Amandla kaThixo nobulwelwe bomntu

Umthandazo kaMosis, isicaka sikaThixo.

1 Usoloko ulikhaya lethu, wena Nkosi,

izizukulwana ngezizukulwana.

2 Zingekadalwa iintaba, ungekalenzi ilizwe nehlabathi,

ubusel’ ukade unguThixo wena kwanini-nini.

3 Umbuyisela kwaseluthulini umntu, usithi:

“Buyela apho ubuvela khona, mntundini!”

4 Linjengemini enye iwaka leminyaka kuwe,

lona liyafana nemini yezolo,

lifutshane okwexesha labalindi ebusuku.

5 Uphephetheka njengephepha umntu;

uphela okobuthongo, abune njengengca,

6 yona iba luhlaza kusasa,

ithi kwakuhlwa ibe selintshwenyile.

7 Siyaphela kaloku yingqumbo yakho,

uyasigqiba umsindo wakho.

8 Izono zethu zaziwa nguwe,

nezifihliweyo zisekuhleni kuwe.

9 Uyinqumle imihla yethu ngenxa yomsindo,

yadlula ngathi kukuqhwanyaza.

10 Iminyaka yomntu iba ngamashum’ asixhenxe,

xa ngaba womelele ibe ngamashum’ asibhozo;

kodwa iza neenkxwaleko neentsizi,

imihla yethu ithi tshe iphele.

11 Ngubani owaziyo umsindo wakho;

ingubani oluqondayo unkwantyo oluza nengqumbo yakho?

12 Sifundise ukuyiqingqa imihla yethu,

ukuze sizuze ubulumko.

13 Yiba nebuyambo, *Ndikhoyo;

koda kube nini usifulathele?

Yiba nenceba kuthi zicaka zakho.

14 Sithululele izibele zakho kwangentseni,

size sonwabe, simemelele yonke imihla yobomi bethu.

15 Sithuthuzele kaloku wakuba usohlwayile;

sonwabe kangangoko ubusibandezele.

16 Bubonakalise ububele bakho kuthi zicaka zakho,

ukuze nesizukulwana sethu sisazi isihomo sakho.

17 Nkosi, Thixo, sithamsanqelise!

Siphumelelise kuyo yonke imizamo yethu;

ewe, yiphumelelise yonke imizamo yethu.