1Nkulunkulu, abezizwe bahlasele ifa lakho, bangcolisa ithempeli lakho elingcwele, iJerusalema baliphendula incithakalo.
2Izidumbu zezinceku zakho bazinika izinyoni zezulu, zaba ngukudla kwazo, inyama yabakwesabayo bayinika izilo zomhlaba.
3Igazi labo balichithe njengamanzi nxazonke zeJerusalema, akubangabikho obambelayo.
4Sesiphenduke isethuko komakhelwane bethu, umbhinqo nenhlekisa kwabasiphahlileyo.
5Kuyoze kube nini, Simakade, ulokhu uthukuthele, isifithifithi solaka lwakho sivutha njengomlilo na?
6Thela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabezizwe abangakwaziyo, naphezu kwemibuso engalibizi igama lakho.
7Ngokuba sebemdlile uJakobe, umuzi wakhe sebewubhubhisile.
8Mawungasibaleli amacala akuqala, umusa wakho mawusheshe usihlangabeze, ngokuba sesibuthakathaka kakhulu.
9Sisize, Nkulunkulu wensindiso yethu, ngenxa yenkazimulo yegama lakho, usikhulule, usithethelele izono zethu ngenxa yegama lakho.
10Kungani abeziwe bethi phambi kwamehlo ethu: “Ukuphi uNkulunkulu wabo na?” Ukuphindiselelwa kwegazi lezinceku zakho elichithekileyo makwaziwe kwabezizwe.
11Ukububula kwesiboshwa makuze phambi kwakho; londoloza ngobukhulu bengalo yakho asebengabantwana bokufa.
12Ibuyisele kasikhombisa ezifubeni zomakhelwane bethu inhlamba abakuhlambalaza ngayo, Nkosi.
13Khona thina, bantu bakho, izimvu zedlelo lakho, siyakukubonga kuze kube phakade, sishumayele udumo lwakho ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.