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1 Ngubani olikholiweyo ilizwi lethu,
njalo amandla kaThixo abonakaliswe kubani na?
2 Wakhula phambi kwakhe njengehlumela,
lanjengempande emhlabathini owomileyo.
Wayengelabuhle lobukhosi ukuba asikhange,
kungelalutho esimeni sakhe olungenza simfune.
3 Weyiswa njalo waliwa ngabantu,
umuntu wezinsizi, njalo ekujayele ukuhlupheka.
Lowo abantu abangafuniyo ukukhangelana laye
weyiswa, asimhloniphanga.
4 Ngempela wathatha inhlungu zethu
wathwala insizi zethu,
kodwa thina sathi utshaywe nguNkulunkulu,
ebethwe nguye, njalo uhlutshiwe.
5 Kodwa wagwazwa ngenxa yezono zethu,
wachobozwa ngenxa yokona kwethu,
ukuhlutshwa kwakhe kwasilethela ukuthula,
njalo sasiliswa ngamanxeba akhe.
6 Thina sonke silahlekile njengezimvu,
munye ngamunye wethu uphambukele endleleni yakhe;
njalo uThixo ubeke phezu kwakhe
ukona kwethu sonke.
7 Wancindezelwa wahlutshwa,
kodwa kawuvulanga umlomo wakhe;
wakhokhelwa ukuyabulawa njengewundlu,
njalo njengemvu ithule phambi komgundi wayo,
laye kawuvulanga umlomo wakhe.
8 Ngokuncindezelwa langokwahlulela wathathwa.
Ngubani ongakhuluma ngesizukulwane sakhe na?
Ngoba wasuswa elizweni labaphilayo;
watshaywa ngenxa yeziphambeko zabantu bami.
9 Wabelwa ingcwaba kanye lababi,
kanye labanothileyo ekufeni kwakhe,
lanxa kungeladlakela alwenzayo
njalo kungekho inkohliso emlonyeni wakhe.
10 Ikanti kwakuyintando kaThixo ukumchoboza lokumenza ahlupheke,
njalo lanxa uThixo esenza ukuphila kwakhe umnikelo wecala,
uzabona inzalo yakhe, andise insuku zokuphila kwakhe,
lentando kaThixo izaphumelela ngaye.
11 Emva kokuhlupheka komoya wakhe,
uzabona ukukhanya kokuphila asuthiseke;
ngokwazi kwayo inceku yami elungileyo izalungisa abanengi,
ithwale izono zabo.
12 Ngakho-ke ngizamnika isabelo phakathi kwabakhulu,
njalo uzakwabelana impango labalamandla
ngoba wanikela ukuphila kwakhe ekufeni,
wabalwa ndawonye lezoni;
ngoba wathwala izono zabanengi,
wancengela izoni.

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