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4. “Iminsalo yamaqhawe yaphuliwe,kepha abakhubekayo babhinciswa amandla.

5. Ababesuthile baqashelwa isinkwa;ababelambile sebeyekile ukulamba;yebo, oyinyumba uzele abayisikhombisa;onabantwana abaningi uyawuma.

6. “UJehova uyabulala, abesephilisa;uyehlisela endaweni yabafileyo, abesenyusa.

7. UJehova uyaphofisa, abesecebisa;uyathobisa, abesephakamisa.

8. Uyamvusa ompofu othulini,uyaphakamisa impabanga ezaleni,abahlalise nezikhulu,badle ifa lesihlalo sobukhosi,ngokuba izinsika zomhlaba zingezikaJehova;ubekile izwe phezu kwazo.

9. “Uyakugcina izinyawozabathembekileyo bakhe,kepha ababi bayakuthuliswa ebumnyameni,ngokuba akukho muntu oyakwahlula ngamandla.

10. Abalwa noJehovabayakuphahlazwa;uyakuduma ezulwini phezu kwabo;uJehova uyakwahlulela amajukujuku omhlaba,anike inkosi yakhe amandla,aphakamise uphondo logcotshiweyo wakhe.”

11. U-Elkana waya eRama endlini yakhe. Umntwana wakhonza uJehova phambi kuka-Eli umpristi.

12. Amadodana ka-Eli ayengabantu ababi; ayengamazi uJehova.

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