7 kodwa wazidela, wathatha isimo senceku, waba ngumuntu.
7 kodwa wazithoba, wathatha isimo senceku, yena elesimo somuntu.
Kodwa mina ngiyimpethu, kangisuye muntu, ngihlekwa ngabantu, ngeyiswe yibo bonke.
INkosi ithi: Khangela inceku yami engiyisekelayo, okhethiweyo wami, othokoza ngaye umphefumulo wami; ngibekile umoya wami phezu kwakhe, ukuze alethele izizwe ukulunga.
Yathi kimi: Uyinceku yami, wena Israyeli engizazuza udumo ngawe.
Lapho ukuhlupheka kwayo sekuphelile, izakubona ukukhanya, yaneliswe; ngokwazi kwayo inceku yami elungileyo izalungisisa abanengi, ithwale izono zabo.
Emva kwamaviki angamatshumi ayisithupha lambili ogcotshiweyo uzabulawa, lanxa engelacala, umuzi lendawo engcwele kuchithwe yimpi yombusi ohlaselayo; ukuphela kufike njengokwesikhukhula, kulethe ukulwa lokuchitheka okumisiweyo.
Zwanake, wena Joshuwa, mpristi omkhulu, wena labangane bakho abahlezi phambi kwakho, ngoba lingabantu abayisibonakaliso esihle. Ngizaveza inceku yami eliHlumela.
Thokoza kakhulu, wena Ziyone! Memeza kakhulu, Jerusalema! Khangela, inkosi yakho iyeza kuwe, inqobile yehlula, imnene, ikhwele ubabhemi, ithole, inkonyane kababhemi.
Khangela, inceku yami engiyikhethileyo, othandekayo wami, othokoza ngaye umphefumulo wami. Ngizakubeka uMoya wami phezu kwakhe, uzakutshumayela ukulunga kubo abezizwe.
njengalokhu iNdodana yomuntu kayizanga ukukhonzwa, kodwa ukukhonza lokunika ukuphila kwayo, kube lihlawulo labanengi.
Wabaphendula wathi: UElija uzafika kuqala ukubuyisela zonke izinto; kodwa kulotshwe njani ngeNdodana yomuntu ukuthi imele ihlupheke kakhulu, idelelwe na?
Ngoba nguwuphi omkhulu, lowo ohlezi ekudleni ingabe lowo ophakululayo na? Kasilowo ohlezi ekudleni na? Kodwa mina ngiphakathi kwenu njengaye ophakululayo.
ULizwi waba yinyama, wahlala phakathi kwethu, sabona inkazimulo yakhe injengeyozelwe yedwa kaYise, egcwele umusa leqiniso.
Lona limayelana leNdodana yakhe eyazalwa enzalweni kaDavida ngokwenyama,
Ngoba uKristu kazithokozisanga yena, kodwa kunjengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ukuthuka kwabakuthukayo kwehlela phezu kwami.
Ngoba ngithi uKristu waba yinceku yabasokileyo ukubonakalisa iqiniso likaNkulunkulu, ukuba aqinise izithembiso ezanikwa okhokho,
UNkulunkulu ukwenzile lokho okwahlula umlayo, ngoba umlayo waba buthakathaka ngenxa yesimo somuntu; ngokuthuma iNdodana yakhe ilesimo esifana lesomuntu esibi, ibe ngumhlatshelo wesono, walahla isono kulesosimo,
Ngoba lanxa ebuthakathakeni wabethelwa, kanti uyaphila ngamandla kaNkulunkulu. Lathi sibuthakathaka kuye, kodwa ekuliphatheni kwethu sizakuphila kanye laye ngamandla kaNkulunkulu.
Ngoba liyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ukuthi, lanxa wayenothile, waba ngumyanga ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobuyanga bakhe linothe lina.
Kodwa kwathi isikhathi sesiphelele, uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana yakhe, yazalwa ngowesifazana, yazalelwa ngaphansi komlayo,
yena owathi elesimo sikaNkulunkulu, katshongo ukuthi kuyinto yokuphangwa ukulingana loNkulunkulu,
sikhangele kuJesu, umqalisi lomphelelisi wokukholwa kwethu, owathi endaweni yentokozo ayimiselweyo wathwala isiphambano engalinanzi ihlazo, wahlala ngakwesokunene sesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu.
Bakhumbuleni ababotshiweyo ngokungathi lani libotshiwe kanye labo, labaphethwe kubi, lokhu lani lisekhona.
Ngoba kasilaye umpristi omkhulu ongelakuzwelana lobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa owalingwa kukho konke njengathi, kanti kalasono.