The Beginning – Day 16

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

₁Aa! Bayethe, Mhlekazi!

Bongan' *uNdikhoyo, nimdumise emazulwini;

mdumiseni kweliphezulu!

₂Mbongeni, nonke nina zithunywa zakhe;

mdumiseni, nani mikhosi yakhe!

₃Mbongeni, wena langa nawe nyanga;

mdumiseni, nonke zinkwenkwezi eziqaqambileyo!

₄Mbongeni, nani mazulu asemajuku-jukwini;

ewe, makube njalo nakuni, manzi angaphaya kwesibhakabhaka!

₅Ewe, mazilidumise igama likaNdikhoyo;

kaloku yena wathetha ngelizwi, zabakho ke zona.

₆Wazimisela ukuze zihlale zihleli nanini-nanini;

ewe, wazimisela umda ongasoze washukunyiswa.

We begin the year declaring the truth that God created the heavens and earth and proclaiming that the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.