18 Singeke siphindze sikuhlamuke, siphe kuphila siphile, tsine-ke siyawube sesikhuleka egameni lakho.
Ezra wefika aphuma eBhabhulona. Ezra abeyingcweti kutemtsetfo waMosi, lowawumiswe nguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli. Inkhosi yayimnike konkhe labekucelile, ngobe sandla saSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe sasisetikwakhe.
Luhambo lwakhe lwekusuka eBhabhulona abelucale ngelilanga lekucala enyangeni yekucala, eJerusalema wefika ngelilanga lekucala enyangeni yesihlanu, ngobe sandla lesihle saNkulunkulu sasisetikwakhe.
Simakadze, kuhlupheka kwami kumatima, ngihlumelelise ngelivi lakho.
Mela indzaba yami, ungikhulule, hlumelelisa kuphila kwami njengekwetsembisa kwakho.
Sihawu sakho sikhulu, Simakadze, hlumelelisa kuphila kwami ngekwehlulela kwakho.
Ngilahleke phansi elutfulini. Vuselela kuphila kwami njengekwelivi lakho.
Fulatselisa emehlo ami ekubukeni tintfo letingenamsebenti; ngiphe kuphila ngekwelivi lakho.
Maye, ngiyatilangatelela timiso takho! Hlumelelisa kuphila kwami ngekulunga kwakho.
Nguwe lowentile kutsi ngibone tinsizi letinyenti naletibuhlungu, wangihlumelelisa futsi; wabuye wangimonyula ekujuleni kwemhlaba, wangikhiphela ngetulu kwawo.
Tsine-ke lesisive sakho netimvu telidlelo lakho, siyawudvumisa wena ingunaphakadze, silandzise ngeludvumo lwakho etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
Ungeke yini usivuselele siphile, kuze kutsi sive sakho sijabule kuwe?
Ngitsatse ngihambe nawe, asisheshise! Inkhosi ayingingenise esigodlweni sayo. Siyajabula sikutsakasele; sitaludvumisa lutsandvo lwakho, siludvumise kwendlula liwayini. Kufanele kutsi bakutsandze.