1 UBileyamu esebonile ukuthi kwakukuhle kuJehova ukubusisa u-Israyeli, akayanga njengakuqala ukulindela imilingo, kepha wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ngasehlane.
2 UBileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona u-Israyeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe; uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe.
3 Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“UBileyamu indodana kaBeyori uthi,umuntu omehlo akhe avuliwe uthi,
4 ozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,obonile umbono kaSomandla uthi,ewela phansi, kuvulwe amehlo akhe:
5 “Mahle kangaka amatende akho,Jakobe,namatabernakele* akho, Israyeli.
6 Elulekile njengezigodi,njengamasimu ngasemfuleni,njengemihlaba ayitshalile uJehova,njengemisedari* ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
7 Amanzi ayakugobhoza,aphume ezimbizeni zakhe,imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi,inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi,umbuso wakhe uphakame.