1 Kungani ukuba izizwe zixokozele, labantu banakane okuyize na?
1 Kungani izizwe zixokozela, labantu besakha amacebo ngeze?
Ngabachola baba njengothuli phambi komoya, ngabanyathela njengodaka lwendlela.
Nxa belungisela okubi ngawe, beceba okubi, bazakwahluleka;
Izizwe ziyaxokozela, lemibuso izamazame; ukhupha ilizwi lakhe, umhlaba uncibilike.
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,
Yazini, lina bantu, ukuthi lizakuchitheka; lalelani, lina zizwe ezikhatshana; lihlome, kodwa lizachitheka.
Kodwa abalimi sebeyibonile indodana, bakhulumisana bathi: Le yindlalifa; wozani siyibulale, ilifa libe ngelethu.
Ngoba izakunikelwa kwabezizwe, iyangiswe, ithukwe, ikhafulelwe ngamathe,
Bathokoza, bathembisa ukumnika imali.
Lexuku labelekelela, lenduna zabadabulela ingubo zabo, zalaya ukuba batshaywe ngenduku;
Kwathi bona sebezwile lokhu bathukuthela, bafuna ukubabulala.
Azakuhlasela iWundlu, kodwa iWundlu lizakuwanqoba, ngoba liyiNkosi yamakhosi loMbusi wababusi, abakanye lalo ngababiziweyo, labakhethiweyo, labathembekileyo.