Dumisani iGama laKhe
Ukudumisa okwakhelwe phezu kobufakazi: uBaba wethu wenza konke akuthandayo olwandle nasezulwini, washaya iGibhithe, wawisa uSihoni no-Ogi wanikela ngezwe labo. Uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho, izithombe ezinemilomo namehlo angasizi lutho zishiya abazenzayo belambatha ngokufanayo.
135 1Haleluya! Dumisani igama likaBaba wethu; mdumiseni, nina zinceku zikaBaba wethu, 2nina enikhonza endlini kaBaba wethu, emagcekeni endlu kaBaba wethu.
3Dumisani uBaba wethu, ngokuba uBaba wethu muhle; hlabelelani izibongo egameni lakhe, ngokuba limnandi. 4Ngokuba uBaba wethu uzikhethele uJakobe, u-Israyeli ukuba abe yimfuyo yakhe eyigugu.
5Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi uBaba wethu mkhulu, noBaba wethu oyiNkosi uphezu kwabonkulunkulu bonke. 6Konke uBaba wethu akuthandayo, ukwenzile, emazulwini nasemhlabeni, ezilwandle nasekujuleni kwazo konke. 7Wenyusa amafu asuka emikhawulweni yomhlaba; wenzela imvula umbani, akhiphe umoya eziphaleni zakhe.
8Washaya amazibulo aseGibhithe, abantu kanye nezilwane. 9Wathumela izibonakaliso nezimangaliso phakathi kwakho, Gibhithe, kuFaro nazo zonke izinceku zakhe. 10Washaya izizwe eziningi, wabulala amakhosi anamandla. 11uSihoni inkosi yama-Amori, no-Ogi inkosi yaseBashani, nayo yonke imibuso yaseKhanani, 12wanika izwe labo laba yifa, ifa ku-Israyeli isizwe sakhe.
13Igama lakho, Baba wethu, limi phakade; udumo lwakho, Baba wethu, kuzo zonke izizukulwane. 14Ngokuba uBaba wethu uyakubalungisela abantu bakhe, abahawukele izinceku zakhe.
15Izithombe zezizwe ziyisiliva negolide, umsebenzi wezandla zabantu. 16Zinemilomo, kodwa azikhulumi; zinamehlo, kodwa aziboni; 17zinezindlebe, kodwa azizwa, futhi awukho umphefumulo emilonyeni yazo. 18Abazenzayo bayafana nazo, kanjalo nabo bonke abazethembayo.
19Ndlu ka-Israyeli, bongani uBaba wethu; ndlu ka-Aroni, bongani uBaba wethu; 20ndlu kaLevi, bongani uBaba wethu; nina enesaba uBaba wethu, bongani uBaba wethu. 21Makabongwe uBaba wethu eseZiyoni, yena ohlala eJerusalema. Haleluya!
