1Vuthelani icilongo eZiyoni;
2usuku lomnyama lokudana,
3Phambi kwabo umlilo uyatshisa,
4Bakhangeleka benjengamabhiza;
5Ngomsindo onjengowezinqola zempi,
6Ekubaboneni nje, izizwe zizwa ubuhlungu;
7Bahlasela njengamaqhawe;
8Kabasunduzani;
9Baya ngesiqubu edolobheni;
10Umhlaba uyanyikinyeka phambi kwabo;
11UThixo* uyakhwaza
12“Lakhathesi,” kutsho uThixo*,
13Dabulani inhliziyo zenu
14Ngubani owaziyo? Engxenye angaphenduka abe lesihawu
15Vuthelani icilongo eZiyoni,
16Buthanisani abantu,
17Abaphristi abakhonzayo phambi kukaThixo*,
18Lapho-ke uThixo* uzakuba lobukhwele ngelizwe lakhe
19UThixo* uzabaphendula athi:
20Ibutho lasenyakatho ngizalixotshela khatshana lani,
21Ungesabi, wena lizwe;
22Lingesabi, lina zinyamazana zeganga,
23Thabani, lina bantu baseZiyoni,
24Iziza zizagcwala amabele;
25“Ngizalihlawula okwaleyo minyaka lokho okwadliwa zintethe,
26Lizakuba lokudla okunengi lize lisuthe,
27Ngakho lizakwazi ukuthi ngiko-Israyeli,
28“Emva kwalokho,
29Lasezincekwini zami, ezesilisa lezesifazane,
30Ngizabonakalisa izimangaliso emazulwini
31Ilanga lizaphendulwa libe yibumnyama