Sengathi Beningalalela
Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela; ngegithithi. Ihubo lika-Asafa.
Umculo womkhosi — icilongo, isigubhu, ukuthwasa kwenyanga — uphazanyiswa yizwi likaBaba wethu uqobo. Ukhumbula ukuthi wabehlisa kanjani ubhasikidi emahlombe abo, athi, vula umlomo wakho kakhulu ngiwugcwalise. Bese kuba nobuhlungu: sengathi abantu bami bebengalalela.
81 1Hlabelelani ngenjabulo kuBaba wethu, amandla ethu; memezani kakhulu kuNkulunkulu kaJakobe! 2Qalani ingoma, shayani isigubhu, ugubhu olumnandi nechacho. 3Bethani icilongo ekwethwaseni kwenyanga, enyangeni egcwele, ngosuku lomkhosi wethu. 4Ngokuba kungumthetho ka-Israyeli, isimiso sikaNkulunkulu kaJakobe.
5Wakumisa kwaba ubufakazi kuJosefa mhla ephuma emelene nezwe laseGibhithe. Ngezwa ulimi engangingalwazi:
6“Ngasusa umthwalo ehlombe lakhe; izandla zakhe zakhululwa eqomeni.
7“Ekuhluphekeni kwakho wamemeza, ngakukhulula; ngakuphendula ngisekusithekeni kokuduma; ngakuvivinya emanzini aseMeribha. 8Lalela, sizwe sami, ngizakuxwayisa wena—Israyeli, sengathi ungangilalela! 9Makungabikho unkulunkulu wezizwe phakathi kwakho; ungakhothameli noma yimuphi omunye unkulunkulu.
10“Mina nginguBaba wakho, owakukhuphula ezweni laseGibhithe. Khamisa umlomo wakho kakhulu, ngizakuwugcwalisa. 11Kodwa isizwe sami asizange silalele izwi lami; u-Israyeli akazange azithobe kimi. 12Ngakho ngabanikela ezinhliziyweni zabo ezinenkani, ukuba balandele amasu abo. 13Sengathi isizwe sami besingalalela kimi, uma u-Israyeli ebengahamba ezindleleni zami! 14Masinyane nje bengizakunqoba izitha zabo, ngiphendulele isandla sami kwabamelene nabo! 15Labo abazonda uBaba wethu bebezakuthothobala phambi kwakhe, nokubhujiswa kwabo bekuzakuhlala kuze kube phakade. 16Kodwa ubezakubondla ngokolweni omuhle kunawo wonke; ngoju oluphuma edwaleni bengizakukusuthisa.”
