UGWA­LO

LWE­ZI­HLA­BE­LE­LO

Indle­la ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo le­ndle­la ya­ba­bi

1Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu onga­ha­mbi nge­se­lu­le­ko sa­ba­bia, onge­mi endle­le­ni ye­zo­ni, onga­hla­li esi­hla­lwe­nib sa­ba­gco­na­yoc;

2 ko­dwa into­ko­zo ya­khe ise­mla­ywe­ni we­Nko­sid, uzi­ndla ngo­mla­yo wa­yo emi­ni le­bu­su­kue.

3 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba nje­nge­si­hla­hla esi­hla­nye­lwe emi­fu­le­ni ya­ma­nzi, esi­the­la isi­the­lo sa­so nge­si­kha­thi sa­sof, ohla­mvu la­so ka­li­yi­ku­bu­nag; la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo ku­za­phu­me­le­lah.

4 Aba­bi ka­ba­nja­lo, ko­dwa ba­nje­nga­ma­kho­ba umo­ya owa­phe­phu­la­yoi.

5 Nga­kho aba­bi ka­ba­yi­ku­ma ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­ni, le­zo­ni enhla­nga­nwe­ni ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yoj.

6 Ngo­ba iNko­si iya­ya­zi indle­la ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yok, ko­dwa indle­la ya­ba­bi iza­bhu­bhal.

Uku­bu­sa ko­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­si

2Ku­nga­nia izi­zwe zi­xo­ko­ze­lab, la­ba­ntu be­na­ka­na oku­yi­ze?

2 Ama­kho­si omhla­ba azi­mi­se­lac, la­ba­bu­si be­nza ugo­be nda­wo­nyed be­me­le­ne le­Nko­si nja­lo be­me­le­ne lo­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yoe, be­si­thif:

3 Asi­qa­mu­le izi­bo­pho za­bo, si­la­hle inta­mbo za­bo zi­su­ke ki­thig.

4 Ohle­zi ema­zu­lwi­nih uza­hle­kai, iNko­si iza­ba­hle­ka usu­lujk.

5 Kho­na iza­khu­lu­ma ku­bo entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­yo, ibe­thu­se ngo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo.

6 Ku­be ka­nti mi­na ngi­be­ki­le iNko­si ya­mi phe­zu kwe­Zi­yo­ni, inta­ba ya­mi engcwe­le.

7 Ngi­za­la­ndi­sa nge­si­mi­so: INko­si ithe ki­mi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­mu­hla ngi­ku­ze­lel.

8 Ce­la ki­mi, ngi­za­ni­ka izi­zwe zi­be yi­li­fa la­kho, le­mi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­ba ibe yi­mfu­yo ya­khom.

9 Uza­ze­phu­lan nge­nto­nga ye­nsi­mbio, uzi­pha­hla­ze nje­nge­mbi­za ye­bu­mbap.

10 Nga­kho-ke hla­ka­ni­pha­ni ma­kho­si, li­la­ye­ke ba­hlu­le­li bo­mhla­ba.

11 Ikho­nze­ni iNko­si ngo­kwe­sa­ba, li­tho­ko­ze ngo­ku­thu­thu­me­laq,

12 li­ya­nger iNdo­da­nas, hle­zi ithu­ku­the­le, li­bhu­bhe e­ndle­leni, nxa ula­ka lwa­yo se­lu­vu­tha ka­nci­nya­net. Ba­bu­si­si­weu bo­nke aba­phe­phe­la ku­yov.

Umkhu­le­ko we­ku­se­ni wo­ku­ce­la unce­do

Isi­hla­be­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da, la­pho eba­le­ke­la ubu­so bu­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu indo­da­na ya­khe

3Nko­si, za­nde ka­nga­ka­na­ni izi­tha za­mia! Ba­ne­ngi aba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yob.

2 Ba­ne­ngi aba­thi ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi: Ka­ku­la­si­ndi­so lwa­khe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Se­la*c.

3 Ko­dwa we­na Nko­si, uyi­si­hla­ngu sa­mid, udu­mo lwa­mi, lo­mpha­ka­mi­si we­kha­nda la­mie.

4 Nga­kha­la nge­li­zwi la­mi eNko­si­nif, ya­si­ngi­phe­ndu­lag ise­nta­be­ni ya­yo engcwe­leh. Se­la*.

5 Mi­na nga­la­la pha­nsi, nga­ju­me­ka; nga­vu­ka, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ngi­se­ke­lai.

6 Ka­ngi­yi­kwe­sa­ba izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi za­ba­ntu aba­ngi­ha­nqi­le­yo be­me­la­na la­mij.

7 Vu­ka, Nko­si! Ngi­si­ndi­sa, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi. Ngo­ba zo­nke izi­tha za­mi uzi­tsha­yi­le emhla­thi­nik, we­phu­le ama­zi­nyo aba­bil.

8 Usi­ndi­so ngo­lwe­Nko­si. Isi­bu­si­so sa­kho si­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho. Se­la*m.

Umkhu­le­ko wa­ku­si­hlwa wo­ku­ce­la unce­do

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

4Ngi­phe­ndu­la eku­kha­le­ni kwa­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mi. Eku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni wa­nge­nze­la inda­wo eba­nzi. Wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, uzwe umkhu­le­ko wa­mia.

2 Ma­do­da­na aba­ntu, ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­phe­ndu­la udu­mo lwa­mi lu­be li­hla­zo, li­tha­nda oku­yi­ze, li­di­nga ama­nga? Se­la*b.

3 Ko­dwa ya­zi­ni uku­thi iNko­si ize­hlu­ka­ni­se­lec owe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lud; iNko­si iya­ngi­zwa la­pho ngi­kha­la ku­yo.

4 Thu­thu­me­la­ni, li­ngo­nie; khu­lu­ma­nif le­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu embhe­de­ni we­nu, li­thu­le. Se­la*g.

5 Ni­ke­la­ni imi­hla­tshe­lo yo­ku­lu­ngah, li­the­mbe eNko­si­nii.

6 Ba­ne­ngi aba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­si­tshe­ngi­sa oku­hle? Nko­si, pha­ka­mi­se­laj uku­kha­nya ko­bu­so ba­kho phe­zu kwe­thuk.

7 Ube­ke into­ko­zo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mil okwe­dlu­la isi­kha­thi la­pho ama­be­le abo le­wa­yi­ni la­bo eli­tsha kwa­ndi­lem.

8 Ngi­za­ca­mba­la­lan ngo­ku­thu­lao, kho­no­kho ngi­la­le ubu­tho­ngo, ngo­ba we­na Nko­si we­dwa uya­ngi­hla­li­sa ngo­ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze­kap.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­vi­ke­lwa ezi­the­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Ne­hi­lo­thi. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

5Be­ka indle­be ema­zwi­ni ami, Nko­si; una­nze­le­le uku­bu­bu­la kwa­mia.

2 La­le­la ili­zwi lo­ku­kha­la kwa­mi, Nko­si ya­mi lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mib; ngo­ba ngi­khu­le­ka ku­wec.

3 Nko­si, eku­se­ni uza­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mid; eku­se­ni ngi­za­hle­la umkhu­le­ko wa­mi nga­ku­wee, ngi­li­ndef.

4 Ngo­ba ka­wu­su­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu otho­ko­za ebu­bi­ni; omu­bi ka­yi­ku­hla­la la­we.

5 Aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yo ka­ba­yi­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akho; uzo­nda bo­nke abe­nzi bo­bu­big.

6 Uza­ba­bhu­bhi­sa aba­qa­mba ama­nga. INko­si iya­me­nya­nya umu­ntu we­ga­zi le­nko­hli­soh.

7 Ko­dwa mi­na, ngi­za­nge­na endli­ni ya­kho ngo­bu­khu­lu be­si­ha­wu sa­kho, ngi­kho­tha­mei ngi­kha­nge­le ethe­mpe­li­ni la­kho eli­ngcwe­le, ngo­ku­kwe­sa­baj.

8 Nko­si, ngi­kho­khe­le­le eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­kho nge­nxa ye­zi­tha za­mik, we­nze indle­la ya­kho iqo­nde pha­mbi kwa­mil.

9 Ngo­ba ka­li­kho iqi­ni­so emlo­nye­ni wa­zo, inga­pha­ka­thi ya­zo izi­nko­hla­ka­lom; umphi­mbo wa­zon uli­ngcwa­ba eli­vu­le­ki­le­yoo, zi­ba­mba ame­hlo ngo­li­mi lwa­zop.

10 Tsho­no uthi zi­le­ca­la, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­zi­we nga­ma­ce­bo azo; uzi­la­hle nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­zo, ngo­ba zi­ku­vu­ke­le.

11 Ko­dwa ka­ba­tha­beq bo­nke aba­the­mbe­la ku­wer, ba­me­me­ze ko­ku­phe­la nge­nto­ko­zo, ngo­ba uba­vi­ke­le; la­la­bo aba­tha­nda ibi­zo la­kho ka­ba­ja­bu­le ku­wes.

12 Ngo­ba we­na Nko­si, uza­bu­si­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, uza­mha­nqa ngo­mu­sa nje­nge­si­hla­ngu esi­khu­lut.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la umu­sa nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­hlu­phe­ka

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho, nge­She­mi­ni­thi. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

6Nko­si, unga­ngi­khu­zi entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­khoa, unga­ngi­je­zi­si eku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka lwa­khob.

2 Wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, Nko­si, ngo­ba ngi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kac. Nko­si, ngi­si­li­sa mi­na, ngo­ba ama­tha­mbo amid aya­kha­tha­ze­kae.

3 Lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ukha­tha­ze­ki­le ka­khu­luf: Ko­dwa we­na, Nko­si, ko­ze ku­be ni­nig?

4 Phe­ndu­ka, Nko­si, khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi; ungi­si­ndi­se nge­nxa yo­mu­sa wa­khoh.

5 Ngo­ba eku­fe­ni ka­ku­kho uku­ku­khu­mbu­la; engcwa­be­ni ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­bo­ngai?

6 Ngi­kha­the­lej yi­ku­bu­bu­la kwa­mi; ubu­su­ku bo­nke ngi­ntshe­zi­sa ica­nsi la­mi, nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi za­mi ngi­ma­nzi­si­se umbhe­da wa­mik.

7 Ili­hlo la­mi li­dli­we nge­nxa yo­si­zi, li­ya­gu­ga nge­nxa ye­zi­tha za­mi zo­nkel.

8 Su­ka­ni ki­mim, lo­nke be­nzi bo­bu­bin, ngo­ba iNko­si izwi­le ili­zwi lo­ku­li­la kwa­mio.

9 INko­si izwi­le uku­nce­nga kwa­mip; iNko­si iza­kwe­mu­ke­la umkhu­le­ko wa­miq.

10 Zo­nke izi­tha za­mi zi­za­ya­nge­ka zi­tsha­ywe lu­va­lo ka­khu­lur; zi­za­phe­ndu­ka, zi­hle zi­ya­nge­kes.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la iNko­si uku­thi ya­hlu­le­le

IShi­ga­yo­ni ka­Da­vi­da, ayi­hla­be­le­la iNko­si, nga­ma­zwi ka­Ku­shi umBhe­nja­mi­ni

7Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­ya­the­mbe­la ku­wea; ngi­si­ndi­sa ku­bo bo­nke aba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yo, ungi­khu­lu­leb.

2 Hle­zi ada­bu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi nje­nge­si­lwa­ne, eda­bu­da­bu­la, ku­nge­kho okhu­lu­la­yoc.

3 Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uba ngi­kwe­nzi­le lo­khud, uba ku­kho­na oku­bi eza­ndle­ni za­mie,

4 uba ngi­phi­ndi­se­le oku­bi ko­se­ku­thu­le­ni la­mif (ku­phe­la nga­pha­nga oyi­si­tha sa­mi nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­za­thog),

5 isi­tha ka­si­zi­nge­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, si­wu­fi­ce, si­yi­nya­the­le­le impi­lo ya­mi emhla­ba­thi­ni, se­nze udu­mo lwa­mi lu­hla­le ethu­li­nih. Se­la*.

6 Vu­ka, Nko­si, ngo­la­ka lwa­kho, zi­pha­ka­mi­sei nge­nxa ye­ntu­ku­the­lo ye­zi­tha za­mij; vu­ka ungi­me­lek; ula­yi­le isa­hlu­le­lol.

7 Nga­kho inhla­nga­no ye­zi­zwe iza­ku­ha­nqa; bu­ya nga­phe­zu­lu phe­zu kwa­yo.

8 INko­si iza­kwa­hlu­le­la izi­zwe. Nga­hlu­le­la, Nko­sim, nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­min la­nje­ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­mi obu­ki­mio.

9 Ake bu­phe­le ubu­bi ba­ba­bi, ko­dwa umqi­ni­se olu­ngi­le­yo, ngo­ba ohlo­la inhli­zi­yo le­zi­nsop ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olu­ngi­le­yoq.

10 Isi­hla­ngu sa­mi si­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu osi­ndi­sa aba­qo­tho enhli­zi­ywe­nir.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu ngu­ma­hlu­le­li olu­ngi­le­yo, nja­lo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu othu­ku­the­lela omu­bi insu­ku zo­nke.

12 Uba enga­phe­ndu­ki, uza­lo­la inke­mba ya­khes; use­li­go­bi­le ida­ndi­li la­khet wa­li­lu­ngi­sau.

13 Use­mlu­ngi­se­le izi­kha­li zo­ku­fa, we­nze­la aba­zi­nge­liv imi­tsho­ko ya­khe etshi­sa­yow.

14 Kha­nge­la, uhe­le­lwa ngo­bu­bix, akhu­le­lwe yi­ko­nay, aza­le ama­ngaz.

15 Age­bhe umgo­di awu­gu­bhe, abe­se­we­la ego­di­ni ale­nzi­le­yoa.

16 Ubu­bi ba­khe bu­za­bu­ye­la phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khe, lo­dla­me lwa­khe lwe­hle­le enka­nda ya­kheb.

17 Ngi­za­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­yo, ngi­hla­be­le­le ibi­zo le­Nko­si ephe­zu ko­nkec.

Udu­mo lwe­Nko­si lo­du­mo lo­mu­ntu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Gi­thi­thi. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

8Nko­si, Nko­si ye­thu, li­le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­nga­ka­na­ni ibi­zo la­kho emhla­be­ni wo­nkea! Omi­se ubu­kho­si ba­kho nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­zu­lub.

2 Emlo­nye­ni we­zi­nga­ne lo­wa­ba­mu­nya­yo umi­si­le ama­ndla nge­nxa ye­zi­tha za­khoc, uku­ze uthu­li­se isi­tha lo­mphi­ndi­se­lid.

3 La­pho ngi­kha­nge­la ama­zu­lu akho, umse­be­nzi we­mi­nwe ya­kho, inya­nga le­nka­nye­zi owa­zi­mi­sa­yoe,

4 uyi­ni umu­ntu uku­thi umkhu­mbu­lef, le­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu uku­thi uyi­ha­mbe­leg?

5 Ka­nti wa­me­nza wa­ba nga­pha­nsi ka­nci­nya­ne ku­le­ngi­lo­si, wa­me­thwe­sa umqhe­le wo­bu­kho­sih lo­du­moi.

6 Wa­me­nza wa­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­khoj, ko­nke wa­ku­be­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khek,

7 izi­mvu le­nka­bi zo­nke, ka­nye le­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga,

8 inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu, le­zi­nhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndle, oku­dlu­la ezi­ndle­le­ni ze­nlwa­ndlel.

9 Nko­si, Nko­si ye­thu, li­le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­nga­ka­ni ibi­zo la­kho emhla­be­ni wo­nkem!

Uku­bo­nga isa­hlu­le­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Mu­thi-la­bhe­ni. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

9Ngi­zaku­du­mi­sa, Nko­si, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi yo­nke, ngi­la­ndi­se zo­nke izi­ma­nga­li­so za­khoa.

2 Ngi­za­tha­ba ngi­tho­ko­ze ku­web, ngi­hla­be­le indu­mi­so ebi­zwe­ni la­khoc, we­na oPhe­zu­ko­nked.

3 La­pho izi­tha za­mi zi­bu­ye­la emu­va, zi­za­ku­wa, zi­bhu­bhe pha­mbi kwa­kho.

4 Ngo­ba uli­me­le ilu­nge­lo la­mi lo­da­ba lwa­mi, wa­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si, wa­hlu­le­la ngo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yoe.

5 Uzi­khu­zi­le izi­zwe, wa­bhu­bhi­sa omu­bif; wa­le­su­la ibi­zo la­bo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nig.

6 Izi­tha zi­phe­li­le, izi­nci­tha­ka­lo ezi­pha­ka­de; uyi­di­li­zi­le imi­zi; uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­yo ku­bhu­bhe ka­nye la­yoh.

7 Ko­dwa iNko­si iza­hla­la ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dei, isi­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si isi­lu­ngi­se­le isa­hlu­le­loj.

8 Yo­na-ke iza­wa­hlu­le­la umhla­ba ngo­ku­lu­ngak, iba­gwe­be aba­ntul ngo­ku­qo­ndamn.

9 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­ku­ba yi­si­phe­phe­lo so­ci­nde­ze­lwe­yoo, isi­phe­phe­lo nge­zi­kha­thi zo­ku­hlu­phe­kap.

10 La­ba­la­zi­yo ibi­zo la­kho ba­za­the­mba ku­we, ngo­ba we­na Nko­si, ka­wu­ba­tshi­ya­nga aba­ku­di­nga­yoq.

11 Hla­be­la­ni indu­mi­so eNko­si­ni ehle­zi eZi­yo­ni, li­me­me­ze­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ize­nzo za­yor.

12 Nxa idi­nga iga­zi, iya­ba­khu­mbu­la, ka­yi­kho­hlwa uku­kha­la kwa­ba­hlu­tshwa­yos.

13 Wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, Nko­si, ubo­ne uhlu­pho lwa­mi olu­ve­la kwa­ba­ngi­zo­nda­yot, we­na ongi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo ema­sa­ngwe­ni oku­fau,

14 uku­ze ngi­la­ndi­se yo­nke indu­mi­so ya­kho ema­sa­ngwe­ni endo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni, ngi­tho­ko­zev ku­si­ndi­so lwa­khowx.

15 Izi­zwe zi­tsho­ne emgo­di­ni e­za­we­nza­yoy, embu­le­ni eza­li­thi­ya­yo unya­wo lwa­zo lu­ba­nji­wez.

16 INko­si iza­zi­si­le, ye­nza isa­hlu­le­loa; omu­bi uthi­ywe emse­be­nzi­ni we­za­ndla za­khe. Hi­ga­yo­ni. Se­la*.

17 Aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo ba­za­bu­ye­la esi­ho­gwe­ni, zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­mkho­hlwa­yo uNku­lu­nku­lub.

18 Ngo­ba oswe­la­yo ka­yi­ku­kho­hla­ka­la ko­ku­phe­la; ithe­mbac la­ba­ya­ngad ka­liyi­ku­nya­ma­la­la pha­ka­dee.

19 Vu­ka, Nko­si, umu­ntu ka­nga­nqo­bi; izi­zwe ka­zi­gwe­tshwe pha­mbi kwa­kho.

20 Zi­tsha­yi­se ngo­va­lo, Nko­si, izi­zwe ka­zi­kwa­zi uku­thi zi­nga­ba­ntu nje. Se­la*f.

Uku­ce­la uku­thi aba­bi ba­chi­thwe

10Nko­si, ume­le­ni kha­tsha­na? Uca­tshe­lani ezi­kha­thi­ni zo­ku­hlu­phe­kaa?

2 Omu­bi eku­zi­gqa­je­ni uya­mzi­nge­li­si­sa umya­ngab; ka­ba­ba­njwec nga­ma­go­be aba­wa­ce­bi­le­yod.

3 Ngo­ba omu­bi uya­zi­khu­khu­me­za nge­si­fi­so so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, uya­si­bu­si­sa isi­hwa­ba, aye­yi­se iNko­si.

4 Omu­bi, ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja ko­bu­so ba­khe uthi: Kaku­bi­zie; ka­kho uNku­lu­nku­luf emi­ca­ba­ngwe­ni ya­khe yo­nke.

5 Indle­la za­khe zi­qi­ni­le isi­kha­thi so­nke; iza­hlu­le­lo za­kho zi­pha­ke­me zi­kha­tsha­na la­yeg; izi­tha za­khe zo­nke uya­zi­vu­the­lah.

6 Uthi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khei: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywaj; ngo­ba esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na kangi­yi­ku­ba se­bu­nzi­me­nik.

7 Umlo­mo wa­khe ugcwe­le uku­thu­ka le­zi­nko­hli­sol lo­bu­qi­lim; nga­pha­nsi ko­li­mi lwa­khen ku­kho­na uko­na lo­bu­bio.

8 Uhle­zi enda­we­ni yo­ku­ca­tha­ma ye­mi­zi, ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­si­the­ki­le­yo ubu­la­la onge­la­ca­lap; ame­hlo akhe akha­nge­le othi­thi­be­le­yo nga­se­seq.

9 Uya­ca­tsha eku­si­the­ke­nir nje­nge­si­lwa­nes ebha­lwi­ni lwa­sot; uca­tshe­la uku­mba­mba ongu­mya­nga, uya­ba­mba ongu­mya­nga ngo­ku­mhu­du­le­la embu­le­ni la­kheu.

10 Uya­qu­tha, uya­kho­tha­mav, nja­lo umya­nga awe ngo­ku­la­ma­ndla kwa­khew.

11 Uthi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: UNku­lu­nku­lu ukho­hli­wex, ufi­hle ubu­so ba­khey, ka­so­ze abo­ne la­ni­niz.

12 Su­ku­ma, Nko­si! Nku­lu­nku­lu, pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­kho, unga­ba­kho­hlwa aba­hlu­phe­ka­yo.

13 Ku­nga­ni omu­bi ede­le­la uNku­lu­nku­lua? Uthi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kheb: Ka­wu­yi­ku­ku­bi­zac.

14 Uya­bo­na, ngo­ba we­na uya­kha­nge­la ubu­bi le­nhlu­phe­ko, uku­ku­be­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­khod. Umya­ngae uya­zi­ni­ke­la ku­wef; we­na ungu­msi­zi we­zi­nta­nda­neg.

15 Ye­phu­la inga­lo yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo lo­mu­bih; di­nga inko­hla­ka­lo ya­khe uku­ze unga­be usa­yi­tho­lai.

16 UJe­ho­va yi­Nko­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni; izi­zwe zi­bhu­bhi­le eli­zwe­ni la­yoj.

17 Nko­si, uzwi­le isi­fi­so sa­ba­tho­be­ki­le­yok, uza­qi­ni­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­bo, we­nze indle­be ya­kho izwe,

18 ukwa­hlu­le­la inta­nda­nel lo­ci­nde­ze­lwe­yom, uku­ze umu­ntu wa­se­mhla­be­ni anga­be ese­sa­be­kan.

INko­si iyi­si­phe­phe­lo sa­ba­qo­tho

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

11Ngi­the­mbe­la eNko­si­nia. Li­nga­tsho nja­ni emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­mi: Ba­le­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­nu nje­nge­nyo­nib.

2 Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, aba­bi ba­ya­go­bi­sa ida­ndi­lic, ba­lu­ngi­sa umtsho­ko wa­bo enta­nje­nid, uku­ze ba­tsho­ke emnya­me­ni aba­qo­tho nge­nhli­zi­yoe.

3 Nxa izi­se­ke­lo zi­di­li­zwaf, ange­nza­ni olu­ngi­le­yog?

4 INko­sih ise­the­mpe­li­ni la­yo eli­ngcwe­lei; iNko­si, isi­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si si­se­ma­zu­lwi­nij; ame­hlo ayo aya­kha­nge­lak, inko­phe za­yo zi­ya­hlo­la, aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu.

5 INko­si iya­mhlo­la olu­ngi­le­yo, ko­dwa omu­bi lo­tha­nda ubu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngu, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­yo uya­mzo­ndal.

6 Uza­ni­sa phe­zu kwa­ba­bi imi­ji­bi­la, umli­lo, le­so­lu­fa*m, lo­mo­ya otshi­sa­yon, ku­za­ku­ba yi­sa­be­lo se­nke­zo ya­boo.

7 Ngo­ba ilu­ngi­le iNko­si, iya­tha­nda uku­lu­ngap; ubu­so ba­yo bu­ya­bo­na oqo­thoq.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­vi­ke­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­She­mi­ni­thi. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

12Si­za, Nko­si, ngo­ba owe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu kase­kho, ngo­ba aba­the­mbe­ki­le­yo ba­nya­ma­le­le ba­su­ka eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntua.

