabhubha. |
| 16. | UNkulunkulu kaJakobe kanjengazo, ngoba nguye owadala zonke izinto, uIsrayeli yisizwe asikhethayo; ubizwa ngokuthi yi Nkosi yamabandla. |
| 17. | Qoqa impahla yakho elizweni, wena ovinjezelweyo. |
| 18. | Ngoba i Nkosi ithi: Khangela, ngiyabaphosela ngaphandle abakhileyo elizweni ngalesisikhathi; ngizabacindezela baphele nya. |
| 19. | Maye mina ngenxa yokulimala kwami! Inxeba lami libi. Kodwa ngathi mina: Lokhu kungumkhuhlane wami engifanele ukuwuthwala. |
| 20. | lthente lami lidilikile, lentambo zalo zonke ziqamukile; abantwana bami basukile kimi, kabasekho; kakho ongangimisela ithente lami futhi, longalengisa amakhetheni alo. |
| 21. | Abelusi babantu bayiziphukuphuku, kababuzanga e Nkosi ni; ngakho kabaphumelelanga, lemihlambi yabo ihlakazekile. |
| 22. | Khangela, kulamahungahunga okuthi kukhona ukuzamazama okukhulu okusuka elizweni lenyakatho, okuzakwenza yonke imizi yakoJuda ibe yinkangala lendawo yamakhanka. |
| 23. | Ngiyazi, Nkosi, ukuthi indlela yomuntu kayikho emandleni akhe, umuntu kalamandla ukuqondisa ukuhamba kwakhe. |
| 24. | Siqondisa, wena Nkosi, kodwa kube ngokufaneleyo, kungabi ngolaka lwakho, hlezi usenze sibe yinto engesilutho. |
| 25. | Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwezizwe ezingakwaziyo, laphezu kwensendo ezingabizi ebizweni lakho; ngoba bamdlile uJakobe, bamdlile bamqeda, bayichitha indawo yakhe yokuhlala. |
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