1 Ungazikhathazi ngabantu ababi
2 ngoba bazabuna masinyane njengotshani,
3 Themba kuThixo wenze okulungileyo;
4 Zithokozise kuThixo
5 Nikela indlela zakho kuThixo;
6 Uzakwenza ukulunga kwakho kukhazimule njengentathakusa,
7 Chuma phambi kukaThixo
8 Xwayana lokuzonda njalo ufulathele intukuthelo;
9 Ngoba abantu ababi bazasuswa,
10 Kuseyisikhatshana nje, ababi bazabe bengasekho;
11 Kodwa abathobekileyo bazakudla ilifa lelizwe
12 Ababi baceba ukulimaza abalungileyo
13 kodwa iNkosi iyabahleka ababi,
14 Ababi bakhokha inkemba,
15 Kodwa izinkemba zabo zizagwaza ezabo inhliziyo,
16 Kungcono ingcosana leyo abalayo abalungileyo
17 ngoba amandla ababi azaqedwa,
18 Insuku zabangelasici ziyaziwa nguThixo,
19 Ngezikhathi zomonakalo abayikubuna;
20 Kodwa ababi bazabhubha;
21 Ababi bayaboleka kodwa kababuyiseli,
22 labo uThixo ababusisayo bazakudla ilifa lelizwe;
23 Nxa uThixo ethokoziswa yikuhamba komuntu,
24 loba angakhubeka, kayikuwa,
25 Ngangimutsha, manje sengiluphele,
26 Bayaphana kokuphela njalo bayebolekana nje;
27 Phendukani ebubini lenze ukulunga
28 Ngoba uThixo uthanda abalungileyo
29 abalungileyo bazazuza ilifa lelizwe
30 Umlomo womuntu olungileyo ukhuluma ukuhlakanipha,
31 Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe usenhliziyweni yakhe;
32 Ababi bacathamela abalungileyo
33 kodwa uThixo kayikubayekela bazenzele abakuthandayo
34 Lindelani uThixo ligcine indlela yakhe.
35 Sengike ngabona umuntu omubi olesihluku
36 kodwa waphanga wafa kabe esabakhona;
37 Nanzelela abangelecala, qaphela abaqotho.
38 Kodwa zonke izoni zizabhujiswa;
39 Ukusindiswa kwabalungileyo kuvela kuThixo;
40 UThixo uyabasiza abakhulule;