2 Nkulunkulu wami, ngetsembele kuwe, ngisindzise ehlazweni lekwehlulwa. Titsa tami tingatijabulisi ngami.
Ema-Israyeli ehlulwa kanjalo, kwatsi bakaJuda bancoba, ngobe babencike kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu waboyise.
Kepha mine ngetsembele emseni wakho; inhlitiyo yami iyawujabula ngensindziso yakho.
Vani kukhala kwami, ngobe ngicindzeteleke kakhulu. Ngephule kulabo labangitingelako, ngobe banemandla kunami.
Simakadze, ulidvwala lami, nenqaba yami, neMkhululi wami. Nkulunkulu wami, ulidvwala lami lengiphephela kulo. Usihlangu sami sekungivikela nemandla ensindziso yami. Yena ungumgedze wami wekubhaca.
Nkulunkulu wami! Nkulunkulu wami! Ungishiyeleni? Ukhashane leni nekungisita? Ukhwesheleni emavini ekukhala kwami?
Bakhala kuwe, wabasindzisa; bakwetsemba, abazange bajabhiswe.
“Phela lowo wetsembele kuSimakadze, akamkhulule yena-ke, loSimakadze wakhe; amphephise, ngobe phela usime ngaye.”
Simakadze wena usiphephelo sami, ungacali ungijabhise, ngephule ngekulunga kwakho.
Emalanga ekuphila kwami asesandleni sakho, ngephule esandleni setitsa tami nakubo labangitingelako.
Sondzeta indlebe yakho, ungephule ngekushesha, bani lidvwala lesiphephelo sami nenqaba yekungisindzisa.
Ase ninambitse nibone kutsi Simakadze muhle unemusa! Ubusisiwe lowo lokhosela kuye!
Simakadze uyabasita abakhulule, ubephula abasindzise kulababi, ngobe babalekela kuye, abe siphephelo sabo.
Ngati kahle kamhlophe kutsi wena uyangitsandza, ngobe sitsa sami awukasivumeli kutsi sitigabatise ngekungehlula.
Ngihawukele, Nkulunkulu, ngobe bantfu bayangigcobagcoba; onkhe emalanga labamelene nami bayangihlasela.
Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wami, sengiphephele kuwe, ngisindzise ungiphephise kubo bonkhe labangitingelako,
Awu, Simakadze! Ngikhosela kuwe, ungavumi ngijabhiswe nakanye.
Angasho kuSimakadze atsi: “Wena usiphephelo sami nenqaba yami, unguNkulunkulu wami lengetsembele kuye.”
Awu, Simakadze! Kuyawuze kube ngunini lababi batikhukhumeta? Kuyawuze kube ngunini lababi bachoshile?
Wena Simakadze, lowo lotimiselako ngawe uyamlondvolota, umuphe kuthula nenhlalakahle, ngobe abeke litsemba lakhe kuwe.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Buka la, ngibeka litje eSiyoni, litje lelihloliwe, litje leliligugu lekusimisa indlu, lelisisekelo lesetsembekile sendlu; lowo lowetsembele kimi ngeke ajabhe.
“Tjelani Hezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, nitsi: ‘Ungayengwa ngulonkulunkulu wakho lometsembako nakatsi: “IJerusalema ngeke inikelwe etandleni tenkhosi yase-Asiriya.”
Manje-ke, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu, sephule esandleni sakhe, kuze yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba yati kutsi wena wedvwa, Simakadze, unguNkulunkulu.”
“Ngitalivikela lelidolobha ngilisindzise, ngenca yami nangenca yenceku yami Davide.”
Uyakuwela, umoya uwakhetse, sivunguvungu siyakuwaphephula. Kodvwa wena uyawujabula ngaSimakadze, utibonge ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Emakhosi ayawuba bacizeli bakho, nemakhosikati awo amunyise bantfwabakho. Bayawuguca embikwakho, buso babo bubheke phansi emhlabatsini, bayawukhotsa lutfuli lwetinyawo takho ngelulwimi. Uyawube sewuyati-ke lapho kutsi mine nginguSimakadze. Labo labetsembela kimi bangeke bajabhiswe.”
Bahluphi bami abatseleke ngelihlazo, kodvwa mine ungikhweshise ehlazweni, abesatjiswe bona, kodvwa mine ngingesatjiswa. Yehlisela etikwabo lilanga lenhlekelele, babhubhise ngembhubhiso lephindvwe kabili.
UmBhalo utsi: “Umuntfu lokholwa kuye, angeke ajabhiswe.”
Litsemba alijabhisi, ngobe lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu selutselwe etinhlitiyweni tetfu ngaMoya Longcwele, lesinikwe yena.
Ngobe umBhalo utsi: “Ase nibuke, ngibeka eSiyoni litje lekusimisa indlu, lelikhetsiwe, naleliligugu. Lowo lokholwa kulo, angeke ajabhiswe.”