2 Ba­khu­lu­ma oku­yi­ze, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kheb; inde­be ezi­la­li­sa­yo, ba­khu­lu­ma nga­nhli­zi­yo­mbi­lic.

3 INko­si iza­qu­ma zo­nke inde­be ezi­la­li­sa­yod, uli­mi olu­khu­lu­ma izi­nto zo­ku­zi­dla1;

4 aba­thi: Si­za­nqo­ba ngo­li­mi lwe­thu, inde­be ze­thu nge­ze­thu; ngu­ba­ni oyi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­thu?

5 Nge­nxa yo­ku­ba­nde­ze­lwae kwa­ba­ya­nga, nge­nxa yo­ku­bu­bu­la kwa­ba­swe­la­yof, se­ngi­za­vu­ka, ku­tsho iNko­sig. Ngi­za­be­ka eku­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ke­ni amvu­the­la­yoh.

6 Ama­zwi eNko­si anga­ma­zwi ahla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yoi, isi­li­va esi­za­nywe esi­tha­ndwe­ni se­nhla­ba­thij, si­hla­nju­lu­lwek ka­si­kho­mbi­sal.

7 We­na, Nko­si, uza­ba­gci­na, uba­vi­ke­le ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

8 Aba­bi ba­ya­ha­mba­ha­mba inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, la­pho ama­nya­la epha­ka­nyi­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­si­zwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

13Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni, Nko­si, ungi­kho­hlwaa ko­ku­phe­lab? Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ungi­fi­hle­la ubu­so ba­khoc?

2 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­zi­ce­bi­sa emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­mi, ngi­lo­si­zi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi insu­ku zo­nke? Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni isi­tha sa­mi si­pha­ka­nyi­swa phe­zu kwa­mi?

3 Kha­nge­la, ungi­phe­ndu­le, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi; kha­nyi­sa ame­hlo amid hle­zi ngi­la­le ubu­tho­ngo bo­ku­fae,

4 hle­zi isi­tha sa­mi si­thi: Se­ngi­me­hlu­lef; la­ba­ngi­hlu­pha­yo ba­tho­ko­ze la­pho ngi­nyi­ki­nywag.

5 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­the­mbe­le emu­se­ni wa­khoh, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iza­tha­ba ngo­si­ndi­so lwa­khoij.

6 Ngi­za­yi­hla­be­le­la iNko­si, ngo­ba inge­nze­le oku­hle ka­khu­luk.

Ubu­thu­tha lo­bu­bi ba­ba­ntu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

14Isi­thu­thaa si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­sob: Ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­luc. Bo­na­ke­le, be­nza imi­se­be­nzi eye­nya­nye­ka­yod; ka­kho owe­nza oku­hlee.

2 INko­si ya­kha­nge­la pha­nsi ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntuf, uku­bo­na uku­thi ukho­na yi­nig oqe­di­si­sa­yoh, odi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lui.

3 Ba­pha­mbu­ki­le bo­nke, be­bo­nke bo­na­ke­le; ka­kho owe­nza oku­hle, ka­kho lo­ye­dwaj.

4 Ka­ba­zi yi­ni bo­nke abe­nza oku­bik, aba­dla aba­ntu ba­mi nje­ngo­ba be­si­dla isi­nkwal? Ka­ba­yi­bi­zi iNko­sim.

5 La­pho be­sa­ba lo­kwe­sa­ban, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu use­si­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni so­lu­ngi­le­yoo.

6 Li­li­ya­ngi­si­le ice­bo lo­mya­ngap, ngo­ba iNko­si iyi­si­phe­phe­lo sa­kheq.

7 Ku­nga­thi usi­ndi­so lu­kaI­sra­ye­li lu­nga­ve­la eZi­yo­nir! La­pho iNko­si ibu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­yo, uJa­ko­be uza­tha­ba, uI­sra­ye­li atho­ko­zes.

Umu­ntu onga­hla­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

15Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni oza­hla­la ethe­nte­ni la­khoa? Ngu­ba­ni oza­kwa­kha enta­be­ni ya­kho engcwe­leb?

2 Ngu­lo­wo oha­mba ngo­bu­qo­thoc, lo­we­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yod, lo­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khee,

3 onga­hle­bi­yof ngo­li­mi lwa­kheg, onge­nzi oku­bi ku­mnga­ne wa­khe, lo­nga­pha­ka­mi­se­li uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ihla­zo;

4 ola­hli­we­yo uye­nya­nye­ka eme­hlwe­ni akhe, ko­dwa uya­ba­hlo­ni­pha aba­ye­sa­ba­yo iNko­si; ofu­nga ngo­kuzi­li­ma­za, ko­dwa ka­phe­ndu­ki,

5 onga­ni­ki ima­li ya­khe uku­thi azu­ze inzu­zoh, lo­nge­mu­ke­li umvu­zo wo­ku­the­ngwa ngo­nge­la­ca­lai. Owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto ka­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij.

INko­si iyi­sa­be­lo sa­mi

IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da

16Ngi­lo­ndo­lo­za, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba ngi­the­mbe­la ku­wea.

2 Ngi­the eNko­si­ni: Uyi­Nko­si ya­mi, uku­lu­nga kwa­mi ka­kufi­ki ku­web.

3 Ko­dwa ku­ba­ngcwe­le aba­se­mhla­be­ni, la­ba­hle­ka­zi, onto­ko­zo ya­mi yo­nke iku­boc.

4 Zi­za­kwa­nda insi­zi za­ba­gi­ji­me­la omu­nye unku­lu­nku­lud; ka­ngi­yi­ku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo ye­ga­zie; la­ma­bi­zo abo ka­ngi­yi­ku­wa­pha­tha ende­be­ni za­mif.

5 INko­si iyi­sa­be­log se­li­fa la­mih le­se­nke­zo ya­mii; we­na uphe­the isa­be­lo sa­mij.

6 Imi­zi­la iwe­le ki­mik ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­tho­ko­zi­sa­yol; ye­bo, ngi­le­li­fa eli­bu­ke­ka­yo.

7 Ngi­za­yi­bo­nga iNko­si enge­lu­le­ka­yo; le­bu­su­kum izi­nso za­mi zi­ya­ngi­qo­ndi­san.

8 Ngi­be­ki­leo iNko­si pha­mbi kwa­mi nja­lo­nja­lop; ngo­ba i­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­miq, ka­ngi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywar.

9 Nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­tho­ko­za, lo­du­mo lwa­mi lu­ya­ja­bu­las, le­nya­ma ya­mi iza­hla­la ivi­ke­le­ki­le.

10 Ngo­ba ka­wu­tshi­ya­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi esi­ho­gwe­nit, nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­ni­ke­lau ongcwe­le wa­khov uku­thi abo­ne uku­bo­law.

11 Uza­nga­zi­sa indle­la ye­mpi­lox; uku­gcwa­la kwe­nto­ko­zo ku­se­bu­kho­ne­ni ba­khoy, nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­kho ku­kho­na izi­nja­bu­lo pha­ka­dez.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­zi­nge­lwa enge­la­ca­la

Umkhu­le­ko ka­Da­vi­da

17Zwa­na uku­lu­nga, Nko­si, ula­le­le uku­kha­la kwa­mia; ube­ke indle­be emkhu­le­kwe­ni wa­mi ongaphu­mi ezi­nde­be­ni ezi­le­nko­hli­so.

2 Ukwa­hlu­le­lwa kwa­mi ka­ku­phu­me ebu­kho­ne­ni ba­khob, ame­hlo akho ka­wa­bo­ne izi­nto ezi­qo­ndi­le­yoc.

3 Uyi­li­ngi­le inhli­zi­yo ya­mid, wangi­ha­mbe­lae ebu­su­kuf; ungi­hlo­li­le, ka­wu­fi­ca­nga lu­tho; ngi­hlo­si­le, umlo­mo wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­pha­mbu­kag.

4 Ma­ye­la­na le­ze­nzo za­ba­ntu, nge­li­zwi le­nde­be za­kho, mi­na ngi­zi­nqa­ndi­le ezi­ndle­le­ni zo­mchi­thi,

5 uku­se­ke­la izi­nya­the­lo za­mih emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­khoi, uku­ze inya­wo za­mi zi­nga­tshe­le­li.

6 Mi­na ngi­ku­bi­zi­lej, ngo­ba uza­ngi­phe­ndu­la, Nku­lu­nku­luk; be­ka indle­be ya­kho ki­mi, uzwe inku­lu­mo ya­mil.

7 Tshe­ngi­sa ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yo utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­khom, we­na osi­ndi­sa nge­sa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne la­bo aba­the­mbe­la ku­we kwa­ba­vu­ke­la­yon.

8 Ngi­gci­ne nje­nge­nhla­mvu ye­li­hloo; ungi­fi­hle emthu­nzi­ni we­mpi­ko za­khop,

9 ku­bo ubu­so ba­ba­bi aba­ngi­ci­nde­ze­la­yo, izi­tha ze­mpi­lo ya­mi ezi­ngi­ha­nqi­le­yo.

10 Ba­yazi­va­le­la nga­ma­hwa­hwa aboq; ngo­mlo­mo wa­bo ba­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­zi­gqa­jar.

11 Se­be­si­ha­nqi­le ema­nya­the­lwe­ni ethus; ame­hlo abo ba­wa­mi­se besi­tho­be­le emhla­ba­thi­nit.

12 Unje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­khu­tha­le­le uku­da­bu­la, la­nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­tsha esi­qu­thi­le­yo enda­we­ni ezi­si­the­ki­le­yo.

13 Vu­ka, Nko­si! Uhla­nga­be­ze ubu­so ba­khe, umpho­se­le pha­nsiu. Khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ko­mu­bi, oyi­nke­mba ya­khov,

14 ku­bo aba­ntu, aba­yi­sa­ndla sa­kho, Nko­si, eba­ntwi­ni bo­mhla­baw, osa­be­lo sa­bo si­ku­lo­khu­ku­phi­lax, osi­su sa­bo usi­gcwa­li­sa ngo­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­khoy; ba­gcwe­le aba­ntwa­na, nja­lo ba­tshi­ye­le izi­nga­ne za­bo oku­se­le­yo kwa­boz.

15 Mi­na, ngi­za­kha­nge­la ubu­so ba­kho eku­lu­nge­nia, nge­ne­li­sweb yi­si­mo sa­khoc eku­pha­pha­me­ni kwa­mid.

Ihu­bo li­ka­Da­vi­da lo­ku­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­khu­lu­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da, ince­ku ye­Nko­si, eya­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­nia ama­zwi ale­li­hu­bo mhla iNko­si imkhu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­khe zo­nke le­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Sa­wu­lib. Wa­se­si­thi:

18Ngi­za­ku­tha­nda, Nko­si, ma­ndla amic.

2 INko­si ili­dwa­la la­mi, le­nqa­ba ya­mi, lo­mkhu­lu­li wa­mi; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, idwa­la la­mi, engi­za­phe­phe­la ku­lo, isi­hla­ngu sa­mi, lo­pho­ndo lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mi, inqa­ba ya­mi epha­ke­me­yod.

3 Ngi­za­bi­za iNko­si edu­mi­se­ka­yo, nga­kho ngi­za­si­ndi­swa ezi­the­ni za­mi.

4 Izi­bo­pho zo­ku­fa za­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­la, le­zi­khu­khu­la zo­bu­bi za­nge­thu­sa.

5 Izi­bo­pho ze­si­ho­go za­ngi­go­mbo­lo­ze­la, imi­ji­bi­la yo­ku­fa ya­yi­pha­mbi kwa­mie.

6 Eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­mi nga­yi­bi­za iNko­si, nga­kha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi; wa­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mi ese­the­mpe­li­ni la­khe, lo­ku­kha­la kwa­mi kwe­za pha­mbi kwa­khe, endle­be­ni za­khef.

7 Kho­na umhla­ba wa­za­ma­za­ma, wa­nyi­ki­nye­ka, le­zi­se­ke­lo ze­zi­nta­ba za­qha­qha­ze­la, za­za­ma­za­ma, ngo­ba wa­ye­thu­ku­the­leg.

8 Kwe­nyu­ka intu­thu ema­kha­le­ni akhe, lo­mli­lo ophu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khe wa­qo­thu­la; ama­la­hle avu­thi­swa yi­woh.

9 Wa­se­kho­tha­mi­sa ama­zu­lu, we­hle­la pha­nsi, lo­mnya­ma onzi­ma wa­wu­nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khe.

10 Wa­se­ga­da ikhe­ru­bhi*, wa­pha­pha, wa­ndi­za phe­zu kwe­mpi­ko zo­mo­yai.

11 Wa­mi­sa umnya­ma wa­ba yi­nda­wo ya­khe ye­nsi­tha, idu­mba la­khe inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­khe, ama­nzi amnya­ma, ama­ye­zi amnya­ma omkha­thij.

12 Eku­kha­zi­mu­le­ni oku­pha­mbi kwa­khe ama­ye­zi akhe amnya­ma edlu­la, isi­qho­tho la­ma­la­hle omli­lok.

13 INko­si ya­si­du­ma ema­zu­lwi­ni, oPhe­zu­ko­nke wa­zwa­ka­li­sa ili­zwi la­khe, isi­qho­tho la­ma­la­hle omli­lol.

14 Ya­si­thu­ma imi­tsho­ko ya­yo, ya­ba­chi­tha; le­mi­ba­ne emi­ne­ngi, ya­ba­pha­pha­the­ki­sa.

15 Kho­na kwa­bo­na­ka­la imi­se­le ya­ma­nzi, kwe­mbu­lwa izi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ba eku­so­le­ni kwa­khom, Nko­si, eku­vu­the­le­ni ko­mo­ya wa­ma­kha­la akho.

16 Ya­thu­ma iphe­zu­lu, ya­ngi­ba­mba, ya­nge­nyu­la ema­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngi.

17 Ya­ngo­phu­la esi­the­ni sa­mi esi­la­ma­ndla, la­ki­bo aba­ngi­zo­nda­yo, ngo­ba ba­be­la­ma­ndla ku­la­min.

18 Ba­be­pha­mbi kwa­mi osu­kwi­ni lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­mi, ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ba yi­si­se­ke­lo sa­mio.

19 Ya­ngi­khu­phe­la enda­we­ni eba­nzi, ya­ngi­khu­lu­la ngo­ba ya­yi­tho­ko­za nga­mi.

20 INko­si ya­ngi­vu­za nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mi; ya­ngi­bu­yi­se­la nje­ngo­ku­hla­nze­ka kwe­za­ndla za­mi.

21 Ngo­ba ngi­zi­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le indle­la ze­Nko­si, ka­ngi­su­ka­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi nge­nko­hla­ka­lo.

22 Ngo­ba zo­nke iza­hlu­le­lo za­yo za­zi­pha­mbi kwa­mi, le­zi­mi­so za­yo ka­ngi­zi­pha­mbu­la­nga ki­mip.

23 Nja­lo nga­ngi­qo­ndi­le ku­yo, ngi­zi­nqa­ndi­le ebu­bi­ni ba­mi.

24 Nga­kho iNko­si ingi­bu­yi­se­le nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mi, nje­ngo­ku­hla­nze­ka kwe­za­ndla za­mi pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ayo.

25 Ko­le­si­ha­wu uza­zi­ve­za ule­si­ha­wu; ko­qo­tho uza­zi­ve­za uqo­tho;

26 ko­hla­nze­ki­le­yo uza­zi­ve­za uhla­nze­ki­le; la­ko­pha­mbu­ki­le­yo uza­zi­ve­za upha­mbu­ki­le.

27 Ngo­ba we­na uza­ba­si­ndi­sa aba­ntu aba­hlu­tshwa­yo; ko­dwa ame­hlo apha­ke­me­yo uza­we­hli­se­la pha­nsiq.

28 Ngo­ba we­na uza­lu­ma­thi­sa isi­ba­ne sa­mi; iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, iza­kha­nyi­sa ubu­mnya­ma ba­mi.

29 Ngo­ba nga­we ngi­gi­ji­mi­le nga­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­bu­tho, la­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi nge­qe umtha­nga­la.

30 UNku­lu­nku­lu, indle­la ya­khe iphe­le­le; ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­hlo­li­we; uyi­si­hla­ngu ku­bo bo­nke aba­phe­phe­la ku­ye.

31 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwe­Nko­si? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oli­dwa­la nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu?

32 Ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ongi­bhi­nci­sa ama­ndlars, owe­nza indle­la ya­mi iphe­le­let.

33 Owe­nza inya­wo za­mi zi­be nje­ngeze­zi­mpa­la, wa­ngi­mi­sa ezi­ngqo­nge­ni za­mi.

34 Ofu­ndi­se­la iza­ndla za­mi impi, uku­ze ida­ndi­li le­thu­si li­go­tshi­swe zi­nga­lo za­mi.

35 Ungi­ni­ki­le le­si­hla­ngu so­si­ndi­so lwa­kho, le­sa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­neu si­ngi­se­ke­lev, lo­bu­mne­ne ba­kho bu­ngi­khu­li­si­le.

36 We­nze za­ba ba­nzi izi­nya­the­lo za­mi nga­pha­nsi kwa­mi, uku­ze inya­wo za­mi zi­nga­tshe­le­li.

37 Ngi­xo­tshe­ne le­zi­tha za­mi, nga­zi­fi­ca, ka­ngi­bu­ya­nga nga­ze nga­zi­qe­da.

38 Nga­zi­gwa­za, za­ze ze­hlu­le­ka uku­vu­ka, za­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­mi.

39 Ngo­ba ungi­bhi­nci­se ama­ndla ku­se­nze­lwa impi, wa­ba­kho­tha­mi­se­la pha­nsi kwa­mi aba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yo.

40 Ungi­ni­ke inta­mo ye­zi­tha za­mi, la­bo aba­ngi­zo­nda­yo nga­ba­bhu­bhi­sa.

41 Ba­kha­la, ko­dwa enge­kho umsi­ndi­si; eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa ka­yi­ba­phe­ndu­la­ngaw.

42 Nga­se­ngi­ba­cho­li­si­sa nje­ngo­thu­li pha­mbi ko­mo­ya, nga­ba­chi­tha nje­ngo­da­ka lwe­zi­ta­la­da.

43 Wa­ngi­khu­lu­la eku­phi­ki­se­ni kwa­ba­ntu, wa­ngi­mi­sa nga­ba yi­nhlo­ko ye­zi­zwe; aba­ntu enga­ngi­nga­ba­zi ba­ngi­se­be­nze­la.

44 Ba­nge­ne­la uku­zwa nge­ndle­be ba­za­ngi­la­le­la, abe­zi­zwe­ni ba­za­zi­tho­ba ki­mi ngo­ku­ze­nzi­sa.

45 Abe­zi­zwe­ni ba­za­bu­na, ba­phu­me ezi­nqa­be­ni za­bo be­thu­thu­me­la.

46 INko­si iya­phi­la; nja­lo ka­li­du­nyi­swe idwa­la la­mi, ka­pha­ka­nyi­swe uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­mi.

47 UNku­lu­nku­lu ongi­ni­ka impi­ndi­se­lo, lo­we­hli­se­la izi­zwe nga­pha­nsi kwa­mix;

48 ongi­khu­lu­la ezi­the­ni za­mi; ye­bo, phe­zu kwa­ba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yo wa­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa, emu­ntwi­ni wo­dla­ke­la wa­ngi­khu­lu­la.

49 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khuy ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa, Nko­si, pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­hla­be­le­le ibi­zo la­kho indu­mi­soz.

50 Iya­ni­ka inko­si ya­yo usi­ndi­so olu­khu­lu, ise­nze­la ogco­tshi­we­yo wa­yo umu­sa, ku­Da­vi­da, le­nza­lwe­ni ya­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nia.

Imi­se­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­mla­yo wa­khe

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

19Ama­zu­lu ala­ndi­sa ngo­du­mo lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­mkha­thi utshu­ma­ye­la umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khea.

2 Usu­ku ku­su­ku lu­phu­mi­se­la inku­lu­mob, lo­bu­su­ku ku­bu­su­ku bu­tshe­ngi­sa ulwa­zic.

3 Ka­ku­kho nku­lu­mo, ka­wa­kho la­ma­zwi, la­pho ili­zwi la­wo eli­nge­zwa­ka­li kho­na.

4 Inta­mbo ya­wod iphu­me­le emhla­be­ni wo­nke, la­ma­zwi awo emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba. Uli­mi­se­le ila­nga ithe­nte ku­woe.

5 Eli­nje­ngo­mye­nif ephu­ma eka­me­lwe­ni la­kheg, li­tho­ko­zah nje­nge­qha­we li­gi­ji­ma e­ndle­lenii.

6 Uku­phu­ma kwa­lo ku­su­ke­la emkha­wu­lwe­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, lo­ku­zi­nge­le­za kwa­lo ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni ya­wo; nja­lo ka­ku­kho oku­fi­hli­we­yo eku­tshi­se­ni kwa­loj.

7 Umla­yo we­Nko­si uphe­le­le, uphe­ndu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo; ubu­fa­ka­zi be­Nko­sik bu­qi­ni­si­lel, bu­hla­ka­ni­phi­sa onge­la­lwa­zim;

8 izi­mi­so ze­Nko­si zi­lu­ngi­le, zi­tho­ko­zi­sa inhli­zi­yon; umthe­tho we­Nko­si uhla­mbu­lu­ki­leo, ukha­nyi­sa ame­hlop.

9 Uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­hla­nze­ki­le, ku­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niq; iza­hlu­le­lo ze­Nko­si zi­li­qi­ni­so, zi­lu­ngi­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo.

10 Zi­ya­lo­yi­se­ka ka­khu­lu ku­le­go­li­der, ye­bo ku­le­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo eli­ne­ngis; nja­lo zi­mna­ndi ku­lo­lu­jut lo­lu­ju­lu­ka ohla­nge­ni lo­lu­juu.

11 Fu­thi ince­ku ya­kho iye­lu­le­kwa nga­zo; eku­zi­gci­ne­ni ku­lo­mvu­zo omkhu­luv.

12 Ngu­ba­ni oqe­di­si­sa izi­pho­si­so za­khew? Ngi­khu­lu­la kwe­zi­si­the­ki­le­yox.

13 Igci­ne ince­ku ya­kho lezo­nwe­ni zo­ku­zi­nco­may; ka­zi­nga­bu­si phe­zu kwa­mi. Kho­na ngi­za­ku­ba ngo­qo­ndi­le­yo, ngi­be msu­lwa esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni esi­khu­luz.

14 Ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­mi le­zi­zi­ndlo ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ka­kwe­mu­ke­le­ke pha­mbi kwa­khoa, Nko­si, dwa­la la­mi lo­mhle­ngi wa­mib.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­nqo­ba

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

20INko­si iku­phe­ndu­le osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka; ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be li­ku­vi­ke­le.

2 Ka­yi­ku­thu­me­le usi­zo olu­ve­la enda­we­ni engcwe­lea, iku­se­ke­le ise­Zi­yo­nib.

3 Ka­yi­khu­mbu­le yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho, nja­lo ye­mu­ke­le umni­ke­lo wa­kho wo­ku­tshi­swa. Se­la*.

4 Iku­ni­ke nje­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho, nja­lo igcwa­li­se ice­bo la­kho lo­nkec.

5 Si­me­me­ze nge­nto­ko­zo esi­ndi­swe­ni lwa­khod, le­bi­zwe­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu si­pha­ka­mi­se izi­bo­ni­soe! INko­si igcwa­li­se ko­nke uku­ce­la kwa­khof.

6 Se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi iNko­si isi­ndi­sa ogco­tshi­we­yo wa­yog; iza­mphe­ndu­la ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni ayo angcwe­le nga­ma­ndla asi­ndi­sa­yo esa­ndla sa­yo so­ku­ne­ne.

7 Aba­nye ba­the­mbe­la enqo­le­ni, la­ba­nye ema­bhi­ze­ni, ko­dwa thi­na si­za­khu­mbu­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuh.

8 Bo­na ba­kho­tha­nyi­si­we ba­wa, ko­dwa thi­na si­su­ku­mi­le si­mii.

9 Je­ho­va, si­ndi­sa; inko­si isi­phe­ndu­le osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­kha­la kwe­thu.

Uku­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­khu­lu­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

21Je­ho­va, inko­si iza­ja­bu­la ema­ndle­ni akho, le­si­ndi­swe­ni lwa­kho iza­tha­ba ka­nga­ka­na­nia!

