IZililo 4:1-22
א [Aleph]
4 Ifiphale ngeyona ndlela igolide emenyezelayo, igolide elungileyo!+
Asasazwe athi saa amatye angcwele+ kwiikona zazo zonke izitrato!*+
ב [Beth]
2 Bona ke oonyana abaxabisekileyo baseZiyon, abalinganiswe ngegolide* esulungekisiweyo,Bajongwe ngayo njengeengqayi zodongwe,Umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi!
ג [Gimel]
3 Kwanoodyakalashe bayawancancisa amathole abo,Kodwa intombi yabantu bam ikhohlakele,+ njengeenciniba entlango.+
ד [Daleth]
4 Ulwimi losana oluncancayo luthe nca enkalakahleni yalo ngenxa yonxano.
Abantwana bacela isonka,+ kodwa akukho mntu ubanikayo.+
ה [He]
5 Abo babesitya izimuncumuncu balambile* ezitratweni.+
Abo bakhule benxiba ezibomvu krwe+ kuye kwafuneka bawole iimfumba zothuthu.
ו [Waw]
6 Isohlwayo* sentombi yabantu bam sikhulu ngakumbi kunesohlwayo sesono seSodom,+Eyabhukuqwa ngephanyazo, kungekho sandla sakuyinceda.+
ז [Zayin]
7 AmaNaziri+ ayo ayesulungeke ngakumbi kunekhephu, emhlophe ngakumbi kunobisi.
Ayebubomvurha ngakumbi kuneekorale, enjengeesafire ezimenyezelayo.
ח [Heth]
8 Inkangeleko yawo imnyama ngakumbi kunesithokothoko.Awaqondakali ezitratweni.
Ulusu lwawo luye lwashwabana emathanjeni awo,+ lwanjengomthi owomileyo.
ט [Teth]
9 Abo babulewe ngekrele balunge ngakumbi kunabo babulewe yindlala,+Abo baphelelwe ngamandla, behlatyiwe ngenxa yokungabikho kokutya entsimini.
י [Yod]
10 Izandla zabafazi abanosizi zibilise abantwana babo.+
Baye bakukutya kokuthuthuzela xa bekusiwa intombi yabantu bakuthi.+
כ [Kaph]
11 UYehova uyibonakalisile ingqumbo yakhe,Uwugalele umsindo wakhe.+
Yaye uvuthisa umlilo eZiyon otshisa iziseko zayo.+
ל [Lamed]
12 Ookumkani bomhlaba nabo bonke abemi belizwe elinemveliso abazange bakholweUkuba kungangena utshaba nomchasi kwiigeyithi zaseYerusalem.+
מ [Mem]
13 Kwakungenxa yezono zabaprofeti bayo, iziphoso zababingeleli bayo,+Abachitha igazi lamalungisa phakathi kwayo.+
נ [Nun]
14 Baye babhadula njengeemfama+ ezitratweni.
Bangcoliswe ligazi,+Kangangokuba akukho ukwaziyo ukuchukumisa iimpahla zabo.
ס [Samekh]
15 “Hambani! Anicocekanga!” batsho xa bebakhwaza. “Hambani! Hambani! Ningasiphathi!”
Kuba abanamakhaya ibe bayabhadula.
Abantu baye bathi phakathi kweentlanga: “Abanakuhlala apha kunye nathi.*+
פ [Pe]
16 Ubuso bukaYehova bubasasazile,+Akazukubajonga aze akholiseke ngabo kwakhona.
Amadoda awazukubahlonipha ababingeleli,+ awazukukholiswa ngamadoda amakhulu.”+
ע [Ayin]
17 Nangoku amehlo ethu adiniwe kukukhangela uncedo olungekhoyo.+
Silufune salufuna uncedo kuhlanga olungenakusisindisa.+
צ [Tsade]
18 Baye basizingela bethe chu emva kwethu+ ukuze singahambi kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke.
Sisondele isiphelo sethu, imihla yethu iphelile, kuba sifikile isiphelo sethu.
ק [Qoph]
19 Abo basileqayo bakhawuleza ngakumbi kuneenkozi zesibhakabhaka.+
Baye basileqa ezintabeni, baye basihlasela entlango.
ר [Resh]
20 Impefumlo yamathatha ethu, lowo ukhethwe nguYehova,+ uthinjiwe kumngxuma wabo omkhulu,+Lowo sithe ngaye: “Siza kuhlala emthunzini wakhe phakathi kweentlanga.”
ש [Sin]
21 Vuya uze ube nemihlali ntombi yakwaEdom,+ njengoko uhleli kwilizwe lakwaUtse.
Kodwa indebe iza kudluliselwa nakuwe,+ ibe uza kunxila uze uhambe ze.+
ת [Taw]
22 Isohlwayo sesiphoso sakho ntombi yaseZiyon, sifikelele esiphelweni.
Akazukuphinda akuse ekuthinjweni.+
Kodwa uza kujonga isiphoso sakho ntombi yakwaEdom.
Uza kuzityhila izono zakho.+
Umbhalo osemazantsi
^ Ngokoqobo, “kwiintloko zazo zonke izitrato.”
^ Okanye “ababekade bexabiseke njengegolide.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “baphanzile.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “Isiphoso.”
^ Okanye “Abanakuhlala apha njengabantu basemzini.”
