UYOBI 37

₁“Kuthi ke kwakuba njalo isuke igubhe intliziyo yam, ixhume endaweni yayo.

₂Khanikuve ukuzongoma kwelizwi lakhe,

niphulaphule ukungqokola okuphuma emlonyeni wakhe.

₃Utshawuzisa imibane esibhakabhakeni,

ayithumele eziphelweni zehlabathi.

₄Ikhatshwa kukududuma kwelizwi lakhe,

lizongoma ngezwi lobungangamsha bakhe.

Xa avakalisa izwi lakhe

kuba zizabhokhwe zombane ezingathintelekiyo.

₅Ewe, uThixo wenza imimangaliso ngezwi lakhe,

utsho ngezinto ezinkulu esingenako ukuziqonda.

₆Uthi kwikhephu: ‘Yiwa emhlabeni;’

kwimikhwitsho yemvula athi: ‘Yenza izandyondyo zomvimbi.’

₇Ke bona abantu batsho bayeke ukusebenza;

kaloku ngoku nguye osebenzayo.

₈Iinyamakazi zitsho zingene emingxunyeni yazo,

zizimele apho ezikhundleni zazo.

₉Iinkqwithela ziphuma endaweni yazo,

imimoya enamandla ize nengqele.

₁₀UThixo uthi angaphefumla amanzi atsho abe ngumkhenkce,

ububanzi bawo buqine bukhenkcezeke.

₁₁Kanti wona amafu uwahlohl' ukufuma,

aze awahlwayele imibane.

₁₂Kaloku nguThixo owalawulayo,

atsho enze eyakhe imiyalelo kulo lonke elimiweyo.

₁₃Unethisa imvula emhlabeni;

kanti isenokuba sisibetho ebantwini,

kwanjengokuba isenokuba ngumqondiso wothando lwakhe.

₁₄“Yobi, khawunqumame wondele,

ujonge imimangaliso kaThixo.

₁₅Uyakwazi ukuhamba komyalelo kaThixo,

esithi umbane mawulenyeze emafini?

₁₆Amafu la uthi ajinga kanjani esibhaka-bhakeni,

into emangalisayo engumsebenzi walowo unolwazi olugqibeleleyo?

₁₇Uxakwa nje kukuzikhusela ngezambatho kwifuthe lolophu,

₁₈ungathini ukufuna ukubambisana naye xa atwabulula isibhakabhaka,

esenza somelele okwesipili esityhidiweyo?

₁₉“Khawutsho, uthi masithini ke kuThixo?

Kaloku kumnyama kuthi;

asinamhlaba wakuziphendulela!

₂₀Uthi masicele ukuthetha naye!

Ngubani ongazibizela intshabalalo?

₂₁Bekungekho bani unako ukubona ukukhanya;

ukuqaqamba kwako bekusithwe ngamafu,

kodwa kwakudlula umoya, kuthi qwenge.

₂₂Emantla phaya ukukhanya busabugoliderha;

isihomo sikaThixo sisitsho sinkwantye ke thina.

₂₃Amandla akhe amtsho angafikeleleki;

usulungekile, ebalasele ngobulungisa;

akukho bani amcinezelayo.

₂₄Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, abantu bayamhlonela;

kambe ke zona izindwebi akazikhathalele.”