AMAVA ENGQONDI 11

₁Kusebenzise oko unako;

ngokuhamba kwexesha uya kufumana inzuzo.

₂Indyebo yakho yigcinise kwiindawo ezisixhenxe –

ewe, noba zide zasibhozo –

kuba kaloku akuyazi intlekele enokulihlela ihlabathi.

₃Amafu xa anemvula ayithulula emhlabeni;

noba umthi uwela ngasezantsi okanye ngasentla,

kodwa uhlala uthi ncwaba kuloo ndawo uwe kuyo.

₄Ukuba ujonge imo ethile yezulu soze ulime;

kanti ke ukuba uqwalasela amafu soze uvune.

₅Njengoko ungayazi indlela yomoya,

ungamazi nokuba wenziwa njani na umntu esizalweni sonina,

kananjalo soze ukuqonde nokusebenza kukaThixo onguMdali weento zonke.

₆Imbewu yihlwayele kusasa,

nangokuhlwa ungasiphumzi isandla sakho.

Kaloku akuyazi eya kuphumelela:

isenokuba yile okanye leya,

ukanti zisenokuphumelela zombini.

₇Kuyanambitheka ukukhanya;

kulungile emehlweni ukulibona ilanga.

₈Yixhamle ngokobungakanani bayo iminyaka yokudla kwakho ubomi,

ukhumbule ukuba imihla yobumnyama xa ungasekhoyo iya kuba mininzi.

Ewe, yonke into ezayo ingamampunge.

₉Wena mntu osemtsha, yonwaba ngethuba lobutsha bakho,

intliziyo yakho ichwayite lo gama uselula.

Yenze loo nto isentliziyweni yakho,

nditsho leyo ibonwa ngamehlo akho,

kambe ke ukhumbule ukuba uza kuziphendulela enkundleni kaThixo ngayo yonke into oyenzileyo.

₁₀Ngoko ke ligxothe ixhala entliziyweni yakho,

ukuphephe okunokwenzakalisa umzimba wakho.

Kaloku ubutsha namandla awo ngamampunge.