2 Uyi­ni­ki­le isi­fi­so se­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo, ka­wuyi­nci­tsha­nga isi­ce­lo se­nde­be za­yob. Se­la*.

3 Ngo­ba uyi­hla­nga­be­ze nge­zi­bu­si­so zo­ku­hlec, waye­thwe­sa umqhe­led we­go­li­de eli­hle ekha­nda la­yoe.

4 Ya­ce­la impi­lo ku­we, wa­yi­ni­ka yo­naf, ubu­de be­zi­nsu­ku ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nig.

5 Lu­khu­lu udu­mo lwa­yo eku­si­ndi­se­ni kwa­khoh, inka­zi­mu­loi lo­bu­kho­sijk wa­ku­be­ka phe­zu kwa­yol.

6 Ngo­ba uye­nze ya­bu­si­se­ka ka­khu­lu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, uya­yi­tho­ko­zi­sa nge­nja­bu­lo ebu­kho­ne­ni ba­khom.

7 Ngo­ba inko­si ithe­mbe­la ku­Je­ho­va, la­ngo­mu­sa wo­Phe­zu­ko­nke ka­yi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywan.

8 Isa­ndla sa­kho si­za­zi­tho­la zo­nke izi­tha za­kho, le­sa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne si­za­ba­tho­la la­bo aba­ku­zo­nda­yoo.

9 Uza­be­nza ba­be nje­nge­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lop esi­kha­thi­ni so­la­ka lwa­khoq. INko­si iza­ba­gi­nya eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­yor, lo­mli­lo uza­ba­qo­thu­las.

10 Uza­chi­tha isi­the­lo sa­bo emhla­be­ni, le­nza­lo ya­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntut.

11 Ngo­ba be­zi­mi­se­la oku­bi be­me­le­ne la­we, be­ce­ba ugo­be, ba­za­kwe­hlu­le­kau.

12 Ngo­ba uza­ba­fu­la­the­li­sa, nge­zi­nta­mbo ze­da­ndi­li uza­lu­ngi­sa imi­tsho­ko ime­la­ne lo­bu­so ba­bov.

13 Pha­ka­ma, Nko­si, nga­ma­ndla akho! Si­za­hla­be­la si­du­mi­se ama­ndla akho.

Uku­kha­la oku­lo­si­zi. Uku­du­mi­sa iNko­si

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­mpa­la yo­ku­sa. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

22Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ungi­tshi­ye­le­nia na? Ukha­tsha­na lo­ku­ngi­si­za, la­ma­zwi oku­bho­nga kwa­mib?

2 Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­ya­kha­la emi­ni, ko­dwa ka­wu­ngi­phe­ndu­li, le­bu­su­ku, ko­dwa ka­ngi­la­kho uku­thu­lac.

3 Ko­dwa we­na ungcwe­le, ohle­zi e­zi­bo­ngweni zi­kaI­sra­ye­lid.

4 Oba­ba be­thu ba­the­mba ku­we, ba­the­mba, wa­su­ba­khu­lu­la.

5 Ba­kha­la ku­we, ba­khu­lu­lwae; ba­the­mbe­la ku­we, ka­ba­ya­nge­ka­ngaf.

6 Ko­dwa ngi­ngu­mswe­nya, ka­ngi­su­ye mu­ntug, ihla­zo la­ba­ntuh, nge­yi­swa nga­ba­ntui.

7 Bo­nke aba­ngi­bo­na­yo ba­ya­ngi­hle­ka usu­luj, ba­kha­mi­sa inde­be, ba­ni­ki­ne ikha­ndak,

8 be­si­thi: Wa­the­mbe­la eNko­si­nil; ka­yi­mkhu­lu­lem, imo­phu­le, ngo­ba ya­tho­ko­za ku­yen.

9 Ko­dwa ngu­we owa­ngi­khu­pha esi­swi­niop, wa­nge­nza nga­the­mba ngi­se­ma­be­le­ni ka­ma­ma.

10 Nga­la­hle­lwa phe­zu kwa­kho ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­niq; ku­su­ke­la esi­swi­ni si­ka­ma­ma ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mir.

11 Unga­bi kha­tsha­na la­mi, ngo­ba uhlu­pho lu­se­du­ze, ngo­ba ka­kho osi­za­yo.

12 Izi­nku­nzi ezi­ne­ngi zi­ngi­ha­nqi­le, ezi­la­ma­ndlas ze­Ba­sha­nit zi­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­leu.

13 Za­ngi­kha­mi­se­la umlo­mo wa­zo, isi­lwa­ne esi­pha­nga­yo le­si­bho­nga­yov.

14 Ngi­thu­lu­li­we nje­nga­ma­nziw, la­ma­tha­mbo ami wo­nke ehlu­ke­ne; inhli­zi­yo ya­mix inje­nge­ngci­noy, inci­bi­li­ki­le pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­bi­li­ni ya­miz.

15 Ama­ndla ami omi­le nje­ngo­de­nge­zia, lo­li­mi lwa­mi lu­na­ma­the­le emi­hla­thi­ni ya­mib; ungi­be­ke ethu­li­ni lo­ku­fa.

16 Ngo­ba izi­nja zi­ngi­go­mbo­lo­ze­lec; inhla­nga­no ya­ba­bi ingi­ha­nqi­led; iza­ndla za­mi le­nya­wo za­mi ba­zi­bho­bo­zi­lee.

17 Ngi­nga­ba­la wo­nke ama­tha­mbo ami; bo­na ba­ya­kha­nge­la ba­ya­ngi­jo­lo­ze­laf.

18 Ba­be­la­na izi­gqo­ko za­mi, be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nge­ze­mba­tho za­mig.

19 Ko­dwa, we­na Nko­si, unga­bi kha­tsha­na; ma­ndla ami, pha­ngi­sa uku­ngi­si­zah.

20 Khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ku­yo inke­mba, wo­na wo­dwa owa­mi ema­ndle­ni enjai.

21 Ngi­si­ndi­sa emlo­nye­ni we­si­lwa­nej; ngo­ba empo­ndwe­ni ze­zi­nya­thik ungi­phe­ndu­lel.

22 Ngi­za­la­ndi­sa ibi­zo la­khom ku­ba­fo­we­thun, pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndla ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa.

23 Li­na ele­sa­ba iNko­si, idu­mi­se­nio; lo­nke nza­lo ka­Ja­ko­be, ihlo­ni­phe­ni; li­ye­sa­be, lo­nke nza­lo kaI­sra­ye­lip.

24 Ngo­ba ka­yi­de­le­la­nga ka­yi­ne­ngwa­nga yi­nhlu­phe­ko yo­hlu­phe­ka­yo; nja­lo ka­yi­mfi­hle­la­nga ubu­so ba­yo; ko­dwa la­pho ekha­la ku­yo, ye­zwaq.

25 Indu­mi­so ya­mi iza­ku­ba nga­we eba­ndle­ni eli­khu­lur; ngi­za­kho­kha izi­fu­ngo za­mi pha­mbi kwa­ba­ye­sa­ba­yos.

26 Aba­mne­ne ba­za­ku­dla ba­su­the; ba­za­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si la­bo aba­yi­di­nga­yot. Inhli­zi­yo ye­nuu iza­phi­la ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dev.

27 Imi­kha­wu­lo yo­nke yo­mhla­ba iza­khu­mbu­la, iphe­ndu­ke­le eNko­si­niw; le­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zo­nke ze­zi­zwe zi­za­kho­nza pha­mbi kwa­khox.

28 Ngo­ba umbu­so ungo­we­Nko­si, nja­lo iya­bu­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwey.

29 Bo­nke aba­khu­lu­phe­le­yo bo­mhla­ba ba­za­ku­dla ba­kho­nzez; bo­nke abe­hle­la othu­li­ni ba­za­kho­tha­ma pha­mbi kwa­yoa, lo­nga­gci­ni umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uphi­la.

30 Inza­lo iza­yi­kho­nza; iza­ba­le­lwa eNko­si­ni ku­so isi­zu­ku­lwa­nab.

31 Ba­za­ku­za ba­me­me­ze­le uku­lu­nga kwa­yoc eba­ntwi­ni aba­za­za­lwa, uku­thi ikwe­nzi­led.

INko­si ingu­me­lu­si wa­mi

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

23INko­si ingu­me­lu­si wa­mia, ka­ngi­yi­ku­swe­lab.

2 Iya­ngi­la­li­sa ema­dle­lwe­ni alu­hla­zac; iya­ngi­ho­le­la ema­nzi­ni oku­phu­mu­lad.

3 Ibu­yi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, ingi­ho­le­le endle­le­ni zo­ku­lu­ngae nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­yof.

4 Ye­bo, lo­ba ngi­ha­mba esi­ho­tshe­nig se­thu­nzi lo­ku­fah, ka­ngi­yi­kwe­sa­ba oku­bii, ngo­ba we­na ula­mi; into­nga ya­kho lo­do­ndo­lo lwa­kho, kho­na ku­ya­ngi­du­du­zaj.

5 Uya­lu­ngi­sa ita­fu­la pha­mbi kwa­mik nga­pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­mil; ugco­ba ikha­nda la­mi nga­ma­fu­tham, inke­zo ya­mi iya­phu­phu­man.

6 Isi­bi­li oku­hle le­si­ha­wu ku­za­ngi­la­nde­la insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­mi; nja­lo ngi­za­hla­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si ku­ze ku­be se­bu­de­ni be­zi­nsu­ku.

INko­si yo­bu­kho­si

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

24Umhla­ba ungo­we­Nko­sia, lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wo, ili­zwe, la­ba­hla­la ku­lob.

2 Ngo­ba yo­na ya­wu­se­ke­lac phe­zu kwe­zi­nlwa­ndle, ya­wu­mi­sa phe­zu kwe­mi­fu­lad.

3 Ngu­ba­ni oza­kwe­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­Nko­sie? Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­ma enda­we­ni ya­yo engcwe­lef?

4 Ngu­lo­wog ole­za­ndla ezi­hla­nze­ki­le­yoh le­nhli­zi­yo emhlo­phei, onga­pha­ka­mi­se­li umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ko­ku­yi­ze lo­nga­fu­ngi nge­nko­hli­soj.

5 Uza­kwe­mu­ke­la isi­bu­si­so eNko­si­ni, lo­ku­lu­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­khek.

6 Le­si yi­si­zu­ku­lwa­na sa­la­bo aba­yi­di­nga­yo, aba­di­nga ubu­so ba­kho, ngi­tsho Ja­ko­bel. Se­la*.

7 Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni inhlo­ko ze­nu, li­na ma­sa­ngo, pha­ka­nyi­swa­ni, li­na mi­nya­ngo ya­pha­ka­dem, uku­ze ku­nge­ne iNko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lon.

8 Ingu­ba­ni li­Nko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lo? INko­si ela­ma­ndla le­li­qha­we, iNko­si ela­ma­ndla empi­ni.

9 Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni inhlo­ko ze­nu, li­na ma­sa­ngo, ye­bo, pha­ka­ma­ni, li­na mi­nya­ngo ya­pha­ka­de, uku­ze ku­nge­ne iNko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lo.

10 Ingu­ba­ni li­Nko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lo? INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, yi­yo eyi­Nko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lo. Se­la*.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­kho­khe­lwa lo­the­the­le­lo lo­ku­vi­ke­lwa

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

25Ku­we, Nko­si, ngi­pha­ka­mi­se­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mia.

2 Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­the­mbe­la ku­web; ka­ngi­nga­ya­nge­kic; izi­tha za­mi ka­zi­nga­tho­ko­zi phe­zu kwa­mid.

3 Ye­bo, ku­nga­ya­nge­ki lo­ye­dwa ku­la­bo aba­ku­li­nde­la­yoe; ka­ba­ya­nge­ke la­bof aba­pha­mbu­ka­yo ku­nge­la­si­za­thog.

4 Nga­zi­sa izi­ndle­la za­kho, Nko­sih, ungi­fu­ndi­se imi­kho­ndo ya­khoi.

5 Ngi­kho­khe­le­la eqi­ni­swe­ni la­kho, ungi­fu­ndi­se, ngo­ba ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­mij; ngi­li­nde­le we­na usu­ku lo­nke.

6 Khu­mbu­la izi­ha­wu za­kho, Nko­si, lo­bu­be­le ba­kho, ngo­ba kwa­kukho­na ku­su­ke­la pha­ka­dek.

7 Unga­zi­khu­mbu­li izo­no zo­bu­tsha ba­mi le­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­mil; ngo­ko­mu­sa wa­kho we­na ungi­khu­mbu­le, nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho, Nko­sim.

8 INko­si ilu­ngi­le iqo­ndi­len; nga­kho-ke iza­zi­fu­ndi­sa izo­ni nge­ndle­lao.

9 Iza­ba­kho­khe­la aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­nip, iba­fu­ndi­se aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo indle­la ya­yoq.

10 Zo­nke indle­la ze­Nko­si zi­ngu­mu­sa le­qi­ni­so ku­la­bo aba­lo­ndo­lo­za isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo le­zi­fa­ka­ze­lo za­yo.

11 Nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­kho, Nko­si, the­the­le­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi, ngo­ba si­khu­lur.

12 Ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu owe­sa­ba iNko­si? Iza­mfu­ndi­sa nge­ndle­la ezayi­khe­thas.

13 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uza­hla­la ebu­hle­nit, le­nza­lo ya­kheu iza­li­dla ili­fa le­li­zwev.

14 Imfi­hlo ye­Nko­si inge­ya­ba­ye­sa­ba­yow, iza­ba­zi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo.

15 Ame­hlo ami ahla­la ese­Nko­si­nix, ngo­ba yi­yo eza­khu­pha inya­wo za­mi embu­le­niy.

16 Phe­ndu­ke­la ki­mi, ube lo­mu­sa ki­miz, ngo­ba ngi­le­si­zu­ngu, ngi­hlu­phe­ki­lea.

17 Inka­tha­zo ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi za­nda, ungi­khu­phe ezi­nhlu­phe­kwe­ni za­mi.

18 Kha­nge­la inhlu­phe­ko ya­mi lo­si­zi lwa­mi, uthe­the­le­le zo­nke izo­no za­mib.

19 Kha­nge­la izi­tha za­mi ngo­ba zi­ne­ngi, zi­ya­ngi­zo­nda nge­nzo­ndo ele­si­hlu­ku.

20 Lo­ndo­lo­za umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, ungi­khu­lu­le; ka­ngi­nga­ya­nge­kic, ngo­ba ngi­phe­phe­la ku­wed.

21 Ubu­qo­tho lo­ku­qo­nda ka­ku­ngi­lo­ndo­lo­ze, ngo­ba ngi­li­nde­le we­na.

22 Nku­lu­nku­lu, hle­nga uI­sra­ye­li ku­zo zo­nke inka­tha­zo za­khee.

Umu­ntu onge­la­ca­la ukhu­le­ke­la ukwa­hlu­le­lwa

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

26Nga­hlu­le­la, Nko­sia, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ha­mbe ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­mib, nja­lo ngi­the­mbe­le eNko­si­nic, angi­yi­ku­tshe­le­lad.

2 Ngi­hlo­la, Nko­si, ungi­li­ngee, uhlo­lef izi­nso za­mi le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mig.

3 Ngo­ba utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho lu­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami, nja­lo ngi­ha­mbe eqi­ni­swe­ni la­khoh.

4 Ka­ngi­hla­la­ngai la­ba­ntu be­nko­hli­soj, ka­ngi­ha­mbe­la­ni la­ba­ze­nzi­sa­yo.

5 Ngi­yi­zo­ndi­le inhla­nga­no ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bik, ka­ngi­hla­li la­ba­bil.

6 Ngi­za­ge­za iza­ndla za­mi ngo­ku­nge­la­ca­la, ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­le ila­thi la­kho, Nko­sim.

7 Uku­ze ngi­zwa­ka­li­se nge­li­zwi lo­ku­bo­ngan, lo­ku­ze ngi­la­ndi­se zo­nke ize­nzo za­kho ezi­ma­nga­li­sa­yoo.

8 Nko­si, ngi­ya­yi­tha­nda inhla­lo ye­ndlu ya­khop, le­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ye­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­khoq.

9 Unga­bu­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­nye le­zo­ni, ku­mbe impi­lo ya­mi ka­nye la­ba­ntu abo­me­le iga­zi.

10 Oza­ndla za­bo zi­lo­bu­bi, le­sa­ndla sa­bo so­ku­ne­ne si­gcwe­le izi­va­la­mlo­mor.

11 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­ha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­mi; ngi­hle­nga, ube lo­mu­sa ki­mis.

12 Unya­wo lwa­mi lu­mi enda­we­ni eli­nge­ne­yot; ngi­za­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si ema­ba­ndle­niu.

INko­si iyi­ku­kha­nya kwa­mi lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­mi

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

27INko­si iyi­ku­kha­nya kwa­mia lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mib; ngi­za­kwe­sa­ba ba­nic? INko­si inga­ma­ndla empi­lo ya­mi; ngi­za­kwe­thu­ka ba­nid?

2 La­pho aba­bi, izi­tha za­mi la­ba­me­la­na la­mi, be­so­nde­la ki­mi uku­dla inya­ma ya­mi, bo­na ba­khu­be­ka ba­wae.

3 Lo­ba ibu­tho li­nga­mi­sa inka­mba li­me­le­ne la­mi, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ka­yi­yi­kwe­sa­ba; lo­ba impi inga­ngi­vu­ke­la, ku­lo­khu ngi­za­the­mbaf.

4 Into yi­nye engi­yi­ce­la eNko­si­ni, yi­yo engi­za­yi­di­ngag, yi­ku­thi ngi­hla­le endli­ni ye­Nko­si insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­mih, uku­ze ngi­bo­ne ubu­hle be­Nko­si, ngi­bu­zi­si­se ethe­mpe­li­ni la­yoi.

5 Ngo­ba iza­ngi­fi­hla edu­mbe­ni la­yo ngo­su­ku lo­bu­bij, ingi­fi­hle eku­si­the­ke­ni kwe­the­nte la­yok, ingi­pha­ka­mi­se­le edwa­le­nil.

6 Kha­the­si-ke ikha­nda la­mi li­za­pha­ka­nyi­swa phe­zu kwe­zi­tha za­mi ezi­ngi­ha­nqi­le­yom; nga­kho ngi­za­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tha­ba ethe­nte­ni la­yo; ngi­za­hla­be­la, ye­bo ngi­hla­be­le indu­mi­so eNko­si­ni.

7 Zwa­na, Nko­si, ili­zwi la­mi la­pho ngi­kha­lan, nja­lo ungi­ha­wu­ke­le, ungi­phe­ndu­leo.

8 Uthe: Di­nga­ni ubu­so ba­mi. Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­thi ku­we: Ubu­so ba­kho, Nko­si, ngi­za­bu­di­ngap.

9 Unga­ngi­fi­hle­li ubu­so ba­khoq; unga­yi­xo­tshi ince­ku ya­kho ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la; ubu­lu­si­zo lwa­mi; unga­ngi­tshi­yi, unga­ngi­de­li, Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­mir.

10 La­pho uma­ma lo­ba­ba be­ngi­tshi­ya, kho­na iNko­si iza­nge­mu­ke­las.

11 Ngi­fu­ndi­sa indle­la ya­kho, Nko­si, ungi­kho­khe­le endle­le­ni eqo­ndi­le­yot, nge­nxa ye­zi­tha za­mi.

12 Unga­ngi­ni­ke­li enta­ndwe­ni ye­zi­tha za­miu, ngo­ba aba­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­nga ba­ngi­vu­ke­lev, lo­vu­tha isi­hlu­kuw.

13 Nga­ngi­za­phe­la nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi nga­kho­lwa uku­thi ngi­za­bo­na oku­hle kwe­Nko­si eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yox.

14 Li­nde­la iNko­siy, ube la­ma­ndla, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho iqi­ne, ye­bo, li­nde­la iNko­siz.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­si­zwa lo­wo­ku­bo­nga ngo­ku­si­zwa

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

28Ngi­ya­kha­la ku­we, Nko­si; dwa­la la­mia, unga­ngi­thu­le­lib, hle­zi nxa ungi­thu­le­la, ngi­fa­na­nec la­be­hle­la emgo­di­nide.

2 Zwa­na ili­zwi lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­mi la­pho ngi­kha­la ku­wef, la­pho ngi­pha­ka­mi­se­la iza­ndla za­mig enda­we­ni ya­khoh ye­li­zwi engcwe­lei.

3 Unga­ngi­hu­du­li ka­nye la­ba­bi nja­lo ka­nye la­be­nzi bo­bu­bij, aba­khu­lu­ma uku­thu­la la­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne ba­bo, ko­dwa ubu­bi bu­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bok.

4 Uba­ni­ke nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­bo, la­nje­ngo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo za­bo; uba­ni­ke nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­bol, uba­bu­yi­se­le ise­nzo sa­bom.

5 Ngo­ba ka­ba­yi­na­nzi imi­se­be­nzi ye­Nko­si lo­kwe­nza kwe­za­ndla za­yo, iza­ba­bhi­dli­za inga­ba­khin.

6 Ka­yi­bo­ngwe iNko­si, ngo­ba ili­zwi­le ili­zwi lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­mio.

7 INko­si inga­ma­ndla ami le­si­hla­ngu sa­mip; inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ithe­mbe­la ku­yo, ngi­ya­si­zwa; nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­tho­ko­za, ngi­yi­du­mi­se nge­ngo­ma ya­miq.

8 INko­si inga­ma­ndla abo, nja­lo iyi­nqa­ba ye­zi­nsi­ndi­so zo­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yo.

9 Si­ndi­sa aba­ntu ba­khor, ubu­si­se ili­fa la­khos, be­lu­se, uba­pha­ka­mi­se ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si pha­ka­thi kwe­si­phe­pho

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

29Ini­ke­ni iNko­si, li­na ma­do­da­na aba­la­ma­ndla, ini­ke­ni iNko­si udu­mo la­ma­ndlaa.

2 Ini­ke­ni iNko­sib udu­mo lwe­bi­zo la­yoc, li­kho­tha­me eNko­si­ni ebu­hle­ni bo­bu­ngcwe­led.

3 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi; uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nka­zi­mu­lo uya­du­mae; iNko­si iphe­zu kwa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngif.

4 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­la­ma­ndla, ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­lo­bu­kho­si.

5 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si le­phu­la imi­se­da­ri, ye­bo, iNko­si ye­phu­la imi­se­da­ri ye­Le­bha­no­nig.

6 Ye­nza yo­na-ke iqo­lo­tshe nje­nge­tho­leh, iLe­bha­no­ni le­Si­ri­yo­nii nje­nge­tho­le le­nya­thij.

7 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­da­bu­la ama­la­nga­bi omli­lo.

8 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­za­ma­za­mi­sa inka­nga­la, iNko­si iza­ma­za­mi­sa inka­nga­la ye­Ka­de­shik.

9 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­za­li­sa izi­mpa­lal, li­hlu­bu­le ama­hla­thi; le­the­mpe­li­ni la­yo ko­nke ku­thi: Udu­mo.

10 UJe­ho­va uhle­zi phe­zu ku­ka­za­mco­lom, ye­bo, uJe­ho­va uhle­zi eyi­Nko­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nin.

11 INko­si iza­ni­ka aba­ntu ba­yo ama­ndla; iNko­si ibu­si­se aba­ntu ba­yo ngo­ku­thu­lao.

Uku­bo­nga ko­si­li­si­we­yo eku­fe­ni

Isi­hla­be­le­lo. Ingo­ma yo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwe­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da

30Ngi­za­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa, Nko­si, ngo­ba unge­nyu­si­lea, nja­lo ka­wu­tho­ko­zi­sa­nga izi­tha za­mi nga­mib.

2 Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, nga­kha­le­la ku­wec, wa­ngi­si­li­sad.

3 Nko­si, uwu­khu­phu­li­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mie engcwa­be­nif, ungi­gci­ni­le ngi­phi­la, uku­ze ngi­nge­hle­li emgo­di­nig.

4 Hla­be­le­la­ni eNko­si­ni, li­na ba­ngcwe­le ba­yoh, li­bo­nge eku­khu­nju­lwe­ni ko­bu­ngcwe­le ba­yo.

5 Ngo­ba uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­yo ku­ngo­kwe­si­kha­tsha­nai, impi­lo ise­mu­se­ni wa­yoj. Uku­li­la ku­nga­hla­la ku­si­hlwak, ka­nti eku­se­ni ku­le­nto­ko­zol.

