5 Ngelo thuba lamadini amatshona ndaphakama kuloo ndawo yokuzithoba kwam, nezo mpahla zam zidlaka-dlaka zinjalo, ndaza ndaguqa ngamadolo, izandla ndaziphakamisela *kuNdikhoyo uThixo wam,
6 ndathandaza ndathi: “Yhoo, Thixo wam! Ndidanile, ndineentloni, ndingenako nokubuphakamisela kuwe ubuso bam, Thixo wam. Kaloku izono zethu zisuke zayinkabankaba esiveleleyo; ubutyala bethu sebufikelele emazulwini.
7 Ukususela kwimihla yoobawo-mkhulu kude kube kalokunje sinetyala elikhulu. Ngenxa yobugwenxa bethu thina nookumkani bethu nababingeleli bethu sesaba sisisulu sekrele, ukuthinjwa, ukuhluthwa izinto zethu, nokuhlazeka ezandleni zookumkani beentlanga, njengoko kusenjalo nanamhla.
8 “Kodwa ke ngoku okwalo mzuzu, wena Ndikhoyo Thixo wethu, usibabale ngokusishiyela amasalela, wasizinzisa nakule ndawo ingcwele. Ewe, Thixo wethu, usenzele umnyinyiva nebuya-mbo ekuthinjweni.
9 Nangona singamakhoboka, wena Thixo wethu akusilahlanga ekuthinjweni. Izikumkani zasePeshiya uzenze zanobubele kuthi. Usithe jize ngebuya-mbo lokuba sivuse indlu kaThixo wethu, siwavuse namabhodlo, waza ke wasikhusela thina bakwaJuda naseJerusalem.
10 “Ngoku ke, Thixo wethu, sothini kodwa xa kunje? Kaloku sisuke sayidela imiyalelo
11 owasinika ngezicaka zakho *abashumayeli usithi: ‘Lo mhlaba ningena nisiya kuma kuwo udyobhekile kukonakala kwabantu bawo. Ngemikhuba yabo emasikizi bawutsho waphuphuma kukungcola.