IJerusalem Engamanxuwa
Umhobe ka-Asafu.
IJerusalem ingamabhodlo, izidumbu zingangcwatywanga zisityiswa iintaka, baze abamelwane bayonwabele oko. Umthandazo ucela kuBawo wethu uxolelo nempindezelo ngaxeshanye, yaye ingxoxo yawo isekuhleni: iintlanga zibuza ukuba uphi na uThixo wabo.
79 1Bawo wethu, iintlanga zilihlasele ilifa lakho; ziyingcolisile itempile yakho engcwele; ziyenze amanxuwa iJerusalem.
2Ziyinikele izidumbu zabakhonzi bakho njengokutya kwiintaka zezulu, inyama yabathembekileyo bakho kumarhamncwa omhlaba. 3Ziliphalazile igazi labo njengamanzi macala onke eJerusalem, yaye kwakungekho bani wokubangcwaba. 4Siye saba yinto yokudelwa kubamelwane bethu, sigculelwa sihlekwa ngabasingqongileyo.
5Koda kube nini na, Bawo wethu? Uya kuqumba ngonaphakade na? Ikhwele lakho liya kuvutha njengomlilo na? 6Phalaza ingqumbo yakho phezu kweentlanga ezingakwaziyo, naphezu kwezikumkani ezingalibizi igama lakho. 7Kuba zimdlile uYakobi, zalenza amanxuwa ilizwe lakowabo. 8Musa ukusibalela izono zookhokho bethu; mayikhawuleze ukuza imfesane yakho enothando isihlangabeze, kuba sithotyelwe phantsi kakhulu.
9Sincede, Bawo wethu osisindisayo, ngenxa yozuko lwegama lakho; sihlangule, uzigubungele izono zethu ngenxa yegama lakho. 10Yini na ukuba iintlanga zithi: “Uphi na uThixo wabo?” Phambi kwamehlo ethu, makwaziwe phakathi kweentlanga ukuba uyaliphindezela igazi eliphalaziweyo labakhonzi bakho. 11Ukugcuma kwebanjwa makufike phambi kwakho; ngobukhulu bengalo yakho, basindise abagwetyelwe ukufa.
12Baphindezele abamelwane bethu kasixhenxe ezifubeni zabo ngenxa yokudelela abakudelele ngako, Bawo onguMlawuli. 13Ke thina, bantu bakho, zimvu zedlelo lakho, siya kukubulela ngonaphakade; kwisizukulwana ukuya kwesinye isizukulwana siya kuvakalisa indumiso yakho.
