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57:1 Ilungisa liyatshabalala; akukho mntu ke ukunyamekelayo oko ngentliziyo; amadoda anobubele.
bayasuswa, akukho mntu ke uqondayo ukuba ilungisa limka phambi kwabo
ububi obuzayo.
57:2 Uya kungena eluxolweni: baya kuphumla ezingqengqelweni zabo, ngamnye
ehamba ngokuthe tye.
57:3 Ke nina, sondelani apha, nina bonyana betolakazi, mbewu yomfo
umkrexezi nehenyukazi.
57:4 Nivuyelela bani na? nimvulela lowo umlomo;
nokukhupha ulwimi? aningoonyana bokreqo, imbewu yotshaba
ubuxoki,
57:5 nina bazitshisekisayo emiterebhintini, phantsi kwemithi yonke eluhlaza;
Ngabantwana ezihlanjeni phantsi kweengxondorha?
57:6 Isahlulo sakho saba sematyeni agudileyo esihlambo; bona, ngabakho
ewe, kwanazo wazithululela umnikelo othululwayo, wawusondeza kuye
umnikelo wokudla. Ngaba ndifanele ndithuthuzeleke kwezi?
57:7 Entabeni ende, ende, wabeka isilili sakho;
wenyuka waya kubingelela.
57:8 Isikhumbuzo sakho wasibeka emva kweengcango nemigubasi.
ngokuba utyhileke komnye ungengam, wenyuka;
wandise isilili sakho, wanqophisana nabo; wena
wawuthanda umandlalo wabo, apho wawubonela khona.
57:9 Waya kukumkani uneoli, wandandisa
Wazithuma kude abathunywa bakho, wabathoba
ude uye kwelabafileyo.
57:10 Wadinwa ngokuba nde kwendlela yakho; akutshongo na wena ukuthi, Ukhona
Ufumene umphefumlo wesandla sakho; waba njalo wena
engabi buhlungu.
57:11 Ubunesithukuthezi ngabani na, ubusoyika bani na, ukuba uxoke, uze?
akundikhumbuli na, akwakunyamekela oko ngentliziyo? khange ndibambe okwam
Luxolo kwamandulo, ungandoyiki na?
57:12 Ndiya kubuxela mna ubulungisa bakho, nezenzo zakho; ngokuba abayi
kunceda wena.
57:13 Ekukhaleni kwakho mazikuhlangule amahlelo akho; kodwa kuya kubakho umoya
zithwale zonke; amampunge aya kuwathabatha; nobeka ezakhe
abakholose ngam baya kulidla ilifa ilizwe, bayime intaba yam engcwele;
57:14 Kuya kuthi, Fumba, fumbani, lungisani indlela, fumbani
Isikhubekiso endleleni yabantu bam.
57:15 Ngokuba utsho ophezulu, owongamileyo, ohleli ngonaphakade, ogama lingunaphakade.
igama liNgcwele; Ndihleli kwephezulu, engcweleni, kwanaye ukho
womoya otyumkileyo nothobekileyo, ukuvuselela umoya wabathobekileyo, kunye
ukuvuselela intliziyo yabatyumkileyo.
57:16 Ngokuba andiyi kubambana naye ngonaphakade, andiyi kuhlala ndinoburhalarhume;
umoya ubungatyhafa phambi kwam, nemiphefumlo endiyenzileyo mna.
57:17 Ngenxa yobugwenxa bokubawa kwakhe ndaba noburhalarhume, ndambetha, ndazimela.
Wandiqumba, wahamba ephamba ngendlela yentliziyo yakhe.
57:18 Ndizibonile iindlela zakhe, kwaye ndiya kumphilisa, kwaye ndiya kumkhokela, kwaye
mbuyisele intuthuzelo yena nabakhe balilayo.
57:19 Mna ndiyadala isiqhamo somlomo; Uxolo, uxolo malubekho kwabakude;
kokufuphi, utsho uYehova; ndiya kumphilisa.
57:20 Ke bona abangendawo banjengolwandle oluvunjululweyo, ngokuba alunakuzola;
amanzi avumbulula udaka nezibi.
57:21 Akukho luxolo kwabangendawo, utsho uThixo wam.