1 Yeka igolide eselilahlekelwe yikukhazimula kwalo,
2 Yeka izinsizwa zaseZiyoni ezincomekayo,
3 Ngitsho lamakhanka asemunyisa
4 Ngenxa yokoma, ulimi losane
5 Labo ababesidla izibiliboco
6 Isijeziso sabantu bakithi
7 Amakhosana abo ayekhazimula kulongqwaqwane,
8 Kodwa manje sebemnyama kulomsizi;
9 Bangcono labo ababulawa ngenkemba,
10 Ngezandla zabo abesifazane abalesihelo,
11 UThixo ubhodlisile intukuthelo yakhe;
12 Amakhosi omhlaba ayengakholwa,
13 Kodwa kwenzakala ngenxa yezono zabaphrofethi bakhona,
14 Manje sebephumputha emigwaqweni
15 Abantu bayabaxotsha bathi, “Sukani! Lingcolile!
16 UThixo ngokwakhe ubahlakazile;
17 Phezu kwalokho, amehlo ethu afiphala
18 Abantu babesicwathela indawo zonke,
19 Abasixotshayo babelejubane
20 Ogcotshiweyo kaThixo, oyikuphila kwethu uqobo,
21 Jabula uthokoze, wena Ndodakazi yase-Edomi,
22 Ndodakazi yaseZiyoni, isijeziso sakho sizaphela;