4 Yasikhethela ilizwe lethu, udumo lukaJakobe emthandayo.
4 Wasikhethela ilifa lethu, igugu likaJakhobe amthandayo.
laba ngelikaIsrayeli inceku yayo, ngoba uthando lwayo olungapheliyo lumi kuze kube nininini.
Abangcwele abaselizweni yibo abayizikhulu, yonke intokozo yami ikubo.
Lanxa ubutshiyiwe, uzondwa, kungasekho odabula phakathi kwakho, ngizakukwenza ube lodumo kuze kube nininini, uthokozise ezizukulwaneni zonke.
Mina bengisithi ngizakukubeka njani phakathi kwabantwana bami, ngikunike ilizwe elihle, ilizwe elihle kakhulu phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe. Ngathi uzakungibiza ngokuthi Baba, ungadeli ukungilandela.
Ngalolosuku ngafunga kibo ukuba ngibakhuphe elizweni laseGibithe, ngibese elizweni engabadingela lona, ilizwe eligcwele uchago lenyosi, ilizwe elihle kulawo wonke amazwe.
INkosi ithi: Ngizakwelapha ukungathembeki kwabo, ngibathande ngenhliziyo yami yonke, ngoba ukubathukuthelela kwami sekuphelile kibo.
INkosi uNkulunkulu izifungile uqobo, yathi: Ngiyanengwa yikuzigqaja kukaJakobe, ngizonda inqaba zakhe; ngizawunikela umuzi lakho konke okukuwo.
INkosi ifungile ngokuzigqaja kukaJakobe, yathi: Impela kangiyikuzikhohlwa izenzo zabo kuze kube nininini.
— Ngoba iNkosi ibuyisa ubukhosi bukaJakobe bube njengobukhosi bukaIsrayeli; ngoba abahlaselayo balikhwexule ivini, baqeda ingatsha zalo —
Ngilithandile, kutsho iNkosi. Kodwa lina lithi: Usithande kanjani na? UEsawu kasuye umfowabo kaJakobe na? kutsho iNkosi. Kanti ngamthanda uJakobe,
Kung’khonake iNkosi izakuthi kibo abangakwesokunene sayo: Wozani lina elibusisiweyo nguBaba, lidle ilifa lombuso eliwulungiselweyo kusukela ekudatshulweni komhlaba.
Kungathi kungavulwa amehlo enhliziyo zenu, ukuze lazi ithemba elibizelwa kulo, lenotho enkulu yelifa alinika lona kubo abangcwele,
ilizwe elilondolozwa yiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, amehlo ayo alikhangela njalo, kusukela ekuqaleni komnyaka kuze kube sekupheleni kwawo.
Yebo, yabathanda abantu bayo. Bonke abangcwele bayo babesesandleni sayo; bahlala ngasenyaweni zayo, bamukele imilayezo yayo.
lokuba sibe lelifa elingapheliyo, elingangcolanga, elingabuniyo. Lilondolozelwe lona ezulwini,