16 Ngoba iNkosi izakulakha iZiyone, ibonakale ngobukhulu bayo;
16 Ngoba uThixo uzayakha kutsha iZiyoni avele enkazimulweni yakhe.
INkosi iyalakha iJerusalema, iqoqe bonke abahlakazekileyo bakoIsrayeli.
Yenzele iZiyone okuhle ngokuthanda kwakho; uyakhe imiduli yaseJerusalema.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzakukhulula iZiyone, akhe futhi imizi yakoJuda; lezinceku zakhe zizakuhlala khona ibe yilifa lazo.
Amazulu ayatshumayela ukulunga kwayo; labantu bonke bayayibona inkazimulo yayo.
Yikho lokho okumisiweyo ngomhlaba wonke, yiso lesi isandla esiphakanyiselwe izizwe zonke.
Bazakulesaba ibizo leNkosi entshonalanga, besabe ubukhulu bayo empumalanga; ngoba izakufika njengomfula okhukhulayo, ofuqwa ngumoya weNkosi.
Izizwe zizakuza ekukhanyeni kwakho, lamakhosi eze ekuveleni kokukhanya kwakho.
Yonke imihlambi yaseKedari izabuthelwa wena, lezinqama zaseNebayothi zizahlatshelwa wena, zibe ngumnikelo owemukelekayo ealtareni lami, kwengezelelwe udumo lwendlu yami.
nginike labo abalilayo eZiyone imiqhele endaweni yomlotha, lamafutha enjabulo endaweni yengubo yokulila, indumiso endaweni yomoya odanileyo; ukuze babizwe ngokuthi yizihlahla zobuqotho, ezihlanyelwe yiNkosi, ukuba izuze udumo.
Ngiyeza ukubutha zonke izizwe lemihlobo yonke, kuzafika, kubone ubukhulu bami.
Ngizakubuya ngikwakhe, wakheke, wena ntombi Israyeli. Uzavunula, uthathe amachacho akho, ungene ekugideni kwabathokozayo.
Ngizabuyisa abantu bakoJuda labakoIsrayeli, ngibamise babe njengakuqala,
Lixotshe abesifazana babantu bami ezindlini abazithandayo; ebantwaneni babo lisuse udumo lwami kokuphela.
Kaqalekiswe umkhohlisi ogcwalisa izifungo zakhe ngokuhlabela iNkosi okonakeleyo, yena elenqama engelasici emhlambini wakhe. Ngoba ngiyinkosi enkulu, kutsho iNkosi yamabandla, lebizo lami liyesabeka phakathi kwezizwe.