25 INkosi ilungile kwabayithembayo, kulabo abayidingayo.
25 UThixo ulungile kulowo omethembayo, kulowo omdingayo;
Nkosi, ngilindele ukusiza kwakho.
Wenake, Solomoni mntanami, ubomazi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, umkhonze ngenhliziyo yonke langengqondo evumayo; ngoba iNkosi iyazihlola zonke inhliziyo, iyawazi amacebo wonke lemicabango yonke. Uba wena uyidinga, izakuziveza kuwe; kodwa uba uyitshiya, izakukulahla kokuphela.
waphuma ukuhlangabezana loAsa, wathi kuye: Lalela, Asa, lani lonke abakoJuda labakoBenjamini; iNkosi uNkulunkulu ilani nxa lani liselayo. Uba liyidinga, izalivumela ukuba liyifumane; kodwa uba liyilahla, layo izalilahla.
Kodwake kusekhona okuhle okuthile kuwe, ngoba uziqedile insika zikankulunkulukazi uAshera elizweni, wayimisela inhliziyo yakho ukumdinga uNkulunkulu.
abazimisele ukumdinga uNkulunkulu, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wabokhokho babo, lanxa bengayilandelanga imithetho yokuhlanjululwa kwendlu engcwele.
Wonke umsebenzi awenzayo enkonzweni yendlu kaNkulunkulu ngokomlayo langemithetho, edinga uNkulunkulu wakhe, wawenza ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke, waphumelela.
Ngoba ngaba lenhloni ukucela enkosini ibutho labagadi bamabhiza ukusivikela ezitheni ekuhambeni kwethu; ngoba sasiyitshelile inkosi sathi: UNkulunkulu wethu ulabo bonke abamdingayo, lamandla lolaka lwakhe lumelana labo bonke abamdelayo.
Jabulani ebizweni layo elingcwele; kazithokoze inhliziyo zabo abafuna iNkosi.
Babusisiwe abagcina imilayo yayo, abayidingayo ngenhliziyo yonke,
Abayanga bazakudla basuthe; abafuna iNkosi bazakuyidumisa. Inhliziyo zenu kaziphile kuze kube nininini.
INkosi ilungile iqondile; ngakhoke iyazifundisa izoni indlela ezingahamba ngayo;
Themba iNkosi, uqine, inhliziyo yakho ime isibindi, yebo, themba iNkosi.
Wena uthe: Funani ubuso bami. Inhliziyo yami ithi kuwe: Ubuso bakho, Nkosi, ngizakubufuna.
Themba iNkosi, unamathele endleleni yayo, izakukuphakamisa, ulifuye ilizwe, ubukele ukuchithwa kwababi.
Thula phambi kweNkosi, ulindele yona; ungazikhathazi ngolenhlanhla, ngomuntu owenza amacebo amabi.
Phoke, Nkosi, ngingathembani na? Ithemba lami likuwe.
Nkulunkulu, zwana ukukhala kwami, ulalele umkhuleko wami.
Ngoba wena, Nkulunkulu, uzwile izithembiso zami, wanginika isabelo sabesaba ibizo lakho.
Abacindezelweyo kabakubone lokhu, bathokoze; lina elidinga uNkulunkulu kazivuseleleke inhliziyo zenu.
Kodwa mina ngizakuthemba kuwe njalonjalo, ngikudumise futhifuthi.
Kuzakuthiwa ngalolosuku: Khangela, lo nguNkulunkulu wethu ebesimlindele ukuba asikhulule. Le yiNkosi ebesiyilindele; asithabe, sithokoze ngokusikhulula kwayo.
Umphefumulo wami uyakulangatha ebusuku, lomoya wami uyakudingisisa. Ngoba lapho izahlulelo zakho zikhona emhlabeni, abahlala emhlabeni bafunda ukulunga.
Kodwa iNkosi ilindele ukuba ibe lomusa kini, iyathanda ukuba ibe lesihawu kini; ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu wokulunga, babusisiwe bonke abathemba kuyo.
kodwa abayithembayo iNkosi bazazuza amandla amatsha, bazakuqonga ngamaphiko njengokhozi, bagijime bangadinwa, bahambe bangapheli amandla.
Dingani iNkosi iselokufunyanwa, likhuleke kuyo iseseduze;
Kusukela endulo abantu kabezwanga, futhi kababonanga uNkulunkulu onjengawe, osebenzela labo abamthembayo.
Kuhle ukuyithemba, lokulindela ngokuthula ukukhulula kwayo.
Zihlanyeleleni ukulunga, livune izithelo zothando olungapheliyo; qhathani ingqatho yenu, ngoba kuyisikhathi sokuyidinga iNkosi, ukuba ifike, ithele ukulunga phezu kwenu.
Ngakhoke ngilindela, itsho iNkosi, kuze kube lusuku engizakuvuka ngalo ngithonisise izizwe. Ngoba isiqumo sami siyikubuthelela izizwe, ngiqoqe imibuso, ngithululele phezu kwayo intukuthelo yami, konke ukuvutha kolaka lwami; ngoba ngomlilo wolaka lwami lomona wami wonke umhlaba uzakutshiswa.
lilindele iNdodana yakhe ivela ezulwini, ayivusa kwabafileyo, uJesu osophula olakeni oluzayo.
Bazalwane, bekezelani ize ifike iNkosi. Khangelani, umlimi uyalindela isithelo somhlabathi esiligugu, asibekezelele, size sizuze izulu elokuqala lelokucina.