Izibele zikaThixo
Umhobe kaDavide.
1Mbonge *uNdikhoyo, moya wam!
Mandimbonge uNdikhoyo ngomxhelo wam wonke!
2Moya wam, mbonge uNdikhoyo,
ungaze uyilibale imisebenzi yakhe emihle nanini-nanini:
3uloxolela zonk' izono zam;
ulophilisa zonk' izifo endinazo;
4ulohlangula ubomi bam enzonzobileni,
andambese ngezibele nangenceba;
5ulondenzel' izintw' ezintle ebomini,
ndihlale ndingumqaba-qaba njengokhozi.
6NguNdikhoyo obonelela abacinezelweyo ubulungisa;
ewe, nguye obagwebelayo bonke ngokungenaxanasi.
7Wamazisa icebo lakhe uMosis;
wawabonisa amaSirayeli amandla akhe.
8UNdikhoyo unenceba nesisa;
uqumba kade, yimvuze-mvuze enobubele.
9Kaloku akasolok' engxolisa, yaye akananqala.
10Akasohlwayi njengoko sifanelwe kukohlwaywa,
engaziphindezeli ngokwezigqitho zethu.
11Kungangokuba kude kwesibhakabhaka emhlabeni
ukubalasela kwezibele zakhe kwabamhlonelayo;
12ulogxoth' izono zithi qelele kuthi
njengempumalanga nentshonalanga.
13Bufana nomzali kubantwana
ububele bukaNdikhoyo kwabamnik' imbeko.
14Kaloku uyasazi into esiyiyo;
uyaqonda ukuba siluthuli.
15Yen' okokwakhe umntu uyafana nje nengca:
uyakhula, achume okwentyatyambo.
16Suka uvuthuze won' umoya,
iphephethek' intyatyambo,
ingab' ibekho kuloo ndaw' ibikad' ikuyo.
17Ke zon' izibele zikaNdikhoyo zivelela abamhloneleyo;
uhlala enobubele kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana,
18kwabanyanisekileyo kumnqophiso wakhe
nabathobela imithetho yakhe.
19UNdikhoyo ungqendev' esihlalweni sakhe ebhotw' ezulwini;
ulawulo lwakhe luqhakamshela ihlabathi liphela.
20Mbongeni uNdikhoyo, nina zithunywa zakhe ezinamandla;
mbongeni, nina nibalasele ngokumthobela;
liphulaphuleni ilizwi lakhe.
21Mbongeni, uNdikhoyo, nina mikhosi yezulu;
mbongeni, nina zicaka zakhe.
22Nani zidalwa, khanimbonge nonke,
kuzo zonk' iindaw' alawula kuzo.
Nawe, moya wam, mbonge uNdikhoyo!
