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1 Yeka igolide eselilahlekelwe yikukhazimula kwalo,
igolide elicolekileyo selijujukile!
Amatshe aligugu angcwele aselahliwe
ekuqaliseni kwemigwaqo yonke.
2 Yeka izinsizwa zaseZiyoni ezincomekayo,
ezake zaba lesisindo njengegolide,
okwamanje sezingathi zimbiza zebumba,
umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi!
3 Ngitsho lamakhanka asemunyisa
abantwabawo emabeleni awo,
kodwa abantu bami kabaselazwelo
njengezintshe enkangala.
4 Ngenxa yokoma, ulimi losane
lunamathele elwangeni lomlomo;
abantwana bancenga becela isinkwa
kodwa kakho obaphayo.
5 Labo ababesidla izibiliboco
sebeyiziceli emigwaqweni.
Labo abondliwa ebutifitifini
sebelala esilotheni.
6 Isijeziso sabantu bakithi
sikhulu kuleseSodoma,
yona eyabhujiswa ngomzuzwana,
akwaze kwaba lasandla esazama ukunceda.
7 Amakhosana abo ayekhazimula kulongqwaqwane,
emhlophe nke kulochago,
imizimba yabo ibomvana njengamatshe ohlobo lwerubhi,
ukubukeka kwabo kunjengelitshe elikhazimulayo.
8 Kodwa manje sebemnyama kulomsizi;
kabasananzwa langubani emigwaqweni.
Isikhumba sabo sesinamathele emathanjeni abo;
sesome okogodo.
9 Bangcono labo ababulawa ngenkemba,
kulalabo abafa ngendlala;
bazaca baphele, bekhukhuzwa yindlala
ngoba kungelakudla okuvela emasimini.
10 Ngezandla zabo abesifazane abalesihelo,
bapheke abantwababo,
babenza ukudla kwabo
ngesikhathi abantu bakithi bebulawa.
11 UThixo ubhodlisile intukuthelo yakhe;
uluthulule ulaka lwakhe olwesabekayo.
Uwulumathisile umlilo eZiyoni,
watshisa izisekelo zayo.
12 Amakhosi omhlaba ayengakholwa,
labantu basemhlabeni babengakholwa
ukuthi izitha labahlaseli bangangena
emasangweni eJerusalema.
13 Kodwa kwenzakala ngenxa yezono zabaphrofethi bakhona,
lamanyala abaphristi bakhona,
abachitha igazi labalungileyo
ngaphakathi kwalo iJerusalema.
14 Manje sebephumputha emigwaqweni
njengabantu abayiziphofu.
Sebengcoliswe ligazi
kakuselamuntu ongathinta izembatho zabo.
15 Abantu bayabaxotsha bathi, “Sukani! Lingcolile!
Sukani! Sukani! Lingasithinti!”
Nxa bebaleka bentula,
abantu bezizwe bathi,
“Ngeke bahlale lapha njalo.”
16 UThixo ngokwakhe ubahlakazile;
kasabalondolozi.
Abaphristi kabasahlonitshwa,
labadala kabasananzwa.
17 Phezu kwalokho, amehlo ethu afiphala
elindele ize engaboni sizo;
siseziqongweni zethu zokulinda,
salinda silindele isizwe esasingelancedo kithi.
18 Abantu babesicwathela indawo zonke,
ngakho sasesisesaba ukuhamba emigwaqweni yethu.
Sasesiphelelwe, insuku zethu sezibaliwe,
ngoba isiphetho sethu sesifikile.
19 Abasixotshayo babelejubane
kulengqungqulu emkhathini;
baxotshana lathi ezintabeni
njalo basicathamela enkangala.
20 Ogcotshiweyo kaThixo, oyikuphila kwethu uqobo,
wabanjwa emijibileni yabo.
Sakhumbula ukuthi ngaphansi kwesithunzi sakhe
sizahlala phakathi kwezizwe.
21 Jabula uthokoze, wena Ndodakazi yase-Edomi,
wena ohlala elizweni lase-Uzi.
Kodwa lakuwe izafika inkezo le;
uzanatha udakwe, unqunulwe.
22 Ndodakazi yaseZiyoni, isijeziso sakho sizaphela;
akayikwelula isikhathi sokuthunjwa kwakho.
Kodwa, maye kuwe Ndodakazi yase-Edomi, uzakujezisa ngesono sakho,
achaye obala ububi bakho.