1 Suk’ ume ukhanye, kuba kufikile ukukhanya kwakho, nobuqaqawuli bukaYehova buthe chapha kuwe.
2 Ngokuba, uyabona, ubumnyama buwugubungele umhlaha, isithokothoko sizigubungele izizwe; ke kuwe uYehova uthe chapha, ubuqaqawuli bakhe bubonakele phezu kwakho.
3 Ziya kuhamba iintlanga zize ekukhanyeni kwakho, ookumkani beze ebumhlotsheni bokuthi chapha kwakho.
4 Phakamisa amehlo akho ngeenxa zonke, ubone; bonke bephela bayahlanganisana, baza kuwe; oonyana bakho bavela kude, neentombi zakho zibelekwe ephangweni.
5 Uya kwandula ukubona, ukhazimle, inkwantye yande intliziyo yakho; ngokuba iya kuguqulelwa kuwe intabalala yolwandle, ubutyebi beentlanga buya kuza kuwe.
6 Inkitha yeenkamela iya kukugubungela, amagobo akwaMidiyan nawakwaEfa, bonke bephela baya kuza bevela kwaShebha, bezisa igolide nentlaka emhlophe, beshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zeendumiso zikaYehova.
7 Yonke imihlambi yakwaKedare ibuthelana kuwe, iinkunzi zeegusha zakwaNebhayoti ziyakulungiselela; zinyuka ngokulikholo kum esibingelelweni sam, ndihombise indlu yokuhomba kwam.
8 Ngoobani na abaya, beza bebaleka njengelifu, njengamavukuthu esiza emakrobeni awo?
9 Okwenene zithembele kum iziqithi, ziinqanawa zaseTarshishe phambili; zizisa oonyana bakho bevela kude, benesilivere yabo negolide yabo, kwigama likaYehova uThixo wakho, koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, ngokokuba ekuhombisile.
10 Oonyana bolunye uhlanga baya kuzakha iindonga zakho, ookumkani babo bakulungiselele; kuba ndikubethe ndinoburhalarhume, kodwa ndaba nemfesane kuwe ndinetarhu;
11 ohlala evuliwe amasango akho imini nobusuku; akayi kuvalwa, ukuze bungeniswe kuwe ubutyebi beentlanga, nookumkani bazo beqhutywa.
12 Kuba uhlanga nobukumkani obungayi kukukhonza buya kutshabalala, ezo ntlanga ziphanze ziphanzile.
13 Ubuqaqawuli beLebhanon buya kuza kuwe, umsipres nompleyini nomgalagala ndawonye, ukuze ihombe indawo yengcwele yam, ndiyizukise indawo yeenyawo zam.
14 Baya kuza kuwe besibekeka oonyana babacinezeli bakho, baqubude ezintendeni zeenyawo zakho abakugibayo; ukukubiza bathi, Mzi kaYehova, Ziyon yoyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.
15 Esikhundleni sokuba ubushiyiwe, uthiyiwe, akwabakho bani ucanda kuwe, ndiya kukwenza ke ingangamsha engunaphakade, imihlali yezizukulwana ngezizukulwana.
16 Uya kwanya amasi eentlanga, wanye ibele lokumkani, wazi ukuba mna Yehova ndinguMsindisi wakho, uMkhululi wakho, iMbalasane kaYakobi.
17 Esikhundleni sobhedu ndizisa igolide, esikhundleni sesinyithi ndizisa isilivere, esikhundleni semithi ubhedu, esikhundleni samatye isinyithi; isiveleli sakho ndisenze uxolo, abaphathi bakho ndibenze ubulungisa.
18 Akuyi kuba savakala lugonyamelo ezweni lakho, imbuqo nolwaphulo emideni yakho; iindonga zakho ukuzibiza wothi luSindiso, namasango akho uthi yiNdumiso.
19 Ilanga aliyi kuba saba sisikhanyiso kuwe emini, nenyanga ingakukhanyiseli, ukuze kube mhlophe kuwe; uYehova uya kuba sisikhanyiso esingunaphakade kuwe, uThixo wakho abe sisihombo sakho.
20 Aliyi kuba satshona ilanga lakho, ingafi nenyanga yakho; kuba uYehova uya kuba sisikhanyiso esingunaphakade kuwe, zizaliseke iimini zesijwili sakho.
21 Abantu bakho bayakuba ngamalungisa bonke bephela, balidle ilifa ilizwe ngonaphakade; besisithole esityelwe ndim, isenzo sesandla sam sokuba ndihombe.
22 Omncinanana uya kuba liwaka, noweyeleyo abe luhlanga olunamandla. Mna, Yehova, ndiya kukukhawulezisa oko ngexesha lako oko.