6 Mi­na-ke nga­thi eku­phu­me­le­le­ni kwa­mim: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywa la­pha­ka­den.

7 Nko­si, ngo­mu­sa wa­kho we­nzi­le inta­ba ya­mi iqi­ne; wa­bu­fi­hla ubu­so ba­kho, nga­hlu­phe­kao.

8 Nga­kha­la ku­we, Nko­si; nga­nce­nga eNko­si­nip.

9 Ku­le­nzu­zo ba­ni ega­zi­ni la­mi eku­tsho­ne­ni kwa­mi emgo­di­ni? Uthu­li lu­za­ku­du­mi­sa na? Lu­za­tshu­ma­ye­la iqi­ni­so la­kho yi­niq?

10 Zwa­na, Nko­si, ube lo­mu­sa ki­mi; Nko­si, wo­ba ngu­msi­zi wa­mir.

11 Uphe­ndu­le uku­kha­la kwa­mi kwa­ba yi­ku­si­nas; ukhu­phi­le isa­ka la­mi, wa­ngi­bhi­nci­sa into­ko­zot,

12 uku­ze udu­mo lwa­mi lu­hla­be­le indu­mi­so ku­we, lu­nga­thu­li; Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­za­ku­bo­nga ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

Uku­the­mba eNko­si­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

31Ku­we, Nko­si, ngi­ya­the­mbaa, ka­ngi­nga­ya­nge­ki la­ni­nib, ngi­khu­lu­le ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khoc.

2 Be­ka ki­mi indle­be ya­kho, ngi­khu­lu­le ma­si­nya­ne, ube li­dwa­la eli­la­ma­ndla ki­mid, indlu ye­zi­nqa­ba yo­ku­ngi­si­ndi­sae.

3 Ngo­ba we­na uli­dwa­la la­mi le­nqa­ba ya­mif; nga­kho nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khog ngi­kho­khe­lah ungi­qo­ndi­sei.

4 Ngi­khu­phaj embu­le­ni aba­ngi­thi­ye nga­lo ensi­thak, ngo­ba uyi­nqa­ba ya­mil.

5 Esa­ndle­ni sa­kho ngi­be­ka umo­ya wa­mim; ungi­hle­ngi­le, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­qi­ni­son.

6 Ngi­ba­zo­ndi­leo la­bo aba­na­nze­le­la oku­yi­ze kwa­ma­ngap; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­the­mbe­la eNko­si­niq.

7 Ngi­za­tha­ba ngi­tho­ko­ze emu­se­ni wa­kho, ngo­ba ubo­ni­le uhlu­pho lwa­mi, wa­zi­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ezi­nka­tha­zwe­nir.

8 Nja­lo ka­wu­ngi­va­le­la­nga esa­ndle­ni se­si­thas, umi­se inya­wo za­mi enda­we­ni eba­nzit.

9 Wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, Nko­siu, ngo­ba ngi­lo­hlu­phov; ili­hlo la­mi li­qe­dwa lu­si­zi, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi le­si­su sa­miw.

10 Ngo­ba impi­lo ya­mi iphe­la ngo­si­zi, le­mi­nya­ka ya­mi ngo­ku­bu­bu­la; ama­ndla ami aya­de­da nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­mix, la­ma­tha­mbo ami aya­qe­dway.

11 Se­ngi­li­hla­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­tha za­mi, ko­dwa ika­khu­lu kwa­ba­khe­le­ne la­miz, sengi­yi­kwe­sa­be­ka kwa­ba­nge­jwa­ye­le­yoa; aba­ngi­bo­na­yo nga­pha­ndle ba­ya­ngi­ba­le­ke­lab.

12 Ba­kho­hlwe nga­mi nje­ngo­fi­le­yo enhli­zi­ywe­ni; ngi­nje­nge­si­tsha esi­fi­le­yoc.

13 Ngo­ba ngi­zwi­le uku­nyu­nda kwa­ba­ne­ngid, ukwe­sa­ba inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeef, be­ce­bi­sa­na be­me­le­ne la­mi, be­ce­ba uku­tha­tha impi­lo ya­mi.

14 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­the­mba ku­we, Nko­si, ngi­thi: Ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mig.

15 Izi­kha­thi za­mi zi­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khoh; ngi­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­mii la­kwa­ba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yoj.

16 Kha­nyi­sa ubu­so ba­kho phe­zu kwe­nce­ku ya­kho; ungi­si­ndi­se ngo­tha­ndo lwa­khok.

17 Nko­si, ka­ngi­nga­ya­nge­ki, ngo­ba ngi­ku­bi­zi­lel; ka­ba­ya­nge­ke aba­bi, ba­thu­le engcwa­be­nim.

18 Ka­zi­thu­li­swe inde­be za­ma­nga, ezi­khu­lu­ma ka­lu­khu­ni zi­me­le­ne lo­lu­ngi­le­yo ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja la­ngo­kwe­yi­san.

19 Ku­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni uku­lu­nga kwa­kho, oku­be­ke­le la­bo aba­kwe­sa­ba­yoo, o­kwe­nze­la la­bo aba­the­mbe­la ku­we, pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntup!

20 Uza­ba­fi­hla eku­si­the­ke­ni ko­bu­kho­na ba­kho ba­su­ke ku­ma­go­be omu­ntuq, uba­fi­hle ethe­nte­ni la­khors eku­phi­ki­sa­ne­ni kwe­nli­mit.

21 Ka­yi­bo­ngwe iNko­si, ngo­ba inge­nze­le utha­ndo olu­ma­nga­li­sa­yo emzi­ni oyi­nqa­bau.

22 Ngo­ba mi­na nga­thi eku­pha­ngi­se­ni kwa­miv: Ngi­qu­nyi­wew nga­su­swa pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akhox. Lo­ba ku­nja­lo uzwi­le ili­zwi lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­mi eku­kha­le­ni kwa­mi ku­wey.

23 Itha­nde­ni iNko­si lo­nke ba­ngcwe­le ba­yoz. INko­si ilo­ndo­lo­za aba­the­mbe­ki­le­yo, iya­mphi­ndi­se­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zi owe­nze ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja.

24 Qi­na­ni, iza­qi­ni­sa inhli­zi­yo ye­nua, li­na lo­nke eli­the­mbe­la eNko­si­nib.

Uku­bu­si­swa kwa­lo­wo othe­the­le­lwe izo­no za­khe

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da. Ma­si­ki­li

32Ubu­si­si­we lo­wo osi­pha­mbe­ko sa­khe si­the­the­le­lwe, oso­no sa­khe si­si­tshe­ke­lwea.

2 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu iNko­si enga­mba­le­li ubu­bib, lo­ku­nge­kho inko­hli­so emo­ye­ni wa­khec.

3 La­pho nga­thu­la, ama­tha­mbo ami agu­gad nge­nxa yo­ku­bho­nga kwa­mi usu­ku lo­nkee.

4 Ngo­ba emi­ni le­bu­su­ku isa­ndla sa­kho sa­si­nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­mif; ubu­ma­nzi ba­mi ba­gu­qu­le­lwa eko­me­ni kwe­hlo­bo. Se­la*g.

5 Nga­kwa­zi­sa iso­no sa­mi, ka­ngi­fi­hla­nga isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mih, nga­thi: Ngi­za­vu­ma nge­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­mi eNko­si­ni. We­na wa­su­the­the­le­la ica­la le­so­no sa­mi. Se­la*i.

6 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo owe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­khu­le­ka ku­wej nge­si­kha­thi o­nga­tho­lwa nga­sok. Isi­bi­li, esi­khu­khu­le­ni sa­ma­nzi ama­khu­lu ka­wa­yi­ku­fi­nye­le­la ku­ye.

7 We­na uyi­nda­wo ya­mi yo­ku­ca­tshal, uya­ngi­lo­ndo­lo­za eku­hlu­phe­ke­nim, ungi­pha­hle nga­ma­hu­bo oku­khu­lu­lwa. Se­la*n.

8 Ngi­za­ku­la­ya ngi­ku­fu­ndi­se endle­le­ni oza­ha­mba nga­yo, ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­ka, ili­hlo la­mi li­be phe­zu kwa­kho.

9 Unga­bi nje­nge­bhi­za, nje­nge­mbo­ngo­lo enge­la­ku­qe­di­si­sao, omlo­mo wa­yo onqa­ndwa ngo­mkha­la la­nge­to­mu, hle­zi ku­so­nde­le ku­wep.

10 Zi­ne­ngi izi­nhlu­phe­ko zo­mu­biq, ko­dwa othe­mbe­la eNko­si­ni, umu­sa uza­mpha­hlar.

11 Ja­bu­la­ni eNko­si­ni, li­tha­be, ba­lu­ngi­le­yos; me­me­za­ni ngo­ku­tha­bat, lo­nke ba­qo­tho enhli­zi­ywe­niu.

Uku­du­mi­sa iNko­si

33Tho­ko­za­ni eNko­si­ni, ba­lu­ngi­le­yoa. Uku­du­mi­sa ku­ba­fa­ne­le aba­qo­thob.

2 Du­mi­sa­ni iNko­si nge­cha­choc, li­hla­be­le­le ku­yo ngo­gu­bhud olu­le­nta­mbo ezi­li­tshu­mie.

3 Ihla­be­le­le­ni ingo­ma entshaf, li­tsha­ye ku­hle nge­nhlo­ko­mog.

4 Ngo­ba ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­qo­tho, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­yo wo­nke ngo­wo­bu­qo­thoh.

5 Itha­nda uku­lu­nga le­sa­hlu­le­loi; umhla­ba ugcwe­le umu­sa we­Nko­sij.

6 Nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si ama­zu­lu enzi­wak, la­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­wol ngo­mo­ya wo­mlo­mo wa­yom.

7 Ibu­the­le­la ama­nzi olwa­ndle nje­nge­nqu­mbin, ifa­ke inzi­ki ezi­pha­le­nio.

8 Umhla­ba wo­nke ka­wu­ye­sa­be iNko­si, bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo bo­mhla­ba ka­ba­thu­thu­me­le nga­yo.

9 Ngo­ba yo­na ya­khu­lu­ma, kwa­ba kho­na; yo­na ya­la­ya, kwe­map.

10 INko­si ichi­tha ice­bo le­zi­zwe, iphu­thi­sa imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­ba­ntuq.

11 Ice­bo le­Nko­si li­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­nar.

12 Si­bu­si­si­we isi­zwe esi­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­so yi­Nko­sis, aba­ntu eba­khe­thi­le­yo ba­ba yi­li­fa la­yot.

13 INko­si iya­kha­nge­la pha­nsi ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ibo­ne bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntuu.

14 Ise­nda­we­ni emi­si­we­yo yo­ku­hla­la kwa­yov ikha­nge­la bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo bo­mhla­baw.

15 Ibu­mba inhli­zi­yo ya­bo bo­nke, ina­nze­le­le zo­nke ize­nzo za­boxy.

16 Ka­yi­kho inko­si esi­ndi­swa yi­bu­ne­ngi be­bu­tho, iqha­we ka­li­khu­lu­lwa nga­ma­ndla ama­khu­luz.

17 Ibhi­za li­yi­ze eku­nqo­be­ni, nja­lo ka­li­khu­lu­li ngo­bu­khu­lu ba­ma­ndla aloa.

18 Kha­nge­la, ili­hlo le­Nko­si li­phe­zu kwa­ba­ye­sa­ba­yob, kwa­la­bo aba­the­mbe­la emu­se­ni wa­yoc,

19 uku­khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo eku­fe­nid, lo­ku­ba­phi­li­sa endla­le­nie.

20 Umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thuf uli­nde­la iNko­sig; ilu­si­zo lwe­thu le­si­hla­ngu se­thuh.

21 Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ye­thu iza­tho­ko­za ku­yoi, ngo­ba si­the­mbe­le ebi­zwe­ni la­yo eli­ngcwe­lej.

22 Umu­sa wa­kho, Nko­si, ka­wu­be phe­zu kwe­thu, nje­ngo­ku­li­nde­la kwe­thu ku­wek.

Uku­bo­nga ngo­ku­lu­nga kwe­Nko­si

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da, ese­gu­qu­le uku­zi­pha­tha kwa­khe pha­mbi ku­kaA­bhi­me­le­kia, owa­mxo­tsha­yob wa­ha­mbac

34Ngi­za­yi­bo­nga iNko­si nge­si­kha­thi so­nke; uku­du­nyi­swa kwa­yo ku­za­hla­la ku­se­mlo­nye­ni wa­mid.

2 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mie uza­zi­nco­ma eNko­si­nif; aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo ba­za­ku­zwa ba­tho­ko­zeg.

3 Ikhu­li­se­ni iNko­si ka­nye la­mi, asi­li­pha­ka­mi­se ibi­zo la­yo ka­nye­ka­nye.

4 Nga­yi­di­nga iNko­sih, ya­ngi­phe­ndu­la, ya­si­ngi­khu­lu­la ku­kho ko­nke ukwe­sa­ba kwa­mii.

5 Ba­kha­nge­la ku­yo, ba­kha­zi­mu­la, lo­bu­so ba­bo ka­bu­ba­nga le­nhlo­ni.

6 Lo umya­nga wa­kha­la, le­Nko­si ye­zwaj, ya­si­msi­ndi­sa ku­zo zo­nke inka­tha­zo za­khek.

7 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­sil imi­sa inka­mba izi­nge­le­ze­le la­bo aba­ye­sa­ba­yo, iba­khu­lu­lem.

8 Na­mbi­tha­ni­ni li­bo­nen uku­thi iNko­si ilu­ngi­leo. Ubu­si­si­we lo­wo­mu­ntup othe­mbe­la ku­yoq.

9 Ye­sa­be­ni iNko­si, ba­ngcwe­le ba­yo, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­ku­swe­la kwa­ba­ye­sa­ba­yo.

10 Izi­lwa­ne ezi­ntsha zi­ya­swe­la zi­la­mber, ko­dwa la­bo aba­yi­di­nga­yo iNko­si ka­ba­swe­li lu­tho olu­hles.

11 Wo­za­ni, ba­ntwa­na, li­ngi­la­le­le, ngi­za­li­fu­ndi­sa ukwe­sa­ba iNko­sit.

12 Ngu­ba­ni umu­ntu ofi­sa impi­lou, otha­nda izi­nsu­ku uku­thi abo­ne oku­hlev?

13 Lo­nda uli­mi lwa­kho ko­ku­biw, le­nde­be za­kho eku­khu­lu­me­ni inko­hli­sox.

14 Su­ka ko­ku­bi, we­nze oku­hley, di­nga uku­thu­la, ku­nxwa­ne­lez.

15 Ame­hlo eNko­si akwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yoa, le­zi­ndle­be za­yo ku­ku­kha­la kwa­bob.

16 Ubu­so be­Nko­si bu­me­le­ne la­be­nza oku­bic, uku­qu­ma uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­bo ku­su­ke emhla­be­nid.

17 Ba­kha­lae, iNko­si ye­zwaf; iya­ba­khu­lu­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­nhlu­phe­ko za­bog.

18 INko­si ise­du­ze la­boh aba­le­nhli­zi­yo eze­phu­ki­le­yoi, iya­ba­si­ndi­sa aba­lo­mo­ya oda­bu­ki­le­yo.

19 Zi­ne­ngi inhlu­phe­ko zo­lu­ngi­le­yoj, ko­dwa iNko­si iya­mkhu­lu­la ku­zo zo­nkek.

20 Iya­wa­gci­na wo­nke ama­tha­mbo akhe, ka­kwa­phu­lwa le­li­lo­dwa ku­wol.

21 Oku­bi ku­za­mbu­la­la okho­hla­ke­le­yom; la­ba­zo­nda olu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­la­hlwa.

22 INko­si iya­hle­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo we­nce­ku za­yo; nja­lo bo­nke aba­the­mba ku­yo ka­ba­yi­ku­la­hlwan.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uko­phu­lwa ezi­the­ni

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

35Phi­ki­sa­na, Nko­sia, la­ba­phi­ki­sa­na la­mi, ulwe la­ba­lwa la­mib.

2 Xha­ka­la­za iha­wu le­si­hla­ngu esi­khu­luc, usu­ku­me­le usi­zo lwa­mid.

3 Hwa­tsha lo­mkho­nto, uvi­mbe indle­la ume­la­ne la­ba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yo; tsho­no emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­mi uku­thi: Ngi­lu­si­ndi­so lwa­kho.

4 Ka­ba­ya­nge­keefg ba­be le­hla­zo la­bo aba­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mih. Ka­ba­hle­hli­se­lwe emu­vaij ba­be le­nhlo­ni la­bo aba­ce­ba ubu­bi nga­mik.

5 Ka­ba­be nje­nga­ma­kho­ba pha­mbi ko­mo­yal, le­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ka­yiba­du­du­le.

6 Indle­la ya­bo ka­yi­be mnya­ma itshe­le­le, le­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­si iba­xo­tshem.

7 Ngo­ba ku­nge­la­si­za­tho ba­ngi­fi­hle­le imbu­le la­bo e­mgo­dini, ku­nge­la­si­za­tho ba­wu­ge­bhe­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­min.

8 Uku­bhu­ji­swa ka­ku­mju­meo, le­mbu­le la­khe ali­fi­hli­le­yo ka­li­mba­mbe ye­na, awe­le ku­lo, eku­bhu­ji­swe­nipq.

9 Ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uza­tho­ko­za eNko­si­ni, uja­bu­le esi­ndi­swe­ni lwa­yor.

10 Wo­nke ama­tha­mbo ami aza­ku­this: Nko­si, ngu­ba­ni onje­nga­we, okhu­lu­la umya­nga ku­lo­wo ola­ma­ndla ku­la­yet, ye­bo, umya­nga lo­swe­la­yo ko­mpha­nga­you?

11 Aba­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­nga ba­su­ku­ma, ba­ngi­bu­za engi­nga­kwa­zi­yov.

12 Ba­ngi­bu­yi­se­la oku­bi enda­we­ni yo­ku­hle, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­miw ula­hle­ke­lwa.

13 Ka­nti mi­na, eku­gu­le­ni kwa­bo ise­mba­tho sa­mi sa­si­li­sa­kax, nga­tho­bi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ngo­ku­zi­la uku­dla, lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­mi wa­bu­ye­la esi­fu­be­ni sa­miy.

14 Nga­ha­mba ngo­ku­nga­thi ungu­mnga­ne ngo­ku­nga­thi ungu­mfo­we­thu; ngi­kho­the­mez kwe­zi­mnya­ma nje­ngo­li­le­la uni­naa.

15 Ko­dwa eku­khu­be­ke­ni kwa­mi ba­tho­ko­za, ba­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye, aba­la­hli­we­yo ba­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye be­me­le­ne la­mi, nja­lo nga­ngi­ngakwa­zi; ba­da­bu­la ka­be­ma­ngab.

16 Ka­nye la­ba­bi aba­klo­lo­da­yo edi­li­nic, ba­ngi­ge­dle­la ama­zi­nyo abod.

17 Nko­si, uza­bu­ke­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni? Bu­yi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi eku­bhu­bhi­se­ni kwa­bo, wo­na wo­dwa owa­mi ema­bho­ngwe­ni ezi­lwa­nee.

18 Ngi­za­ku­bo­nga eba­ndle­ni eli­khu­lu, ngi­ku­du­mi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngif.

19 Ba­nga­ja­bu­li nga­mi aba­yi­zi­tha za­mi nga­ma­ngag, ka­banga­ngi­fi­ce­lih ili­hlo la­boi aba­ngi­zo­ndaj nge­zekl.

20 Ngo­ba ka­ba­khu­lu­mi uku­thu­la, ko­dwa ba­ce­ba ama­zwi enko­hli­so be­me­le­ne la­ba­chu­mi­le­yo emhla­be­ni.

21 Ka­nti ba­ngi­kha­mi­se­la ka­khu­lu umlo­mo wa­bom ba­thi: Aha, aha, ili­hlo le­thu li­ku­bo­ni­len!

22 Nko­si, usuku­bo­ni­leo; unga­thu­lip. Nko­si, unga­bi kha­tsha­na la­miq.

23 Zi­vu­ser, uvu­ke­les ilu­nge­lo la­mit, uda­ba lwa­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi le­Nko­si ya­mi.

24 Nga­hlu­le­la, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khou; ka­ba­nga­tho­ko­zi nga­miv.

25 Ka­ba­nga­tsho enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo uku­thi: Hi­ya, yi­si­fi­so se­thuw! Ba­nga­tsho uku­thi: Si­mgi­nyi­lex.

26 Ka­ba­ya­nge­ke ba­be le­nhlo­ni nda­wo­nye aba­ja­bu­la ngo­si­zi lwa­miy; be­mba­thi­swe nge­nhlo­ni le­hla­zoz la­bo aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za nga­mia.

27 Ka­ba­me­me­ze nge­nja­bu­lo ba­tha­be aba­lo­yi­sa uku­lu­nga kwa­mib, ye­bo ka­ba­tsho nja­lo­nja­loc uku­thi: Ka­yi­khu­li­swe iNko­sid etho­ko­zae ngo­ku­hla­la ku­hle kwe­nce­ku ya­yof.

28 Lo­li­mi lwa­mi lu­za­khu­lu­ma uku­lu­nga kwa­kho, usu­ku lo­nke indu­mi­so ya­khog.

Ubu­bi bo­mu­ntu lo­ku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da, ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua

36Ku­le­nku­lu­mo ye­si­pha­mbe­ko ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yo; nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi nga­thi: Ka­ku­kho ukwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akheb.

2 Ngo­ba uya­zi­kho­hli­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhec, ubu­bi ba­khe bu­ze bu­tho­la­ka­le bu­zo­nde­kad.

3 Ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­khe ayi­bu­bie le­nko­hli­sof; uye­ke­le inhla­ka­ni­pho ukwe­nza oku­hleg.

4 Uce­bah oku­bi embhe­de­ni wa­khei, azi­mi­se endle­le­ni enga­lu­nga­ngaj, ka­kwa­li oku­bik.

5 Nko­si, umu­sa wa­kho use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, uthe­mbe­ko lwa­kho lu­ze lu­fi­ke ema­ye­zi­nil.

6 Uku­lu­nga kwa­kho ku­nje­nge­zi­nta­ba zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, iza­hlu­le­lo za­kho zi­yi­nzi­ki enku­lum; uya­lo­ndo­lo­za umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­na, Nko­sin.

7 Lu­li­gu­gu ka­nga­ka­na­ni utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu! Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu ba­phe­phe­la emthu­nzi­ni we­mpi­ko za­khoo.

8 Ba­za­su­tha ka­khu­lu nga­ma­no­nop endlu ya­khoq, uba­na­thi­se oko­mfu­lar we­nto­ko­zo ya­khos.

9 Ngo­ba uku­we umtho­mbo we­mpi­lot; eku­kha­nye­ni kwa­kho si­za­bo­na uku­kha­nyau.

10 Lu­qhu­be­le pha­mbi­li utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho ku­la­bo aba­kwa­zi­yov, lo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho ku­bo aba­qo­tho enhli­zi­ywe­niw.

11 Unya­wo lwa­ba­zi­gqa­ja­yo lu­nge­zi ki­mi, le­sa­ndla sa­ba­bi si­nga­ngi­xo­tshi.

12 Na­mpo abe­nzix bo­bu­bi se­be­wi­ley, ba­wi­se­lwe pha­nsi, ka­ba­la­ku­vu­kaz.

Oku­za­kwe­hle­la aba­bi la­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo

Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

37Unga­zi­kha­tha­zi nga­ba­bia, unga­bi lo­mha­wu nga­be­nzi bo­bu­bib.

2 Ngo­ba ba­za­qu­nywa ma­si­nya­nec nje­ngo­tsha­ni, ba­bu­ne nje­ngo­hla­zad.

3 The­mba eNko­si­nie, we­nze oku­hle, uhla­le eli­zwe­ni, uzo­ndle ngo­the­mbe­kof.

4 Zi­tho­ko­zi­se eNko­si­nig, nja­lo iza­ku­ni­ka izi­lo­yi­so ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­khoh.

5 Ni­ke­la indle­la ya­kho eNko­si­nii, uthe­mbe ku­yo; yo­na iza­kwe­nzaj.

6 Iza­ve­za uku­lu­nga kwa­kho nje­ngo­ku­kha­nyak, le­lu­nge­lo la­kho nje­nge­mi­ni enku­lul.

7 Thu­la eNko­si­ni, uyi­li­nde­lem; unga­zi­kha­tha­zin ngo­phu­me­le­la­yo nge­ndle­la ya­kheo, ngo­mu­ntu owe­nza ama­ce­bo ama­bi.

