Izizwe Zenza Uzungu Ngokumelene Nawe
Ingoma. Ihubo lika-Asafa.
Inhlangano — i-Edomi, uMowabi, i-Amoni, i-Asiriya nabanye — ivumelene ukuba isule igama lika-Israyeli ngokuphelele. U-Asafa ubala ngamunye ngegama, acele ukunqotshwa okwehlela iMidiyani, bese ecela ihlazo elingabaqhubela ekufuneni igama likaBaba wethu.
83 1O Baba wethu, ungathuli; ungabi nokuthula, ungathi nya, O Baba wethu. 2Ngokuba bheka, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela; labo abakuzondayo baphakamise amakhanda abo. 3Ngokumelene nabantu bakho benza amacebo ngasese; benza uzungu ndawonye ngokumelene nalabo obabalulekile kuwe. 4Bathi: “Wozani, asibaqede nya njengesizwe; igama lika-Israyeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa.” 5Benza uzungu ngenhliziyo yinye; benza isivumelwano ngokumelene nawe, 6amatende ase-Edomi nama-Ishmayeli, uMowabi nama-Hagari, 7uGebali no-Amoni no-Amaleki, iFilistiya kanye nabahlali baseThire. 8Ne-Asiriya izihlanganisile nabo; sebebe yingalo enamandla yabantwana bakaLoti.
9Yenza kubo njengoba wenza kuMidiyani, njengakuSisera naku-Jabini emfuleni iKishoni, 10abachithwa e-Eni-dori baba umquba womhlaba. 11Yenza izikhulu zabo zibe njengo-Orebi noZeyebi, wonke amakhosana abo abe njengoZeba noZalimuna, 12abathi: “Masizithathele amadlelo kaNkulunkulu.” 13O Baba, yenza babe njengothuli oluyaluzayo, njengamakhoba phambi komoya. 14Njengoba umlilo ushisa ihlathi, njengelangabi elithungela izintaba, 15kanjalo baxoshe ngesivunguvungu sakho ubethuse ngesiphepho sakho. 16Mboza ubuso babo ngehlazo, ukuze bafune igama lakho, O Baba wethu. 17Mabahlazeke besabe kuze kube phakade; mababhubhe behlazekile, 18ukuze bazi ukuthi wena wedwa, ogama lakho linguBaba wethu, unguPhezukonke phezu komhlaba wonke.
