UYOBI 17

₁“Umoya wam wonakele, nemihla yam iphelile;

ngoku sending'ong'ozelwe lingcwaba.

₂Inene, ngapha nangapha ndiphahlwe ngabandigculelayo;

ewe, ndijongene nentiyo yabo.

₃“Nceda, Thixo, undibekele isibambiso.

Kakade ke ibingubani omnye ongandikhuselayo?

₄Kaloku iingqiqo zabo uzithe lwale ngokungaqondi;

ngoko ke mabangandoyisi.

₅Kaloku umntu ongcothoza izihlobo zakhe ngenxa yenzuzo,

abantwana bakhe baya kufa amehlo.

₆“Undenze ndaba ngundaba-mlonyeni kubantu bonke,

into etshicelwa ebusweni.

₇Ngenxa yeenzingo amehlo am selede anorhatyazo;

sendide ndayingcadalala ephephukayo.

₈Abo banyanisekileyo ke bamangalisiwe;

ewe, abamsulwa bayakhathazeka ngenxa yabachasene noThixo.

₉Olilungisa ubambelele nkqi endleleni yakhe,

ngokunjalo ke nabo bazandla zimsulwa baya besomelela ngokomelela.

₁₀“Kambe ke, noba niyaphinda nibuye xa ninonke,

andiyi kufumana nasinye isilumko apho phakathi kwenu.

₁₁Imihla yam iphelile, namacebo am achithakele,

ngokunjalo neminqweno yam ivuthulukile.

₁₂Ubusuku bathi yimini;

kanti xa kuhlwayo bathi sekuza kusa.

₁₃Uthi ke, xa ndingasuka ndithi elabafileyo likhaya lam,

ndize ndizandlalele kwamnyama-ndawo,

₁₄okanye ke, xa ndinokuthi ingcwaba ngubawo,

ndize ndithi iimpethu ngumama nodade wethu:

₁₅liphi ke ithemba lam,

ingubani khona onokundibonelela?

₁₆Ngaba bendinokuhla nalo na ndiye emasangweni elabafileyo?

Bendinokuhla nalo na, ndiye kuphumla nalo eluthulini?”