ISihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo 5

₁Sengingenile esivandeni sami,

dadewethu, makoti wami!

Sengiyibuthile imure yami

namakha ami,

sengiwadlile amakhekheba ami

noju lwami,

ngaphuza iwayini lami

nobisi lwami.

Yidlani bangani, niphuze,

niphuze neneliseke, zithandwa.

₂Bengilele,

kodwa inhliziyo yami ibhekile;

ngezwa izwi lothandiweyo wami

engqongqoza!

“Ngivulele dadewethu,

sithandwa sami,

juba lami,

wena opheleleyo wami,

ngokuba ikhanda lami

ligcwele amazolo;

imiyeko yami, ngamaconsi asebusuku.”

₃Sengiyikhumulile ingubo yami,

ngingaphinde ngiyigqoke kanjani?

Sengizigezile izinyawo zami,

sengingazigcoliselani na?

₄Othandiweyo wami wangenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni,

izibilini zami zamlangazelela.

₅Ngavuka ngamvulela

othandiweyo wami,

izandla zami

zaconsa imure,

nemure eyayiseminweni yami,

yagelezela phezu

kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.

₆Ngamvulela othandiweyo wami,

kodwa othandiweyo wami

wayesejike wahamba,

umphefumulo wami wephuka

lapho esephendukele eceleni,

ngamfuna kodwa ngangamthola,

ngambiza, akaze angiphendula.

₇Ngatholwa ngabaqaphi

ababehla benyuka emzini,

bangishaya, bangilimaza,

abaqaphi bezingange

bangihlubula ingubo yami.

₈Madodakazi aseJerusalema

fungani!

Uma nimthola othandiweyo wami,

niyomtshela yini ukuthi

ngiyazifela ngaye na?

₉Othandiweyo wakho

ubedlula ngani abanye,

wena omuhle phakathi

kwabo bonke abesifazane na?

Othandiweyo wakho

ubedlula ngani abanye,

ukuze usifungise

kanjalo na?

₁₀Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe,

ubomvu, uyakhanga phakathi kweshumi lezinkulungwane.

₁₁Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide,

igolide loqobo elicolisekileyo.

Imiyeko yakhe

mikhulu njengehlathi,

imnyama njengegwababa.

₁₂Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba

ngasemiseleni yamanzi,

agezwe ngobisi

ehleli ngasemiseleni egcwele.

₁₃Izihlathi zakhe

zifana nombhede wamakha,

imibhoshongo yamakhambi

anephunga elimnandi.

Izindebe zakhe zomlomo

zifana neminduze

econsa imure emanzi.

₁₄Izingalo zakhe

ziyizindilinga zegolide

ezigcwaliswe ngamakhrisolithe.

Umzimba wakhe

ungathi wenziwe

ngophondo lwendlovu,

wembozwa ngamasafire.

₁₅Imilenze yakhe

iyizinsika zemabuli

ezibekwe phezu kwezisekelo

zegolide loqobo.

Isiqu sakhe sifana

neLebhanoni,

sinjengemisedari ekhethekileyo.

₁₆Okuphuma emlonyeni

wakhe kumnandi,

konke ayikho kuyanxaneleka.

Yilowo othandiweyo wami,

yilowo-ke ongumngani wami,

madodakazi aseJerusalema.