Uyaziwa kwaJuda
Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela: ngezinsimbi zezintambo. Ihubo lika-Asafa. Ingoma.
Impi isiphelile lapho ihubo liqala. ESalema imicibisholo, izihlangu nezinkemba kulele kuphahlazekile, amaqhawe alele, amahhashi alele edidekile. Okusemqoka akusikho ubuciko bukaIsrayeli kodwa ukuthi uBaba wethu wasukuma ukuze asindise abathobekileyo bomhlaba.
76 1UBaba wethu uyaziwa kwaJuda; kwa-Israyeli igama lakhe likhulu. 2Itende lakhe liseSalema, indawo yakhe yokuhlala iseSiyoni. a a v2 USalema yigama lasendulo leJerusalema — umuzi lapho uBaba wethu akhetha khona ukwakha ikhaya lakhe. 3Lapho waphihliza khona imicibisholo ebenyezelayo, isihlangu nenkemba nezikhali zempi.
4Ukhanya ngenkazimulo wena, unobukhosi obukhulu kunezintaba zempango. 5Amaqhawe anamandla kunawo wonke ahlutshulwa impango yawo; ajula ebuthongweni bawo; akekho noyedwa iqhawe lempi elakwazi ukuphakamisa izandla zalo. 6Ngokuthethisa kwakho, Nkulunkulu kaJakobe, kokubili inqola yempi nehhashi kwalala kuthule du. 7Wena, wena uyesabeka! Ngubani ongema phambi kwakho lapho intukuthelo yakho ivuka? 8Usezulwini wamemezela isahlulelo; umhlaba wesaba wathula, 9lapho uBaba wethu avuka ukuba ahlulele, ukuze asindise bonke abathobekileyo bomhlaba.
10Ngempela ulaka lomuntu luyakukudumisa, futhi uyakuzembesa ngalokho okusele kulo. b b v10 Ngisho nolaka lomuntu oluvukela uNkulunkulu lugcina luletha udumo kuye — ugqoka ukufutheka kwabo njengophawu lokunqoba. 11Yenzani izifungo zenu kuBaba wenu nizigcwalise; bonke abamzungelezileyo mabalethe izipho kongesabekayo, 12onquma umoya wezikhulu, owesatshwa ngamakhosi omhlaba.
