Isicelo sokuhlangulwa kwesizwe

Umhobe ka-Asafu.

1 Iintshaba ziwuhlasele umhlaba wakho, Thixo;

ziyixabhele indlu yakho engcwele,

iJerusalem itsho yalinxuwa.

2 Imizimba yezicaka zakho kukutya kweentaka,

izidumbu zazo zityiwa ziinyamakazi.

3 Igazi lazo laphalala njengamanzi,

laba ngumgxobhozo ojikelez’ iJerusalem,

kungekho bani wokuzifihla.

4 Sesiyintlekisa kubamelwane;

bayakrwecana bephoxisa ngathi.

5 Koda kube nini, *Ndikhoyo?

Uya kusoloko ucaphukile?

Lohlala livutha ikhwele lakho?

6 Wugalele ezintlangeni umsindo wakho,

kwabo bangakukhathalelanga wena,

kwizikumkani ezingakunquliyo.

7 Kuba bamqwengile uYakobi,

babhuqe bavuthulula konke.

8 Ungasixhibi ngenxa yezono zoobawo;

nceda velana nathi kuba siphelelwe.

9 Khawuncede usisindise, Thixo wethu,

ngenxa yesidima segama lakho.

Sihlangule usixolele amatyala ethu ngenxa yegama lakho.

10 Ngani ukuba iintlanga zide zithi:

“Uphi lo Thixo wabo?”

Liphindezele igazi lezicaka zakho;

masikubone uzohlwaya iintlanga.

11 Yive incwina yâbo bathinjiweyo;

ngaloo mandla akho basindise abo bagwetyelwe ukufa.

12 Babuyisele kasixhenxe abamelwane

ngenxa yezenyeliso abakuthuka ngazo, Mhlekazi.

13 Ke thina bantu baziigusha ozalusayo

siya kukubulela njalo-njalo;

ewe, soze sipheze ukukuncoma!