Strength For Today – Day 2

₁Awu, Thixo, ndiyatarhuzisa!

Ngenxa yezibele zothando lwakho,

nobubanzi benceba yakho, nceda uzicime iziphoso zam!

₂Ndihlambe ndahlukane nabo bonke ububi;

ndenze ndibe nyulu, ndingabi nasono!

₃Kaloku ndiyabuvuma ubugwenxa bam;

isono sam sindithukuthezele.

₄Eyona ngcambu yesono sam kukuba ndone wena kanye,

ndenze into ekuhlazisayo.

Ngoko ke undigwebe ngakhona;

isigwebo sakho sifanelekile.

₅Kaloku ndaba gwenxa kwasekuzalweni;

ndaba ngumoni ndisakhawulwanje nguma.

₆Ewe, wena uthanda umntu onyanisekileyo;

ndincede undiphe ingqiqo enzulu.

₇Ndihlambe undicokise ndicoceke;

ndihlambe ndibe mhlophe qhwa,

ndibe ngaphezu kwalo nekhephu.

₈Mandiphuphume luvuyo nemincili;

nakuba undikrobozile nje, mandonwabe.

₉Bufihle ubuso bakho ezonweni zam,

ubususe bonke ubugwenxa bam.

₁₀Ewe, Thixo, intliziyo yam yidale ngokutsha, ibe nyulu;

wuhlaziye umoya wam, ndikhaliphe.

₁₁Musa ukundigxotha, Nkosi yam;

ungamthathi uMoya wakho kum.

₁₂Ndibuyisele uvuyo losindiso lwakho,

undixhase ngoMoya wakho, khon' ukuze ndikuthobele.

₁Lowo uhleli ekhuselwe nguPhezukonke,

uhlala esemthunzini kaSomandla.

₂Yena uya kuthi: “*Ndikhoyo, ungumkhuseli wam;

uyinqaba yam, wena Thixo, ndiya kuthembela kuwe.”

₃Kuba nguye okuhlangula emgibeni wabakugcayiseleyo

nakubhubhani wesifo,

₄akwambathise ngamaphiko akhe, akufihle ekhusini lakhe,

kube likhaka nekhuselo lakho ukuthembeka kwakhe.

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.