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| 1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kuJoweli. indodana kaPethuweli, lisithi: |
| 2. | Zwanini lokhu, lina badala, libeke indlebe lonke abakhileyo elizweni. Kwake kwenzeka okunje ensukwini zenu lensukwini zaboyihlo yini? |
| 3. | Kutsheleni abantwana benu, labantwana benu bakutshele abantwana babo, labantwana babo bakutshele esinye isizukulwana esibalandelayo. |
| 4. | Okutshiywe yintothoviyane kwadliwa yisikhonyane; okutshiywe yisikhonyane kwadliwa liqhwagi; lokutshiywe liqhwagi kwadliwa yinswabanda. |
| 5. | Phaphamani, lina zidakwa, likhale inyembezi; lilani lonke, lina banathi bewayini, lililele iwayini elitsha, ngoba liqunyiwe lisuke emlonyeni wenu. |
| 6. | Ngoba isizwe sihlasele ilizwe lami, silamandla, kasilakubalwa, Amazinyo aso anjengawesilwane, silamazinyo amakhulu njengesiIwane esisikazi. |
| 7. | Siqedile amavini ami, sakhwixula izihlahla zami zemikhiwa, sazebula amaxolo azo. sawaphosela phansi, ingatsha zaso zaba mhlophe qhwa. |
| 8. | Lilani njengentombi emsulwa egqoke ilembu lesaka, ililela umyeni wobutsha bayo. |
| 9. | Umnikelo wokudla lowokunathwayo uqunyiwe wasuka endlini ye Nkosi. Izikhonzi ze Nkosi, abapristi, ziyakhala. |
| 10. | Amasimu aphelile, umhlabathi uyakhala, ngoba amabele aphelile, lewayini elitsha kalisekho, lamafutha ayancipha. |
| 11. | Danani, lina balimi bomhlabathi, likhale, lina baphathi bezivini, ngenxa yengqoloyi lebhali*; ngoba isivuno semasimini siphelile. |
| 12. | Ivini liyabuna, lomkhiwa wome, ipomegranati*, lesihlahla selala, lomkhuna, zonke izihlahla zeganga sezomile, lentokozo iphelile ebantwini. |
| 13. | Gqokani izembatho zokulila, likhale, lina bapristi, lilani, lina zikhonzi zaselathini. Ngenani, lilale emalenjini amasaka bonke ubusuku, lina zikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu wami. Ngoba umnikelo wokudla lomnikelo wokunathwayo igodliwe ukunikelwa endlini kaNkulunkulu wenu. |
| 14. | Zilani ukudla, lenze umhlangano onzulu lina badala, buthanisani bonke abakhileyo elizweni, endlini ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, likhuleke kuyo. |
| 15. | Maye ngalolosuku! Ngoba usuku lwe Nkosi luseduze, luzafika njengokuchitheka okulethwa nguSomandla. |
| 16. | Ukudla kakuqunywanga phambi kwamehlo ethu yini? Lokuthaba lentokozo kakuphelanga yini endlini kaNkulunkulu? |
| 17. | Inhlanyelo iyabola ngaphansi kwamagade; indlu zamabele kazilalutho, leziphala zidilikile, ngoba amabele kawakho. |
| 18. | Yeka ukukhala kwezifuyo! Imihlambi yenkomo ididekile ngoba kayilalo idlelo; lemihlambi yezimvu ihluphekile. |
| 19. | Ngiyakhala kuwe, Nkosi, ngoba umlilo utshisile amadlelo, lamalangabi atshisa zonke izihlahla zeganga. |
| 20. | Lenyamazana zeganga ziyakhala kuwe, ngoba imifula yamanzi itshile, lomlilo utshisile amadlelo eganga. |
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