8 Ye­ke­la intu­ku­the­lo, utshi­ye ula­kap; unga­zi­kha­tha­zi la­ngo­kwe­nza oku­biq.

9 Ngo­ba aba­bi ba­za­qu­nywar, ko­dwa la­bo aba­li­nde­le iNko­si bo­na ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwes.

10 Ku­se­yi­si­kha­tsha­na nje, omu­bi anga­be esa­ba kho­nat; lo­ba uhlo­la inda­wo ya­khe uya­be enga­se­khou.

11 Ko­dwa aba­mne­nev ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwew, ba­zi­tho­ko­zi­se ngo­bu­ne­ngi bo­ku­thu­lax.

12 Omu­bi uya­ce­ba eme­le­ne lo­lu­ngi­le­yo, amge­dle­le ama­zi­nyo akhey.

13 INko­si iza­mhle­kaz, ngo­ba iya­bo­na uku­thi usu­ku lwa­khe lu­ye­zaa.

14 Aba­bi se­be­hwa­tshe inke­mba, ba­go­bi­se ida­ndi­li la­bob, uku­mla­hla pha­nsi umya­nga lo­swe­la­yo, uku­bu­la­la aba­qo­tho nge­ndle­lac.

15 Inke­mba ya­bo iza­nge­na kwe­ya­bo inhli­zi­yo, kwe­phu­lwe ama­da­ndi­li abod.

16 Oku­nci­nya­ne ala­kho olu­ngi­le­yoe ku­ngco­no ku­le­no­tho ya­ba­bi aba­ne­ngif.

17 Ngo­ba inga­lo za­ba­bi zi­za­kwe­phu­lwag, ko­dwa iNko­si iya­ba­se­ke­la aba­lu­ngi­le­yoh.

18 INko­si iya­za­zi izi­nsu­ku za­ba­qo­thoi, le­li­fa la­bo li­za­ku­ba se­pha­ka­de­nij.

19 Ka­ba­yi­ku­ya­nge­ka nge­si­kha­thi esi­bi, la­nge­nsu­ku ze­ndla­la ba­za­su­thak.

20 Ko­dwa aba­bi ba­za­bhu­bha; le­zi­tha ze­Nko­si zi­za­nya­ma­la­la nje­nga­ma­fu­tha ama­wu­ndlu, zi­nya­ma­la­le entu­thwi­nil.

21 Omu­bi uye­bo­le­ka, anga­bu­yi­se­lim, ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uya­ha­wu­ke­lan, apheo.

22 Ngo­ba aba­bu­si­swe yi­yop ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zweq, ko­dwa aba­qa­le­ki­swe yi­yo ba­za­qu­nywar.

23 Izi­nya­the­lo zo­mu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo zi­qo­ndi­swa yi­Nko­si, iya­tho­ko­za endle­le­ni ya­khes.

24 Lo­ba esi­wat, ka­yi­ku­la­hlwa pha­nsiu, ngo­ba iNko­si ise­ke­la isa­ndla sa­khev.

25 Nga­ngi­mu­tsha, se­ngi­mda­la, ka­nti ka­ngi­bo­na­nga olu­ngi­le­yo etshi­yi­we, le­nza­lo ya­khew idi­nga uku­dlax.

26 Usu­ku lo­nke ulo­mu­sa, uye­bo­le­ka, le­nza­lo ya­khe iyi­si­bu­si­soy.

27 Su­ka ebu­bi­ni, we­nze oku­hlez; uhla­le ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nia.

28 Ngo­ba iNko­si itha­nda isa­hlu­le­lob, ka­yi­yi­ku­ba­tshi­ya aba­ngcwe­le ba­yoc. Ba­za­lo­ndo­lo­zwa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ko­dwa inza­lo ya­ba­bi iza­qu­nywad.

29 Aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwee, ba­hla­le ku­lo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.f

30 Umlo­mo wo­lu­ngi­le­yo ukhu­lu­ma inhla­ka­ni­phog, lo­li­mi lwa­khe lu­khu­lu­ma isa­hlu­le­loh.

31 Umla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe use­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khei; izi­nya­the­lo za­khe ka­zi­tshe­le­lij.

32 Omu­bi uya­mqa­phe­la olu­ngi­le­yo, udi­nga uku­mbu­la­lak.

33 INko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­mye­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ka­yi­yi­ku­mla­hla la­pho esa­hlu­le­lwal.

34 Li­nde­la eNko­si­ni, ugci­ne indle­la ya­yom, iza­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa uku­thi udle ili­fa le­li­zwen; uza­bo­na la­pho aba­bi be­qu­nywao.

35 Nga­mbo­na omu­bip ela­ma­ndla ama­khu­luq, ezi­qhe­li­sa nje­nge­si­hla­hla se­mve­lo esi­lu­hla­zar.

36 Ku­be ka­nti we­dlu­las, kha­nge­la-ke, wa­ye­ngase­khot; ye­bo nga­mdi­nga, ko­dwa ka­tho­la­ka­la­nga.

37 Na­nze­le­la ophe­le­le­yo, umbo­ne oqo­tho, ngo­ba uku­phe­la kwalo­wo­mu­ntu ku­yi­ku­thu­lau.

38 Ko­dwa aba­pha­mbu­ka­yo ba­za­bhu­ji­swa ka­nye­ka­nye; uku­phe­la kwa­ba­bi ku­za­qu­nywav.

39 Ko­dwa usi­ndi­so lwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo lu­ve­la eNko­si­niw, inqa­ba ya­bo esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­hlu­phe­kax.

40 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­ba­si­za iba­khu­lu­le; iza­ba­khu­lu­la kwa­ba­biy, iba­si­ndi­se, ngo­ba ba­phe­phe­la ku­yoz.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­hlu­phe­ka­yo

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da, uku­khu­mbu­za

38Nko­si, unga­ngi­khu­zi entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­kho, unga­ngi­je­zi­si eku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka lwa­khoa.

2 Ngo­ba imi­tsho­ko ya­kho ihla­be ya­tsho­na ki­mib, le­sa­ndla sa­kho se­hle nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­mic.

3 Ka­ku­kho uku­phi­la enya­me­ni ya­mi nge­nxa ye­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­khod; ka­ku­kho uku­thu­la ema­tha­nje­ni ami nge­nxa ye­so­no sa­mie.

4 Ngo­ba izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mi ze­dlu­le phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­mif, nje­ngo­mthwa­lo onzi­ma zi­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu ki­mig.

5 Izi­lo­nda za­mi zi­le­vu­mba zi­lo­bo­mvu nge­nxa yo­bu­thu­tha ba­mih.

6 Ngi­gu­ngu­be­le, nga­go­tshi­se­lwa pha­nsi ka­khu­lui, usu­ku lo­nke ngi­ha­mbaj ngi­kwe­zi­mnya­mak.

7 Ngo­ba ukha­lo lwa­mi lu­gcwe­le oku­tshi­le­yo, nja­lo ka­ku­kho uku­phi­la enya­me­ni ya­mil.

8 Ngi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka ngi­cho­bo­ze­ki­le ka­khu­lu­ka­zim, ngi­ya­bho­nga nge­nxa yo­ku­bu­bu­la kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­min.

9 Nko­si, so­nke isi­lo­yi­so sa­mi si­pha­mbi kwa­kho, lo­ku­bu­bu­la kwa­mi ka­ku­fi­hla­ka­la­nga ku­weo.

10 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­tsha­ya, ama­ndla ami angi­tshi­yi­le; lo­ku­kha­nya kwa­me­hlo ami la­kho ka­ku­kho ki­mip.

11 Aba­ngi­tha­nda­yo la­ba­nga­ne ba­miq be­ma umma­ngo le­nhlu­phe­ko ya­mir, la­ba­kwe­thus be­ma kha­tsha­na la­mit.

12 La­bo aba­di­nga impi­lo ya­mi ba­yangi­thi­yau, la­bo aba­di­nga uko­ni­wa kwa­mi ba­khu­lu­mav izi­nci­tha­ka­low, be­zi­ndla inko­hli­so usu­ku lo­nkex.

13 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­nje­nge­sa­cu­the, ka­ngi­zway, la­nje­nge­si­mu­ngu­lu, esi­nga­vu­li umlo­mo wa­soz.

14 Ye­bo, ngi­nje­ngo­mu­ntu onge­zwa­yoa, oku­nge­kho uku­phi­ki­sa emlo­nye­ni wa­kheb.

15 Ngo­ba ku­we, Nko­si, ngi­ya­the­mba; we­na uza­phe­ndu­la, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi.

16 Ngo­ba nga­thi: Hle­zi ba­tho­ko­ze nga­mic, la­pho unya­wo lwa­mi lu­tshe­le­lad, ba­zi­khu­khu­me­ze be­me­le­ne la­mie.

17 Ngo­ba se­ngi­se­du­ze lo­ku­wa, lo­bu­hlu­ngu ba­mi bu­pha­mbi kwa­mi nja­lo­nja­lof.

18 Ngo­ba ngi­za­kwa­zi­sa ubu­bi ba­mig, ngi­za­kha­tha­ze­ka nge­so­no sa­mih.

19 Ko­dwa izi­tha za­mi zi­phi­li­le zi­la­ma­ndlai, la­ba­ngi­zo­nda nge­ze se­ba­ndi­lej.

20 Aba­phi­ndi­se­la oku­bi esi­khu­ndle­ni so­ku­hlek ba­yi­zi­tha za­mil, ngo­ba ngi­nxwa­ne­la oku­lu­ngi­le­yom.

21 Unga­ngi­tshi­yi, Nko­si; Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, unga­bi kha­tsha­na la­min.

22 Pha­ngi­sa ungi­si­ze, Nko­si, nsi­ndi­so ya­mio.

Impi­lo yo­mu­ntu iye­dlu­la

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ku­Je­du­thu­ni. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

39Nga­thi: Ngi­za­qa­phe­li­sa izi­ndle­la za­mia, uku­ze ngi­ngo­ni ngo­li­mi lwa­mib; ngi­za­gci­na umlo­mo wa­mi nge­to­mu, omu­bi ese­se­kho­na pha­mbi kwa­mic.

2 Nga­ba yi­si­mu­ngu­lu ngo­ku­thu­lad; nga­thu­la ko­ku­hlee; lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­mi kwa­vu­swa.

3 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­tshi­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­mif, ngi­sa­ca­ba­nga umli­lo wa­vu­tha; nga­khu­lu­ma ngo­li­mi lwa­mig,

4 nga­thi: Nko­si, nga­zi­sa isi­phe­tho sa­mi le­si­li­nga­ni­so se­nsu­ku za­mi uku­thi si­yi­nih, uku­ze nga­zi uku­thi ngi­ye­dlu­la ka­nga­ka­na­nii.

5 Kha­nge­la, we­nze insu­ku za­mi za­ba yi­bu­ba­nzi be­sa­ndlaj, lo­bu­da­la ba­mik bu­nje­nge­nto enge­si­lu­tho pha­mbi kwa­khol; isi­bi­li ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo­mu­ntu eku­me­ni kwa­khe uyi­ze nje. Se­la*m.

6 Isi­bi­li, umu­ntu uha­mba­ha­mba ese­si­thu­nzi­ni; isi­bi­lin, ba­ya­kha­tha­ze­ka nge­zeo; uya­bu­the­le­la, ko­dwa ka­zi uku­thi ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­bu­thap.

7 Pho-ke, ngi­li­nde­le­ni, Nko­si? Ithe­mba la­mi li­ku­weq.

8 Ngi­khu­lu­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mi. Unga­nge­nzi ihla­zo le­si­thu­thar.

9 Nga­ba yi­si­mu­ngu­lu, ka­ngi­vu­la­nga umlo­mo wa­mis, ngo­ba wa­kwe­nza we­nat.

10 Su­sa uswa­zi lwa­kho ki­mi, ngo­ba ngi­ya­qe­dwa yi­si­du­tshu­lo se­sa­ndla sa­khou.

11 La­pho ula­ya umu­ntu ngo­ku­khu­za nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­kov, we­nza ubu­hle ba­khe bu­nci­bi­li­kew nje­nge­nu­ndux; isi­bi­li ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo­mu­ntu uyi­ze. Se­la*y.

12 Zwa­na umkhu­le­ko wa­mi, Nko­si, ube­ke indle­be eku­kha­le­ni kwa­miz; unga­thu­le­li izi­nye­mbe­zi za­mia, ngo­ba ngi­ngo­we­mzi­ni ku­web, ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwec, nje­nga­bo bo­nke oba­bad.

13 Unga­ngi­hwa­qe­lie uku­ze ngi­hlu­me­le­lef, ngi­nga­ka­su­ki, ngi­nga­be ngisa­ba kho­nag.

Uku­bo­nga lo­mkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­khu­lu­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

40Nga­li­nde­la lo­ku­yi­li­nde­la iNko­sia; ya­ngi­tho­be­la, ye­zwa uku­kha­la kwa­mib.

2 Ya­nge­nyu­la emgo­di­ni ohlo­ko­ma­yo, exha­pho­zi­nic lo­da­kad, ya­be­ka inya­wo za­mi phe­zu kwe­dwa­lae, ya­qi­ni­sa izi­nya­the­lo za­mif.

3 Ya­fa­ka ingo­ma entsha emlo­nye­ni wa­mi, indu­mi­so ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thug. Aba­ne­ngi ba­za­bo­nah be­sa­bei, ba­the­mbe eNko­si­nij.

4 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu oye­nza­yo iNko­si ibe li­the­mba la­khek, onga­phe­ndu­ke­li kwa­ba­zi­gqa­ja­yol, la­la­bo aba­phe­ndu­ke­la ema­nge­nim.

5 Mi­ne­ngi we­na oye­nzi­le­yo, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, imi­se­be­nzi ya­kho ema­nga­li­sa­yon le­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­kho ki­thi; inge­la­ndi­swe ngo­ku­la­nde­la­na ku­weo. Ngi­ngayi­la­ndi­sa ngiyi­tsho, mi­ne­ngi ku­lo­ku­thi iba­lwep.

6 Umhla­tshe­lo lo­mni­ke­lo ka­wu­ku­fi­si; izi­ndle­be za­mi uzi­vu­li­le; umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo we­so­no ka­wu­wu­bi­ziq.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ye­za; emqu­lwi­ni wo­gwa­lor ku­lo­tshi­we nga­mis.

8 Ngi­ya­tho­ko­za ukwe­nza inta­ndo ya­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mit, lo­mla­yo wa­kho upha­ka­thi kwe­mi­bi­li­ni ya­miu.

9 Ngi­tshu­ma­ye­le uku­lu­nga eba­ndle­ni eli­khu­luv; kha­nge­la, ka­ngi­ba­mba­ngaw inde­be za­mix, Nko­si, we­na uya­kwa­ziy.

10 Uku­lu­nga kwa­kho ka­ngi­ku­fi­hla­nga pha­ka­thi kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi; ngi­khu­lu­mi­le ngo­bu­qo­tho ba­kho la­ngo­si­ndi­so lwa­kho; ka­ngi­fi­hla­nga utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho le­qi­ni­so la­kho eba­ndle­ni eli­khu­luz.

11 We­na Nko­si, unga­ngi­go­dle­li isi­ha­wu sa­khoa; utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho le­qi­ni­so la­kho ka­ku­ngi­lo­ndo­lo­ze nja­lo­nja­lob.

12 Ngo­ba ubu­bi obu­nge­ba­lwe bu­ngi­ha­nqi­lec, izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mi zi­ngi­ba­mbi­le, uku­ze ngi­nga­bi la­kho uku­bo­nad; zi­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­la inwe­le ze­kha­nda la­mie; nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ingi­tshi­yi­lef.

13 Tho­ko­za, Nko­si, uku­ngi­khu­lu­lag. Nko­si, pha­ngi­sa uku­ngi­si­zah.

14 Ka­ba­ya­nge­ke ba­be le­nhlo­ni nda­wo­nye aba­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­wu­chi­tha; ka­ba­bu­yi­se­lwe emu­va ba­ya­ngi­swe aba­ngi­fi­se­la oku­bii.

15 Ka­ba­chi­the­ke ku­be ngu­mvu­zo we­hla­zo la­boj aba­thi ki­mi: Aha, ahak!

16 Ka­ba­tha­be ba­ja­bu­le ku­we bo­nke aba­ku­di­nga­yo; aba­tha­nda usi­ndi­so lwa­kho ka­ba­tsho nja­lo­nja­lol ba­thi: Ka­yi­khu­li­swe iNko­sim!

17 Ko­dwa ngi­ngu­mya­nga ngi­ya­swe­lan; iNko­si iya­ngi­khu­mbu­lao; ungu­msi­zi wa­mi lo­mkhu­lu­li wa­mi; Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, unga­li­ba­li.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­si­li­swa eku­gu­le­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

41Ubu­si­si­we ona­nze­le­la obu­tha­ka­tha­kaa. INko­si iza­mkhu­lu­la ngo­su­ku lo­bu­bib.

2 INko­si iza­mlo­ndo­lo­za, imgci­ne ephi­la; uza­bu­si­swa emhla­be­ni; ka­wu­yi­ku­mni­ke­la enta­ndwe­ni ye­zi­tha za­khe.

3 INko­si iza­mse­ke­la embhe­de­ni wo­ku­gu­la kwa­khe; we­na uza­gu­qu­la lo­nke ica­nsi la­khe emkhu­hla­ne­ni wa­khec.

4 Mi­na nga­thi: Nko­si, wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mid, si­li­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, ngo­ba ngo­ni­le ku­wee.

5 Izi­tha za­mi zi­khu­lu­ma oku­bi nga­mi zi­si­thi: Uza­ku­fa ni­ni, le­bi­zo la­khe li­chi­the­ke?

6 La­la­pho efi­ka ukungi­bo­na, ukhu­lu­ma inko­hli­so; inhli­zi­yo ya­khe izi­bu­the­la oku­bi, ese­phu­mi­le pha­ndle akhu­lu­mef.

7 Bo­nke aba­ngi­zo­nda­yo ba­nye­nye­ze­la­na be­me­le­ne la­mi, ba­ngi­so­nge­le uku­ngo­na.

8 Into embi ina­ma­the­le ku­ye; nja­lo nje­ngo­ba ele­le pha­nsi ka­sa­yi­ku­vu­kag.

9 Ye­bo, indo­da yo­bu­nga­ne ba­mi engi­yi­the­mba­yoh, ebi­ka­de isi­dla isi­nkwa sa­mi, ingi­pha­ka­mi­se­le isi­the­nde ime­le­ne la­mii.

10 Ko­dwa, we­na Nko­si, wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, ungi­lu­la­mi­se uku­ze ngi­ba­phi­ndi­se­lej.

11 Nga­lo­khu ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uya­ngi­tha­nda, ngo­ba isi­tha sa­mi ka­si­tha­ba­nga phe­zu kwa­mi.

12 Ko­dwa mi­na, ungi­se­ke­le ebu­qo­thwe­ni ba­mi, wa­ngi­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nik.

13 Ka­yi­bo­ngwe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la pha­ka­de ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­del. Ame­ni, loA­me­nim.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­mu­ntu okha­tsha­na le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ma­si­ki­li, eya­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra

42Nje­nga­lo­khu indlu­ze­le inxwa­ne­le izi­fu­la za­ma­nzi, ngo­ku­nja­lo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi unxwa­ne­la we­na, Nku­lu­nku­lua.

2 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wo­me­la uNku­lu­nku­lub, uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoc. Ngi­za­fi­ka ni­ni ngi­bo­na­ka­le pha­mbi ko­bu­so bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud?

3 Inye­mbe­zi za­mi be­zi­yi­ku­dla kwa­mi emi­ni le­bu­su­kue, la­pho be­si­thi ki­mi usu­ku lo­nke: Unga­phi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khof?

4 Ngi­khu­mbu­la le­zi­zi­nto nga­thu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­mig, ngo­ba nga­dlu­la le­xu­ku, nga­ya la­bo endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­li­zwi le­nto­ko­zo le­ndu­mi­so, ixu­ku eli­gu­bha umkho­sih.

5 Uda­ne­la­ni mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mii? Ukha­tha­ze­ke­la­nij pha­ka­thi kwa­mik? The­mba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lul, ngo­ba ngi­se­za­mdu­mi­sa, ngo­si­zo lo­bu­so ba­khem.

6 Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uda­ni­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi; nga­kho ngi­za­ku­khu­mbu­la ngi­se­li­zwe­ni le­Jo­da­nin le­la­ma­He­rmo­ni, ngi­se­nta­be­ni iMi­za­rio.

7 Inzi­ki ibi­za inzi­kip eku­hlo­ko­me­ni kwe­zi­mpo­pho­ma za­khoq; wo­nker ama­ga­ga­si akho la­ma­za akho adlu­le phe­zu kwa­mis.

8 Emi­ni iNko­si iza­la­ya utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­yot, le­bu­su­ku ingo­ma ya­yo iza­ku­ba la­mi; umkhu­le­ko wa­mi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­mpi­lo ya­miu.

9 Ngi­za­ku­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, idwa­la la­mi: Ungi­kho­hlwe­le­niv? Ngi­ha­mbe­la­ni ngi­kwe­zi­mnya­ma nge­nxa yo­ci­nde­ze­lo lwe­si­thaw?

10 Nje­ngo­ku­cho­bo­za ema­tha­nje­ni ami, izi­tha za­mi zi­ya­ngi­klo­lo­de­la, la­pho zi­si­thi ki­mi usu­ku lo­nke: Unga­phi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khox?

11 Uda­ne­le­ni mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi? Nja­lo ukha­tha­ze­ke­la­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­mi? The­mba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba ngi­se­za­mdu­mi­sa, usi­ndi­so lo­bu­so ba­mi, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­miy.

43Nga­hlu­le­la, Nku­lu­nku­lua, ume­le uda­ba lwa­mi esi­zwe­ni esi­nge­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­lub; ungi­khu­lu­le emu­ntwi­ni we­nko­hli­so lo­nga­lu­nga­nga.

2 Ngo­ba we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mic; ungi­la­hle­le­nid? Ngi­ha­mbe­la­ni ngi­kwe­zi­mnya­ma nge­nxa yo­ci­nde­ze­lo lwe­si­thae?

3 Thu­me­la uku­kha­nya kwa­kho le­qi­ni­so la­kho, ku­ngi­kho­khe­le, ku­ngi­se enta­be­ni ya­kho engcwe­lef le­ma­tha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni akhog.

4 Kho­na ngi­za­ku­ya ela­thi­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu inja­bu­lo ye­nto­ko­zo ya­mi; ye­bo ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa nge­cha­cho, Nku­lu­nku­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi.

5 Uda­ne­la­ni mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi? Nja­lo ukha­tha­ze­ke­la­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­mi? The­mba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba ngi­se­za­mdu­mi­sa, uku­si­li­swa ko­bu­so ba­mi, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mih.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­se­ndu­lo lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­le­si­si­kha­thi

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la, esa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra, Ma­si­ki­li

44Nku­lu­nku­lu, si­zwi­le nge­ndle­be ze­thu, oba­ba ba­si­tshe­li­lea, umse­be­nzi owa­we­nza ensu­kwi­ni za­bo, ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lob.

2 We­na nge­sa­ndla sa­kho wa­zi­xo­tsha izi­zwe eli­fe­nic, wa­ba­hla­nye­la bo­nad; wa­zi­hlu­pha izi­zwe, ko­dwa wa­ba­sa­ba­la­li­sa bo­nae.

3 Ngo­ba ka­ba­dla­nga ili­fa le­li­zwe nge­nke­mba ya­bo, le­nga­lo ya­bo ka­yi­ba­si­ndi­sa­ngaf, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne, le­nga­lo ya­kho, lo­ku­kha­nya ko­bu­so ba­khog, ngo­ba wa­wu­ba­tha­ndah.

4 We­na uyi­Nko­si ya­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lui; la­ya uku­khu­lu­lwa ku­ka­Ja­ko­bej.

5 Nga­we si­za­du­du­la izi­tha ze­thuk; nge­bi­zo la­kho si­za­ba­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi aba­si­vu­ke­la­yol.

6 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­the­mbe­lim ku­lo ida­ndi­li la­min, le­nke­mba ya­mi ka­yi­yi­ku­ngi­si­ndi­sa.

7 Ko­dwa usi­si­ndi­si­le ezi­the­ni ze­thu, wa­ya­ngi­sa aba­si­zo­nda­yoo.

8 Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­ya­zi­nco­ma usu­ku lo­nke; le­bi­zo la­kho si­za­li­du­mi­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Se­la*p.

