Amahubo 99

1 INkosi iyabusa; abantu kabathuthumele; ihlezi phakathi kwamakherubhi; umhlaba kawuzamazame.

Yahweh reigns; let the nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth quakes.

2 INkosi yinkulu eZiyoni; njalo iphakeme phezu kwezizwe zonke.

Yahweh is great in Zion; he is exalted above all the nations.

3 Kazidumise ibizo lakho elikhulu lelesabekayo; lingcwele lona.

Let them praise your great and awesome name; he is holy.

4 Lamandla eNkosi athanda isahlulelo; wena umisa ukuqonda; wena wenza isahlulelo lokulunga kuJakobe.

The king is strong, and he loves justice. You have established fairness; you have done righteousness and justice in Jacob.

5 Phakamisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, likhonze esenabelweni sezinyawo zayo. Ingcwele yona.

Praise Yahweh our God and worship at his footstool. He is holy.

6 UMozisi loAroni phakathi kwabapristi bayo, loSamuweli phakathi kwababiza ibizo layo, babiza iNkosi, yona yasibaphendula.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

7 Yakhuluma labo iphakathi kwensika yeyezi; bagcina izifakazelo zayo lesimiso eyabanika sona.

He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud. They kept his solemn commands and the statutes that he gave them.

8 Nkosi Nkulunkulu wethu, wena wabaphendula; waba nguNkulunkulu obathethelelayo, lanxa uphindisela ezenzweni zabo.

You answered them, Yahweh our God. A forgiving God you were to them, but one who punished their sinful deeds.

9 Phakamisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, likhonze entabeni yayo engcwele; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ingcwele.

Praise Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh our God is holy.