1. *Ndikhoyo, yikhumbule into eyenzekileyo kuthi;jonga ukubone ukuhlaziswa kwethu.
2. Ilifa lethu linikwe abasemzini,izindlu zethu zanikwa abangeneleli.
3. Saba ziinkedama ezingenayise,basuka oomama bafana nabahlolokazi.
4. Siwathenga ngemali amanzi okusela,ngokunjalo neenkuni siyazihlawulela.
5. Abasitshutshisayo basibambe ngobhongwana;sidiniwe kodwa asikuzuzi ukuphumla.
6. Solulela izandla kwiJiputa kwaneAsiriya,khon' ukuze sihluthe sisonka.
7. Kone oobawo, kodwa abasekho;ngoku thina sithwele iziphumo zezikreqo zabo.
8. Silawulwa zizicaka;akukho namnye onokusihlangula ezandleni zazo.
9. Ukutya sikuzuza ngokubeka ubomi bethu esichengeningenxa yekrele elisentlango.
10. Ulusu lwethu lutshisa okwezikongenxa yefiva ebangwa yindlala.
11. Abafazi badlwengulwe eZiyon,ngokunjalo iintombi ezidolophini zakwaJuda.
12. Iziphathamandla zixhonywe ngezandla zazo;akahlonelwa amadoda amakhulu.
13. Amadodana abila esoma ngamatye okusila;abafana basindeka phantsi kweenyanda zeenkuni.
14. Amadoda amakhulu akasekho emasangweni esixeko;abafana bayiyekile ingoma.
15. Iintliziyo zethu azinamihlali;sizilile endaweni yokuxhentsa.
16. Isithsaba siwile ezintlokweni zethu.Athi ke thina, sonile!
17. Ngenxa yoko zitsho zatyhafa iintliziyo zethu;ngenxa yezo zinto abona mfiliba amehlo ethu.
18. Kaloku intaba yeZiyon yinkangala;seyisisikhundla seempungutye.
19. Wena, Ndikhoyo, uhleli ngonaphakade;ulawulo lwakho luhlala luhleli izizukulwana ngezizukulwana.
20. Kungani ukuba usoloko usilibala?Kungani ukuba usilahle ithuba elingaka?
21. Sibuyisele kuwe, Ndikhoyo, ukuze nathi siguquke;sihlaziye njengakwimihla yamandulo.
22. Ngaba usilahle kwaphela na,wasiqumbela ngokukhulukazi?