1 Ke uYobi waphendula wathi:
2 “Inene, ningabona bantu;ibe ke nobulumko buya kufa nani!
3 Kambe ke nam ndinengqondo njengani;anindidluli nganto.Kakade ke nithi ngubani ongàzaziyo ezi zinto?
4 “Mna ndiyakhala kuThixo, aze andiphendule;kodwa ngoku sendiyintlekisa nakwizihlobo zam –ewe, ilungisa lomfo ongenabala,kambe ke namhlanje ndisisigculelo!
5 Oseshweni uyadelwa ngabathe zava;ogxadazelayo uyakhatywa!
6 Kukho ulonwabo ezindlwini zezikrelemnqa;abamqumbisayo uThixo bakhuselekile;nditsho abo bacingayo ukuba uThixo usezandleni zabo.
7 “Kodwa ke khanibuze nakwiinyamakazi, ziya kunifundisa;nibuze nasezintakeni, zinixelele.
8 Khaningqawe ulwazi nakwizilo zomhlaba, ziya kuninika;ninkinkqe ukuqonda nasezintlanzini elwandle, ziya kuniphokozela.
9 Phakathi kwazo akukho ungaqondiyo ukuba le nto yenziwe *nguNdikhoyo.
10 Kaloku zonke izinto eziphilayo zisesandleni sakhe,nobomi boluntu lonke buxhomekeke kuye.
11 Kaloku kwanjengokuba umlomo usiva ubunjani bokutya,nendlebe ke iyawaphicotha amazwi.
12 Ubulumko buyafumaneka kwiingwevu;ke bona ubudala buza namava.
13 “Kanti ke yena uThixo unobulumko namandla,amacebo nengqiqo.
14 Into ayiqhaqhileyo akukho mntu unokubuya ayakhe;ngokunjalo nomntu amvaleleyo akukho ungamvulelayo.
15 UThixo akuwavalela amanzi kuyabalela;kanti ke akuwavulela kutsho kube ziimpuphuma.
16 Ukomelela noloyiso lolwakhe,kanti ke nabakhohlisi ngokunjalo nabakhohliswa basesandleni sakhe.
17 Yena amaphakathi uwatsho ancitheke,nabagwebi abatsho babe ziimpanga-mpanga.
18 Uyawakhulula amakhamandela aqhotyoshwe ngookumkani,aze bona ngokwabo abanxibise umbhinqo wamabanjwa.
19 Ababingeleli ubatsho baphoxeke,aze wona amakhwahla awakhiqe.
20 Amaciko athenjiweyo uwatsho abhibhidle;aze ayiphuthise nengqiqo yamadoda amakhulu.
21 Amatshawe uwahlaza ngendelelo;ke zona iingwanyalala uzihlutha izixhobo.
22 Utyhila izinto ezifihlakele ezinzulwini zobumnyama,nobona bumbonde-mbonde abujike bube kukukhanya.
23 Uyazikhulisa izizwe, abuye azivuthulule;azithi jize ngobungangalala, abuye aziyekele zithinjwe.
24 Iinkokheli zezizwe uzitsho zibe zizithwanga-thwanga,zifathule zibhadula enkangala.
25 Ngoko ke ziphutha-phutha ebumnyameni, kungekho kukhanya;zigxadazele njengamanxila.