Xa Umhlaba Udilika
Kumqondisi wokuvuma iingoma. Ngengoma ethi “Inyibiba yoMnqophiso.” Umhobe wegolide kaDavide, wokufundisa, xa wayesilwa noAram Naharayim noAram Tsoba, waza uYowabhi wabuya wabulala amaEdom angamawaka alishumi elinambini eNtilini yeTyuwa.
Emva kokoyiswa uhlanga lutsho ngokuphandle: usilahlile, uwunyikimisile umhlaba wawuvula, usinike iwayini elisenze sajinga. Impendulo luqhayiso lukaBawo wethu lobunini phezu kweShekem, uMowabhi noEdom, nesigwebo esinye: uncedo lomntu alunto yanto.
60 1Bawo wethu, usilahlile; ufohlele kwiinqaba zethu; ubuqumbile—ngoku sibuyisele! 2Uwenze umhlaba wanyikima; uwukrazule wawuvula. Philisa imifantu yawo, kuba uyagungqa. 3Ubabonisile abantu bakho izinto ezinzima; usiseze iwayini esenze sajinga. 4Ubanike ibhanile kwabo bakoyikayo, ukuze baqoqane kuyo phambi kwesaphetha. a a v4 Amagama athi ‘phambi kwesaphetha’ athetha ukujongana nohlaselo lweentshaba — ibhanile yokuqoqana kuyo phantsi kokudutyulwa.
5Ukuze abathandekayo bakho bahlangulwe, sisindise ngesandla sakho sokunene usiphendule.
6UBawo wethu uthethile ebungcweleni bakhe: “Ndiya kugcoba; ndiya kwaba iShekem ndilinganise iNtili yaseSukoti. 7IGiliyadi yeyam, noManase ngowam; uEfrayim ngumnqwazi wam wentsimbi entloko, uYuda yintonga yam yobukhosi. 8UMowabhi sisitya sam sokuhlamba; phezu kukaEdom ndiphosa imbadada yam; phezu kwelaseFilistiya ndimemelela ngoloyiso.” b b v8 Ukuphosa imbadada phezu kommandla yayisisenzo samandulo sokubanga ubunini nolawulo.
9Ngubani oya kundisa kwisixeko esinqatyisiweyo? Ngubani oya kundikhokelela eEdom? 10Akusilahlanga na, Bawo wethu? Awusaphumi, Bawo wethu, nemikhosi yethu. 11Sincede ngokuchasene neentshaba zethu, kuba uncedo lomntu alunto yanto. 12NgoBawo wethu siya kwenza ngobugorha; nguye oya kuzinyathela iintshaba zethu.
