< Psalms 148 >
1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.
Dumisani uThixo. Dumisani uThixo emazulwini, mdumiseni eziqongweni ngaphezulu.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
Mdumiseni zingilosi zakhe zonke, mdumiseni lonke mabutho asezulwini.
3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
Mdumiseni, langa lenyanga, mdumiseni lonke zinkanyezi ezikhazimulayo.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
Mdumiseni lina ziqongo zamazulu lani manzi ngaphezulu komkhathi.
5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
Konke kakudumise ibizo likaThixo ngoba yena watsho ilizwi kwadaleka.
6 And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.
Wazibeka ezindaweni zazo okwanini lanini; wanika isahlulelo esingela kuguquka.
7 Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;
Dumisani uThixo emhlabeni, lina zidalwa zasolwandle lezinziki zalo zonke,
8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;
umbane lesiqhotho, ungqwaqwane lamayezi, umoya wesiphepho owenza intando yakhe,
9 Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;
lina zintaba lamaqaqa wonke, zihlahla zezithelo lemisedari yonke,
10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;
zinyamazana zeganga lenkomo zonke, zinanakazana lezinyoni eziphaphayo,
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;
makhosi omhlaba lezizwe zonke, lina makhosana lababusi bonke emhlabeni,
12 Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, —
majaha lezintombi, maxhegu labantwana.
13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.
Kabalidumise ibizo likaThixo, ngoba ibizo lakhe lodwa liphakeme; inkazimulo yakhe ingaphezulu komhlaba lamazulu.
14 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!
Ubaphakamisele abantu bakhe uphondo, indumiso yabo bonke abathembekileyo bakhe, eka-Israyeli, abantu abasesifubeni sakhe. Dumisani uThixo.