1 "Qhinqani isililo ngamakhosana ako-Israyeli 2 lithi:

‘Yeka isilwanekazi esasingunyoko

phakathi kwezilwane!

Salala phansi phakathi kwezilwane ezisakhulayo

sondla imidlwane yaso.

3 Sakhulisa omunye wemidlwane yaso

waba yisilwane esilamandla

wafunda ukudabula okubanjelwe ukudliwa,

wadla labantu.

4 Izizwe zezwa ngawo

wasuthiywa egodini lazo.

Zawuhola ngezingwegwe

zawusa elizweni laseGibhithe.

5 Kwathi sibona ithemba laso lingagcwalisekanga,

ithemba laso lingasekho,

sathatha omunye wemidlwane yaso

sawenza waba yisilwane esilamandla.

6 Wanyonyoba phakathi kwezilwane ngoba

wawuyisilwane esilamandla.

Wafunda ukudabula okubanjelwe ukudliwa,

wadla labantu.

7 Wadiliza izinqaba zabo

wachitha lamadolobho abo.

Ilizwe kanye labo bonke ababekulo

bathuthumeliswa yikubhonga kwawo.

8 Izizwe zawuvukela,

zivela ezindaweni eziwuzingelezileyo.

Zendlala amambule azo phezu kwawo

wawela egodini labo.

9 Bawudonsela ekhejini ngezingwegwe

bawusa enkosini yaseBhabhiloni.

Bawufaka entolongweni,

ngakho ukubhonga kwawo akuzwakalanga futhi

ezintabeni zako-Israyeli.

10 Unyoko wayenjengevini

elihlanyelwe ngasemanzini esivinini sakho;

sasithela izithelo njalo silezingatsha ezinengi

ngenxa yamanzi amanengi.

11 Ingatsha zaso zaziqinile

zifanele intonga yombusi.

Sasiphakeme siphezulu le

ngaphezu kwamahlamvu aminyeneyo,

sibonakala ngobude baso

langezingatsha zaso ezinengi.

12 Kodwa sasitshunwa ngokuthukuthela

saphoselwa phansi.

Umoya wasempumalanga wasomisa,

izithelo zaso zaqhululwa;

ingatsha zaso eziqinileyo zabuna

umlilo wazitshisa.

13 Khathesi sesihlanyelwe enkangala,

elizweni elitshisayo lelomileyo.

14 Umlilo umemetheke usuka kolunye lwezingatsha ezinkulu,

watshisa izithelo zaso.

Akulagatsha oluqinileyo oluseleyo kuso

olufanele intonga yombusi.’

Lesi yisililo njalo sizasetshenziswa njengesililo."