1 INkosi ingumalusi wami, kangiyikuswela lutho;
1 UThixo ungumelusi wami, angiyikuswela lutho.
Wozani, bantwana, lingilalele, ngizakulifundisa ukuyesaba iNkosi.
Wasebakhupha abantu bakhe njengezimvu, wabahola enkangala njengomhlambi.
Ng’khonake thina abantu bakho, umhlambi wedlelo lakho, sizakukubonga kuze kube nininini, sitshumayele udumo lwakho ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwana.
Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu ililanga lesihlangu, iyaphana ngomusa lodumo; kayibancitshi labo abahamba ngobuqotho.
Izakwelusa umhlambi wayo njengomalusi, ibuthe amawundlu ngezingalo zayo, iwagone esifubeni sayo, ihole kuhle amadlezane.
Zwanini ilizwi leNkosi, lina zizwe, lilizwakalise ezihlengeni ezikhatshana, lithi: Yena owachitha uIsrayeli uzakumbutha, amaluse njengomalusi eselusa umhlambi wakhe.
Ngizazidlisa edlelweni elihle, ledlelo lazo lizakuba sezingqongeni zentaba zakoIsrayeli. Zizalala phansi elizweni eliledlelo elihle, zidle emadlelweni amahle ezintabeni zakoIsrayeli.
Kodwa wena, Betlehema Efratha, omncinyane ukuba ube phakathi kwezizwe zakoJuda, kuzavela kuwe othile ozakuba ngumbusi wakoIsrayeli, okudabuka kwakhe kusukela endulo.
Uzakuma aluse umhlambi wakhe ngamandla eNkosi, ngobukhosi bebizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe. Bazavikeleka, ngoba khathesi esemkhulu kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba;
Kodwa funani kuqala umbuso wakhe lokulunga kwakhe; ng’khona lezizinto zonke zizakwengezelelwa kini.
Mina ngingumalusi olungileyo. Umalusi olungileyo udela ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezimvu.
Mina ngingumalusi olungileyo; ngiyazazi ezami, lezami ziyangazi,
Yena ongayigodlanga eyakhe iNdodana, kodwa wayinikelela thina sonke, angehluleka kanjani ukusinika konke kanye layo na?
UNkulunkulu wami uzakugcwalisa konke ukuswela kwenu ngobunengi benotho yakhe kuKristu Jesu.
Kungathi uNkulunkulu wokuthula owamkhuphula kwabafileyo uJesu, iNkosi yethu, umalusi omkhulu wezimvu ngegazi lakhe lesivumelwano esimiyo njalo,
Ngoba lalinjengezimvu ezilahlekileyo, kodwa khathesi selibuyele kumalusi lomlondolozi wemiphefumulo yenu.
Kuzakuthi, lapho esabonakaliswa uMalusi omkhulu, lamukeliswe umqhele wobukhosi ongabuniyo.
ngoba iWundlu elingaphakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi lizakuba ngumalusi wabo, libaholele emithonjeni yamanzi okuphila; loNkulunkulu uzakwesula inyembezi zonke emehlweni abo.