Uloyiso lwabantu bakaThixo
1Ngelo thuba baya kumemelela bavume le ngoma kwelakwaJuda:
Asomelele ngako isixeko sethu!
Usindiso lumiselwe lwanga ziindonga neenqaba zaso.
2Khaniwavule amasango;
vulani singene isizwe samalungisa,
isizwe esihamba ngokunyaniseka.
3Ke wena ubathi jize ngenzolo
abo banjongo zingajika-jikiyo,
kuba behlala bekholose ngawe.
4Kholosa *ngoNdikhoyo njalo-njalo;
kaloku yena uNdikhoyo ngumqolomba ongasoz' uthini.
5Yena ngumthobi wabakhukhumeleyo,
asichitha-chithe nesixeko esomeleleyo,
iindonga zidilike zibe luthuli,
6baze abacinezelwa nabo basixovule,
ewe, basixangxathe ngeenyawo.
7Indlela yamalungisa ngumthebelele;
wena othe ngqo uyayilungiselelanisa indlela yawo.
8Naphakathi kwengqeqesho yakho, Ndikhoyo,
sihlala sijonge kuwe;
umnqweno neqhayiya lethu nguwe.
9Ebusuku umphefumlo wam ulangazelela wena;
kusasa umoya wam uyazula ufuna wena.
Xa ulohlwaya ihlabathi
abemi balo bafunda ngobulungisa.
10Akuncedi nto ukwazelelela isikhohlakali;
kaloku sivalekile, asibuqondi ubulungisa.
Sona siyona nakwilizwe lamalungisa;
asibuvumi ubungangamsha bukaNdikhoyo.
11Abachasi bakho, Ndikhoyo, abaqondi ukuba uyohlwaya;
bahlazise ubayekele ngeenzima.
Masibe phezu kwabo isohlwayo,
ubabonise ikhwele onalo ngabantu bakho.
12Ndikhoyo, wena usithe jize ngenzolo
kuyo yonke imisebenzi yethu;
ewe, konke sisiqhamo sokwenza kwakho.
13Ewe, Ndikhoyo Thixo wethu,
nokuba besingade silawulwe ngabanye
kodwa thina sikhahlela kuwe.
14Ngoku ke bafile, kuphelil' okwabo;
ewe, bona soze babuye bavuke.
Kaloku wena ubavelele ngentshabalalo;
usuke wabaphosa kwelokulibala.
15Usikhulisile isizwe sethu, Ndikhoyo,
wayongeza okunene nemida yesizwe.
Ngoko ke uzuze isihomo nesithozela.
16Beza kuwe ekuxakekeni kwabo;
uthe ke wakubohlwaya, Ndikhoyo,
suka bakhala bazibika kuwe.
17Ewe, usitsho sanga ngumfazi,
nditsho ojutyalaziswa yinimba
lakuba lifikile ixesha lakhe,
nathi ke sitsho sajubalaza sapena-pena
18phambi kwakho, Ndikhoyo.
Suka saphithizela ngathi siyalunywa,
phofu kuthe kanti yigalimoya.
Kaloku asiluhambisanga usindiso;
asibandisanga abantu emhlabeni.
19Abangasekhoyo bakho, Ndikhoyo,
bona bobuya bavuke;
kuya kuvuka bona ngenkqu, badle ubomi –
nditsho bonke abalinde emadlakeni,
bothi khwaphululu batsholoze ngemincili.
Njengombethe unyephisa umhlaba
uNdikhoyo ke uya kwenjenjalo
ukubavusa abo basishiya mandulo.
20Ngenan' emagumbini enu, bantu bam;
ewe, ngenani nizivalele kaloku,
nikhe nizifihle okomzuzwana nje,
ide ithothe le ngqumbo yakhe.
21Kaloku uNdikhoyo yena uyeza;
wosuka aphume ekhayeni lakhe,
aze kubohlwaya abemi behlabathi,
kuba kaloku bona basuke bona.
Nomhlaba ngokwawo wosuka uthethe
uwaxele amagazi aphalele kuwo;
wosuka ubaveze abo babulawayo.