1Khumbula uMdali wakho
etinsukwini tebusha bakho,
tinsuku tekuhlupheka tisengakefiki,
neminyaka isengakasondzeli
lapho uyawusho ngayo utsi:
“Kuphila angisakujabuleli.”
2Mkhumbule yena, lilanga, nekukhanya,
nenyanga netinkhanyeti kusengakafiphali,
nemafu asengakabuyeli emvakwemvula.
3Ngaleso sikhatsi balindzi bendlu bayawutfutfumela,
nemadvodza lanemandla ayawutfotfobala,
lapho basili bayakuyekela kusila,
ngobe nalabo basili bayawube sebambalwa;
nalabo labalunguta ngemafasitelo bangabe basahlola;
4ngesikhatsi neminyango lephumela esitaladini seyivalekile,
nemsindvo wesigayo sewushabalala;
ngesikhatsi bantfu bavuswa kuntjilota kwenyoni,
nalokuhlabelela kwato sekuvakala kancane,
5ngesikhatsi bantfu besaba konkhe lokuphakeme,
kanye netingoti tasetitaladini,
ngesikhatsi tihlahla te-alimondi setichakaza,
nentsetse itotoba endleleni yayo,
nenkhabunkhabu iphela.
Umuntfu uya ekhaya lakhe laphakadze,
labalilako bazulazula etitaladini.
6Mkhumbule yena,
intsambo yakho yesiliva isengakadzabuki,
nesitja segolide sisengakaphahlaki,
imbita yemanti isengakaphahlaki
ngasemtfonjeni wemanti,
nelisondvo lingakephukeli ngasemtfonjeni.
7Mkhumbule yena,
lutfuli lusengakabuyeli emhlabatsini,
lapho lwatsatfwa khona,
nemoya usengakabuyeli kuNkulunkulu lowawuniketa.
8UMshumayeli utsi:
“Lite lelite, konkhe kulite.”
Siphetfo sendzaba
9Wachubeka kanjalo-ke uMshumayeli afundzisa bantfu ngekuhlakanipha kwakhe konkhe lakwatiko naye. Abecabangisisa aphenyisise, aphindze atihlelise kahle taga letinyenti engcondvweni yakhe, 10bese uphenyisisa kutsi angatimisa kanjani. Abewahlela kahle emavi akhe kuze abe mnandzi, kodvwa loko lakubhala kwakuliciniso lodvwa.
11Taga tebantfu labahlakaniphile tinemavi lakhalipha njengentjumentju yemelusi, nanjengetipikili letishayelwe tacina, tinjalo taga natihlanganiswe ndzawonye, ngobe bavela kumelusi munye.
12Ndvodzana yami, caphela kungabikho lokwengetekako. Kubhalwa kwetincwadzi kungeke kuphele, kantsi nekufundza kakhulu kuyawudzinisa umtimba.
13Konkhe sekuvakele.
Nasi-ke siphetfo sendzaba:
Yesaba Nkulunkulu,
ugcine imiyalo yakhe,
kute lokunye lokungetulu kwaloko
lokudzingekako kumuntfu.
14Ngobe Nkulunkulu uyakuyehlulela
yonkhe imisebenti lesiyentile,
ngisho nalokufihlakele lesikwentako,
nome kuhle nome kubi.
