IZAFOBE 4

₁Yiphulaphuleni, bonyana, ingqeqesho kayihlo;

yigqaleni, khon' ukuze nizuze ukuqonda.

₂Ndininika eyona mfundiso iyiyo,

ngoko ke musani ukuwutyeshela umyalelo wam.

₃Ngokuya ndandiseyinkwenkwana katata,

ndiselula, ndinguyedwa kamama,

₄utata wayendiyala athi:

“Wazikise engqondweni yakho amazwi am,

ungayilibali imiyalelo yam;

yigcine imithetho yam, uphile.

₅Thabatha, nabu ubulumko, nantsi ingqiqo!

Ungaze wahlukane okanye ushenxe kumazwi omlomo wam!

₆Ungaze ubushiye ubulumko, ke bona buya kukulondoloza.

Thandana nabo, khon' ukuze bukukhusele.

₇Ubulumko ngoyena ndoqo, bufunisise!

Fumana ingqiqo, nokuba kudle konke onako.

₈Ewe, bunonelele ubulumko, ke bona buya kukuphakamisa;

bukhwaphe, ke bona buya kukuthi jize ngesihomo.

₉Boba njengentsimbi ehombisa intloko yakho,

bukuthi jize ngesithsaba esingayiwayo.”

₁₀Phulaphula, nyana wam, uwathathele ingqalelo amazwi am,

uze udle ubomi iminyaka emininzi.

₁₁Mna ngokwam ndikufundisile ubulumko,

ndakukhokelela endleleni ethe ngqo.

₁₂Xa uhamba, ukunyathela kwakho akuyi kuphazanyiswa,

ngokunjalo naxa ubaleka akuyi kukhubeka.

₁₃Ungaze wahlukane nengqeqesho, koko bambelela kuyo;

yilondoloze, kuba ibubomi bakho.

₁₄Musa ukuhambisana nabantu abakhohlakeleyo,

ungahambi nasekhondweni labenzi bobubi.

₁₅Ewe, ndithi zicezele iindlela zabo, ungahambi ngazo.

Shenxa kuzo, uhambe uzigqithe.

₁₆Kaloku izikhohlakali azaneli kukulala zingenzanga nto imbi.

Ewe, ziphuthelwa ubusuku bonke, zide zibe zenzakalise umntu.

₁₇Kaloku inkohlakalo sisonka abasidlayo;

ubundlobongela yiwayini abayiselayo.

₁₈Ke yona indlela yamalungisa ifana nemitha yokusa,

yona iya iqaqamba ngokuqaqamba de ibe yimini epheleleyo.

₁₉Kambe ke zona iindlela zabakhohlakeleyo zingumnyam' ombonde-mbonde.

Naxa bekhubeka abayazi into abakhubeka kuyo.

₂₀Ke wena, mfo wam, wagqale amazwi am,

uyibazele iindlebe into endikuxelela yona.

₂₁Amazwi am makangacimi emehlweni akho,

koko wamilisele phakathi entliziyweni yakho.

₂₂Ewe, abubomi kwabo bawafumeneyo;

ayimpilo kumzimba xa uwonke.

₂₃Eyona nto emawuyilondoloze ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye yintliziyo yakho,

kuba yona ingumthombo wobomi.

₂₄Mabungabikho ubuxoki emlonyeni wakho,

nentetho ekhohlisayo ibe kude lee emilebeni yakho.

₂₅Makathi ntshoo phambili amehlo akho,

neenkophe zamehlo akho zithi ngqo.

₂₆Qiqa phambi kokuba ubeke unyawo lwakho endleleni,

ukuze ihambo yakho iqiniseke.

₂₇Musa ukujika-jika uye ngasekunene nangasekhohlo;

unyawo lwakho malubucezele ububi.