Hawu, sizwe esonayo , bantu abasindwe ngububi , nzalo yababi , bantwana abonakeleyo! Bamshiyile uJehova, bamdelele oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, babuyele emuva.
Ngokuba uJehova uyayazi indlela yabalungileyo , kodwa indlela yababi yobhubha.
Okuncane anakho olungileyo kungcono kunemfuyo yababi abaningi.
Ngokuba uJehova uthanda ukulunga , akabashiyi abangcwele bakhe ; bayalondolozwa kuze kube phakade, kepha inzalo yababi iyachithwa.
Ukuvutha kolaka kungibambile ngenxa yababi abashiya umthetho wakho.
Ngokuba intonga yababi ayinakuhlala phezu kwesabelo sabalungileyo, funa abalungileyo belulele izandla zabo kokubi.
UJehova uyalondoloza abafokazi ; uyaphasa intandane nomfelokazi ; kepha indlela yababi uyayiphambanisa.
Isiqalekiso sikaJehova sisendlini yababi , kepha uyabusisa ikhaya labalungileyo.
Indlela yababi injengobumnyama; abazi ukuthi bakhubeka ngani.
Umsebenzi wolungileyo ungowokuphila; inzuzo yababi ingeyokona.
Ulimi lolungileyo luyisiliva elikhethekileyo; ingqondo yababi iyinto encane.
Ukumesaba uJehova kuyandisa izinsuku , kepha iminyaka yababi iyancishiswa.
Ishinga lifisa impango yababi, kepha impande yabalungileyo iyathela.
Olungileyo ungumholi womakhelwane wakhe , kepha indlela yababi iyabadukisa.
Indlu yababi iyachithwa, kepha itende labaqotho liyahluma.
Endlini yolungileyo kukhona ingcebo eningi , kepha enzuzweni yababi kukhona ukuhlupheka.
Indlela yababi iyisinengiso kuJehova , kepha uyamthanda olandela ukulunga.
Inhliziyo yolun gileyo iyacabanga ukuphendula , kepha imilomo yababi iyaphafuza izinto ezimbi.
Awuyikuhlanganiswa nabo ekumbelweni , ngokuba uchithile izwe lakho , wabulala abantu bakho; inzalo yababi ayisayikubizwa ngegama naphakade.
Nokho naye uhlakaniphile , uyakuletha okubi; akayikubuyisa amazwi akhe, kepha uyakuvukela indlu yababi nosizo lwabenza okubi.
Ulungile wena Jehova , noma ngimelana nawe ; ngiyakukhuluma nawe ngokwahlulela: iphumelelani indlela yababi, kungani ukuba babe nokuthula abakhohlisa nokukhohlisa, na?
Kusekhona inzuzo embi endlini yababi, ne-efa elincane eliqalekiswayo, na?
Uphumela ukusindiswa kwabantu bakho, yebo, ukusindiswa kogcotshiweyo wakho; uphohloza uphahla endlini yababi , wambula isisekelo kuze kube sentanyeni. Sela