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₁Ndakhala ndijonge *kuNdikhoyo,

wada wandiva ndakuzibika kuye.

₂Wandikhupha emhadini onengozi, nasemgxobhozweni,

wandibeka endaweni eyomileyo,

ndatsho ndee ngxishishi, ndema.

₃Wandifundisa ingoma yombongo entsha,

ingoma yokubonga uThixo wethu.

Boyika abaninzi bakuyiqonda loo nto,

balibeka kuNdikhoyo ithemba labo.

₄Hay' uyolo lomntu othembele ngoNdikhoyo,

ongadlelaniyo nabanekratshi, abo banqula izithixo.

₅Mikhulu, Ndikhoyo, Thixo wam, imimangaliso osenzele yona.

Kukwangako nokusazelelela kwakho;

akakho onjengawe, Nkosi!

Ngeba ndiyabalisa, koko ndiswel' imilomo eliwaka.

₆Wena akuwananze nganto amadini neminikelo,

akuwathandanga amadini atshiswayo nawesono,

kambe ke undinike indlebe evayo.

₇Kungoko ke ndathi mna:

“Njengoko kubhaliwe ngam encwadini, ewe, ndim lo.

₈Iyandivuyisa intando yakho, Thixo wam;

umthetho wakho ndiwumilisele entliziyweni.”

₉Ndizixelile ebandleni iindaba zakho zosindiso;

Ndikhoyo, uyazi ukuba andikuyeka ukuzibalisa.

₁₀Andilufihlanga udaba losindiso lwakho;

bendisoloko ndibalisa ngokunyaniseka noncedo lwakho;

andilifihlelanga ibandla lakho izibele zakho nenyaniso yakho.

₁₁Uzungandibandezeli inceba yakho, Ndikhoyo;

ndilondoloze ngenceba nenyaniso.

₁₂Zindivelela macal' onke iingxaki.

Ndixakene nezono zam, azindiphi mtyhi konke.

Nditsho ndatyhafa, kuba zininzi ngangeenwele zentloko yam.

₁₃Khawuncede undihlangule, *Ndikhoyo!

Phuthuma, Ndikhoyo, undincede!

₁₄Mabadane badideke abandizondayo;

mabarhoxe baphoxeke abazungula ukundenzakalisa.

₁₅Mabajike benyoshoza abo bathi tshotsho vityo.

₁₆Abakulangazelelayo mabavuye bagcobe ngawe;

abaluthandayo usindiso lwakho mabangaphezi ukuthi:

“Huntshu – uyingangalala uNdikhoyo!”

₁₇Ke mna ndilihlwepu, ndiludwayi;

awu, Nkosi, khawundivelele!

Umncedi nomhlanguli wam nguwe;

sukuba saphozisa maseko, Thixo wam!