9 Ko­dwa ula­hli­le wa­si­ya­ngi­saq, nja­lo ka­wu­phu­mi la­ma­bu­tho ethur.

10 Use­nze uku­thi si­bu­ye­le emu­va si­su­ka esi­the­ni; la­ba­si­zo­nda­yo ba­zi­pha­nge­las.

11 Usi­ni­ke­le nje­nge­zi­mvu zo­ku­dli­wat, wa­si­chi­tha­chi­tha pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zweu.

12 Uthe­ngi­si­le aba­ntu ba­kho ngo­ku­nge­la­no­thov, awu­zu­za­nga lu­tho nge­nte­ngo ya­bow.

13 Use­nzex sa­ba li­hla­zo kwa­ba­khe­le­ne la­thiyz, inhle­ki­saa le­ndu­ma­zo kwa­ba­si­pha­hli­le­yobc.

14 Use­nze sa­ba yi­si­ga pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwed, uku­ni­ki­nwa kwe­kha­nda pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntue.

15 Usu­ku lo­nke uku­du­nya­zwa kwa­mi ku­pha­mbi kwa­mi, le­hla­zo lo­bu­so ba­mi li­ngi­gu­bu­ze­lef,

16 nge­nxa ye­li­zwi lo­mgco­ni lo­mhla­mba­zig, nge­nxa ye­si­tha lo­mphi­ndi­se­lih.

17 Ko­nke lo­khu ku­se­hle­le, ku­be ka­nti ka­si­ku­kho­hlwa­ngai, ka­se­nza­nga nge­nko­hli­so esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni sa­khoj.

18 Inhli­zi­yo ye­thu ka­yi­bu­ye­la­nga emu­vak, le­zi­nya­the­lo ze­thu ka­zi­pha­mbu­ka­nga emkho­ndwe­ni wa­khol,

19 la­nxa usi­cho­bo­zi­lem enda­we­ni ya­ma­ga­nya­nan, use­mbe­se nge­thu­nzi lo­ku­fao.

20 Uba be­si­li­kho­hli­we ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, lo­ba se­lu­le­la iza­ndla ze­thup ku­nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­zwe­niq,

21 uNku­lu­nku­lu ube­nga­yi­ku­ku­hlo­la lo­khu yi­ni? Ngo­ba uya­ya­zi imfi­hlo ye­nhli­zi­yor.

22 Ye­bo, nge­nxa ya­kho si­ya­bu­la­wa usu­ku lo­nke, ku­thi­wa si­nje­nge­zi­mvu zo­ku­hla­tshwas.

23 Pha­pha­ma, ula­le­le­ni, Nko­sit? Vu­ka, unga­la­hli ko­ku­phe­lau.

24 Ufi­hle­la­ni ubu­so ba­kho, ukho­hlwe uku­hlu­phe­ka kwe­thu lo­ci­nde­ze­lo lwe­thuv?

25 Ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thu ukho­tha­me­le othu­li­ni, isi­su se­thu si­na­ma­the­la emhla­ba­thi­niw.

26 Su­ku­me­la usi­zo lwe­thu, usi­hle­nge nge­nxa yo­mu­sa wa­kho.

Ihu­bo eli­ha­ye­lwa inko­si lo­ma­ko­ti wa­yo

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la, nge­Sho­sha­ni­mi, esa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra, Ma­si­ki­li, ingo­ma ye­zi­nta­ndo

45Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iphu­phu­ma nge­nda­ba enhle; ngi­khu­lu­ma nge­zi­nto engi­ze­nze­le inko­si; uli­mi lwa­mi lu­lu­si­baa lo­mbha­li opha­ngi­sa­yob.

2 Umu­hle ku­la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu; umu­sa uthu­lu­lwe ende­be­ni za­kho; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu uku­bu­si­si­le ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dec.

3 Bhi­nca inke­mba ya­khod emle­nze­nie, qha­wef, udu­mo lwa­kho lo­bu­kho­si ba­khog.

4 Le­bu­kho­si­ni ba­kho ga­da uphu­mu­le­le, nge­nxa ye­qi­ni­so lo­bu­mne­ne bo­ku­lu­ngah; le­sa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne si­ku­fu­ndi­se izi­nto eze­sa­be­ka­yoi.

5 Imi­tsho­ko ya­kho ibu­kha­li enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­tha ze­nko­si; izi­zwe zi­za­ku­wa nga­pha­nsi kwa­khoj.

6 Isi­hla­lo sa­kho so­bu­kho­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu, nge­sa­pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­de; into­nga ya­kho yo­bu­kho­si iyi­nto­nga yo­bu­qo­thok.

7 Utha­nda uku­lu­nga, nja­lo uzo­nda ubu­bil; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khom, uku­gco­bi­len nga­ma­fu­tha ento­ko­zo nga­phe­zu kwa­ba­na­kwe­nuo.

8 Ize­mba­tho za­kho zo­nke zi­qho­li­we nge­mu­re*p le­nhla­ba le­kha­si­ya*q; ezi­go­dlwe­ni ze­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu aba­kwe­nze wa­tho­ko­za nga­zo.

9 Ama­do­da­ka­zi ama­kho­si apha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­na ba­kho aba­du­mi­le­yor; indlo­vu­ka­zis imi esa­ndle­ni so­ku­ne­ne sa­khot ye­mbe­the igo­li­deu leO­fi­riv.

10 Zwa­na, ndo­da­ka­zi, una­ka­ne, ube­ke indle­be ya­kho; ukho­hlwe aba­ntu ba­ki­ni le­ndlu ka­yi­hlow;

11 kho­na inko­si iza­la­nga­tha ubu­hle ba­kho; ngo­ba iyi­nko­si ya­khox, nja­lo kho­tha­ma ku­yoy.

12 Le­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Ti­re ile­si­phoz, la­ba­no­thi­le­yo eba­ntwi­ni, ba­za­nce­nga ubu­so ba­khoa.

13 Indo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­si iya­kha­zi­mu­la yo­nkeb nga­pha­ka­thi, ise­mba­tho sa­yo si­nge­se­go­li­de ele­lu­ki­we­yoc.

14 Iza­le­thwa enko­si­nid ye­mbe­the ise­mba­tho esi­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yoe; izi­nto­mbi ezi­yi­la­nde­la­yo, aba­nga­ne ba­yo, zi­za­le­thwa ku­we.

15 Zi­za­le­thwa ngo­ku­tha­ba le­nja­bu­lo, zi­za­nge­na esi­go­dlwe­ni se­nko­si.

16 Esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­bo­yi­hlo ku­za­ku­ba nga­ma­do­da­na akho, uza­wa­be­ka abe yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla emhla­be­ni wo­nkef.

17 Ibi­zo la­kho ngi­za­le­nza li­khu­nju­lwe ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni zo­nkeg; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho izi­zwe zi­za­ku­du­mi­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

UNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­si­phe­phe­lo se­thu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la, esa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra, ingo­ma ngeA­la­mo­thi

46UNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­si­phe­phe­lo se­thu la­ma­ndla ethua, uya­tho­lwa elu­si­zo ka­khu­lub eku­hlu­phe­ke­nic.

2 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ka­si­yi­kwe­sa­ba eku­gu­qu­ke­ni ko­mhla­ba, la­nxa izi­nta­ba zi­di­li­ke­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nlwa­ndle.

3 Ama­nzi alo ka­wa­hlo­ko­me, akha­pha­ze­le, izi­nta­ba zi­za­ma­za­me ngo­ku­khu­khu­ma­la kwa­lo. Se­la*d.

4 Ku­lo­mfu­lae, izi­fu­la za­wo zi­tho­ko­zi­sa umu­zi ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf, inda­wo engcwe­le ya­ma­tha­bha­ne­ke­le oPhe­zu­ko­nke.

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu upha­ka­thi kwa­wog, ka­wu­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywah; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­wu­si­za ngo­vi­vi lo­ku­sa.

6 Izi­zwe zi­ya­xo­ko­ze­la, imi­bu­so iza­ma­za­mei; wa­khu­pha ili­zwi la­khej, umhla­ba wa­nci­bi­li­kak.

7 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ila­thi, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be uyi­nqa­ba ye­thu. Se­la*l.

8 Wo­za­ni li­bo­ne imi­se­be­nzi ye­Nko­si, inci­tha­ka­lo eye­nzi­le­yo emhla­be­nim.

9 Ye­nza izi­mpi zi­phe­le ku­ze ku­be se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ban; ye­phu­la ida­ndi­li, iqu­ma­qu­me umkho­ntoo, itshi­se izi­nqo­la emli­lwe­nip.

10 Thu­la­ni, la­zi uku­thi mi­na ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luq, ngi­za­pha­ka­nyi­swa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­pha­ka­nyi­swe emhla­be­nir.

11 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ila­thi, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be uyi­nqa­ba ye­thu. Se­la*s.

UNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­Nko­si yo­mhla­ba

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo sa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra

47Tsha­ya­ni isa­ndla, zi­zwe zo­nkea, hlo­ko­ma­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­li­zwi le­nto­ko­zob.

2 Ngo­ba iNko­si, oPhe­zu­ko­nke, iye­sa­be­ka, yi­Nko­si enku­lu phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nkec.

3 Iza­kwe­hli­se­la aba­ntu nga­pha­nsi kwe­thu, le­zi­zwe nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo ze­thud.

4 Iza­si­khe­the­la ili­fa le­thue, udu­mo lu­ka­Ja­ko­be emtha­nda­yo. Se­la*f.

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu we­nyu­ki­le ngo­ku­hlo­ko­ma, iNko­si ngo­ku­kha­la ko­pho­ndog.

6 Hla­be­la­ni indu­mi­so ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, hla­be­le­la­ni indu­mi­so. Hla­be­la­ni indu­mi­so eNko­si­ni ye­thu, hla­be­le­la­ni indu­mi­so.

7 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­Nko­si yo­mhla­ba wo­nkeh; hla­be­le­la­ni indu­mi­so ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sai.

8 UNku­lu­nku­lu uya­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe; uNku­lu­nku­lu uhle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­bu­ngcwe­le ba­khej.

9 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntu zi­bu­the­ne nda­wo­nye, aba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­mak. Ngo­ba izi­hla­ngu zo­mhla­ba zi­nge­zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; upha­ke­me ka­khu­lul.

IZi­yo­ni ingu­mu­zi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ingo­ma, isi­hla­be­le­lo sa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra

48Yi­nku­lu iNko­si, inge­yo­ku­du­nyi­swa ka­khu­lua emzi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thub, inta­ba yo­bu­ngcwe­le ba­yoc.

2 Yi­nhle ngo­ku­pha­ka­mad, yi­nto­ko­zo emhla­be­ni wo­nke inta­ba ye­Zi­yo­nie, e­nhla­ngo­thini ze­nya­ka­thof, umu­zi we­Nko­si enku­lug.

3 Ezi­go­dlwe­ni za­wo uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­zi­wa uku­thi uyi­nqa­bah.

4 Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, ama­kho­si abu­tha­na, adlu­la ka­nye­ka­nyei.

5 Wo­na awu­bo­na, ngo­ku­nja­lo ama­nga­laj, atsha­ywa lu­va­lo, apha­pha­the­kak.

6 Uku­thu­thu­me­la kwa­wa­ba­mba la­phol, umhe­lom nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yon.

7 Ngo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngao upha­hla­za imi­khu­mbip ye­Ta­rshi­shiq.

8 Nje­nge­si­ku­zwi­le­yo ngo­ku­nja­lo si­ku­bo­ni­le emzi­ni we­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, emzi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thur; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­wu­mi­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Se­la*s.

9 Si­zi­ndle ngo­tha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu, pha­ka­thi kwe­the­mpe­li la­khot.

10 Nje­nga­lo ibi­zo la­kho, Nku­lu­nku­luu, inja­lo indu­mi­so ya­kho ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­bav; isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne si­gcwe­le uku­lu­nga.

11 Ka­yi­tho­ko­ze inta­ba ye­Zi­yo­niw, ama­do­da­ka­zi ako­Ju­da atha­be, nge­nxa ye­za­hlu­le­lo za­khox.

12 Ibho­de­ni iZi­yo­ni, li­yi­zi­nge­le­ze, li­ba­le imi­pho­tsho­ngo ya­yo,

13 li­qa­phe­li­se umtha­nga­la wa­yoy, li­da­bu­le li­hlo­le izi­go­dlo za­yoz, uku­ze li­la­ndi­se­le isi­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­la­nde­la­yoa.

14 Ngo­ba lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni; ye­na uza­si­kho­khe­la ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fe­nib.

Ubu­thu­tha ba­la­bo aba­the­mba ino­tho

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo sa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ra

49Zwa­ni­ni lo­khu lo­nke ba­ntua. Be­ka­ni indle­be lo­nke ba­khi­le­yo bo­mhla­bab,

2 bo­nke aba­ntu­ka­za­na la­ba­pha­ke­me­yo, aba­no­thi­le­yo la­ba­ya­nga, nda­wo­nyec.

3 Umlo­mo wa­mi uza­khu­lu­ma izi­nhla­ka­ni­pho, lo­ku­zi­ndla kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­qe­di­si­sad.

4 Ngi­za­be­ka indle­be ya­mi ku­so isa­gae, ngi­za­vu­la ili­bho la­mi nge­cha­chof.

5 Ngi­za­kwe­sa­be­la­ni ensu­kwi­ni zo­bu­big, nxa ubu­bi ba­ba­gwe­nxi ba­mi bu­za­ngi­ha­nqah.

6 Aba­the­mba ingce­bo ya­bo, aba­zi­nco­ma ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­no­tho ya­boi,

7 umu­ntu ka­so­ze ahle­nge lo­ku­hle­nga umfo­wa­boj, ka­so­ze amni­ke uNku­lu­nku­luk inhla­wu­lo ya­khel,

8 (ngo­ba uhle­ngo lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo lu­li­gu­gu, fu­thi lu­ya­phe­la la­pha­ka­dem)

9 uku­ze ahla­le ephi­la pha­ka­de, anga­bo­ni uku­bo­lan.

10 Ngo­ba ubo­na uku­thi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­ya­fao, lo­ku­thi isi­thu­thap ka­nye le­si­phu­ku­phu­ku ba­ya­bhu­bhaq, ba­tshi­ye­le ino­tho ya­bo aba­nyer.

11 Umca­ba­ngo wa­bo wa­nga­pha­ka­thi uyi­ku­thi izi­ndlu za­bo zi­za­ku­ba nge­za­pha­ka­de, izi­nda­wo za­bo zo­ku­hla­la zi­be nge­ze­zi­zu­ku­lwa­nas, ba­bi­ze ama­zwe nga­ma­bi­zo abot.

12 Ko­dwa umu­ntu elo­du­mo ka­yi­ku­mau, uya­fa­na­na le­nya­ma­za­na e­zi­bhu­bha­yov.

13 Le indle­la ya­bo iyi­bu­thu­tha ba­bo; ku­be ka­nti aba­ba­la­nde­la­yo ba­tho­ko­za ngo­mlo­mo wa­bo. Se­la*w.

14 Nje­nge­zi­mvu ba­mi­se­lwe ingcwa­ba, uku­fa ku­za­be­lu­sa; la­ba­qo­tho ba­za­ba­bu­sa eku­se­nix, isi­mo sa­bo nge­so­ku­qe­dwa li­ngcwa­ba uku­ze ba­nga­bi le­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­lay.

15 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­hle­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ema­ndle­ni engcwa­baz, ngo­ba uza­nge­mu­ke­la. Se­la*a.

16 Unge­sa­bi nxa umu­ntu eno­tha, nxa udu­mo lwe­ndlu ya­khe lu­sa­nda;

17 ngo­ba eku­fe­ni kwa­khe ka­yi­ku­tha­tha lu­tho, udu­mo lwa­khe ka­lu­yi­kwe­hla lu­mla­nde­leb.

18 La­nxa empi­lwe­ni ya­khe wa­bu­si­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, nja­lo ba­ku­du­mi­sa nxa uze­nze­la oku­hlec,

19 uza­ku­ya esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni sa­bo­yi­sed, ka­ba­yi­ku­bo­na uku­kha­nya ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dee.

20 Umu­ntu o­lo­du­mo, enga­qe­di­si­si, unje­nge­zi­nya­ma­za­na e­zi­bhu­bha­yof.

Uku­du­mi­sa oku­qo­tho

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­kaA­sa­fi

50USo­ma­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu, iNko­si, ukhu­lu­mi­lea, ubi­za umhla­ba ku­su­ke­la eku­phu­me­ni kwe­la­nga ku­ze ku­be se­ku­tsho­ne­ni kwa­lob.

2 Ese­Zi­yo­ni, uku­phe­le­la ko­bu­hlec, uNku­lu­nku­lu ukha­nyi­led.

3 UNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uza­ku­za, ka­yi­ku­thu­la; umli­lo pha­mbi kwa­khe uza­qo­thu­la, enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nke za­khe ku­za­ku­ba le­si­phe­pho esi­khu­lue.

4 Uza­bi­za ama­zu­lu ephe­zu­lu, lo­mhla­ba, ukwa­hlu­le­la aba­ntu ba­khef.

5 Bu­the­la­ni ki­mi aba­ngcwe­le ba­mig, abe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­mi ngo­mhla­tshe­loh.

6 La­ma­zu­lu aza­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­lu­nga kwa­khei, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­kwa­khe ungu­ma­hlu­le­li. Se­la*j.

7 Zwa­ni­ni ba­ntu ba­mi, ngi­za­khu­lu­mak; Isra­ye­li, ngi­za­fa­ka­za ngi­me­le­ne la­wel. Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khom.

8 Ka­ngi­ku­so­li nge­nxa ye­mi­hla­tshe­lo ya­khon; le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­tshi­swa ihla­la ipha­mbi kwa­mio.

9 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­tha­tha ijo­ngo­si eli­ve­la emzi­ni wa­khop, le­zi­mpo­ngo ezi­ve­la ezi­ba­ye­ni za­khoq.

10 Ngo­ba nge­ya­mi yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ye­hla­thi, izi­nko­mo ezi­se­nta­be­ni ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne.

11 Ngi­ya­za­zi izi­nyo­ni zo­nke ze­zi­nta­ba, le­zi­lo zo­mma­ngo zi­ki­mir.

12 Uba be­ngi­la­mbi­le, be­ngi­nga­yi­ku­ku­tshe­la, ngo­ba umhla­ba ngo­wa­mi lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wos.

13 Ngi­za­yi­dla yi­ni inya­ma ye­zi­nku­nzit, ku­mbe ngi­na­the iga­zi le­zi­mpo­ngo?

14 Ni­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­luu umhla­tshe­lo wo­ku­bo­ngav, ukho­khe izi­the­mbi­so za­kho ko­Phe­zu­ko­nkew.

15 Ungi­bi­ze osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­hlu­phe­kax, ngi­za­ku­khu­lu­lay, ubu­su­ngi­du­mi­saz.

16 Ko­dwa ko­mu­bi uNku­lu­nku­lu uthi: Ula­ni lo­ku­thi utshu­ma­ye­le izi­mi­so za­mi, ku­mbe utha­the isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi emlo­nye­ni wa­khoa?

17 Ngo­ba we­na uzo­nda uku­qo­ndi­swab, ula­hla ama­zwi ami emva kwa­khoc.

18 Uba ubo­na ise­la, utho­ko­ze­la­na la­lo, le­sa­be­lo sa­kho si­se­zi­fe­be­nid.

19 Umlo­mo wa­kho uya­wu­ni­ke­la ebu­bi­ni, lo­li­mi lwa­kho lu­qa­mbe inko­hli­soe.

20 Uhla­la ukhu­lu­me ume­le­ne lo­mfo­we­nu, uhle­be indo­da­na ka­nyo­kof.

21 Le­zi­zi­nto uze­nzi­le, nga­thu­lag; wa­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ngi­nje­nga­we ka­nyeh. Ngi­za­ku­khu­zai, ngi­ku­hle­le pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akhoj.

22 Ku­qa­phe­le­ni-ke lo­khu, li­na eli­kho­hlwa uNku­lu­nku­luk, hle­zi ngili­da­bu­le, ku­nga­bi kho­na oku­khu­lu­la­yol.

23 Oni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­bo­ngam uya­ngi­du­mi­san; lo­lu­ngi­sa indle­la ya­khe ngi­za­mbo­ni­sa usi­ndi­so lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa eso­nwe­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da. La­pho uNa­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi wa­fi­ka ku­ye ese­nge­ne ku­Ba­thi­she­ba

51Ngi­ha­wu­ke­la, Nku­lu­nku­lua, ngo­ko­tha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­khob; ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­si­ha­wu sa­kho ye­su­la izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mic.

2 Ungi­ge­zi­si­se ebu­bi­ni ba­mi, ungi­hla­mbu­lu­le eso­nwe­ni sa­mid.

3 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi­vu­ma izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mie, le­so­no sa­mi si­hle­zi si­pha­mbi kwa­mif.

4 Ngo­ni­le ku­we, ku­we we­dwag, nge­nze oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni akhoh, uku­ze ku­thi­we ulu­ngi­le eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­kho, uhla­nze­ke ekwa­hlu­le­le­ni kwa­khoi.

5 Kha­nge­la, nga­za­le­lwa ebu­bi­ni, lo­ma­ma wa­ngo­mu­le­la eso­nwe­nij.

6 Kha­nge­la, utha­nda iqi­ni­so enda­we­ni ezi­nga­pha­ka­thi; le­ku­si­the­ke­ni unge­nza nga­zi inhla­ka­ni­phok.

7 Ngi­hla­nze nge­hi­so­pe*, ngi­za­hla­mbu­lu­kal; ngi­ge­zi­sam, ngi­za­ku­ba mhlo­phe ku­le­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yon.

8 Ngi­zwi­se into­ko­zo le­nja­bu­lo, uku­ze atha­be ama­tha­mboo o­wa­cho­bo­zi­le­yop.

9 Fi­hla ubu­so ba­kho ezo­nwe­ni za­miq, we­su­le zo­nke izi­pha­mbe­ko za­mir.

10 Nku­lu­nku­lu, da­la ki­mi inhli­zi­yo ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yos, nja­lo uvu­se­le­let umo­ya oqi­ni­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­miu.

11 Unga­ngi­la­hliv ebu­swe­ni ba­khow, nja­lo unga­su­si umo­ya wa­kho ongcwe­le ki­mix.

12 Bu­yi­se­la ki­mi into­ko­zo yo­si­ndi­so lwa­kho, ungi­se­ke­le ngo­mo­ya ovu­ma­yoy.

13 Kho­na ngi­za­fu­ndi­sa aba­pha­mbu­ka­yo indle­la za­kho, le­zo­ni zi­za­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­wez.

14 Ngi­khu­lu­la eca­le­ni le­ga­zi, Nku­lu­nku­lua, Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­mib, uli­mi lwa­mi lu­za­hla­be­le­la ka­khu­lu ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khoc.

15 Nko­si, vu­la inde­be za­mi, lo­mlo­mo wa­mi uza­me­me­ze­la indu­mi­so ya­kho.

16 Ngo­ba ka­wu­tha­ndi umhla­tshe­lo, ngo­ba be­ngi­za­wu­ni­ka; ka­wu­tho­ko­zi ngo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swad.

17 Imi­hla­tshe­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ingu­mo­ya oda­bu­ki­le­yoe; inhli­zi­yo eda­bu­ki­le­yof le­ye­phu­ki­le­yog, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­wu­yi­ku­yi­de­le­la.

18 Ye­nze­le iZi­yo­ni oku­hle ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­khoh; uya­khe imi­du­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­mai.

19 Kho­na uza­ja­bu­le­laj imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­lu­ngak, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­nke; kho­na be­za­ni­ke­la ama­jo­ngo­si phe­zu kwe­la­thi la­khol.

Ubu­ze bo­ku­zi­nco­ma ngo­kwe­nza oku­bi

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ma­si­ki­li. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da. La­pho uDo­we­gi umE­do­ma esi­za etshe­la uSa­wu­li wa­thi ku­ye: UDa­vi­da ufi­ki­le endli­ni kaA­hi­me­le­ki

52Uzi­nco­me­la­ni ngo­ku­bi, qha­we? Umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­lo lo­nke usu­kua.

2 Uli­mi lwa­khob lu­ce­ba ko­nke uku­ga­ngac, nje­nge­nsi­ngo ebu­kha­lid, lwe­nza inko­hli­soe.

3 Utha­nda oku­bi ku­lo­ku­hle; ama­nga ku­lo­ku­khu­lu­ma iqi­ni­so. Se­la*.

4 Utha­nda wo­nke ama­zwi oku­gi­nya, li­mi lwe­nko­hli­so.

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu la­ye uza­ku­bhi­dli­za pha­ka­de, aku­su­se, aku­hlu­thu­ne ethe­nte­nif, aku­si­phu­ne eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yo. Se­la*g.

