AMAHUBO 49

₁Yizwani lokhu nonke nina-bantu;

bekani indlebe nina nonke enakhileyo ezweni,

₂abantukazana nezikhulu,

abacebileyo nabampofu.

₃Umlomo wami uzakukhuluma ukuhlakanipha,

ukuzindla kwenhliziyo yami kuzakuba-ngokokuqonda.

₄Ngizakubeka indlebe yami kuso isaga,

ngiphenye imfumbe yami ngehabhu*.

₅Bengizakwesabelani ezinsukwini ezimbi,

lapha ububi babangizingelayo bungihaqa,

₆labo abathemba imfuyo yabo

bezigabisa ngomcebo wabo omkhulu, na?

₇Umuntu angemhlenge umfowabo,

angemnike uNkulunkulu ihlawulo ngaye.

₈Ngokuba ukuhlengwa komphefumulo wabo kubiza kakhulu;

akunakuphela nanini

₉ukuba aphile njalo,

angaboni ukubola.

₁₀Qha, uyakubona ukuthi abahlakaniphileyo bayafa

nokuthi isiwula kanye nesiphukuphuku ziyabhubha,

imfuyo yabo bayishiyele abanye.

₁₁Ukucabanga kwabo kuthi izindlu zabo zizakuma kuze kube-phakade,

nemizi yabo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane;

amazwe abo bawabiza ngamagama abo.

₁₂Kepha umuntu, nokuba enodumo, akayikuma;

ufana nezilwane ezibhubhayo.

₁₃Lendlela yabo ingubuwula babo,

balandelwa ngabavumela umlomo wabo. Sela*.

₁₄Baqhutshelwa endaweni yabafileyo njengezimvu;

ukufa kuyakubalusa,

abaqotho babuse phezu kwabo ngakusasa,

isimo sabo siqedwe yindawo yabafileyo,

bangabe besaba-nandlu.

₁₅Kepha uNkulunkulu uyakuwukhulula umphefumulo wami

esandleni sendawo yabafileyo, ngokuba uyakungamukela. Sela*.

₁₆Ungesabi, nxa umuntu eceba,

nxa ubukhosi bendlu yakhe banda.

₁₇Ngokuba ekufeni kwakhe akayikuphatha-lutho;

ubukhosi bakhe abuyikwehla naye.

₁₈Noma ebusisa umphefumulo wakhe esaphila,

futhi abantu bekudumisa, ngokuba uzondlé kahle,

₁₉nokho uyakuya esizukulwaneni sawoyise;

abayikukubona ukukhanya naphakade.

₂₀Umuntu onodumo engenakuqonda

unjengezilwane ezibhubhayo.