The Wicked

¹“Kungani ukuba uSomandla angazibekeleli izikhathi zokwahlulela, abamaziyo babone imihla yakhe, na?

²Imincele iyasuswa; bahlwitha imihlambi, bayiklabise.

³Bamukisa imbongolo yezintandane, nenkomo yomfelokazi bayayithatha ibe yisibambiso.

⁴Bafuzula abaswelayo endleleni; abampofu bomhlaba bacasha ndawonye.

⁵Bheka, njengezimbongolo ehlane bayaphumela emisebenzini yabo befunisisa ukudla; ihlane lingukudla kwabo abakunika abantwana babo.

⁶Emasimini bavuna ifoliji; bakhothoza esivinini somubi.

⁷Ebusuku balala nqunu bengenangubo, bengenanto yokuzisibekela emakhazeni.

⁸Bamanzi ngezihlambi zasezintabeni; basingatha idwala bengenasiphephelo.

⁹Intandane ihlwithwa ebeleni, nengane yompofu ithathwa ibe yisibambiso,

¹⁰bahambe nqunu bengenangubo, bethwele izithungu, belambile.

¹¹Benza amafutha phakathi kwezingange zabahluphi; banyathela izikhamo zewayini, kepha bayoma.

¹²Bexoshwe emzini abafayo bayabubula; imiphefumulo yabalimeleyo iyakhala, kepha uNkulunkulu akanaki lokho okubi.

¹³“Bakhona abakuhlubukile ukukhanya; abazi indlela yakho, abanamatheli emikhondweni yakho.

¹⁴Umbulali uvuka ekuseni, abulale ompofu noswelayo; ebusuku unjengesela.

¹⁵Iso lesiphingi libheka ukuhlwa ngokuthi: ‘Malingangiboni iso,’ sisithe ubuso baso.

¹⁶Bafohla izindlu sekumnyama; emini bayazivalela; ukukhanya abakwazi.

¹⁷Ngokuba ithunzi lokufa kubo bonke labo linjengokusa, lokhu beyazi ingebhe yethunzi lokufa.

¹⁸“Banejubane ebusweni bamanzi; izabelo zabo ziqalekisiwe emhlabeni; abasayikuphendukela endleleni yezivini.

¹⁹Ukoma nokushisa kuyaqeda amanzi eqhwa; kanjalo indawo yabafileyo labo abonileyo.

²⁰Isizalo siyamkhohlwa; izimpethu ziyamsobozela; akasayikukhunjulwa; ukungalungi kuyaphulwa njengomuthi.

²¹Uyayidla inyumba engazaliyo; akenzeli umfelokazi okuhle.

²²Uyadonsa namaqhawe ngamandla akhe; uyavuka; akakho osenethemba lokuphila.

²³UNkulunkulu uyamnika ukuba alondeke, asekelwe; kepha amehlo akhe aphezu kwezindlela zabo.

²⁴Bayaphakanyiswa; emva kwesikhashana abasekho; bayaphela njengabanye, bafe; babuna njengezihloko zezikhwebu.

²⁵“Uma kungenjalo, ngubani ongangenza onamanga, awenze ize amazwi ami, na?”