¹ Thulani phambi kwami nina ziqhingi , izizwe zithole amandla amasha . Mazisondele, andukuba zikhulume, sisondelane ekwahluleleni. ² Ngubani ovusile ukulung a kuphume empumalan ga, akubize ukuba kumlandele, anikele izizwe phambi kwakhe , amenze ukuba abuse amakhosi , abenze babe njengothuli ngenkemba yakhe , nanjengamabibi aphephezeliswayo ngomnsalo wakhe, na? ³ Uyabaxosha, adlule kahle ngezindlela angazihambanga ngezinyawo. ⁴ Ngubani okusebenzileyo , wakwenza, na? Nguye owazibiza izizukulwane kwasekuqaleni: mina Jehova engingowokuqala nenginguye nakwabokuphela. ⁵ Iziqhingi ziyakubona , ziyesaba; imikhawulo yomhlaba iyathuthumela ; isondele, isifikile. ⁶ Yilowo nalowo usiza umakhelwane wakhe; uthi komfowabo: Yiba nesibindi. ⁷ Umbazi uqunga umkhandi isibindi , nololonga ngesando uqunga oshaya isikhandelo isibindi , ethi ngokunamathelisa : Kuhle, ekubethela ngezipikili , funa kunyakaziswe. Umkhululi ka-Israyeli ⁸ Kepha wena Israyeli, nceku yami, wena Jakobe engikukhethileyo, nzalo ka- Abrahama othandiweyo wami, ⁹ wena engikuthathile emikhawulweni yomhlaba , ngakubiza emagumbini awo, ngathi kuwe: Wena uyinceku yami, ngikukhethile, angikulahlanga; ¹⁰ ungesabi, ngokuba mina nginawe ; ungapheli amandla , ngokuba mina nginguNkulunkulu wakho ; ngiyakuqinisa, futhi ngiyakusiza , yebo, ngiyakusekela ngesandla sokunene sokulunga kwami. ¹¹ Bheka, bonke abafuthekela wena bayakuba namahloni, bajabhe; abamelene nawe bayakuba njengento engelutho, babhubhe. ¹² Uyakubafuna, ungabafumani kodwa, labo bantu abaxabana nawe ; abalwa nawe bayakuba njengento engelutho nanjengeze. ¹³ Ngokuba yimina Jehova uNkulunkulu wakh o obamba isandla sakho sokunene, nothi kuwe: Ungesabi, mina ngiyakusiza. ¹⁴ Ungesabi wena mpethu , Jakobe, nani bantu bakwa -Israyeli; mina ngiyakukusiza, usho uJehova; uMhlengi wakho ungoNgcwele ka-Israyeli. ¹⁵ Bheka, ngiyakukwenza ukuba ube yisibhul o esisha esibukhali esinamazinyo; uyakubhula izintaba , uzicolisise, wenze amagquma abe njengamakhoba. ¹⁶ Uyakuwahlakaza, umoya uwasuse , isivunguvungu siwachithe ; wena uyakuthokoza ngoJehova, uzibonge ngoNgcwele ka-Israyeli. ¹⁷ Abampofu nabaswelayo bafuna amanzi , kepha awakho , nolimi lwabo luphele ukoma ; mina Jehova ngiyakubaphendula , mina Nkulunkulu ka - Israyeli angiyikubashiya. ¹⁸ Ngiyakuvula imifula emadulini angenalutho nemithombo phakathi kwezigodi; ngiyakwenza ihlane libe yichibi lamanzi, nomhlabathi owomileyo ube yiziphethu zamanzi. ¹⁹ Ngiyakutshala umsedari ehlane , umtholo, nombomvana, nomnqumo, ngibeke kwahlongasibi umsayipuresi, nomthidari, nomkhoba kanyekanye, ²⁰ ukuze babone , bazi, baqaphele, baqonde kanyekany e ukuthi isandla sikaJehova sikwenzile lokhu nokuthi oNgcwele ka-Israyeli wakudala. ²¹ Lethani indaba yenu , usho uJehova, nisondeze izizathu zenu , isho iNkosi kaJakobe. ²² Mabazisondeze, basitshele okuyakwenzeka ; izinto zakuqala ziyini na ? Mabasitshele zona ukuba sizibeke ezinhliziyweni zethu, sazi ukuphela kwazo, noma nisizwise okuzayo. ²³ Sitsheleni okuzayo ngesikhathi esizayo, sazi ukuthi ningonkulunkulu; yebo, yenzani okuhle noma okubi, simangale, sikubone kanyekanye. ²⁴ Bhekani, nivela kokungekho , nemisebenzi yenu ayiyinto yalutho ; uyisinengiso onikhethileyo. ²⁵ Ukhona engimvusile esenyakatho , wafika, nasempumalanga, ukuba abize igama lami ; uyakwehlela phezu k wezikhulu njengaphezu kodaka , njengombumbi exova ibumba. ²⁶ Ngubani owakushoyo kwasekuqaleni ukuba sazi , nangaphambili ukuba sisho sithi : U qinisile, na? Cha, akakho okumemezileyo , akakho nokuzwisileyo, akakho nozwayo amazwi enu. ²⁷ Ngingowokuqala othi kulo i Siyoni: Bheka, babheke, nginike iJerusalema umbiki wendaba ethokozisayo. ²⁸ Kepha lapho ngibheka , akukho muntu , akakho phakathi kwabo umlulek i ongaphendula ngazwi, lapho ngibabuzayo. ²⁹ Bheka, bayize bonke; imisebenzi yabo ayiyinto yalutho, nezithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo zingumoya nokuyize.