IZILILO 4

₁Awu! Igolide ilahlekene nobukhazikhazi;

suka eyona-yona yagqola!

Amatye exabiso angcwele athe saa ekungeneni kwesitalato ngasinye.

₂Umlisela oliqhayiya laseZiyon,

obufudula ixabiso lawo nqwa negolide,

kodwa ngoku nqwa neembiza zomdongwe

ezingumsebenzi wezandla zombumbi.

₃Neempungutye ziyancancisa, ziwondle amathole azo,

kodwa abantu bam bangqwabalala njengenciniba yasentlango.

₄Iintsana zinxanwe lwada ulwimi lwee nca enkalakahleni.

Abantwana bakhalela isonka, kodwa akukho mntu ubaphayo.

₅Ababefudula besitya izimuncu-muncu ngoku bazula-zula ezitalatweni behlwempuzekile.

Ababekhula benxiba ezimbeje-mbeje namhla bagqusha eluthuthwini.

₆Isikreqo sabantu bakowethu singaphaya kwesono saseSodom,

yona yadilizwa ngequbuliso kungekho bani ufake isandla.

₇Iinkosana zayo zazikhanya ngaphezu kwekhephu,

zimhlophe kunobisi,

imizimba yazo ibukeka ngaphezu kweerubhi,

zinomkhitha okwesafire.

₈Kodwa ngoku zimnyama kunomsizi;

azaziwa xa zihamba esitalatweni.

Ulusu lwazo lushwabene lwathi nca emathanjeni;

lome okweenkuni.

₉Banethamsanqa abafe ngekrele kunabo babulewe yindlala;

bayaphela ngenxa yephango, kuba akukho kudla emasimini.

₁₀Abafazi ababesakuba nemfesane babapheke ngezabo izandla abantwana babo,

baba kukudla kwabo ngexesha lokutshatyalaliswa kwabantu bakowethu.

₁₁*UNdikhoyo uyikhuphe yaphelela ingqumbo yakhe;

uwuthulule umsindo wakhe ovuthayo.

Uwuphembile umlilo eZiyon, wazitshisa iziseko zayo.

₁₂Iikumkani zehlabathi zazingakholwa,

nditsho nkqu abemi bonke belimiweyo,

ukuba iintshaba nababandezeli bangaze bangene emasangweni eJerusalem.

₁₃Kodwa ke kwenzekile oko ngenxa yezono zabashumayeli bayo,

nezikreqo zababingeleli bayo,

abaliphalaze kuyo igazi lamalungisa.

₁₄Ngoku baphampatha ezitalatweni okwabantu abaziimfama.

Igazi libadyobhe kangangokuba akukho mntu unga angazichukumisa izambatho zabo.

₁₅“Mkani; *nigqwalisekile!” batsho abantu kubo.

“Sukani; sukani; ningakhe nilinge ukusondela kuthi!”

Bakuba bebhacele ezintlangeni

zona ziya kuthi ngabo: “Abanakuhlala apha.”

₁₆Ubachitha-chithe ngokwakhe uNdikhoyo;

uyekile ukubalondoloza.

Abasahlonelwa ababingeleli;

akasajongelwe nto amadoda amakhulu.

₁₇Amehlo ethu ade amfiliba kukujonga uncedo olungekhoyo;

simi bhuxe kwiimboniselo zethu,

sijonge uhlanga olungenako ukuhlangula.

₁₈Sichwechwelwa ngamadoda asizingelayo

ngokokude singabi nakuhamba ezitalatweni zethu.

Sisondele isiphelo sethu;

ifinciwe imihla yethu;

ewe, sifikile isiphelo sethu.

₁₉Ababesisukele babenesantya ngaphezu kwesokhozi;

basileqa ezintabeni, basilalela entlango.

₂₀Umthanjiswa kaNdikhoyo, obubomi nomphefumlo wethu, wabanjiswa emigibeni yabo.

Thina besiba xa siphantsi kwesithunzi sakhe

soba ngabantu phakathi kwezizwe.

₂₁Yiba nemihlali uvuye, ntombi enguEdom,

wena ohlala elizweni laseUze.

Phofu nawe uza kuyirhabula le ndebe;

uya kunxila uzihlube uhambe ze.

₂₂Wena ntombindini enguZiyon,

siza kufikelela esiphelweni isohlwayo sakho;

akuyi kolulwa ukuthinjwa kwakho.

Kodwa, ntombindini enguEdom, úya kukohlwaya ngesikreqo sakho,

ayityhile inkohlakalo yakho.