UYOBI 33

₁“Ewe ke ngoku, Yobi, khawukuve ukuthetha kwam,

uwaphulaphule onke amazwi am.

₂Khawundibolek' iindlebe, nam khe ndikuphokozele.

Phulaphula, ulwimi lwam selubeth' inkalakahla.

₃Ewe kaloku, ndithetha ndinyanisekile;

andikufihli oko ndikwaziyo.

₄Kaloku nam ndidalwe nguMoya kaThixo;

ukuphefumla kukaSomandla kundidlise ubomi.

₅Ndiphendule ukuba unako;

qula uzilungiselele amagama.

₆Kaloku phambi koThixo siyafana sobabini;

ewe, sobabini sabunjwa nguye ngodongwe.

₇Ngoko ke uzungatatazeli, mwethu;

noko nesandla sam asingeke sikucinezele.

₈“Ngokuya ubuthetha ndikuvisisile;

kaloku uthethe wenjenje:

₉‘Mna ndimsulwa, andinatyala;

andinachaphaza, ndingenasiphoso.

₁₀Koko uThixo uyandidlelelela nje;

ewe, ufumana endityhola ngokuba ndilutshaba!

₁₁Iinyawo zam uzikhonkxa ngezikhuni;

uyazigqala zonke iindlela zam.’

₁₂“Uyabona, uphazamile ngayo le ndawo;

mandikuphendule, kuba uThixo yena mkhulu kunomntu.

₁₃Ngani ke ukuba umangalelane naye,

usithi yena akaphenduli mntu?”

₁₄“Kaloku uThixo uthetha nomntu ngandlela zonke,

kambe ke yena umntu akahoyi.

₁₅Xa umntu ekobunzulu ubuthongo,

elele emandlalweni wakhe,

uThixo uthetha ngamaphupha nemibono yasebusuku.

₁₆Ewe, uzivula ngelo xesha iindlebe zabantu,

ebalumkisa batsho barhwaqele.

₁₇Ethethanje ke uthintela ukona;

unqanda umntu angazigwagwisi.

₁₈Ukhusela umphefumlo womntu engcwabeni,

amhlangule kwintshabalalo yekrele.

₁₉“Kananjalo umntu wolulekwa nangezigulo ezibuhlungu,

aphanjwe ziingqaqambo emzimbeni.

₂₀Ewe, ude angabi sakulangazelela nokutya,

nokona kumnandi akucekise.

₂₁Ubhitya abe ngumcinga,

nezo mbanjana zakhe bezifihlakele zithi gqi ngaphandle.

₂₂Kaloku selejinga phezu kwengcwaba;

ubomi bakhe bukhwetywa kukufa.

₂₃Mhlawumbi ke angeza kulamlelwa sisithunywa,

esinye kuloo mawaka-waka,

simkhumbuze ngeemfanelo zakhe.

₂₄Singatsho ngovelwano sithi:

‘Mkhulule; makangehli aye kwelabafileyo.

Nantsi kaloku intlawulo.’

₂₅Ulusu lwakhe luya kuhlaziyeka njengolosana,

lubuyiselwe kwimihla yobutsha bakhe;

₂₆athi ke akuthandaza eviwe nguThixo,

atsho amnqule ngothakazelelo,

abuye abe ngumntu oziphethe ngaloo ndlela ayifunayo uThixo.

₂₇Uya kuvuma esidlangalaleni athi:

‘Ndonile ndaphambuka endleleni,

kodwa uThixo akandohlwayanga ngako oko bekundifanele.

₂₈Ewe, undihlangule engcwabeni,

nobomi bam abuyi kucinyelwa langa.’

₂₉“Zonke ezi zinto ke zenziwa nguThixo;

ewe, uzenza umhla nezolo.

₃₀Umntu uyamhlangula engcwabeni,

ukuze naye axhamle ubomi.

₃₁“Ngamana wandiphulaphula ke, Yobi;

ewe, yithi cwaka khe ndithethe.

₃₂Kambe ke uphendule xa unako;

nam ndizimisele ukukulungiselela.

₃₃Phofu ke, xa ungenamazwi, yithi tu,

mna ndikufundise ubulumko.”