Intuthuzelo evela kwiLizwi – Day 17

₁*Ndikhoyo, ndiya kucula ngezibele zakho njalo-njalo;

ukuthembeka kwakho ndokubhengeza kuzo zonke izizukulwana.

₂Ndiya kububengeza obakho ububele ukuba soze butshitshe;

ukuthembeka kwakho ukuzinzisile emazulwini.

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!

₁Ndiya kukuncoma, Thixo ongukumkani wam;

igama lakho ndolibonga nanini nanini.

₂Ndiya kukubulela mihla le;

igama lakho ndolidumisa kude kuse ephakadeni.

₃Ngenene *uNdikhoyo yingangalala, ufanele ukudunyiswa;

obakhe ubukhulu abuphengululeki.

₄Isizukulwana siya kubalisela esilandelayo ngemisebenzi yakho;

siya kuzibhengeza izigigaba zakho kwisizukulwana esilandelayo.

₅Ndiya kucamngca ngemisebenzi yakho emangalisayo,

nesidima sobuqaqawuli bobungangamsha bakho.

₆Abantu baya kububhengeza ubukhulu bezenzo zakho ezikhwankqisayo,

ndaye ndiya kububabaza ubukhulu bakho.

₇Baya kuluxela udumo lokulunga kwakho;

ewe, baya kutsholoza bencoma ubulungisa bakho.

₈UNdikhoyo unesisa, yaye enovelwano.

Yena unomonde; uyimvuze-mvuze bububele.

₉UNdikhoyo uyabalungiselela bonke abantu;

unemfobe ngazo zonke izinto azenzileyo.

₁₀Zonke izinto ozenzileyo ziya kudomboza zibulele, Ndikhoyo;

imilowo yakwakho iya kukudumisa.

₁₁Baya kuyibhengeza indili nesidima solawulo lwakho;

amandla akho aya kuba ngundaba-mlonyeni,

₁₂ukuze uluntu luzazi izigigaba ozenzileyo

kwanesidima nobuqaqawuli bolawulo lwakho.

₁₃Ulawulo lwakho alunamida yasiphelo;

ubukhosi bakho bozityhutyha zonke izizukulwana.

Ilizwi alithethileyo uNdikhoyo alidliwa nja,

yaye unesisa kuko konke akwenzileyo.

₁₄UNdikhoyo uyabaxhasa bonke abagqush' eluthulini,

abaphakamise bonke abathobekileyo.

₁₅Iinto zonke zikhangela kuye ngethemba,

ke yena uyazondla ngexesha elililo.

₁₆Ewe, yena zivulekile izandla zakhe,

izinto zonke uyazanelisa ngokweentswelo zazo.

₁₇UNdikhoyo ulilungisa ngeendlela zonke,

unobubele kuko konke akwenzayo.

₁₈UNdikhoyo ukufuphi kwabo babhenela kuye,

kwabo bamfuna benyanisekile.

₁₉Uyabahlangabeza abo bamhlonelayo;

uyasabela bakuzibika, abahlangule.

₂₀UNdikhoyo uyabalondoloza abo bamthandayo;

ke bona abakhohlakeleyo uya kubatshabalalisa.

₂₁UNdikhoyo ndiya kusoloko ndimdumisa.

Mazimdumise zonke izidalwa,

zilincome igama lakhe elihloniphekileyo;

ewe, kude kube ngunaphakade.

₁Aa! Bayethe, Mhlekazi!

Duma ukhahlele *kuNdikhoyo, mphefumlo wam!

₂Ndiya kumbonga uNdikhoyo lo gama ndisadla ubomi;

ndiya kuhlabela indumiso,

ndibonge uThixo wam bonke ubomi bam.

₃Musa ukukholosa ngamanene;

sukuthemba umntu, kuba akaloncedo.

₄Uthi akuba efile abuyele emhlabeni;

ngaloo mini buyatshitsha ubuchule bakhe.

₅Hay' inyhweba yalowo uluncedo lunguThixo kaYakobi,

lowo uthembele ngoNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe;

₆ongumenzi wamazulu nehlabathi,

ulwandle neento zonke ezilapho kulo;

yena ungajikiyo kwizithembiso zakhe;

₇umthetheleli wâbo baxhatshazwayo;

umondli wâbo balambayo.

UNdikhoyo uwathi jize ngenkululeko amabanjwa.

₈UNdikhoyo ngumvuli wamehlo eemfama,

umphakamisi wâbo bawileyo.

UNdikhoyo ngumathand' amalungisa.

₉UNdikhoyo ngumkhuseli wabahambi nabangeneleli,

umxhasi wabahlolokazi neenkedama.

Ke bona abakhohlakeleyo uyabatshabalalisa.

₁₀Kambe ke yena uNdikhoyo uya kulawula naphakade,

uThixo wakho, Ziyon, kuzo zonke izizukulwana.

Siyakhahlela, sithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”

₁Dumani nithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”

Kaloku yinto entle ukumemelela, sibonge uThixo wethu;

ewe, luyolo, kwaye kufanelekile ukumdumisa.

₂*NguNdikhoyo umakhi weJerusalem,

umqokeleli weembacu zakwaSirayeli,

₃umnyangi wabantliziyo zenzakeleyo,

ewe, umbophi wamanxeba abo.

₄Ngumqingqi wenani leenkwenkwezi;

iyileyo naleyo kuzo uyibiza ngegama layo.

₅Hay' ubukhulu bukaNdikhoyo, uyingangalala ngamandla!

Ubulumko bakhe abunamda.

₆UNdikhoyo uyabaphakamisa abagqush' eluthulini;

ke bona abakhohlakeleyo ubakhahlela phantsi.

₇Hlabelani nimombelele uNdikhoyo nibulela;

tsholozani niculele uThixo wethu ngezeengcingo –

₈umtwabululi wamafu afihl' isibhakabhaka,

nguye owabela umhlaba imvula,

ulontshulis' ingca ezintabeni,

₉umondli wezilwanyana ngokutya kwazo,

umfunzeli wamathol' ehlungulu azibikayo.

₁₀Yena akakuhoye nganto ukukhalipha kwehashe,

engabukhathalele nobungwanyalala bezitho zendoda,

₁₁koko yena uNdikhoyo uthanda abamhlonelayo,

abo bakholosa ngezibele zakhe ezingatshitshiyo.

₁₂Duma ubonge uNdikhoyo, Jerusalem!

Mbonge uThixo wakho, Ziyon!

₁₃Kaloku nguye owomeleza imivalo yamasango akho;

nguye othamsanqela abantu bakho.

₁₄Nguye omisela inzolo phakathi kwemida yakho;

ikwanguye okwanelisa ngeyona-yona ngqolowa.

₁₅Yena uthetha ngelizwi nje qha,

ngoko nangoko lityhutyhe ihlabathi.

₁₆Ukhitikisa ikhephu, libe njengoboya;

unisa iqabaka, kube mhlophe okothuthu.

₁₇Usarhaza umkhenkce, ngathi sisichotho;

ngubani onokumelana nengqele yakhe?

₁₈Uthetha ngelizwi, zinyibilike ezo zinto;

athumele umoya, kubaleke amanzi.

₁₉Ngumazisi wodaba lwakhe kuYakobi,

imithetho nezigqibo zakhe kuSirayeli.

₂₀Kwezinye izizwe zange enjenjalo,

nemimiselo yakhe aziyazi.

Dumani nithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”