IZililo 4:1-22
א [Aleph]
4 Igolide elihlambulukileyo futhi elicengekileyo+ alisacazimuli!
Amatshe endawo engcwele+ asegcwele imigwaqo yonke!+
ב [Beth]
2 Amadodana eZiyoni ayeligugu njengegolideAsefaniswa lembiza zomdakaEzenziwe ngumbumbi!
ג [Gimel]
3 Phela amakhanka ayabamunyisa abantwabawo,Kodwa indodakazi yabantu bakithi yona ilolunya+ njengentshe esenkangala.+
ד [Daleth]
4 Ulimi losane olumunyayo selunamathele olwangeni ngenxa yokoma.
Abantwana bakhalela ukudla+ kodwa akulamuntu obanikayo.+
ה [He]
5 Labo ababesidla izibiliboco sebethe daca emigwaqweni ngenxa yendlala.+
Labo abakhula begqoka izigqoko ezidulayo*+ sebelala esilotheni.
ו [Waw]
6 Isijeziso esiphiwe indodakazi yabantu bakithi sikhulu kulaleso esaphiwa iSodoma+ ngenxa yokona kwayo,Yona yabhujiswa ngomzuzwana njalo kakho owayilamulelayo.+
ז [Zayin]
7 AmaNaziri+ endodakazi yeZiyoni ayehlanzekile ukwedlula ungqwaqwane, emhlophe kulochago.
Ayebomvu ukwedlula amakhorali,* ecazimula njengesafire.
ח [Heth]
8 Khathesi asemnyama ukwedlula umsizi,Awasakhanyi lasemigwaqweni.
Isikhumba sawo sesinamathele emathanjeni awo,+ sesome angathi yisigodo.
ט [Teth]
9 Labo ababulewe ngenkemba bangcono kulalabo ababulewe yindlala,+Abacake baphela bebulawa yikuswela ukudla okuvela emasimini.
י [Yod]
10 Omama abalozwelo bathethe abantwababo babaxhwathisa,+
Baba yikudla kwabo ngesikhathi belilela ukuwa kwendodakazi yabantu bakithi.+
כ [Kaph]
11 UJehova uveze intukuthelo yakhe,Wathulula ulaka lwakhe oluvuthayo.+
Ulumathise umlilo eZiyoni watshisa izisekelo zayo.+
ל [Lamed]
12 Amakhosi omhlaba lalabo abahlala elizweni babengakholwaUkuthi isitha sizangena emagedini eJerusalema.+
מ [Mem]
13 Kodwa lokhu kwenzakele ngenxa yezono zabaphrofethi lezabaphristi bayo,+Ababulala abalungileyo ababehlala phakathi kwayo.+
נ [Nun]
14 Sebehamba bephumputha indlela emigwaqweni angathi bayiziphofu.+
Bagcwele igazi,+
Akulamuntu owenelisa ukuthinta izigqoko zabo.
ס [Samekh]
15 Abantu bamemeza besithi, “Sukani lapha! Lingcolile! Sukani! Hambani, lingasithinti!”
Abaselandawo yokuhlala, bayabhodabhoda bengazi lapho abaya khona.
Abantu bezinye izizwe bathi: “Ngeke bahlale lathi.+
פ [Pe]
16 UJehova nguye owenze ukuthi basabalale yonke indawo,+Kasoze aphinde abamukele.
Abantu abasoze babahloniphe abaphristi+ kumbe babe lomusa ebadaleni besizwe.”+
ע [Ayin]
17 Amehlo ethu asediniwe ngokudinga usizo kodwa singalutholi.+
Sidinge sadinga uncedo, kanti siludinga esizweni esingeke sisisindise.+
צ [Tsade]
18 Basizingele phansi phezulu,+ sesisehluleka lokuhamba emagcekeni edolobho lethu.
Ukuphela kwethu sekusondele, insuku zethu zibaliwe, okwethu sekuphelile.
ק [Qoph]
19 Ababesixotshanisa babelejubane ukwedlula ukhozi,+
Basigijimisa ezintabeni, basicathamela enkangala.
ר [Resh]
20 Ogcotshiweyo kaJehova+ ongathi ngumoya wokuphila, ubanjiwe egodini labo elikhulu,+Lowo esasisithi sizahlala ngaphansi komthunzi wakhe phakathi kwezizwe.
ש [Sin]
21 Thokoza kakhulu ndodakazi yako-Edomi,+ wena ohlala elizweni le-Uzi.
Kodwa lawe uzayiphiwa inkomitsho le,+ unathe udakwe uze ukhiphe izigqoko usale unqunu.+
ת [Taw]
22 Isijeziso sesono sakho ndodakazi yeZiyoni sesiphelile.
Kasoze aphinde akuse ekuthunjweni.+
Kodwa khathesi usejezisa wena ndodakazi yako-Edomi ngenxa yokona kwakho.
Uzazichaya egcekeni izono zakho.+
