Amahubo 148

1 Dumisani uThixo. Dumisani uThixo emazulwini, mdumiseni eziqongweni ngaphezulu.

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.

2 Mdumiseni zingilosi zakhe zonke, mdumiseni lonke mabutho asezulwini.

Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts.

3 Mdumiseni, langa lenyanga, mdumiseni lonke zinkanyezi ezikhazimulayo.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you stars and light.

4 Mdumiseni lina ziqongo zamazulu lani manzi ngaphezulu komkhathi.

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.

5 Konke kakudumise ibizo likaThixo ngoba yena watsho ilizwi kwadaleka.

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

6 Wazibeka ezindaweni zazo okwanini lanini; wanika isahlulelo esingela kuguquka.

He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

7 Dumisani uThixo emhlabeni, lina zidalwa zasolwandle lezinziki zalo zonke,

Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all deeps.

8 umbane lesiqhotho, ungqwaqwane lamayezi, umoya wesiphepho owenza intando yakhe,

Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

9 lina zintaba lamaqaqa wonke, zihlahla zezithelo lemisedari yonke,

Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10 zinyamazana zeganga lenkomo zonke, zinanakazana lezinyoni eziphaphayo,

wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

11 makhosi omhlaba lezizwe zonke, lina makhosana lababusi bonke emhlabeni,

kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:

12 majaha lezintombi, maxhegu labantwana.

young men and virgins, old men with youths:

13 Kabalidumise ibizo likaThixo, ngoba ibizo lakhe lodwa liphakeme; inkazimulo yakhe ingaphezulu komhlaba lamazulu.

let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,

14 Ubaphakamisele abantu bakhe uphondo, indumiso yabo bonke abathembekileyo bakhe, eka-Israyeli, abantu abasesifubeni sakhe. Dumisani uThixo.

and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.