Kepha yiba nomusa kumadodana kaBarizilayi wakwaGileyadi , abe khona phakathi kwabadla ngasetafuleni lakho , ngokuba enza kanjalo kimi mhla ngabalekela u-Abisalomu umfowenu.

Makungabikho mun tu odelela ubusha bakho , kepha yiba yisibonelo kwabakholwayo ngezwi , nangenkambo, nangothando, nangokukholwa, nangokuhlanzeka.

USawule wathi kuDavide : Bheka, indodakazi yami enkulu uMerabi ngiyakukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; yiba yiqhawe lami kuphela, ulwe izimpi zikaJehova. Ngokuba uSawule wathi: Isandla sami masingabi phezu kwakhe , kepha isandla samaFilisti masibe phezu kwakhe.

USawule wayaleza izinceku zakhe ngokuthi : Khulumani noDavide ngasese, nithi: Bheka, inkosi yenamile ngawe, nazo zonke izinceku zayo ziyakuthanda; ngalokho yiba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi.

Ngakho wena mntanami, yiba namandla emseni okuKristu Jesu;

Imithi yake yaya ukuzigcobela inkosi , yathi kuwo umnqumo : Yiba yinkosi yethu.

Ngincenga ubuso bakho ngenhliziyo yami yonke ; yiba nomusa kimi ngokwezwi lakho.

Yizwa, Jehova, ngikhala ngezwi elikhulu; yiba nomusa kimi, ungiphendule.

Yizwa, Jehova, ube nomusa kimi; Jehova, yiba ngumsizi wami.

Yiba nomusa kimi , Jehova, ngokuba ngiyahlupheka; iso lami liyafa usizi , nomphefumulo wami nomzimba wami.

Ngiphendule ekukhaleni kwami , Nkulunkulu wokulunga kwami . Ekucindezelweni wangenzela indawo ; yiba nomusa kimi , uzwe umkhuleko wami.

Yiba nomusa kimi , Nkulunkulu, ngokuba abantu bafuna ukungigwi nya; usuku lonke bayangicindezela belwa.

Yiba nomusa kimi, Nkulunkulu; yiba nomusa kimi. Ngokuba umphefumulo wami uphephela kuwe ; ngifuna ukukhosela ethunzini lamaphiko akho , zize zidlule izinhlupheko.

Yiba nomusa kimi , Jehova, ngokuba ngidangele ; ngiphilise, Jehova, ngokuba amathambo ami ayathuthumela,

Yiba kimi idw ala lokuhlala , ukuze ngiye kulo njalonjalo ; ukuyalezile ukusindiswa kwami, ngokuba uyidwala lami nenqaba yami.

Yiba nomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngokuba ngikhala kuwe usuku lonke.

Yiba nomusa kimi, Jehova; kubone engihlupheka ngakho ngabangizondayo wena ongiphakamisa emasangweni okufa,

Ukukholwa onakho , yiba nakho ngokwakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu . Ubusisiwe ongazahluleli ngalokho akukhethayo;

Wathi nakuleyo: Nawe yiba phezu kwemizi eyisihlanu.

Kalokhu lalela izwi lami , ngikululeke, uNkulunkulu abe nawe; ngithi: Yiba ngumkhulumeli wabantu phambi kukaNkulunkulu , ulethe izindaba kuNkulunkulu,

Vuka, ngokuba iphezu kwakho le ndaba ; thina sinawe ; yiba nesibindi , ukwenze.

Yiba namahloni wena Sidoni , ngokuba lukhulumile ulwandle , inqaba yolwandle, ngokuthi: Angibanga namihelo , angizalanga, angikhulisanga izinsizwa, angondlanga izintombi.

Jehova, yiba nomusa kithi, sihlalela wena. Yiba yingalo yethu ekuseni njalo, nokusindiswa kwethu ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka.

Ngatshiyozisa okwenkonjane , ngaliliselisa okwejuba ; amehlo ami aphela ngokubheka phezulu; Nkosi, ngiyacindezelwa; yiba yisibambiso sami.

Lapho umuntu eyakubamba umfowabo endlini kayise ethi: Wena unengubo, yiba ngumbusi wethu, le ncithakalo ibe phansi kwesandla sakho,

Yilowo nalowo usiza umakhelwane wakhe; uthi komfowabo: Yiba nesibindi.

Bambusisa uRebeka , bathi kuye : Dadewethu, yiba wena izinkulungwane zezigidi, inzalo yakho inqobe amasango ezitha zayo.

Abantu mabakukhonze, izizwe zikukhothamele; yiba yinkosi yabafowenu , amadodana kanyoko akukhothamele ; makaqalekiswe okuqalekisayo , abusiswe okubusisayo.

Yiba nemihelo , uzale, ndodakazi yase Siyoni njengobelethayo , ngokuba manje uyakuphuma emzini , uhlale endle , ufike naseBabele , lapho uzakophulwa khona; lapho uJehova uyakukukhulula esandleni sezitha zakho.

UMose wayesethi kuKora: Wena yiba nayo yonke inhlangano yakho phambi kukaJehova kusasa, wena, nabo, no-Aroni;