- Babusisiwe abaqotho endleleni,
abahamba ngemithetho kaJehova. - UJehova muhle, ulungile;
ngalokho ufundisa izoni indlela.
Abathobekileyo ubaholela kokulungileyo,
abathobekileyo ubafundisa indlela yakhe. - Phaphamani ngokufaneleyo, ningoni; ngokuba abanye kabamazi uNkulunkulu; ngisho lokhu ukuba nibe namahloni.
- Kepha kinina enilesabayo igama lami kuyakuphuma ilanga lokulunga, linokuphilisa emaphikweni alo; niyakuphuma, nitshekule njengamathole esibaya.
- Ngokuba ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama eyakulungisiswa phambi kwakhe; ngokuba ngomthetho kukhona ukwazi isono.
- Khona uPetru wavula umlomo, wathi: “Nembala ngiyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu akabheki ubuso bamuntu, kodwa ezizweni zonke omesabayo nowenza ukulunga uyamukeleka kuye.”
- Kuyakuba ngukulunga kithi, uma sigcina ukwenza yonke le miyalo phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, njengalokho esiyalile.
- Ukukhunjulwa kolungileyo kubusisekile,
kepha igama lababi liyabola. - Ngokuba uyayazi indlela yami;
esengivivinyile,
ngiyakuphuma njengegolide.
Unyawo lwami lunamathele ezinyathelweni zakhe;
ngigcinile indlela yakhe,
angiphambukanga. - Khulisa umntwana ngendlela eyakuba ngeyakhe;
kuyakuthi lapho esekhulile,
angasuki kuyo. - Ngikufundisa ngendlela yokuhlakanipha;
ngikuhola emikhondweni yobuqotho. - Yebo, ezindleleni zezahlulelo zakho, Jehova,
sikuhlalele.
Umphefumulo uyalangazelela
igama lakho nesikhumbuzo sakho. - Ngubani ohlakaniphile, aqonde lezi zinto;
ngubani onomqondo, azazi, na?
Ngokuba izindlela zikaJehova zilungile;
abalungileyo bayakuhamba ngazo,
kepha abaphambukayo bayakukhubeka ngazo. - Ngokuba angenameli ukufa kofayo, isho iNkosi uJehova; ngalokho buyani, niphile.
- Uyidwala, umsebenzi wakhe uphelele,
ngokuba zonke izindlela zakhe zingukulunga;
unguNkulunkulu wokuthembeka ongenakonakala;
ulungile, uqotho yena. - Kalokhu-ke mina Nebukadinesari ngiyatusa, ngiyaphakamisa, ngiyidumisa iNkosi yezulu, ngokuba yonke imisebenzi yayo iyiqiniso, nezindlela zayo zingukwahlulela; abahamba ngokuzidla inamandla okubathobisa.
- Kepha yena onika ohlwanyelayo inhlwanyelo nesinkwa sokudliwa uyakulungisela evise imbewu yenu, andise izithelo zokulunga kwenu.
- Futhi ninganikeli izitho zenu esonweni, zibe yizikhali zokungalungi, kodwa zinikeleni nina kuNkulunkulu njengabaphilayo bevukile kwabafileyo nezitho zenu kuNkulunkulu, zibe yizikhali zokulunga.
- Ithemba labalungileyo liyakuba yintokozo,
kepha abakwethembayo ababi kuyakubhubha. - Amehlo akho mawabheke phambili,
nezinkophe zakho maziqonde phambi kwakho. - Ngokuba wena Jehova uyambusisa olungileyo;
umphahla ngomusa njengesihlangu. - Ingcebo ayisizi ngosuku lolaka,
kepha ukulunga kophula ekufeni. - Bheka, umphefumulo wakhe uziphakamisile,
awuqotho phakathi kwakhe,
kepha olungileyo uzakuphila ngokukholwa kwakhe. - Egcina izindlela zokulunga,
elondoloza imikhondo yabathembekileyo bakhe. - Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile ibanga, ngigcinile ukukholwa; sengibekelwe umqhele wokulunga eyakungipha wona ngalolo suku iNkosi, umahluleli olungileyo, kungeyimi ngedwa, kepha bonke abathandile ukubonakala kwayo.
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