AmaHubo 79

Ihubo lika-Asafi

1Oh Nkulunkulu, izizwe sezilingenele ilifa lakho;

sezilingcolisile ithempeli lakho eligcwele,

iJerusalema isibhidliziwe yaba luthuli.

2Izidumbu zezinceku zakho sebezilahlile

ukuba yikudla kwezinyoni zasemoyeni,

inyama yabangcwele bakho yaba yikudla kwezilo zelizwe.

3Balichithile igazi njengamanzi

bahonqolozela ngalo iJerusalema,

kasekho ozangcwaba abafileyo.

4Siyizinto zokuchothozwa kubomakhelwane bethu,

inhlekisa lokweyiswa yibo bonke esihlala labo.

5Koze kube nini, Oh Thixo? Uzazonda kuze kube nininini na?

Koze kube nini ubukhwele bakho butshisa njengomlilo na?

6Thululela intukuthelo yakho kulezozizwe

ezingakunanziyo,

ezingalibiziyo ibizo lakho

7ngoba zimchithile uJakhobe

zalibhidliza ilizwe lakibo.

8Ungawethesi thina umlandu wabokhokho;

sengathi isihawu sakho singeza masinyane ukuzasivikela,

ngoba sesisebunzimeni obubi.

9Sisize, awu Nkulunkulu Msindisi wethu,

ngenxa yobukhosi bebizo lakho;

sikhulule uthethelele izono zethu,

ngenxa yebizo lakho.

10Kungani izizwe zisithi,

“Ungaphi uNkulunkulu wabo?”

Yenza emehlweni ethu, kwaziwe phakathi kwezizwe

ukuthi uyaliphindisela igazi lezinceku zakho elachithwayo.

11Sengathi ukububula kwezibotshwa kungafinyelela kuwe;

ngamandla engalo yakho sindisa labo abagwetshelwe ukufa.

12Baphindisele kasikhombisa omakhelwane bethu

ngezinhlamba ababekuchaphaza ngazo, Thixo.

13Kuzakuthi-ke thina abantu bakho,

izimvu zedlelo lakho, sikudumise laphakade;

kusuka esizukulwaneni kusiya esizukulwaneni

sizabalisa udumo lwakho.