1 Kodwa-ke akusayikuba khona ukudangala kulabo ababesosizini. Ensukwini ezedlulayo walithobisa ilizwe likaZebhuluni lelizwe likaNafithali. Kodwa ensukwini ezizayo uzayipha udumo iGalile yabezizweni, eNdleleni eya oLwandle elandela iJodani:

2 Abantu abahamba emnyameni

sebebone ukukhanya okukhulu;

kulabo abahlala elizweni lethunzi lokufa

ukukhanya sekukhanyisile.

3 Usikhulisile isizwe

wandisa intokozo yabo,

bayathokoza phambi kwakho

njengabantu bethokoza ekuvuneni,

njengempi ithokoza

isaba impango.

4 Ngoba njengamhla wokwehlulwa kukaMidiyani

usulephule ijogwe elibasindayo,

umgoqo onqume emahlombe abo,

intonga yomncindezeli wabo.

5 Lonke inyathela lebutho elisetshenziswe empini,

kanye lazozonke izigqoko ezigiqwe egazini

kuzakuya ekutshisweni;

kuzakuba ngokokubasisa umlilo.

6 Ngoba sizalelwe umntwana,

siphiwe indodana,

umbuso uzakuba phezu kwamahlombe akhe.

Uzabizwa ngokuthi

uMeluleki Omangalisayo, uNkulunkulu uSomandla,

uBaba Waphakade, iNkosana yokuThula.

7 Ukwanda kombuso wakhe lokuthula

akuyikuba lomkhawulo.

Uzabusa esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavida

laphezu kombuso wakhe,

ewumisa njalo ewuqinisa

ngokufaneleyo langokulunga,

kusukela ngalesisikhathi kuze kube nini lanini.

Ukutshiseka kukaThixo uSomandla

kuzakufeza lokhu.

8 INkosi isithumele ilizwi lesixwayiso kuJakhobe

lizakwehlela phezu kuka-Israyeli.

9 Abantu bonke bazakwazi

u-Efrayimi labakhele eSamariya,

abathi ngokuzigqaja

langokuzikhukhumeza kwenhliziyo,

10 "Izitina sezidilikele phansi,

kodwa sizakwakha njalo ngamatshe abaziweyo;

imikhiwa isiganyulelwe phansi,

kodwa sizafaka imisedari endaweni yayo."

11 Kodwa uThixo usebaqinisele izitha zikaRezini,

njalo usetshotshozele izitha zabo.

12 Ama-Aramu avela empumalanga lamaFilistiya avela entshonalanga

asedle u-Israyeli ngomlomo ovulekileyo.

Kodwa kukho konke lokhu, ukuthukuthela kwakhe akupheli,

isandla sakhe silokhu siphakanyisiwe.

13 Kodwa abantu abakabuyeli kuye owabatshayayo.

Loba badinge uThixo uSomandla.

14 Ngakho uThixo uzaquma ko-Israyeli ikhanda lomsila,

ugatsha lwelala lomhlanga ngasuku lunye;

15 abadala lezikhulu balikhanda,

abaphrofethi abafundisa amanga bangumsila.

16 Labo abakhokhela abantu laba bayabalahlekisa,

labo abakhokhelwayo bayedukiswa.

17 Ngakho iNkosi kayiyikuthokoza ngezinsizwa zabo,

izintandane labafelokazi kayiyikuba lozwelo kubo,

ngoba bonke bayameyisa uNkulunkulu, njalo babi;

imilomo yonke ikhuluma amanyala.

Kodwa kukho konke lokhu,

ukuthukuthela kwayo akupheli,

isandla sayo silokhu siphakanyisiwe.

18 Ngeqiniso ububi butshisa njengomlilo,

budla ukhula lameva,

buthungela izixuku zehlathi zivuthe amalangabi

izikhatha zentuthu ziqonga zisiya phezulu.

19 Ngolaka lukaThixo uSomandla

ilizwe lizatshiswa,

abantu bazakuba zinkuni zomlilo,

kakho ozaphephisa umfowabo.

20 Bazaqeda kwesokudla

kodwa babe belokhu belambile;

bazakudla kwesokhohlo,

kodwa bangasuthi.

Omunye lomunye uzakudla abantwabakhe:

21 UManase uzakudla u-Efrayimi, u-Efrayimi adle uManase;

bobabili bazamelana loJuda.

Kukho konke lokhu, ukuthukuthela kwakhe akupheli,

isandla sakhe silokhu siphakanyisiwe.