UHABHAKUKI 3

₂*Ndikhoyo, ndiluvile udaba olungawe;

ewe, ndithe khamnqa zizenzo zakho.

Nakule mihla yethu khawuhlaziye loo misebenzi yakho yamandulo;

ewe, ukusebenza kwakho

makubonakale nakule yethu iminyaka.

Nokuba unomsindo, mus' ukuyilibala inceba yakho.

₃UThixo uyeza ephuma eTeman;

uYedwa uvela kwintaba iParan.

Ubuqaqawuli bakhe bambathisa amazulu;

ihlabathi lizele ludumo lwakhe.

₄Ukuqaqamba kwakhe kunjengokukhanya;

isandla sakhe siphanjwa yimitha;

azimel' apho amandla akhe.

₅Yaba sisibetho phambi kwakhe;

emkhondweni wakhe wee chu ubhubhani.

₆Uthi angema lishukum' ihlabathi,

azijonge zitsho zinkwantye izizwe.

Iintaba zamandulo ziyaqhaqhamba;

iinduli zakudala zona ziyatshona.

Ewe, le yindlela yakhe yasephakadeni.

₇Ndibona iintente zakwaKushan zisenkathazweni,

izikhuselo zelizwe lakwaMidiyan zingcangcazela.

₈Ucatshukiswa yimilambo na, Ndikhoyo?

Ngaba uqunjiswa ziintlambo na?

Ngaba wenziwa umsindo lulwandle na,

le nto uqhuba amahashe akho nje,

ukhwele kwiinqwelo zakho zoloyiso?

₉Wena utyhila isaphetha sakho,

uziqinise ngeziqalekiso iintolo zakho,

ihlabathi uliphambe ngemilambo.

₁₀Iintaba zithi zingakubona zibhinyalaze,

imisinga yamanzi iqukuqele.

Ke zona iinzonzobila ziyagquma;

amaza ayalatyuza okwezandla eziphakanyisiweyo.

₁₁Zithi zakumenyez' iintolo zakho ezikhawulezayo,

wakuba umkhonto wakho umenye-menyeza,

suka lingabonakali ilanga nenyanga esibhakabhakeni.

₁₂Ihlabathi ulicanda unengqumbo,

nezizwe uzinyhasha unomsindo.

₁₃Uphuma uye kubahlangula abantu bakho,

ukuze usindise umthanjiswa wakho.

Uyaludiliza uphahla lomzi wabakhohlakeleyo,

kutyhileke iindonga kuye kutsho kwilitye lesiseko.

₁₄Uyigwaza ngomkhonto wayo inkokheli,

bakuba abomkhosi wayo bephume okoqhwithela beze kusisarhaza,

bezidla ngathi bobaqwenga ngasese abahlelelekileyo.

₁₅Ugxampuza elwandle ngamahashe akho,

aze ayaluzele amanzi amaninzi.

₁₆Ndithe ndakuva satsho saxuxuzela isisu sam,

imilebe yatsho yabebezela;

amathambo atsho angenelwa yimpehla,

nemilenze yam yasuka yagevezela.

Kambe ke ndowulinda ngomonde umhla wenkxwaleko;

nditsho umhla oya kufikela olu hlanga lusihlaselayo.

₁₇Noba ungade ungadubuli umkhiwane,

umdiliya ungabi nazo neziqhamo,

nokuba awungevelisi nto umnquma,

namasimi ngokwawo angabi nasivuno,

zingade zingabikho iigusha esibayeni,

nobuhlanti bungabi nazo nazinkomo,

₁₈ewe, khona kungade kube njalo,

kodwa mna ndochwayita kuNdikhoyo,

ndibe nemihlali kuThixo ondisindisayo.

₁₉Amandla am nguMhlekazi uNdikhoyo;

uzenza iinyawo zam zibe njengezenxala;

ngaye ndihamba kweziphezulu iindawo.