Sizalelwe Umntwana
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.