< Amahubo 148 >
1 Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisani iNkosi lisemazulwini, idumiseni endaweni eziphezulu.
to boast: praise LORD to boast: praise [obj] LORD from [the] heaven to boast: praise him in/on/with height
2 Idumiseni lonke zingilosi zayo. Idumiseni lonke mabandla ayo.
to boast: praise him all messenger: angel his to boast: praise him all (army his *Q(K)*)
3 Idumiseni langa lenyanga. Idumiseni lonke zinkanyezi ezikhanyayo.
to boast: praise him sun and moon to boast: praise him all star light
4 Idumiseni mazulu amazulu, lani manzi aphezu kwamazulu.
to boast: praise him heaven [the] heaven and [the] water which from upon [the] heaven
5 Kakudumise ibizo leNkosi; ngoba yona yalaya, kwasekudalwa.
to boast: praise [obj] name LORD for he/she/it to command and to create
6 Yakumisa kuze kube nini lanini; yakhupha isimiso esingayikwedlula.
and to stand: stand them to/for perpetuity to/for forever: enduring statute: decree to give: give and not to pass
7 Dumisani iNkosi lisemhlabeni, migobho yolwandle, lani zinziki zonke,
to boast: praise [obj] LORD from [the] land: country/planet serpent: monster and all abyss
8 mlilo lesiqhotho, liqhwa elikhithikileyo lenkungu, siphepho esenza ilizwi layo;
fire and hail snow and smoke spirit: breath tempest to make: do word his
9 zintaba lamaqaqa wonke, zihlahla zezithelo lemisedari yonke,
[the] mountain: mount and all hill tree fruit and all cedar
10 zinyamazana zeganga lezifuyo zonke, zinto ezihuquzelayo lenyoni eziphaphayo.
[the] living thing and all animal creeping and bird wing
11 Makhosi omhlaba, lani zizwe zonke, ziphathamandla, lani babusi bomhlaba,
king land: country/planet and all people ruler and all to judge land: country/planet
12 majaha, lani-ke zintombi, maxhegu labatsha.
youth and also virgin old with youth
13 Kabadumise ibizo leNkosi, ngoba ibizo layo lodwa liphakeme; ubukhosi bayo buphezu komhlaba lamazulu.
to boast: praise [obj] name LORD for to exalt name his to/for alone him splendor his upon land: country/planet and heaven
14 Njalo iphakamisile uphondo lwabantu bayo, indumiso yabo bonke abangcwele bayo, eyabantwana bakoIsrayeli, abantu abaseduze layo. Dumisani iNkosi!
and to exalt horn to/for people his praise to/for all pious his to/for son: descendant/people Israel people near his to boast: praise LORD