Konkhe kulite
1Lawa ngemavi eMshumayeli, umsa waDavide, inkhosi yaseJerusalema:
2“Lite lelite!” kusho uMshumayeli.
“Kulite mbamba! Konkhe kulite.”
3Umuntfu utfolani ngawo wonkhe
umshikashika lawusebentelako
lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga?
4Titukulwane tiyefika,
titukulwane tiyendlula,
kodvwa umhlaba uyakusala unjalo
phakadze naphakadze.
5Lilanga liyaphuma, lilanga liyashona,
libuyele endzaweni yalo
lapho liphuma khona.
6Umoya uphephetsela ngaseningizimu,
bese uyajika ucondza ngasenyakatfo,
ushaye situngeletane,
ujikeleta lapho uhambe khona.
7Yonkhe imifula ingenisa elwandle,
noko lwandle alugcwali,
lapho ichamuka ngakhona imifula,
iphindze ibuyele khona futsi.
8Tonkhe tintfo tiyadzinana,
kute umuntfu longatichaza.
Liso alizange leneliswe kubuka,
kantsi nendlebe ayigcwali ngekuva.
9Lokwake kwaba khona
kuyawuphindze kube khona futsi,
lokwase kwentiwa
kuyawuphindze kwentiwe futsi;
kute intfo lensha,
lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga.
10Kukhona yini intfo umuntfu langasho ngayo atsi:
“Ase nibuke, kusha-ke loku”?
Cha, kwase kwaba khona endvulo,
kwakukhona sisengakabikho.
11Bantfu bakadzeni abakhunjulwa,
nalabo labalandzelako abayiwukhunjulwa
ngulabo lababalandzelako.
Inhlakanipho ilite
12Mine, Mshumayeli, ngangiyinkhosi yema-Israyeli eJerusalema. 13Ngatimisela kutsi ngekuhlakanipha ngifundze ngiphenyisise ngako konkhe lokwentiwa emhlabeni. Maye, mkhulu umtfwalo Nkulunkulu lawetfwese bantfu! 14Ngikubone konkhe lokwentiwako ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga; konkhe kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya. 15Loko lokugwegwile kungeke kucondziseke, loko lokungekho kungeke kubalwe.
16Ngaticabangela ngatsi: “Mine ngikhulile, ngacokelela incumbi yekuhlakanipha, ngabendlula bonkhe labase babusela eJerusalema ngaphambi kwami; sengikubone kakhulu kuhlakanipha kanye nelwati.” 17Ngatimisela engcondvweni yami kukwati kuhlakanipha, nebuhlanya nebulima, kodvwa ngefika lapho ngibona khona kutsi nako loko kufanana nekucosha umoya.
18Ngobe kuhlakanipha lokukhulu
kutala lusizi lolukhulu:
Umuntfu utsi angaba nelwati lolukhulu,
nekuhlupheka kwakhe kube kukhulu.
