UMIKA 7

₁Maye kimi! Ngokuba nginjengokuvunwa kwezithelo zasehlobo,

njengokukhothozwa komvini;

akukho-hlukuzo lokudliwa;

umphefumulo wami uyafisa ikhiwane eliyingqalabutho.

₂Abathembekileyo babhubhile emhlabeni,

akakho oqotho phakathi kwabantu;

bonke baqamekela igazi;

bayazingelana, kube-yilowo nalowo umfowabo ngenetha.

₃Izandla zabo ziphezu kokubi ukukuthuthukisa;

isikhulu sinesicelo, umahluleli ubheka umvuzo;

omkhulu ukhuluma ngesifiso somphefumulo wakhe;

bayakwalukanisa.

₄Omuhle wabo unjengobobe,

olungileyo mubi kunothango lwameva;

usuku lwabalindi bakho nolokuhanjelwa kwakho lufikile;

sekuyakuba-ngukukhungatheka kubo.

₅Ningamethembi umngane,

ningakholwa ngumhlobo;

gcina iminyango yomlomo wakho kuye olala ngasesifubeni sakho.

₆Ngokuba indodana idelela uyise;

indodakazi ivukela unina;

umalokazana uvukela uninazala,

nezitha zomuntu ngamadoda endlu yakhe.

₇Kepha mina ngiyakumbheka uJehova;

ngiyakulindela uNkulunkulu wokusindiswa kwami;

uNkulunkulu wami uyakungizwa.

₈Ungathokozi ngami, sitha sami;

ngokuba uma ngiwile, ngiyakuvuka;

lapho ngihlezi ebumnyameni,

uJehova uzakuba-ngukukhanya kwami.

₉Ngiyakuthwala ulaka lukaJehova,

ngokuba ngonile kuye,

aze amele indaba yami, angenzele ukwahlulelwa,

angiphumisele ekukhanyeni, ngibone ukulunga kwakhe.

₁₀Isitha sami siyakukubona, sisitshekelwe ngamahloni,

esona besithi kimi: Uphi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho?

Amehlo ami ayakusibona;

manje siyakunyathelwa njengodaka lwasezitaladini.

₁₁Kuyakufika usuku lokwakha izingange zakho;

ngalolosuku umkhawulo wakho uyakudediselwa kude.

₁₂Ngalolosuku bayakufika kuwe bevela eAsiriya nasemizini yaseGibithe,

kusukela eGibithe kuze kube-seMfuleni*,

kusukela elwandle kuze kube-selwandle,

kusukela entabeni kuze kube-sentabeni.

₁₃Kepha izwe liyakuba-yincithakalo

ngenxa yabakhileyo kulo ngezenzo zabo.

₁₄Yalusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho,

izimvu zefa lakho

ezihlala zodwa ehlathini

phakathi kweKarmeli;

mazaluke eBashani nakwaGileyadi

njengasezinsukwini zasendulo.

₁₅Njengasezinsukwini zokuphuma kwakho ezweni laseGibithe

ngiyakubabonisa izimangaliso.

₁₆Abezizwe bayakubona, babe-namahloni ngamandla abo onke,

babeke isandla sabo emlonyeni wabo,

izindlebe zabo zibe-yizithulu.

₁₇Bayakukhotha uthuli njengenyoka,

baphume bethuthumela njengezinto ezinwabuzelayo emhlabathini

ezindaweni zazo ezivalelweyo,

bafike ngokuqhaqhazela kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu,

besabe ngenxa yakho.

₁₈Ngubani onguNkulunkulu onjengawe

othethelela insali yefa lakho ububi bayo,

uyiyekele isiphambeko sayo, na?

Akabambeleli entukuthelweni yakhe kuze kube-phakade,

ngokuba wenamela umusa.

₁₉Uyakubuye asibekezelele,

anyathele phansi ububi bethu;

yebo, uyakuphonsa zonke izono zabo

ekujuleni kolwandle.

₂₀Uyakunika uJakobe ukuthembeka

noAbrahama umusa

owakufungela obaba

kwasezinsukwini zasendulo.