UMTJHUMAYELI 9

₁Mbala, ngakucabangisisa lokho,

kobana ngihlunge yoke indaba le

yokuthi abalungileko nabahlakaniphileko

kanye nemisebenzabo, ngitjho nethando nezondo

kusezandleni zakaZimu.

Koke okusezako, umuntu akakwazi.

₂Koke kuyafana kibo boke;

kunesehlo sinye kolungileko nokhohlakeleko,

koqotho, kohlambulukileko nongakahlambuluki,

kowenza umhlabelo nongawenziko.

Njengombana kunjalo kosisoni,

kunjalo nakolungileko;

njengombana kunjalo kofungako,

kunjalo nakowesaba ukufunga.

₃Lokhu bubumbi kikho koke okwenzeka

ngaphasi komthunzi welanga,

kobana boke behlelwa yinto efanako.

Godu kububumbi

kobana iinhliziyo zabantu zizale ngobumbi

nokobana epilwenabo batlhoge ingqondo,

ngemva kwalapho bahlongakale.

₄Nanyana ngubani ophakathi kwabaphilako unethemba,

ngitjho nenja ephilako ingcono kunebhubezi elifileko!

₅Abaphilako bayazi bonyana bazokuhlongakala,

kodwana abahlongakeleko abazi litho;

abasenamvuzo ngombana ukukhunjulwa kwabo akusekho.

₆Ngitjho nethando labo,

ukuzonda kwabo nesikhwele sabo,

koke sekwanyamalala;

angeze bebasaba nesabelo

kinanyana yini eyenzeka

ngaphasi komthunzi welanga.

₇Khamba ufese ugome ukudla kwakho ngethabo,

bewusele newayini lakho

ngokwenama kwehliziywakho

ngombana uZimu uyakuvuma lokho okwenzako.

₈Uhlale wembethe ezimhlophe

begodu uzese ihlokwakho njalo ngamafutha.

₉Zithokozise ngepilo nomkakho omthandako

kiwo woke amalanga wepilo engatjho litho le,

uZimu akuphe yona

ngaphasi komthunzi welanga;

iye, ngitjho yoke imihla yakho engatjho litho.

Lokho kusisabelo sakho epilweni

kanye nekutjhabatjhekeni kwakho

ngaphasi komthunzi welanga.

₁₀Nanyana yini ofuna ukuyenza ngesandla sakho,

yenze ngamandlakho woke

ngombana endaweni yabafileko lapha uya khona,

akusasetjenzwa, akuhlelwa,

akunalwazi namkha ukuhlakanipha.

₁₁Godu ngabuye ngabona

bonyana ngaphasi komthunzi welanga

umgijimo awuyi ngabanebelo,

ipi ayiyi ngokweengorho

isikwa asisi ngesabahlakaniphileko,

umnono awusi ngewabongqondongqondo

nomusa awusi ngewabanelwazi

ngombana isikhathi nethuba kubehlela boke.

₁₂Akunamuntu owaziko

bona isikhathi sakhe sizokufika nini:

Njengehlambi nayibanjwa ngenede enesihluku

namkha iinyoni ezibanjwa ngesithiyo,

ngokunjalo abantu babambeka esithiyweni

ngesikhathi sehlekelele,

lokha nayibehlela msinyana.

₁₃Godu ngabona

ngaphasi komthunzi welanga

isehlakalo sokuhlakanipha ebesiqakathekile kimi:

₁₄Gade kunedorojana elinabahlali abalidlanzana.

Kweza ikosi enamandla kilo,

yalizombeleza beyakha iinqabo ezikulu

ngokujamelana nalo.

₁₅Ngedorojanenapho gade kunendoda esichaka

begodu ihlakaniphile.

Beyingalisindisa idorojanelo ngokuhlakanipha kwayo,

kodwana abantu azange basikhumbula isichakeso.

₁₆Ngakhe ngatjho bona ukuhlakanipha

kungcono kunamandla,

kodwana ukuhlakanipha kwesichaka

kuthathelwa phasi namezwaso akayelelwa.

₁₇Kungcono ukulalela ngesizotha

amezwi wabahlakaniphileko,

kunokurhuwelela kwenduna phakathi kweendlhadlha.

₁₈Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kuneenkhali zepi,

kodwana isiphosiso sinye

sibhidla okunengi okuhle.