1 Kungani ukuba izizwe zixokozele, labantu banakane okuyize na?
1 Kungani izizwe zixokozela, labantu besakha amacebo ngeze?
Azakuhlasela iWundlu, kodwa iWundlu lizakuwanqoba, ngoba liyiNkosi yamakhosi loMbusi wababusi, abakanye lalo ngababiziweyo, labakhethiweyo, labathembekileyo.
Izizwe ziyaxokozela, lemibuso izamazame; ukhupha ilizwi lakhe, umhlaba uncibilike.
Nxa belungisela okubi ngawe, beceba okubi, bazakwahluleka;
Kodwa abalimi sebeyibonile indodana, bakhulumisana bathi: Le yindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ilifa libe ngelethu.
Yazini, lina bantu, ukuthi lizakuchitheka; lalelani, lina zizwe ezikhatshana; lihlome, kodwa lizachitheka.
Ngabachola baba njengothuli phambi komoya, ngabanyathela njengodaka lwendlela.
Kwathi bona sebezwile lokhu bathukuthela, bafuna ukubabulala.
Ngoba izakunikelwa kwabezizwe, iyangiswe, ithukwe, ikhafulelwe ngamathe,
Lexuku labelekelela, lenduna zabadabulela ingubo zabo, zalaya ukuba batshaywe ngenduku;
Bathokoza, bathembisa ukumnika imali.
INkosi yamabandla ilathi, uNkulunkulu kaJakobe uyisiphephelo sethu.
Ngizakukubonga, Nkosi, phakathi kwabantu, ngikudumise phakathi kwezizwe.
Ungakhohlwa ukuvungama kwezitha zakho, ukuxokozela kwabakuvukelayo okwenyukela kuwe kokuphela.
Benzela abantu bakho ubuqili obubi, bacebisana ukuba balwe labavikelweyo bakho,