A Prayer of Restoration

¹Khumbula, Jehova, esehlelwe yikho; bheka, ubone ihlazo lethu.

²Ifa lethu seliphendulelwe abafokazi, nezindlu zethu kwabezizwe.

³Siyizintandane, asinababa; omame banjengabafelokazi.

⁴Amanzi ethu siyawaphuza ngemali, izinkuni zethu ziza ngentengo.

⁵Abasixoshayo basezintayeni zethu; sikhathele, asinakuphumula.

⁶Sinike isandla sethu kulo iGibithe nakulo i-Asiriya ukuba sisuthe isinkwa.

⁷Obaba bona abasekho; thina sithwala ububi babo.

⁸Izigqila ziyasibusa; akakho osikhulula esandleni sabo.

⁹Sithola ukudla kwethu ngokuzidela amathambo ngenxa yenkemba yasehlane.

¹⁰Isikhumba sethu siyasha njengeziko ngokushisa kwendlala.

¹¹Balala nabesifazane eSiyoni, izintombi zasemizini yakwaJuda.

¹²Izikhulu zaphanyekwa ngezandla zabo; ubuso babadala ababuhloniphanga.

¹³Izinsizwa zathwala amatshe okugaya, abantwana bakhubeka phansi kwezinkuni.

¹⁴Abadala baphelile esangweni, nezinsizwa ekuhlabeleleni kwazo.

¹⁵Intokozo yenhliziyo yethu iphelile; ukusina kwethu kuphenduke ukulila.

¹⁶Umqhele uwile ekhanda lethu. Maye kithina, ngokuba sonile!

¹⁷Ngalokho inhliziyo yethu idangele; ngalezi zinto amehlo ethu afiphele,

¹⁸ngenxa yentaba yaseSiyoni echithekile, zize zihambe kuyo izimpungushe.

¹⁹Wena Jehova umi phakade; isihlalo sakho sobukhosi sikhona ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

²⁰Usikhohlelwani kuze kube phakade, usishiye izinsuku eziningi, na?

²¹Sibuyisele kuwe Jehova, siyakubuya; yenza izinsuku zethu zibe zintsha njengasendulo,

²²ngokuba usilahlile nokusilahla, wasithukuthelela kakhulu.