IINDUMISO 10

₁Yini na, *Ndikhoyo? Wachasela?

Kutheni? Wazifihla ngexesha longxunguphalo?

₂Abantw' abagwenxa banolunya;

bayabaleqa ababuthathaka.

Mabarhintyelwe kwangaloo mayelenqe abo.

₃Bayazidla ngaloo magugwana abo,

bazicengezele konempumelelo,

bamdele uNdikhoyo.

₄Libathe lwale ikratshi abantw' abagwenxa;

bade bazikhohlise ngokuthi: “Akukho Thixo ngandawo!”

₅Zinempumelelo zonk' iinzame zabo,

kodwa imiyalelo yakho ikude lee kubo.

Bayazeya zonke iintshaba zabo.

₆Baziqhayisa ngokuthi abasoze boyiswe nto bona,

abasoze balibone ishwangusha.

₇Umlomo wabo mbi, uzel' izishwabulo, ubuxoki, nezisongelo;

basoloko beceba ububi nobutshinga.

₈Bahamba bencathama ngezindlu ezixekweni,

bezungul' ukugwint' abantw' abangenatyala,

balalel' abantw' abangenakuzikhusela.

₉Bazimel' engontsini, baxel' ingonyama,

ilalel' ixhoba elingumnt' oludwayi;

xhakamfu bambambise ngomgibe wabo!

₁₀Nal' olo sizana lungen' esigwini lusoyisakala.

₁₁Bathi xa bezikhohlisa: “UThixo akakhathali;

akahoyanga nto; akasoz' aqonde.”

₁₂Lamla, Ndikhoyo; caca ukuba unguThixo!

Sukubalibal' abantw' abahlelelekileyo!

₁₃Kungani bekudela nje abantw' abagwenxa?

Kutheni le nto bade bathi: “Akukho nt' aya kuyenza loo Thixo”?

₁₄Ewe, wena uzijongile wazibona iintlupheko neentsizi,

khon' ukuze ulungele ukusisiza.

Ewe, zibalekela kuwe nazo iindwayi,

wena ongumncedi weenkedama.

₁₅Zaphul' iimpondo ke izikrelemnqa nabantw' abagwenxa;

bohlwaye ide iphele nya inkohlakalo yabo.

₁₆Ngukumkani uNdikhoyo kuya kude kube nini-nini.

Zobhanga ziphele nya emhlabeni iintshaba zakhe.

₁₇Ndikhoyo, uyaziva izicelo zabantw' abathobekileyo;

uyabavuselela, uziphendule izicelo zabo.

₁₈Iinkedama nabacinezelweyo uyabaqwebela,

khon' ukuze oonyana babantu bangagrogrisi mntu ehlabathini.