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₁Ewe, *Ndikhoyo, ulazelelele eli lizwe;

uYakobi umthe jize ngendyebo nenkqubela.

₂Ubaxolele abantu bakho ngobugwenxa babo;

ubuye wazilibala izono zabo.

₃Ubuye wayibamba ingqumbo yakho;

uphinde wathomalala umsindo wakho.

₄Yiba nebuyambo, Thixo, usisindise,

ungabi sakhathazeka sithi.

₅Ngani ukuba ungabi saphela umsindo wakho?

Koda kube zizizukulwana ucaphukile na?

₆Nceda ubuye usihlaziye,

abantu bakho bagcobe ngawe.

₇Maziphuphumele kuthi izibele zothando lwakho;

awu, Ndikhoyo, sithi jize ngenkululeko yakho.

₈Mandiweve amazwi kaNdikhoyo uThixo;

kaloku uzisa uxolo kubantu bakhe,

kwabo bayimilowo yakhe engajika-jikiyo.

₉Ngenene usindiso lwakhe lukufuphi kwabo bamthobelayo;

nobungangamsha bakhe bohlala kweli lizwe.

₁₀Kodibana uthando nokunyaniseka,

ubulungisa noxolo bulale ngengub' enye.

₁₁Ukunyaniseka kuya kuntshula emhlabeni;

ubulungisa bona boqwalasela busesibhakabhakeni.

₁₂Ewe, uNdikhoyo wosithi jize ngenkqubela,

lona ilizwe lethu libe yintombazana.

₁₃Yena uya kukhokelwa bubulungisa;

ewe, buya kumgabulela izigcawu.