IZililo 5:1-22
5 Awu Jehova, khumbula okusehleleyo.
Khangela ubone ihlazo lethu.+
2 Ilifa lethu selinikwe abantu esingabaziyo, lezindlu zethu zaphiwa abantu bezinye izizwe.+
3 Sesizintandane ezingelaboyise, omama bethu sebefana labafelokazi.+
4 Sesibhadalela amanzi okunatha lanxa engawethu+ futhi sesithenga inkuni zona zingezethu.
5 Abasixotshanisayo sebezasibamba,Sesifile ngokudinwa kodwa asiliphiwa ithuba lokuphumula.+
6 Selulele isandla sethu kwabaseGibhithe+ labe-Asiriya+ ukuze sithole ukudla okweneleyo.
7 Okhokho bethu okuyibo abonayo abasekho, kodwa thina sesijeziselwa izono zabo.
8 Izinceku yizo esezisibusa futhi akulamuntu ongasikhulula esandleni sazo.
9 Sifaka impilo zethu engozini ukuze sithole ukudla+ ngoba enkangala kulabantu abahlome ngenkemba.
10 Isikhumba sethu sesitshisa angathi yisithando somlilo ngenxa yokubulawa yindlala.+
11 Bawayangisile* amakhosikazi aseZiyoni lezintombi ezisemadolobheni akoJuda.+
12 Izikhulu zilengiswe ngezandla,+ labadala besizwe abazange bahlonitshwe.+
13 Amajaha athwele amatshe okuchola, abafana bayakhubeka ngenxa yokusindwa zinkuni.
14 Abadala besizwe abasekho egedini ledolobho,+ lamajaha awasatshayi iziginci.+
15 Inhliziyo zethu azisathokozi, lokugida kwethu sekuphenduke kwaba yikulila.+
16 Umqhele obusemakhanda ethu usuwile. Maye kithi ngoba sonile!
17 Lokhu yikho okwenze inhliziyo zethu zaba buhlungu,+Lamehlo ethu afiphala.+
18 Intaba iZiyoni isingamanxiwa,+ amakhanka asezihambela santando.
19 Kodwa wena Jehova uzahlala esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi kuze kube nini lanini.
Ubukhosi bakho buzahlala bukhona izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.+
20 Kungani usikhohlwa kokuphela futhi usilahla okwesikhathi eside kangaka?+
21 Siphendukise kuwe awu Jehova, sizabuyela kuwe ngokuphangisa.+
Vuselela amalanga ethu abe njengakuqala.+
22 Wena usilahlile wakhohlwa ngathi.
Ulokhu usizondele kakhulu.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “Bawabambe iganyavu.”
