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Isahluko 61

UMoya weNkosi uJehova uphezu kwami, ngokuba uJehova ungigcobile ukuba ngishumayele izindaba ezinhle kwabathotshisiweyo; ungithumele ukubopha abanhliziyo ezaphukileyo, nokumemezela ukukhululwa kwabathunjwa nokuvulelwa kweziboshwa itilongo,
2 ngimemezele umnyaka womusa kaJehova nosuku lokuphindisela lukaNkulunkulu wethu, ngiduduze bonke abalilayo,
3 ngenze ukuba abalilayo eSiyoni baphiwe amaqhele esikhundleni somlotha, amafutha enjabulo esikhundleni sokulila, ingubo yokudumisa esikhundleni somoya odangeleyo, ukuze babizwe ngokuthi imithi yokulunga nokutshaliwe nguJehova ukuba adunyiswe.
4 Bayakwakha izincithakalo ezindala, bavuse izindawo ezichithekileyo zakuqala, balungise imizi ebhujisiweyo, izindawo eziyihlane izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.
5 Abezizwe bayakumela ukwalusa imihlambi yenu, abafokazi babe ngabalimi benu nabaphathi bezivini zenu.
6 Kepha nina niyakuthiwa abapristi bakaJehova, niyakubizwa ngokuthi izikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu wethu; niyakudla imfuyo yezizwe, nizibonge ngodumo lwazo.
7 Esikhundleni sehlazo lenu niyakuphiwa ngokuphindweyo; abadumeleyo, ukujabula kuyakuba yisabelo sabo; ngalokho ezweni lakubo bayakudla ifa ngokuphindiweyo, intokozo engapheliyo ibe ngeyabo.
8 “Ngokuba mina Jehova ngithanda ukulunga, ngizonda ukuphanga kanye nokubi; ngiyakubanika umvuzo wabo ngeqiniso, ngenze isivumelwano esiphakade nabo.
9 Inzalo yabo iyakwaziwa phakathi kwezizwe, nabantwana babo phakathi kwabantu; bonke abababonayo bayakubavuma ukuthi bayinzalo uJehova ayibusisile.”
10 Ngiyathokoza nokuthokoza ngoJehova, umphefumulo wami wenama ngoNkulunkulu wami, ngokuba ungembathisile izingubo zensindiso, wangisibekela ngesambatho sokulunga, njengomyeni efaka iqhele ngokompristi, nanjengomakoti ezihlobisa ngezimvunulo zakhe.
11 Ngokuba njengokuba umhlaba uveza ihlumela lawo, nanjengensimu ehlumisa okutshalwe kuyo, kanjalo iNkosi uJehova iyakuveza ukulunga nodumo phambi kwezizwe zonke.