Igama elitsha leZiyon

1 Ngenxa yeZiyon andinakuthi cwaka,

ngenxa yeJerusalem andinakuthi tu,

bude ubulungisa bayo butshisele njengomsobomvu,

lude usindiso lwayo lukhanye njengesibane.

2 Izizwe zobubona ubulungisa bakhe,

nabo bonke ookumkani baluqonde udumo lwakho.

Ewe, uya kufumana igama elitsha

oya kulinikwa *nguNdikhoyo ngokwakhe.

3 KuNdikhoyo uya kuba sesingayiwayo isithsaba;

kuThixo wakho uya kuba yindwe yezinxiba-mxhaka.

4 Akusayi kuthiwa ungumshiywa,

umhlaba wakho kuthiwe yinkangala.

Kaloku kuya kuthiwa unguKholisile,

umhlaba wakho kuthiwe nguManyiwe.

Kaloku uNdikhoyo wanelisekile nguwe;

wozimanya neli lizwe ngokomyeni.

5 Kwanjengokuba umfana ethatha intombi

noonyana bakho baya kukuthatha;

njengokuba umyeni engaziva ngomtshakazi

noThixo wakho akayi kuziva ngawe.

6 Wena Jerusalem, ndokujikeleza ngabalindi;

imini nobusuku bayo bona soze bathi cwaka.

Nina ke, balindi,

nina nimkhumbuzayo uNdikhoyo ngezithembiso zakhe,

ze ningaphumli,

7 noNdikhoyo ngokwakhe ningamphumzi,

ade yena ayimisele iJerusalem

ibe sisixeko esidunyiswa lihlabathi jikelele.

8 UNdikhoyo ke yena wenze isifungo;

ngamandla akhe uya kusifezekisa:

“Ingqolowa yakho ayiyi kuphinda ibe sisisulu seentshaba zakho,

iintlanga azisayi kuyisela iwayini yakho,

yona leyo ubulaleke wedwa ngayo,

9 kodwa abo bayihlwayeleyo boyivuna –

baya kuyitya badumise uNdikhoyo ngayo;

ewe, abo bayiqokelelayo idiliya

bosela iwayini enkundleni yendlu kaThixo.”

10 Nina maJerusalem, phumani esixekweni,

niye kuhlahlela abantu indlela;

gqalan’ amatye nivule, nitsho ngohola,

nimise imbasa, nezizwe zitsho ziqonde.

11 UNdikhoyo ke wenze isihlokomiso kwihlabathi jikelele:

“Yithi kwintombi enguZiyon:

‘Uyambona, nanko esiza uMsindisi wakho!

Nanko ekuphathel’ umvuzo;

uza egushe imbuyekezo.’ ”

12 Bantu abo kothiwa ngabakhethekileyo,

uhlanga olukhululwe nguNdikhoyo;

iJerusalem ke kuthiwe nguThandiwe,

isixeko esingashiywanga sikhal’ ibhungane.