Simakadze unakekela lokudaliwe

104¹Mphefumulo wami,

dvumisa Simakadze!

Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wami,

wena umkhulu kakhulu!

Wembetse ludvumo nebukhosi.

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weneke emazulu

njengekumiswa kwelithende;

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uyakhe etikwemanti lasetulu.

Emafu lamnyama lahlomile ayincola yakho,

ugibele emaphiko emoya.

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tibe ngimimoya,

wente tinceku takho tibe ngimibane.

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kuze ungatanyatanyiswa,

phakadze naphakadze,

⁶wawembesa ngemanti lamanyenti,

njengekwembeswa ngengubo,

emanti agcwala adzimate acwilisa tintsaba.

⁷Wawekhuta abaleka,

ngekubhonga kwelivi lakho

asubatsa ngematubane abaleka,

⁸adzilika etintsabeni ehlela etigodzini,

aphutfuma endzaweni lowawuyimisele wona.

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angete asabuyela kuyakwembesa

umhlaba wonkhe.

¹⁰Wenta tiyalu tigelete etihosheni,

ageletise imifula emkhatsini wetintsaba.

¹¹Kunatsa kuyo tonkhe tilwane tesiganga,

netimbongolo tesiganga

ngulapho tikucima khona koma kwato.

¹²Tinyoni tesiganga takhela ngakuyo,

tintjilote emkhatsini wemagala.

¹³Unisela tintsaba ngemvula utihlalele etulu,

nemhlaba weneliswe sitselo semsebenti wakho:

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uhlumise lokumilako kusitakale bantfu,

kuze kuvele kudla emhlabeni,

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nemafutsa ekugcobisa buso bakhe

buze bucwebetele,

nekudla lokuyinsika yemphilo yemuntfu.

¹⁶Tihlahla taSimakadze tiniselwe ngalokwenele,

imisedari yaseLebanoni layihlanyelile,

¹⁷tinyoni letakhele tidleke tato kuyo,

gilonki wakhela etulu emagaleni ato.

¹⁸Tintsaba letindze tiyinkhundla yemagoga,

emadvwala asiphephelo setimbila.

¹⁹Wenta inyanga kutsi yehlukanise tikhatsi,

lilanga liyasati sikhatsi salo sekuya kunina.

²⁰Wenta bumnyama bube busuku,

bese kweluka tonkhe tilwane temahlatsi.

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atingele tinyamatane,

afuna kudla kwawo kuNkulunkulu.

²²Naliphumako lilanga ayahoshoba,

abange emihumeni yawo,

afike alale phansi.

²³Umuntfu uyaphuma aye emsebentini wakhe,

akhandleke kudzimate kushone lilanga.

²⁴Awu, Simakadze!

Maye, minyenti imisebenti yakho!

Yonkhe uyente ngekuhlakanipha;

umhlaba ugcwele tidalwa takho.

²⁵Naluya lwandle lolukhulu, nalolubanti,

loluphetfuka tintfo

umuntfu langeke akhone kutibala,

tintfo letiphilako letincane naletinkhulu.

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nemikhoma lowayenta yatjakadvula kulo.

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kutsi utiphe kudla kwato

ngesikhatsi lesifanele.

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nawuvula sandla sakho,

teneliswa ngetintfo letinhle.

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nawutsatsa kuphefumula kwato, tiyafa,

tibuyele elutfulini.

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uhlumise kabusha imvelo yemhlaba.

³¹Shangatsi ludvumo lwaSimakadze lungema

kuze kube ngunaphakadze.

Shangatsi Simakadze angatfokota

ngemisebenti yakhe,

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atsintse tintsaba tibhunye.

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yingci nangisaphila.

Ngiyawudvumisa Nkulunkulu wami,

ngisaphila lapha emhlabeni.

³⁴Shangatsi kuzindla kwami kungamjabulisa,

ngiyawutfokota kuSimakadze.

³⁵Shangatsi toni tingasishulwa emhlabeni,

lababi bangabe basaphushwa nakuphushwa.

Mphefumulo wami,

dvumisa Simakadze!

Dvumisa Simakadze!