5 Linikele iminikelo yokulunga, lithembe eNkosini.
5 Nikelani imihlatshelo eqondileyo, limethembe uThixo.
UAbisalomu esanikela umhlatshelo wabiza uAhithofeli waseGilo, umeluleki kaDavida, emzini wakhe eGilo. Ukuhlamuka kwaqina, labantu banda njalo ngakuAbisalomu.
liyikhothamele, funa ithukuthele, libhubhe endleleni; ngoba ulaka lwayo luzakuvutha masinyane. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuyo.
Ngahlulela, Nkosi, ngoba ngihambe ngobuqotho, ngithembe kuwe ngingathandabuzi.
Themba eNkosini, wenze okuhle, uhlale elizweni ngokuthembeka.
Nikela kuNkulunkulu umnikelo wokubonga, ugcwalise izithembiso zakho koPhezukonke;
Ng’khona uzakujabulela iminikelo efaneleyo, leminikelo yokutshiswa; njalo kuzakunikelwa ngezinkunzi phezu kwealtare lakho.
Thembani kuye izikhathi zonke lina bantu, lithulule inhliziyo zenu phambi kwakhe; uNkulunkulu uyisiphephelo sethu.
INkosi izakungilahla kokuphela, ingabe izaphinda ibe lomusa na?
Lowo ophakathi kwenu oyesabayo iNkosi kalalele ilizwi lenceku yayo: ohamba emnyameni ongelakukhanya, kathembele ebizweni leNkosi, abambelele kuNkulunkulu wakhe.
Ngoba mina Nkosi ngithanda ukulunga, ngizonda ukuphanga lobubi; ngizakubanika umvuzo wabo ngeqiniso, ngenze labo isivumelwano esingapheliyo.
Lapho linikela inyamazana eyisiphofu ibe ngumhlatshelo, lokho kakukubi na? Lapho linikela inyamazana eqhulayo legulayo, lokho kakukubi na? Akukunike umbusi wakho lokho; kambe angathokoza ngawe na? Angaba lomusa kuwe na? kutsho iNkosi yamabandla.
Ngakhoke uba uletha umnikelo wakho ealtareni, ubusukhumbula ulapho ukuthi umfowenu ulesikhwili lawe,
Bazamemela abantu entabeni yabo, banikele khona iminikelo yokulunga. Ngoba bakhupha inala yezinlwandle, lenotho efihliweyo etshebetshebeni.
Ngakho labo abahluphekayo ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu kababeke imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali othembekileyo, bahlale besenza okulungileyo.