Iintlanga ziceba iyelenqe ngakuwe
Ingoma. Umhobe ka-Asafu.
Umfelandawonye—akwa-Edom, uMowabhi, uAmon, uAsiriya nabanye—uvumelene ukuba balicime ngokupheleleyo igama likaSirayeli. UAsafu ubiza ngamnye wabo, acele ukoyiswa okwahlangabeza uMidiyan, aze emva koko acele ihlazo elinokubaqhubela ekufuneni igama likaBawo wethu.
83 1Bawo wethu, musa ukuthi cwaka; musa ukuthula, ungahlali uzolile, Bawo wethu. 2Kaloku, khangela, iintshaba zakho ziyaxokozela; abo bakuthiyayo baphakamise iintloko zabo. 3Ngokuchasene nabantu bakho baceba ngasese; benza iyelenqe ndawonye ngokuchasene nabo ubaxabisileyo. 4Bathi: “Yizani, masibatshabalalise njengohlanga; igama likaSirayeli lingabi sakhunjulwa.” 5Ngamxhelo mnye baceba iyelenqe; benza umnqophiso ngokuchasene nawe, 6iintente zakwa-Edom nabakwa-Ishmayeli, uMowabhi nabakwaHagare, 7iGebhali noAmon noAmaleki, uFilisti kunye nabemi baseTire. 8NoAsiriya naye uzimanye nabo; baye baba yingalo eyomeleleyo yabantwana bakaLoti.
9Baphathe njengokuba waphatha uMidiyan, njengoSisera noYabhin emlanjeni iKishon, 10ababhujiswa e-Endori baza baba ngumgquba womhlaba. 11Yenza izikhulu zabo zibe njengoOrebhi noZebhi, bonke abathetheli babo babe njengoZebha noZalmuna, 12abathi: “Masizithabathele amadlelo kaThixo.” 13Bawo wam, baphathe babe njengothuli oluqhwithayo, njengomququ phambi komoya. 14Njengomlilo otshisa ihlathi, njengedangatye elitshisa iintaba, 15ngokunjalo basukele ngesaqhwithi sakho, ubothuse ngesiphango sakho. 16Gubungela ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze bafune igama lakho, Bawo wethu. 17Mabadane bakhwankqiswe ngonaphakade; mababhubhe behlazekile, 18ukuze bazi ukuba nguwe wedwa, ogama lakho linguBawo wethu, oyena uPhakamileyo phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba.
