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₁Ngalolo lusuku abesifazane abayisikhombisa bayobamba indoda eyodwa, bathi kuyo: “Sizozondla thina, sizembathise ngokwethu, kuphela nje masibizwe ngegama lakho, ususe ihlazo lethu.”

₂Ngalolo lusuku ihlumela likaSimakade liyoba lihle, libe nenkazimulo, nezithelo zomhlaba ziyoba nodumo nobuhle ensalini ephunyukileyo yakwa-Israyeli. ₃Kuyothi insali eseZiyoni nalabo abasele eJerusalema, bonke ababhaliselwe ukuthi basaphila eJerusalema, kuthiwe bangcwele, ₄lapho iNkosi isikukhucululile ukungcola kwamadodakazi aseZiyoni, yalihlanza igazi eliphakathi kweJerusalema ngomoya wokwehlulela nangomoya womlilo. ₅USimakade uyodala phezu kwayo yonke indawo entabeni iZiyoni, naphezu kwazo zonke izindawo zokuhlanganela ifu emini, nentuthu nokukhanya kwelangabi lomlilo ebusuku. Ngokuba phezu kwayo yonke inkazimulo, kuyoba khona isivikelo. ₆Iyakuba ngumpheme nomthunzi ekushiseni kwemini, nesiphephelo nompheme esivunguvungwini nasemvuleni.