Iindonga ziwelen' ebhotwe
Kumbhexeshi-kwayara; ingoma yomtshato; eyoonyana bakwaKora. Iculwa ngathi yileya ithi: “Iinyibiba.”
1Intliziyo yam suke yaphuphuma;
kuthi mandibonge ndityibele.
Ulwimi lwam lona luqule lwaligangatha,
ndanga ndingumbhali ongenadyudyu.
Kaloku ndingqungel' ukubhekisa kuMntwan' omhle.
2Kubo bonke wen' uyinzwan' engenasiphako;
uliciko elicikoza kuvokotheke.
Kaloku uThixo ukuthamsanqele
ngezingaphele ndawo iintsikelelo.
3Yithi hlas' ikrel' uqule, Somagorha!
Qula ngesidima nobungangamsha!
4Nyantsul' uye kuqhawuk' unobathana!
Qula uyilwele inyaniso nobulungisa!
Ngobungangamsha bakho dubula ugeqa!
5Iintolo zakho zibukhali;
ziyazihlabanisela iintshaba zakho,
izizwe zitsho zibe phantsi kwakho.
6Kambe ulawulo lwakho, Thixo, aluphele ndawo;
owakho umsimbithi ngowobulungisa.
7Ungumathand' ubulungisa; uyithiyil' inkohlakalo.
Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, Thixo,
uThixo wakho ukuthambisile.
Ewe, ukuthe jize ngesihomo nesithozela
esisigqwesayo esoogxa bakho.
8Iminweba yakho iqholwe ngomtsalane
wemore, ikhala, nekasiya.
Kwizixeko ezihonjiswe ngamabamba eendlovu
wonwatyiswa ngezeentambula.
9Phakathi kwezo zikuphahlileyo
zikho neentombi zookumkani.
Kufuphi nawe kuthe zinzi inkosazana
ethe thande ecikiziweyo igolide yaseOfire.
10Khawundiphe iindlebe, uphulaphule, ntombam.
Uze ulincame ikhaya, ngokunjalo nendlu kayihlo.
11Kaloku wena uyinzwakazi;
ke yena ukumkani uyakulangazelela.
Phofu ke yena ungumhlekazi, ngoko ke wena mthobele.
12Wena ntombi yaseTire, baya kukucenga bakunyobe;
ewe, izinhanha ngeendidi zonke zobutyebi.
13Phaya entangeni bubuyokoyoko,
inkosazana ivath' ezegolide.
14Nantso irhuqisa ngamawezaweza,
irholwa isiwa kukumkani.
Nâzo neentombi eziyikhaphileyo
ziyiphahlile zisiya nayo kuye.
15Ziyaduda, ziyavuya, ziyamemelela;
tsotsololo zagaleleka ebhotwe!
16Ngxatsho ke, mntwan' omhle!
Ezihlangwini zooyihlo kuya kungena abakho oonyana.
Wena uya kubathi jize ngobungangamsha,
babe zizinxiba-mxhaka ehlabathini liphela.
17Ke mna ndiya kulubhengeza udumo lwegama lakho.
Uya kudunyiswa zizizukulwana ziphela.
Ewe, zonke izizwe ziya kutyibela,
zikubonga kude kube ngunaphakade.
