- Ngubani onguNkulunkulu onjengawe
othethelela insali yefa lakho ububi bayo,
uyiyekele isiphambeko sayo, na?
Akabambeleli entukuthelweni yakhe kuze kube phakade,
ngokuba wenamela umusa. - Kepha mina ngiyakumbheka uJehova;
ngiyakulindela uNkulunkulu wokusindiswa kwami;
uNkulunkulu wami uyakungizwa. - Ukutshelile, muntu, okuhle;
uJehova ufunani kuwe,
kungabi ngukwenza ukulunga kuphela nokuthanda umusa,
uhambe noNkulunkulu wakho ngokuthobeka, na? - Uyakubuye asibekezelele,
anyathele phansi ububi bethu;
yebo, uyakuphonsa zonke izono zabo ekujuleni kolwandle. - Kepha wena Betlehema Efratha,
omncane ukuba ube phakathi kwemindeni yakwaJuda,
ngiyakuphunyelwa ngovela kuwe,
ozakuba ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli,
okuvela kwakhe kusukela endulo ezinsukwini zaphakade.
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