Ukucela kuNkulunkulu ukuthi asize abantu bakhe

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79Nkulunkulu, abezizwea sebengenile elifeni lakhob; balingcolisile ithempeli lakho elingcwelec; iJerusalema bayenze yaba zinqumbid. 2 Banikile izidumbu zezinceku zakho zaba yikudla kwenyoni zamazulue, inyama yabangcwele bakhof kuzo izilo zomhlabag. 3 Balichithile igazi labo njengamanzih inhlangothi zonke zeJerusalema; njalo kakubanga khona ongcwabayoi. 4 Sesibe yinhlamba kubomakhelwane bethujk, inhlekisa loklolodelol kwabasiphahlileyom.

5 Koze kube nini, Nkosino? Uzathukuthela phakade yinip? Ubukhwele bakhoq buzavutha njengomlilo yinir? 6 Thulula ulaka lwakho phezu kwabezizwest abangakwaziyou, laphezu kwemibuso engabizi ibizo lakhov. 7 Ngoba bamdlile uJakobe, lomuzi wakhe sebewenze unxiwaw. 8 Ungakhumbuli umelene lathi izono zethu zendulox; isihawu sakho kasize masinyane phambi kwethuy, ngoba sehliselwe phansi kakhuluz. 9 Sisize, Nkulunkulu wosindiso lwethu, ngenxa yodumo lwebizo lakhoa; sikhulule, uhlawulele izono zethub, ngenxa yebizo lakhoc. 10 Kungani abezizwe bezakuthi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu wabo? Kawaziwe phakathi kwezizwe phambi kwamehlo ethud, impindiselo yegazi lenceku zakho elachithwayo.

11 Ukububula kwezibotshwa kakuze phambi kwakhoe; njengobukhulu bengalo yakho ulondoloze abantwana bokufaf. 12 Uphindisele omakhelwane bethug kasikhombisah esifubeni saboi ukuthuka kwabo, abakuthuka ngakho, Nkosij. 13 Khona thina abantu bakhok, izimvu zedlelo lakho, sizakubonga kuze kube ninininil, silandise udumo lwakho esizukulwaneni ngesizukulwanam.