UMIKA 4

₁Kepha kuyakuthi ngezinsuku ezizayo

intaba yendlu kaJehova

iqiniswe esiqongweni sezintaba,

iphakame kunamagquma,

nabantu bayakugobhozela khona.

₂Izizwe eziningi ziyakuhamba, zithi:

Wozani sikhuphukele entabeni kaJehova

nasendlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe;

uyakusifundisa izindlela zakhe,

sihambe emikhondweni yakhe,

ngokuba umthetho uyakuvela eSiyoni,

nezwi likaJehova eJerusalema.

₃Uyakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe eziningi,

anqume phakathi kwezizwe ezinamandla ezikude;

ziyakukhanda izinkemba zazo zibengamakhuba,

imikhonto yazo ibe-ngocelemba;

isizwe asiyikuphakamisela isizwe inkemba,

zingabe zisafunda ukulwa.

₄Bayakuhlala, kube-yilowo nalowo phansi komvini wakhe

naphansi komkhiwane wakhe;

akakho oyakubesabisa,

ngokuba umlomo kaJehova-Sebawoti ukhulumile.

₅Ngokuba bonke abantu bahamba,

kube-yilowo nalowo ngegama likankulunkulu wakhe,

kepha thina siyakuhamba ngegama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu

kuze kube-phakade naphakade.

₆Ngalolosuku, usho uJehova,

ngiyakubutha abaqhugayo,

ngiqoqe abaxoshiweyo

nengenzé okubi kubo,

₇ngenze abaqhugayo babe-yinsali,

abadediselwe kude babe-yisizwe esinamandla;

uJehova uyakubusa phezu kwabo entabeni yaseSiyoni

kusukela manje kuze kube-phakade.

₈Wena-mbhoshongo womhlambi, negquma lendodakazi yaseSiyoni kuyakufika kuwe,

yebo, ukubusa kokuqala kuyakufika,

umbuso wendodakazi yaseJerusalema.

₉Umemezelani manje ngokumemeza okungako na?

Ayikho inkosi kuwe,

ubhubhile umluleki wakho,

lokhu ubanjwé yimihelo njengobelethayo.

₁₀Yiba-nemihelo, uzale, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni njengobelethayo,

ngokuba manje uyakuphuma emzini, uhlale endle,

ufike naseBabele, lapho uzakophulwa khona;

lapho uJehova uyakukukhulula esandleni sezitha zakho.

₁₁Manje izizwe eziningi zikubuthanele;

zithi: Malingcoliswe,

amehlo ethu alibuke iSiyoni.

₁₂Kepha azazi imicabango kaJehova,

aziqondi amasu akhe,

ngokuba uzibuthile njengezithungu esibuyeni.

₁₃Suka ubhule, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni,

ngokuba ngiyakwenza uphondo lwakho lube-yinsimbi,

nezinselo zakho ngizenze insimbi;

uyakuchoboza abantu abaningi,

kwahlukaniselwe uJehova inzuzo yabo,

nemfuyo yabo kuyo iNkosi yomhlaba wonke.