Waziwa kwaYuda
Kumongameli wokuvuma: ngeziginci. Umhobe ka-Asafu, ingoma.
Idabi seliphelile xa indumiso iqala. ESalem iintolo, amakhaka namakrele zilele ziqhekekile, amagorha alele, amahashe alele othukile. Into ebalulekileyo asibobugcisa bukaSirayeli kodwa kukuba uBawo wethu wavuka ukuze asindise abathobekileyo behlabathi.
76 1uBawo wethu uyaziwa kwaYuda; kwaSirayeli igama lakhe likhulu. 2Intente yakhe iseSalem, indawo yakhe yokuhlala iseZiyon. a a v2 ISalem ligama lamandulo leJerusalem — isixeko apho uBawo wethu wakhetha ukwenza khona ikhaya lakhe. 3Apho waphula khona iintolo ezibengezelayo, ikhaka nekrele kunye nezixhobo zemfazwe.
4Ukhazimla wena, unobungangamsha ngaphezu kweentaba zamaxhoba. 5Amagorha anamandla kunene aphangwa amaxhoba awo; atshona ebuthongweni bawo; akukho namnye umfo wokulwa onokuphakamisa izandla zakhe. 6Ngokukhalimela kwakho, Thixo kaYakobi, zombini inqwelo yokulwa nehashe zalala zothukile. 7Wena, umele ukoyikwa! Ngubani onokuma phambi kwakho xa umsindo wakho uvukile? 8Usezulwini wawuvakalisa umgwebo; umhlaba woyika waza wathi cwaka, 9xa uBawo wethu evukela umgwebo, ukuze asindise bonke abathobekileyo behlabathi.
10Inene umsindo wabantu uya kukudumisa, uze uzambathise ngoko kuseleyo kuwo. b b v10 Nkqu nomsindo wabantu ngokuchasene noThixo, ekugqibeleni uphelela ekumziseleni uzuko — uyayambatha ingqumbo yabo njengomqhele woloyiso. 11Thembisani kuBawo wenu nizizalise izithembiso zenu; mababathi bonke abamngqongileyo baze neminikelo kulowo umele ukoyikwa, 12lowo unqumla umoya weenkosana, lowo woyikwa ngookumkani behlabathi.
