1. Thixo, usihlambile, wasichitha,Waqumba; ngamana wasibuyisa.
2. Ulinyikimisile ilizwe, ulikrazule;Philisa iintanda zalo ngokuba lishukuma.
3. Ubabonisile abantu bakho into elukhuni,Usisezé iwayini ehexisayo.
4. Ubanike ibhanile* abakoyikayo,Ukuba bayiphakamise ngenxa yenyaniso. (Phakamisani.)
5. Ukuze zihlangulwe iintánda zakho,Sindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, undiphendule.
6. UThixo uthethe engcwele: mandivuyelele,Ndimabe uShekem, ndiyilinganisele intili yaseSukoti.
7. Ngowam uGiliyadi, ngowam uManase,UEfrayim sisigcina-ntloko sam,UYuda yintonga yam yommiselo;
8. UMowabhi sisitya sam sokuhlambela,Ndiyiphosa kuEdom imbadada yam;Filisti, nkqangaza wena ngam.
9. Ngubani na owondisa emzini wamandla?Ngubani na owondikhaphela kwaEdom?
10. Asinguwe na, kwawena Thixo, osihlambileyo?Àkwaphuma, Thixo, nemikhosi yethu.