6 Aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­ku­bo­nah be­sa­bei, ba­za­mhle­kaj, be­si­thi:

7 Kha­nge­la­ni, umu­ntu o­nga­me­nza­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu abe yi­nqa­ba ya­khe, ko­dwa wa­the­mbe­la ebu­ne­ngi­ni be­no­tho ya­khek, eqi­ni­le eku­ga­nge­ni kwa­khel.

8 Ko­dwa ngi­nje­nge­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi esi­lu­hla­za endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ngi­ya­the­mba emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­dem.

9 Ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de ngo­ba ukwe­nzi­le. Ngi­za­li­nde­la ibi­zo la­kho, ngo­ba li­hlen pha­mbi kwa­ba­ngcwe­le ba­khoo.

Ubu­thu­tha lo­bu­bi ba­ba­ntu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Ma­ha­la­thi. Ma­si­ki­li. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

53Isi­thu­tha si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­so: Ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­lua. Bo­na­ke­le, be­nza ubu­bi obu­ne­nge­ka­yo; ka­kho owe­nza oku­hleb.

2 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kha­nge­la pha­nsi ese­ma­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, uku­bo­na uku­thi ukho­na yi­ni oqe­di­si­sa­yo, odi­nga uNku­lu­nku­luc.

3 Bo­nke nga­mu­nye wa­bod ba­bu­ye­le emu­va, bo­nke bo­na­ke­lee; ka­kho owe­nza oku­hle, ka­kho lo­ye­dwa.

4 Ka­ba­zi yi­ni bo­nke abe­nzi bo­bu­bi, aba­dla aba­ntu ba­mi nje­ngo­ba be­si­dla isi­nkwa? Ka­ba­bi­zi uNku­lu­nku­luf.

5 La­pho be­sa­ba lo­kwe­sa­ba, ku­nge­kho okwe­sa­be­ka­yog. Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­luh uchi­tha­chi­theij ama­tha­mbo akhe omi­sa inka­mba eme­la­ne la­wek; uba­ya­ngi­si­le, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uba­de­li­le.

6 Ku­nga­thi insi­ndi­so zi­kaI­sra­ye­li zi­nga­ve­la eZi­yo­ni! La­pho uNku­lu­nku­lu ebu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­khe, uJa­ko­be uza­tha­ba, uI­sra­ye­li atho­ko­ze.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­si­zwa ezi­the­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho. Ma­si­ki­li. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da. La­pho ama­Zi­fi eza athi ku­Sa­wu­li: UDa­vi­da ka­ca­tsha­nga yi­ni ki­thi?

54Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­si­ndi­sa nge­bi­zo la­kho, unga­hlu­le­le nga­ma­ndla akho.

2 Nku­lu­nku­lu, zwa­na umkhu­le­ko wa­mi, ube­ke indle­be ema­zwi­ni omlo­mo wa­mia.

3 Ngo­ba abe­mzi­ni ba­ngi­vu­ke­le, aba­lo­lu­nya ba­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, ka­ba­be­ka­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi kwa­bo. Se­la*b.

4 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­msi­zi wa­mic; iNko­si ila­la­bo aba­se­ke­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mid.

5 Iza­phi­ndi­se­la ubu­bi ezi­the­ni za­mi. Ba­qu­mee nge­qi­ni­so la­khof.

6 Ngi­za­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo ku­we ngo­ku­khu­lu­le­kag, ngi­za­du­mi­sa ibi­zo la­kho, Nko­si, ngo­ba li­hleh.

7 Ngo­ba ungi­khu­lu­le eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni ko­nke, le­li­hlo la­mi li­bo­ni­le isi­lo­yi­so sa­mi ezi­the­ni za­mii.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­mu­ntu okho­hli­swa­yo

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho. Ma­si­ki­li. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

55Be­ka indle­bea, Nku­lu­nku­lu, emkhu­le­kwe­ni wa­mib, unga­zi­fi­hli eku­nxu­se­ni kwa­mic.

2 La­le­la ki­mid, ungi­phe­ndu­lee; ngi­ya­zu­la­zu­la eku­kha­la­ze­ni kwa­mif, nge­nza umsi­ndog,

3 nge­nxa ye­li­zwi le­si­tha, nge­nxa ye­mba­nde­ze­lo yo­mu­bi; ngo­ba ba­nge­thwe­sa ubu­bi, la­nge­ntu­ku­the­lo ba­ya­ngi­zo­ndah.

4 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­fu­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­mi, le­ze­thu­so zo­ku­fa zi­we­le phe­zu kwa­mii.

5 Uva­loj lo­ku­thu­thu­me­la ku­ngi­fi­ke­lek, lo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu ku­ngi­gu­bu­ze­lel.

6 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­le­mpi­ko nje­nge­ju­ba! Be­ngi­za­pha­phe­la kha­tsha­na, ngi­phu­mu­le.

7 Kha­nge­la, be­ngi­nga­ba­le­ke­la kha­tsha­na ngi­hla­le enka­nga­la. Se­la*.

8 Be­ngi­za­pha­ngi­si­sa uku­phu­nyu­ka kwa­mi, ngi­su­ke emo­ye­ni ovu­ngu­za­yo, esi­phe­phwe­nim.

9 Sa­nga­ni­sa, Nko­si, ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa uli­mi lwa­bon. Ngo­ba ngi­bo­ne udla­ke­la lo­ku­xa­ba­na emzi­nio.

10 Emi­ni le­bu­su­ku ba­ya­wu­bho­da phe­zu kwe­mi­tha­nga­la ya­wo; nja­lo ubu­bi le­nka­tha­zo ku­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

11 Inko­hla­ka­lo ipha­ka­thi kwa­wop; imba­nde­ze­lo le­nko­hli­so ka­ku­su­ki emgwa­qwe­ni wa­woq.

12 Ngo­ba ka­ku­si­si­tha esi­ngi­ya­ngi­sa­yo, uba ku­nja­lo be­ngi­za­ku­thwa­la; ka­ku­su­ye ongi­zo­nda­yo o­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­mi; uba ku­nja­lo be­ngi­za­mca­tshe­lar.

13 Ko­dwa ngu­we, umu­ntu oli­nga­na la­mis, umnga­ne wa­mi lo­we­jwa­ye­le­ne la­mit.

14 Esa­si­ce­bi­sa­na ngo­ku­mna­ndi so­nkeu, sa­ya endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv si­li­xu­kuw.

15 Uku­fa ka­ku­ba­zu­me, ka­be­hle­lex esi­ho­gwe­ni be­phi­lay, ngo­ba ubu­bi bu­se­mi­zi­ni ya­bo, pha­ka­thi kwa­boz.

16 Mi­na ngi­za­bi­za uNku­lu­nku­lu, iNko­si ingi­si­ndi­se-ke.

17 Ku­si­hlwa le­ku­se­nia le­mi­nib ngi­za­kha­la­zac ngi­kha­le ka­khu­lud, ibi­si­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mi.

18 Ikhu­lu­li­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ngo­ku­thu­la empi­ni eme­le­ne la­mi, ngo­ba ba­be­ba­ne­ngie ki­mif.

19 UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­zwa, aba­hlu­phe, ngi­tsho ye­na obe­hle­zi endu­lo. Se­la*g. Ngo­ba be­nge­la­zi­ngu­qu­ko, nga­kho ka­ba­me­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­luh.

20 We­lu­le isa­ndla sa­khe kwa­ba­xo­le­le­ne la­ye, wa­si­ngco­li­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­khei.

21 Umlo­mo wa­khej wa­wu­bu­tshe­le­zi ku­lo­la­za, ka­nti inhli­zi­yo ya­khe yi­mpik; ama­zwi akhe abu­tha­ka­tha­ka ku­la­ma­fu­thal, ka­nti azi­nke­mba ezi­hwa­tshi­we­yomn.

22 Pho­se­la umthwa­lo wa­kho phe­zu kwe­Nko­sio, yo­na iza­ku­se­ke­lap; ka­yi­yi­ku­vu­ma la­ni­ni uku­thi olu­ngi­le­yo anyi­ki­nyweq.

23 Ko­dwa we­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu, uza­be­hli­se­lar emgo­di­ni wo­ku­bhu­ji­swas; aba­ntu be­ga­zi le­nko­hli­so ka­ba­yi­ku­fi­nye­le­la le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­nsu­ku za­bot. Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­the­mba ku­weu.

Uku­the­mba uNku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Jo­na­thi-e­le­mi-re­ko­ki­mi. IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da. Ama­Fi­li­sti ese­mba­mbi­le eGa­thi

56Wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lua, ngo­ba umu­ntu ufu­na uku­ngi­gi­nyab; usu­ku lo­nke esi­lwa uya­ngi­ci­nde­ze­la.

2 Izi­tha za­mi zi­fu­na ukungi­gi­nya usu­ku lo­nkec, ngo­ba zi­ne­ngi ezi­lwa zi­me­le­ne la­mi ngo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sad.

3 Mhla ngi­se­sa­ba, mi­na ngi­za­the­mba ku­wee.

4 Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­za­du­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khef, ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­ya­the­mbagh, angi­yi­kwe­sa­ba. Inya­ma inge­nza­ni ki­mii?

5 Usu­ku lo­nke ba­pha­mba­ni­sa ama­zwi ami; yo­nke imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bo ime­le­ne la­mi ngo­ku­bij.

6 Ba­ya­bu­tha­nak, ba­gu­gu­bel, bo­na ba­qa­phe­li­se izi­nya­the­lo za­mim, la­pho be­li­nde­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­min.

7 Ba­za­phu­nyu­ka yi­ni ngo­bu­bi? Eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni wi­se­la pha­nsi aba­ntu, Nku­lu­nku­luo.

8 Uku­zu­la­zu­la kwa­mi uku­ba­li­le; we­na fa­ka izi­nye­mbe­zi za­mi embo­dle­le­ni ya­khop; ka­zi­kho ogwa­lwe­ni lwa­kho yi­niq?

9 Kho­na izi­tha za­mi zi­za­bu­ye­la emu­var mhla ngi­bi­za­yos. Ngi­ya­kwa­zi lo­khu uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uki­mit.

10 Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­za­du­mi­sa ili­zwi, eNko­si­ni ngi­za­du­mi­sa ili­zwiu.

11 Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­ya­the­mbav, angi­yi­kwe­sa­ba. Umu­ntu ange­nza­ni ki­miw?

12 Nku­lu­nku­lu, izi­fu­ngo za­kho zi­phe­zu kwa­mix; ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la ku­we izi­ndu­mi­soy.

13 Ngo­ba uwu­khu­lu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi eku­fe­ni, ye­bo, inya­wo za­mi eku­khu­be­ke­niz, uku­ze ngi­ha­mbe pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua eku­kha­nye­ni kwa­ba­phi­la­yob.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­khu­lu­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ali­tha­she­thi. IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da. Eku­ba­le­ke­le­ni kwa­khe ubu­so bu­ka­Sa­wu­li ebha­lwi­ni

57Ngi­ha­wu­ke­la, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­ha­wu­ke­laa, ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uthe­mbe­la ku­web; ye­bo, emthu­nzi­ni we­mpi­ko za­kho ngi­za­phe­phe­lac, zi­zed ze­dlu­le inci­tha­ka­loe.

2 Ngi­za­kha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke, ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ongi­phe­le­li­se­la kho­naf.

3 Uza­thu­me­la ese­ma­zu­lwi­ni, angi­si­ndi­seg, aya­ngi­se ofu­na uku­ngi­gi­nya. Se­la*h. UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­thu­me­la umu­sa wa­khe le­qi­ni­so la­khei.

4 Umphe­fu­mu­loj upha­ka­thi kwe­zi­lwa­nek, ngi­la­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­vu­tha­yo, ama­do­da­na aba­ntu, oma­zi­nyo abo ayi­mi­kho­nto le­mi­tsho­kol, lo­li­mi lwa­bom lu­yi­nke­mba ebu­kha­lin.

5 Pha­ka­ma nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­zu­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu; ubu­kho­si ba­kho bu­be phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nkeo.

6 Ba­lu­ngi­se­le izi­nya­the­lo za­mi imbu­lep; umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ukho­the­meq; ba­ge­bhe igo­di pha­mbi kwa­mir; ba­we­le pha­ka­thi kwa­lo. Se­la*.

7 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iqi­ni­si­we, Nku­lu­nku­lu, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iqi­ni­si­wes. Ngi­za­hla­be­le­la ngi­hu­be indu­mi­so.

8 Vu­kat, du­mo lwa­mi! Vu­kau, gu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mbov le­cha­chow! Ngi­za­vu­sa uku­sa.

9 Ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, Nko­si, ngi­hla­be­le­le ku­we pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe.

10 Ngo­ba umu­sa wa­kho mkhu­lu ku­ze ku­be se­ma­zu­lwi­ni, le­qi­ni­so la­kho ku­ze ku­be se­ma­ye­zi­nix.

11 Pha­ka­ma nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­zu­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu; ubu­kho­si ba­kho bu­be phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nkey.

Uku­ce­la uku­thi aba­bi ba­chi­thwe

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ali­tha­she­thi. IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da

58Isi­bi­li li­khu­lu­ma oku­lu­ngi­le­yo yi­ni, ba­bu­si? Le­hlu­le­la ngo­ku­qo­nda yi­ni, ma­do­da­na aba­ntua?

2 Ye­bo, enhli­zi­ywe­ni le­nza oku­bi, li­li­nga­ni­sa udla­ke­la lwe­za­ndla ze­nu emhla­be­nib.

3 Aba­bi ba­ba nga­be­mzi­ni ku­su­ke­la esi­swi­nic, ba­ya­du­ha ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­ni, be­qa­mba ama­nga.

4 Ubu­hlu­ngu ba­bo bu­nje­ngo­bu­hlu­ngu be­nyo­ka, ba­nje­nge­bu­lu­lu eli­nge­zwa­yo, eli­vi­mba indle­be ya­lod,

5 uku­ze li­nge­zwa ili­zwi la­ba­lu­mbie aba­lu­mba ama­lu­mbo ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­phaf.

6 Nku­lu­nku­lu, ye­phu­la ama­zi­nyo abo emlo­nye­ni wa­bog, upho­hlo­ze ama­zi­nyo emi­hla­thi ya­ma­bho­ngo ezi­lwa­ne, Nko­sih.

7 Ka­ba­nci­bi­li­ke nje­nga­ma­nzi age­le­za­yoi; nxa ego­bi­sa ida­ndi­li la­khe uku­tsho­ka umtsho­ko wa­khe, ba­be nje­nga­ba­qu­nywe izi­qaj.

8 Ka­ha­mbe nje­ngo­mne­nke onci­bi­li­ka­yok; nje­ngo­mphu­nzo owe­si­fa­za­na, ka­ba­nga­li­bo­ni ila­ngal.

9 Imbi­za ze­nu zi­nga­ka­lu­zwam ukhu­ni lwa­me­van, uza­ba­phe­phu­la esi­phe­phwe­ni nje­nga­ba­phi­la­yo nje­nge­ntu­ku­the­lwe­nio.

10 Olu­ngi­le­yo uza­tho­ko­za la­pho ebo­na impi­ndi­se­lop, uza­ge­za inya­wo za­khe ega­zi­ni lo­mu­biq.

11 Uku­ze umu­ntu athi: Impe­la ukho­na umvu­zo1 wo­lu­ngi­le­yor; impe­la ukho­na uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­hlu­le­la emhla­be­nis.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­khu­lu­lwa ezi­the­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ali­ta­she­thi. IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da. USa­wu­li ese­thu­me, nja­lo ba­li­nda indlu uku­mbu­la­la

59Ngi­khu­lu­la ezi­the­ni za­mi, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mia, ungi­mi­se nga­phe­zu kwa­ba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yobc.

2 Ngi­khu­lu­la ku­be­nzi bo­bu­bid, ungi­si­ndi­se eba­ntwi­ni abo­me­le iga­zie.

3 Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, ba­ca­tha­me­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mif; aba­la­ma­ndla ba­ya­ngi­hla­nga­nye­lag, ku­nge­kho si­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi nja­lo ku­nge­kho so­no sa­mi, Nko­sih.

4 Nga­pha­ndle kwe­ca­la ba­ya­gi­ji­ma be­zi­lu­ngi­sai. Vu­ka, ungi­si­ze, ubo­nej.

5 We­na-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lik; vu­ka uku­ze uha­mbe­le zo­nke izi­zwel, unga­ha­wu­ke­li la­mu­nye wa­ba­kho­hli­sa­yo ebu­bi­ni. Se­la*m.

6 Ba­ya­bu­ye­la ku­si­hlwa, be­hla­ba umkhu­lu­ngwa­ne nje­nge­nja, be­zi­nge­le­ze­la umu­zin.

7 Kha­nge­la, be­mpo­mpo­lo­za ngo­mlo­mo wa­boo, inke­mba zi­se­nde­be­ni za­bop, ngo­ba ba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni ozwa­yoq?

8 Ko­dwa we­na, Nko­si, uza­ba­hle­kar, uza­zi­klo­lo­de­la zo­nke izi­zwes.

9 Nge­nxa ya­ma­ndla akhe ngi­za­li­nde­la ku­we, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­nqa­ba ya­mi.

10 UNku­lu­nku­lu wo­mu­sa wa­mi uza­nga­ndu­le­lat; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­nge­nza ngi­bo­ne isi­lo­yi­so sa­mi ezi­the­ni za­miu.

11 Unga­zi­bu­la­li, hle­zi aba­ntu ba­ki­thi ba­kho­hlwe; uzi­zu­la­zu­li­se nga­ma­ndla akhov, uze­hli­se­le pha­nsiw, we­na si­hla­ngu se­thu, Nko­six.

12 Nge­so­no so­mlo­mo wa­zo, nge­li­zwi le­nde­be za­zoy, ka­zi­ba­njwe eku­zi­gqa­je­ni kwa­zo, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­hla­mba­za lo­ku­qa­mba ama­nga ezi­ku­khu­lu­ma­yo.

13 Uzi­qe­de ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la, uzi­qe­de zi­nga­bi kho­na, uku­ze ba­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­bu­sa ko­Ja­ko­bez, ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni ko­mhla­ba. Se­la*a.

14 Ka­ba­bu­ye­le-ke ku­si­hlwa be­hla­ba umkhu­lu­ngwa­ne nje­nge­nja, be­zi­nge­le­ze­la umu­zib.

15 Bo­na ka­ba­zu­la­zu­le­le uku­dlac, nxa be­nga­su­tha­nga ka­ba­la­led.

16 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­hla­be­le­la nga­ma­ndla akho; ye­bo, ngi­za­hla­be­le­la ka­khu­lu eku­se­ni ngo­mu­sa wa­kho; ngo­ba ube yi­nqa­ba ya­mie le­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mif ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­mig.

17 Ma­ndla ami, ngi­za­hla­be­le­la ku­we, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­nqa­ba ya­mih, uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­mu­sa wa­mii.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­si­zwa lo­ku­nqo­ba

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Shu­sha­ni Edu­thi. IMi­ki­ta­mi ka­Da­vi­da. Uku­fu­ndi­sa. Esi­lwa la­ma­Si­ri­ya-Na­ha­ra­yi­mi la­ma­Si­ri­ya-Zo­ba, la­pho uJo­wa­bi wa­bu­ye­la wa­tsha­ya amaE­do­ma esi­ho­tshe­ni se­tshwa­yi, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li

60Nku­lu­nku­lu, ubu­si­la­hli­le, wa­si­bhi­dli­zaa, wa­thu­ku­the­la; bu­ye­la ki­thib.

2 Uza­ma­za­mi­si­le umhla­ba, wa­wu­qhe­ke­za; si­li­sa imi­ke­nke ya­wo, ngo­ba uya­za­ma­za­mac.

3 Aba­ntu ba­kho uba­bo­ni­si­le oku­lu­khu­nid; usi­na­thi­se iwa­yi­nie lo­ku­di­ya­ze­laf.

4 Uba­ni­ki­le la­bo aba­kwe­sa­ba­yo isi­bo­ni­sog, uku­ze si­pha­ka­nyi­swe nge­nxa ye­qi­ni­so. Se­la*h.

5 Uku­zei aba­tha­nde­ka­yo ba­kho ba­khu­lu­lwej; si­ndi­sa nge­sa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne, usi­phe­ndu­lek.

6 UNku­lu­nku­lu ukhu­lu­mi­le ebu­ngcwe­le­ni ba­khel. Ngi­za­tha­ba, ngi­la­be iShe­ke­mam, ngi­li­nga­ni­se isi­ho­tshan se­Su­ko­thio.

7 Nge­ya­mi iGi­le­ya­di, nja­lo ngo­wa­mi uMa­na­sep, loE­fra­yi­miq unga­ma­ndla ekha­nda la­mir, uJu­da ngu­mni­ku­mthe­tho wa­mis.

8 UMo­wa­bi ungu­mga­nu wa­mi wo­ku­ge­ze­lat; phe­zu ku­kaE­do­mau ngi­za­pho­se­la inya­the­la la­miv; ma­ye­la­na la­mi, we­na Fi­li­stiw, me­me­za ngo­ku­nqo­ba.

9 Ngu­ba­ni oza­ngi­sa emzi­ni oqi­ni­le­yo? Ngu­ba­ni oza­ngi­ho­le­la eE­do­ma?

10 Ka­wu­si­la­hla­nga yi­ni, Nku­lu­nku­lux; ka­wu­phu­ma­nga, Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­ma­bu­tho ethuy?

11 Si­phe usi­zo eku­hlu­phe­ni, ngo­ba lu­yi­ze unce­do lo­mu­ntu.

12 Ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­za­kwe­nza ngo­bu­qha­wez, ngo­ba ye­na uza­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi izi­tha ze­thua.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­vi­ke­lwa

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

61Zwa­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­kha­la kwa­mi, ula­le­le umkhu­le­ko wa­mia.

2 Ngi­se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba ngi­za­kha­la ku­we, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi isi­phe­la ama­ndla; ngi­kho­khe­le­la edwa­le­ni eli­pha­ke­me­yo ku­la­mib.

3 Ngo­ba ubu­yi­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mic, inqa­ba eqi­ni­le­yo ku­so isi­thad.

4 Ngi­za­hla­la ethe­nte­ni la­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nie, ngi­phe­phe­le ku­ngu­bu­do ye­mpi­ko za­kho. Se­la*f.

5 Ngo­ba we­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu, uzwi­le izi­fu­ngo za­mi, wangi­ni­ka ili­fa la­be­sa­ba ibi­zo la­kho.

6 Uza­kwe­nge­zag izi­nsu­ku ezi­nsu­kwi­ni ze­nko­sih; imi­nya­ka ya­yo iza­ku­ba nje­nge­si­zu­ku­lwa­na le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na.

7 Ka­yi­hla­le pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; umi­se umu­sa le­qi­ni­so, uku­ze ku­yi­lo­ndo­lo­zei.

8 Nga­lo­kho ngi­za­hla­be­la indu­mi­so ebi­zwe­ni la­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, uku­ze ngi­gcwa­li­se izi­fu­ngo za­mi insu­ku nge­nsu­kuj.

The­mba­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Je­du­thu­ni. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

62Ngo­qo­tho, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uya­mli­nde­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­thu­la; lu­ve­la ku­ye usi­ndi­so lwa­mia.

2 Ngu­ye ku­phe­la oli­dwa­la la­mi lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mib, inqa­ba ya­mi; ka­ngi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywa ka­khu­luc.

3 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­ce­ba ubu­bi li­me­le­ne lo­mu­ntu? Lo­nke li­za­bu­la­wa, nje­ngo­mdu­li otshe­ki­le­yo, utha­ngo olu­di­li­ka­yod.

4 Ba­ce­ba ku­phe­la ukumwi­sa eku­pha­ka­me­ni kwa­khee, ba­tho­ko­za nga­ma­nga; ngo­mlo­mo wa­bo ba­ya­bu­si­sa, ko­dwa nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ba­ya­thu­ka. Se­la*f.

5 Mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, li­nde­la ngo­ku­thu­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­phe­la; ngo­ba ithe­mba la­mi li­ve­la ku­yeg.

6 Ngu­ye ku­phe­la oli­dwa­la la­mi lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mih, inqa­ba ya­mi; ka­ngi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywai.

