UMSHUMAYELI 11

₁Thuma isinkwa sakho ebusweni bamanzi,

ngokuba uyakusifumana emva kwezinsuku eziningi.

₂Yabela abayisikhombisa nabayisishiyagalombili,

ngokuba awukwazi okubi okuyakuba-semhlabeni.

₃Uma amafu egcwele imvula,

ayayithulula emhlabeni;

futhi uma kuwa umuthi ngaseningizimu noma ngasenyakatho,

endaweni lapho uwa khona umuthi, uyakuba-lapho.

₄Oqaphela umoya akayikuhlwanyela;

obheka amafu kayikuvuna.

₅Njengalokhu ungazi indlela yomoya ukuthi iphi,

nokubunjwa kwamathambo esizalweni sokhulelweyo,

kanjalo awuyazi nemisebenzi kaNkulunkulu owenza konke.

₆Hlwanyela imbewu yakho kusasa,

ungaphumuzi isandla sakho nakusihlwa,

ngokuba awazi ukuthi yiyiphi eyakuphumelela, yilena noma yileyo,

noma ziyakuba-zinhle zombili ngokufanayo.

₇Ukukhanya kumnandi,

yebo, kuhle emehlweni ukubona ilanga.

₈Noma umuntu ekhona iminyaka eminingi,

makathokoze ngayo yonke,

akhumbule nokho nezinsuku zobumnyama

ukuthi njengokuba ziziningi, konke okufikayo kuyize.

₉Thokoza, nsizwa, ebusheni bakho,

inhliziyo yakho ikuphe ukwenama emihleni yobunsizwa bakho,

uhambe ngezindlela zenhliziyo yakho

njengokubona kwamehlo akho,

kepha yazi ukuthi ngakho konke lokho uNkulunkulu uyakukungenisa ekwahlulelweni.

₁₀Khipha usizi enhliziyweni yakho,

udlulise okubi emzimbeni wakho,

ngokuba ubusha nobunsizwa buyize.