AMAHUBO 90

₁Nkosi, wena uyisiphephelo sethu

ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

₂Kungakaveli izintaba,

ungakawenzi umhlaba nezwe,

kuthi kusukela phakade kuze kube-phakade wena-Nkulunkulu ukhona.

₃Uyambuyisela umuntu othulini, uthi:

Buyani, bantwana babantu.

₄Ngokuba iminyaka eyinkulungwane emehlweni akho injengezolo selidlulile,

nanjengomlindo ebusuku.

₅Uyabamukisa njengesikhukhula, banjengobuthongo;

ekuseni banjengotshani obuhlumayo;

₆ekuseni buyakhahlela, buhlume;

kusihlwa bunqunywa, bubune.

₇Ngokuba siyaqedwa yintukuthelo yakho,

nangolaka lwakho siyabhubha.

₈Ubekile amacala ethu phambi kwakho,

izono zethu ezifihliweyo ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho.

₉Ngokuba izinsuku zethu ziyadlula ngentukuthelo yakho;

siyafeza iminyaka yethu njengephefu.

₁₀Izinsuku zeminyaka yethu zineminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa;

kuthi uma ziziningi, zineminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili;

nokho ukuvama kwazo kungukuhlupheka nelize,

ngokuba zidlula masinyane, thina siyandiza, simuke.

₁₁Ngubani owaziyo amandla entukuthelo yakho

nolaka lwakho olunjengakho ukwesabeka kwakho na?

₁₂Sifundise, Nkosi, ukubala izinsuku zethu,

sizuze inhliziyo enokuhlakanipha.

₁₃Buya, Jehova! Koze kube-nini na?

Hawukela izinceku zakho.

₁₄Sisuthise ngomusa wakho, kusesekuseni,

ukuze sithokoze, sijabule izinsuku zethu zonke.

₁₅Sithokozise ngangezinsuku owasihlupha ngazo,

nangangeminyaka esabona okubi ngayo.

₁₆Izenzo zakho mazibonakale kuzo izinceku zakho,

nenkazimulo yakho kubantwana bazo.

₁₇Yebo, ubuhle beNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu abube-phezu kwethu,

umise umsebenzi wezandla zethu phezu kwethu;

yebo, umsebenzi wezandla zethu uwumise.