7 Lu­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu usi­ndi­so lwa­mi lo­du­mo lwa­mij, idwa­la la­ma­ndla ami, isi­phe­phe­lo sa­mi, ku­ku­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

8 The­mba­ni ku­ye isi­kha­thi so­nke, li­na ba­ntul; li­thu­lu­le inhli­zi­yo ye­nu pha­mbi kwa­khem; uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­si­phe­phe­lo se­thu. Se­la*n.

9 Ngo­qo­thoo, aba­ntu­ka­za­nap ba­yi­zeqr, izi­khu­lus zi­yi­nko­hli­sot; esi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni ba­lu­lau ku­le­ze be­bo­nkevw.

10 Li­nga­the­mbe­li emba­nde­ze­lwe­ni, li­nga­mi­si ithe­mba eli­yi­ze eku­pha­nge­nix; uba ino­tho isa­nda, li­nga­be­ki inhli­zi­yo ku­yoy.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu ukhu­lu­mi­le kwa­ba ka­nyez, ngi­ku­zwi­le lo­khu ka­bi­lia, uku­thi ama­ndla anga­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

12 Lo­mu­sa ungo­wa­khoc, Nko­si; ngo­ba we­na uya­mphi­ndi­se­la wo­nke umu­ntu nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­khed.

Uku­la­nga­tha uNku­lu­nku­lu

Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da, ese­nka­nga­la ya­ko­Ju­da

63Nku­lu­nku­lu, ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­za­ku­di­nga ngo­vi­via; umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wo­me­la we­nab; inya­ma ya­mi iya­ku­la­nga­thac, eli­zwe­ni elo­mi­le­yo le­li­ga­ga­de­ki­le­yo, eli­nge­la­ma­nzid.

2 Nje­ngo­ba ngi­ku­bo­ni­le enda­we­ni engcwe­le, ngi­bo­ne ama­ndla akho lo­bu­kho­si ba­khoe.

3 Ngo­ba utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­khof lu­ngco­no ku­le­mpi­log; inde­be za­mi zi­za­ku­du­mi­sa.

4 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ku­bo­nga ngi­sa­phi­lah1, ngi­pha­ka­mi­se iza­ndla za­mi ebi­zwe­ni la­khoi.

5 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uza­su­tha ku­nga­thi ngo­mnka­ntsho la­ma­hwa­hwa, lo­mlo­mo wa­mi uza­du­mi­sa nge­zi­nde­be ezi­tha­bi­sa­yoj.

6 La­pho ngi­ku­khu­mbu­la embhe­de­ni wa­mik, emi­li­ndwe­ni ye­bu­su­ku ngi­zi­ndla nga­wel.

7 Ngo­ba ubu­lu­si­zo lwa­mim, nga­kho emthu­nzi­ni we­mpi­ko za­kho ngi­za­hla­be­la ngi­tho­ko­zen.

8 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi una­ma­the­le eku­ku­la­nde­le­ni, isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne si­ya­ngi­se­ke­lao.

9 Ko­dwa a­ba­di­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­wu­chi­thap ba­za­ku­ya ezi­nda­we­ni zo­mhla­ba ezi­pha­nsiq.

10 Ba­za­ni­ke­lwa ema­ndle­ni enke­mba, ba­be yi­sa­be­lo sa­ma­kha­nka.

11 Ko­dwa inko­si iza­tho­ko­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lur; wo­nke ofu­nga nga­ye uza­zi­nco­mas; ko­dwa umlo­mo wa­ba­qa­mba ama­nga uza­va­lwat.

Umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­ce­la uku­vi­ke­lwa ezi­the­ni

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da

64Zwa­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ili­zwi la­mi esi­kha­la­zwe­ni sa­mi, ulo­ndo­lo­ze impi­lo ya­mi ekwe­sa­be­ni isi­thaa.

2 Ungi­fi­hle ece­be­ni eli­fi­hli­we­yo la­ba­bib, eku­xo­ko­ze­le­nic kwa­be­nzi bo­bu­bid,

3 aba­lo­la uli­mi lwa­bo nje­nge­nke­mbae, ba­go­bi­se umtsho­ko wa­bo, ngi­tsho ili­zwi eli­ba­ba­yof,

4 uku­tsho­kag ophe­le­le­yo be­se­ku­si­the­ke­nih; ba­hle ba­mtsho­ke, be­nge­sa­bii.

5 Ba­zi­qi­ni­sa e­da­beni olu­bi, be­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­thi­yaj, ba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­bo­nak?

6 Ba­di­ngi­si­sa izi­pha­mbe­ko; si­lu­ngi­le1 nge­ce­bo eli­ce­tshwe ngo­bu­qi­li; umca­ba­ngo wa­nga­pha­ka­thi wo­mu­ntu ka­nye le­nhli­zi­yo ku­ju­li­lel.

7 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ba­tsho­ka ngo­mtsho­ko ma­si­nya­ne; ba­za­li­nya­zwam.

8 Nja­lo ba­za­kwe­nza olwa­bo uli­mi lu­we­le phe­zu kwa­bon; bo­nkeo aba­ba­bo­na­yop ba­za­ba­le­kaq.

9 La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­kwe­sa­bar, ba­tshu­ma­ye­le ise­nzo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus, ba­qe­di­si­se umse­be­nzi wa­khet.

10 Olu­ngi­le­yo uza­ja­bu­la eNko­si­niu, aphe­phe­le ku­yov; bo­nkew aba­qo­tho nge­nhli­zi­yo ba­za­zi­nco­max.

Uku­bo­nga izi­pho zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da, ingo­ma

65Uku­li­nda ngo­ku­thu­la ku­yi­ndu­mi­so ku­we, Nku­lu­nku­lu, eZi­yo­ni, le­si­fu­ngo si­za­gcwa­li­swa ku­wea.

2 We­na ozwa umkhu­le­kob, yo­nke inya­ma iza­ku­za ku­wec.

3 Izi­nto zo­bu­bi zi­nge­hlu­led. Izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­thu, we­na uze­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lae.

4 Ubu­si­si­we omkhe­tha­yof, omso­nde­za­yo uku­thi ahla­le ema­gu­me­ni akhog. Si­za­su­tha ngo­ku­hle kwe­ndlu ya­kho, ithe­mpe­li la­kho eli­ngcwe­leh.

5 Nge­zi­nto eze­sa­be­ka­yo uza­si­phe­ndu­la, Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwe­thui, the­mba le­mi­kha­wu­lo yo­nke yo­mhla­ba, le­la­ba­kha­tsha­na e­lwa­ndlej.

6 Omi­sa izi­nta­ba nga­ma­ndla akhe, ebhi­nce ama­ndlak.

7 Othu­li­sal uku­du­ma kwe­zi­nlwa­ndlem, le­nhlo­ko­mo ya­ma­ga­ga­si azo, lo­ku­xo­ko­ze­la kwa­ba­ntun.

8 La­ba­khi­le­yo emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni ba­ye­sa­ba izi­bo­ni­so za­kho; we­nza ku­hla­be­le ku­tho­ko­ze uku­phu­ma ko­ku­sa lo­ko­ku­hlwa.

9 Uya­ha­mbe­la umhla­ba uwu­the­le­le, uwu­vu­ndi­se ka­khu­luo; umfu­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ugcwe­le ama­nzi; uya­ba­lu­ngi­se­la ama­be­le, la­pho uwu­lu­ngi­sa ngo­ku­nja­lop.

10 Uya­the­le­la ka­khu­lu imi­se­le ya­wo, ula­li­se imi­ge­lo ya­woq, uyi­tha­mbi­se nge­zi­hla­mbo, ubu­si­se uku­mi­la kwa­wor.

11 Uye­the­sa umnya­ka ngo­mqhe­le wo­bu­hle ba­kho; le­mi­kho­ndo ya­kho itho­nta ama­fu­thas.

12 Itho­nte­lat ama­dle­lo ega­ngau, la­ma­qa­qav embe­the into­ko­zow.

13 Ama­dle­lo embe­the imi­hla­mbi, le­zi­go­di zi­si­tshe­ke­lwe nga­ma­be­lex; ku­ya­ja­bu­la ka­khu­lu, nja­lo ku­hla­be­ley.

Uku­mdu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu lo­ku­mbo­nga

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Ihu­bo, isi­hla­be­le­lo

66Mhu­be­le­ni nge­nto­ko­zo uNku­lu­nku­lu, mhla­ba wo­nkea.

2 Hla­be­la­ni ubu­kho­si be­bi­zo la­khe, le­nze udu­mo lwa­khe lu­be le­nka­zi­mu­lob.

3 Tsho­ni­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­thi: Ye­ka ukwe­sa­be­ka kwe­ze­nzo za­kho! Nge­nxa yo­bu­khu­lu ba­ma­ndla akho izi­tha za­kho zi­za­ku­tho­be­la nge­nko­hli­soc.

4 Umhla­ba wo­nke uza­ku­kho­nza, uhla­be­le­le ku­we, ba­hla­be­le­le ibi­zo la­kho. Se­la*d.

5 Wo­za­ni li­bo­ne ize­nzo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue; uye­sa­be­ka ekwe­nze­ni eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntuf.

6 Ulwa­ndle wa­lu­phe­ndu­la lwa­ba ngu­mhla­ba owo­mi­le­yog; ba­cha­phah umfu­la nge­nya­woi. La­pho sa­tho­ko­za ku­yej.

7 Ubu­sa nga­ma­ndla akhe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ame­hlo akhe aya­zi­li­nda izi­zwek; aba­le­nka­ni ka­ba­nga­zi­pha­ka­mi­si. Se­la*l.

8 Bo­nga­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu, zi­zwe, li­zwa­ka­li­se ili­zwi le­ndu­mi­so ya­khe.

9 Obe­ka umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thu empi­lwe­ni, onga­vu­ma­nga uku­thi unya­wo lwe­thu lu­tshe­le­lem.

10 Ngo­ba usi­hlo­li­le, Nku­lu­nku­lun, wa­si­ce­nga nje­ngo­ku­ce­ngwa kwe­si­li­vao.

11 Wa­si­nge­ni­sa embu­le­ni, wa­be­ka inhlu­phe­ko enka­lwe­ni ze­thup.

12 We­nze aba­ntu ba­ga­de phe­zu kwe­kha­nda le­thuq; sa­da­bu­la emli­lwe­ni la­se­ma­nzi­nir, ko­dwa wa­si­khu­phe­la enda­we­ni elo­ku­ne­ngi.

13 Ngi­za­nge­na endli­ni ya­kho ngi­le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swas; ngi­za­kho­kha ku­we izi­fu­ngo za­mit,

14 inde­be za­mi ezi­zi­phu­mi­si­le­yo, lo­mlo­mo wa­mi ozi­khu­lu­mi­le­yo ngi­se­ku­hlu­phe­ke­niu.

15 Ngi­za­ni­ke­la ku­we imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ye­zi­no­ni­le­yo, ka­nye le­mpe­pha ye­zi­nqa­ma; ngi­za­ni­ke­la inko­mo ka­nye le­zi­mpo­ngo. Se­la*.

16 Wo­za­ni li­zwe li­na lo­nke eli­me­sa­ba­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­za­la­ndi­sa akwe­nze­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­miv.

17 Nga­kha­la ku­ye ngo­mlo­mo wa­mi, wa­pha­ka­nyi­swa nga­pha­nsi ko­li­mi lwa­miw.

18 Uba be­ngi­na­nze ubu­bi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mix, ibi­nga­yi­ku­zwa iNko­siy.

19 Qo­tho uNku­lu­nku­lu uzwi­lez, wa­la­le­la ili­zwi lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­mia.

20 Ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lu, onga­bu­yi­se­la­nga emu­va umkhu­le­ko wa­mi, ku­mbe umu­sa wa­khe ki­mi.

Aba­ntu bo­nke ka­ba­mdu­mi­se uNku­lu­nku­lu

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nga­ma­cha­cho. Isi­hla­be­le­lo, ingo­ma

67Nku­lu­nku­lu, wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­thi usi­bu­si­sea, ukha­nyi­se ubu­so ba­kho phe­zu kwe­thu. Se­la*b.

2 Uku­ze indle­la ya­kho ya­zi­we emhla­be­ni, usi­ndi­so lwa­kho ezi­zwe­ni zo­nkec.

3 Ka­zi­ku­du­mi­se izi­zwe, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ba­ku­du­mi­se aba­ntu bo­nked.

4 Izi­zwe ka­zi­ja­bu­le zi­hla­be­le nge­nto­ko­zo, ngo­ba uza­ba­hlu­le­la aba­ntu ngo­ku­qo­nda, uho­le izi­zwe emhla­be­ni. Se­la*e.

5 Ka­zi­ku­du­mi­se izi­zwe, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ba­ku­du­mi­se aba­ntu bo­nkef.

6 Umhla­ba uza­the­la izi­the­lo za­wo; uNku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uza­si­bu­si­sag.

7 UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­si­bu­si­sa, la­yo yo­nke imi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­ba iza­me­sa­bah.

Uku­nqo­ba ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Isi­hla­be­le­lo, ingo­ma ka­Da­vi­da

68UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­vu­kea, zi­hla­ka­ze­ke izi­tha za­kheb, la­ba­mzo­nda­yo ba­ba­le­ke pha­mbi kwa­khe.

2 Nje­ngo­ku­phe­tshe­thwa kwe­ntu­thu ba­phe­phe­thec; nje­ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­swa kwe­ngci­no pha­mbi ko­mli­lo, aba­bi ka­ba­chi­thwe pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

3 Ko­dwa aba­lu­ngi­le­yo ka­ba­ja­bu­le, ba­tha­be pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo ba­tho­ko­ze nge­nto­ko­zoe.

4 Hla­be­le­la­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, hla­be­le­la­ni indu­mi­so ebi­zwe­ni la­khef, li­mpha­ka­mi­se lo­wo oga­de ese­dlu­la ema­gce­ke­ni enka­nga­lag nge­bi­zo la­khe uJe­ho­va, nja­lo tho­ko­za­ni pha­mbi kwa­kheh.

5 Ungu­yi­se we­zi­nta­nda­ne lo­ma­hlu­le­li wa­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, uNku­lu­nku­lu enda­we­ni ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la engcwe­lei.

6 UNku­lu­nku­lu uhla­li­saj aba­bo­dwa emu­li­nik, ukhu­pha aba­bo­tshi­we­yo eba­sa empu­me­le­lwe­nil, ko­dwa aba­le­nka­nim ba­hla­la eli­zwe­ni elo­mi­le­yon.

7 Nku­lu­nku­lu, eku­phu­me­ni kwa­kho pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­khoo, eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­khop enka­nga­la; Se­la*q:

8 Umhla­ba wa­za­ma­za­ma, la­wo ama­zu­lu atho­nti­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur, le iSi­na­yi, pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lis.

9 Wa­li­ni­sa izu­lu eli­khu­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu; wa­li­qi­ni­sa we­na ili­fa la­kho se­li­kha­the­let.

10 Iba­ndla la­kho la­hla­la ku­lou; wa­mlu­ngi­se­la ngo­bu­hle ba­kho oswe­la­yo, Nku­lu­nku­luv.

11 INko­si ya­ni­ka ili­zwi; abe­si­fa­za­na aba­bi­ka izi­nda­ba ba­be­li­xu­ku eli­khu­lu.

12 Ama­kho­si ama­bu­tho aya­ba­le­kaw, aya­ba­le­ka. Owe­si­fa­za­na ohle­zi ekha­yax wa­ya­ba impa­ngoy.

13 La­nxa li­la­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­ba­ya ze­zi­mvuz1, li­za­ku­ba nje­nge­mpi­ko ze­ju­ba ezi­si­tshe­ke­lwe nge­si­li­vaa, le­zi­nsi­ba za­lo nge­go­li­de eli­li­ga­nub.

14 La­pho uSo­ma­ndla echi­tha ama­kho­si ku­loc, kwa­ba mhlo­phe nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo eZa­li­mo­nid.

15 Inta­ba ye­Ba­sha­ni yi­nta­ba ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, inta­ba ele­zi­ngqo­nga, inta­ba ye­Ba­sha­ni.

16 Li­kha­nge­le­la­ni ngo­mha­wu, li­na zi­nta­ba ze­zi­ngqo­ngae? Li­nta­baf uNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­lo­yi­se­le uku­hla­la kwa­khe. Ye­bo, iNko­si iza­hla­la ku­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nig.

17 Izi­nqo­la zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh zi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­nei, iNko­si ipha­ka­thi kwa­zo, iSi­na­yi enda­we­ni engcwe­le.

18 We­na we­nyu­ke­le phe­zu­luj, wa­thu­mba aba­thu­nji­we­yok; we­mu­ke­la izi­pho eba­ntwi­nil, ye­bo, la­kwa­ba­le­nka­nim; uku­zen uJe­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu ahla­le kho­nao.

19 Ka­yi­bo­ngwe iNko­si; ise­thwe­sa insu­ku nge­nsu­ku; uNku­lu­nku­lu ulu­si­ndi­so lwe­thu. Se­la*.

20 UNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­nsi­ndi­so; la­ku­Je­ho­va iNko­sip ku­lo­ku­phu­ma eku­fe­niq.

21 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­pho­hlo­za ikha­nda le­zi­tha za­khe, ukha­kha­yi olu­le­nwe­le lwa­lo­wo oha­mba ezo­nwe­ni za­kher.

22 INko­si ya­thi: Ngi­zaba­bu­yi­sa be­ve­la eBa­sha­nis, ngiba­bu­yi­se be­ve­la enzi­ki­ni yo­lwa­ndlet,

23 uku­ze inya­wo za­kho uzi­gxa­mu­ze ega­zi­ni le­zi­thau, inli­mi ze­zi­nja za­kho ku­lov.

24 Zi­bo­ni­le izi­ndwe­ndwe za­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu; izi­ndwe­ndwe zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, iNko­si ya­mi, enda­we­ni engcwe­le.

25 Nga­pha­mbi­li ku­ha­mba aba­hla­be­la­yow, nge­mu­va aba­tsha­yi ba­ma­cha­chox, pha­ka­thi izi­nto­mbi zi­tsha­ya izi­gu­bhuy.

26 Bo­nga­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu ema­ba­ndle­niz, iNko­si, ku­ve­la emtho­nje­ni kaI­sra­ye­lia.

27 Na­ngo uBhe­nja­mi­ni omnci­nya­ne umbu­si wa­bob, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Ju­da, inku­ndla ya­zo, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Ze­bu­lu­ni, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Na­fi­tha­lic.

28 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ula­ye ama­ndla akho; qi­ni­sa, Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­kho ose­nze­le kho­nad.

29 Nge­nxa ye­the­mpe­li la­kho eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ama­kho­sie aza­ku­le­the­la isi­phof.

30 Si­khu­zeg isi­lo so­mhla­ngah, umhla­mbi we­zi­nku­nzi ka­nye la­ma­nko­nya­na aba­ntui, ku­ze ku­tho­be­ke ku­le­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va; uba­hla­ka­ze aba­ntu a­ba­tho­ko­za ezi­mpi­nij.

31 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­za­ku­za zi­ve­lak eGi­bhi­thel; iE­thi­yo­phi­ya iza­kwe­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­yo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­pha­ngi­samn.

32 Mi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba, hla­be­le­la­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­hla­be­le­le indu­mi­so eNko­si­ni. Se­la*o.

33 Ku­yo ega­dep phe­zu kwa­ma­zu­lu ama­zu­lu awe­ndu­loq; kha­nge­la­ni, iphu­mi­sa ili­zwi la­yo, ili­zwi eli­la­ma­ndlar.

34 Pha­ni­ni ama­ndla ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ubu­kho­si ba­khe bu­phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lis, la­ma­ndla akhet ase­ma­ye­zi­niu.

35 Uye­sa­be­ka, Nku­lu­nku­luv, ezi­nda­we­ni za­kho ezi­ngcwe­lew; uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ngu­ye oni­ka aba­ntu ba­khe ama­ndla le­nga­lo. Ka­bo­ngwe uNku­lu­nku­lu.

Uku­kha­la ko­hlu­phe­ka­yo

Ku­mqo­ndi­si wo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Nge­Sho­sha­ni­mi. Esi­ka­Da­vi­da

69Ngi­si­ndi­sa, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba ama­nzi ase­nge­nea ku­wo umphe­fu­mu­lob.

2 Ngi­ya­tsho­na oda­ke­ni olu­ju­li­le­yo, la­pho oku­nge­la­ku­ma kho­nacd; ngi­nge­ne ema­nzi­ni atsho­na­yo, la­pho impo­pho­mae iya­ngi­cwi­li­saf.

3 Ngi­di­ni­we yi­ku­kha­la kwa­mi, umphi­mbo wa­mi wo­mi­le qhag; ame­hlo amih aya­fi­pha­la eku­li­nde­le­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mii.

4 Aba­ngi­zo­nda­yo nge­zej ba­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­la inwe­le ze­kha­nda la­mik; aba­nga­ngi­bhu­bhi­sa, izi­tha za­mi nga­pha­ndle kwe­ca­la, ba­la­ma­ndla. Lo­kho engi­nga­kwe­ba­nga nga­se­ngi­ku­bu­yi­se­lal.

5 Nku­lu­nku­lu, we­na uya­ba­zi ubu­thu­tha ba­mi, le­zo­no za­mi ka­zi­fi­hla­ka­la­nga ku­we.

6 Ka­ba­nga­ya­nge­ki nge­nxa ya­mi la­bo aba­ku­li­nde­le­yo, Nko­si Je­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla; ba­nga­du­nya­zwa nge­nxa ya­mi la­bo aba­ku­di­nga­yo, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

7 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­kho ngi­thwe­le ihla­zo; inhlo­ni zi­si­be­ke­le ubu­so ba­mim.

8 Se­nga­ba ngo­we­mzi­nin ku­ba­fo­we­thuo, lo­we­zi­zwe­ni ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­ma­ma.

9 Ngo­ba uku­tshi­se­ke­la indlu ya­kho ku­ngi­dli­lep, le­nhla­mba ya­ba­ku­hla­mba­za­yo iwe­le phe­zu kwa­miq.

10 Nga­se­ngi­li­la eku­zi­le­ni uku­dla ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­du­nya­zwa ki­mir.

11 Nga­se­ngi­se­nza isa­ka ise­mba­tho sa­mist, nga­ba yi­si­ga ki­bou.

12 Aba­hle­zi esa­ngwe­ni ba­khu­lu­ma nga­mi, nja­lo nga­ba yi­ngo­ma ya­ba­na­tha oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlav.

13 Ko­dwa mi­na umkhu­le­ko wa­mi uku­we, Nko­siw, nge­si­kha­thi so­mu­sa, Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­si­ha­wu sa­kho, ngi­phe­ndu­le, nge­qi­ni­so lo­si­ndi­so lwa­khox.

14 Ungo­phu­le oda­ke­niy, ngi­nga­tsho­niz; ngi­khu­lu­lwe kwa­ba­ngi­zo­nda­yoa le­nzi­ki­ni ya­ma­nzib.

15 Impo­pho­ma ya­ma­nzi ka­yi­nga­ngi­cwi­li­sic, le­nzi­ki inga­ngi­gi­nyid, lo­mgo­die unga­va­li umlo­mo wa­wo phe­zu kwa­mif.

16 Ngi­phe­ndu­la, Nko­si, ngo­ba utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­kho lu­lu­ngi­leg; ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­si­ha­wu sa­khoh uphe­ndu­ke­le ki­mii.

17 Nja­lo unga­yi­fi­hle­li ubu­so ba­kho ince­ku ya­khoj; ngo­ba ngi­ya­hlu­phe­kak, pha­ngi­sa ungi­phe­ndu­lel.

18 So­nde­la emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­mi, uwu­hle­nge, ungi­khu­lu­le nge­nxa ye­zi­tha za­mi.

19 We­na uya­kwa­zi uku­thu­kwa kwa­mim le­hla­zo la­mi lo­ku­du­nya­zwa kwa­mi; izi­tha za­mi zo­nke zi­pha­mbi kwa­khon.

20 Uku­thu­kwa ku­yi­da­bu­le inhli­zi­yo ya­mi, nja­lo ngi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kao. Be­ngi­li­nde­le onga­ngi­ha­wu­ke­la, ko­dwa wa­ye­nge­khop, la­ba­du­du­za­yo, ko­dwa ka­ngiba­tho­la­ngaq.

21 Ba­se­be­ngi­pha inyo­ngo ibe yi­ku­dla kwa­mir, le­ko­me­ni kwa­mis ba­ngi­na­thi­sa ivi­ni­ga.t