Iindonga ziwelen’ ebhotwe
Kumbhexeshi-kwayara; ingoma yomtshato; eyoonyana bakwaKora. Iculwa ngathi yileya ithi: “Iinyibiba.”
1 Intliziyo yam suke yaphuphuma;
kuthi mandibonge ndityibele.
Ulwimi lwam lona luqule lwaligangatha,
ndanga ndingumbhali ongenadyudyu.
Kaloku ndingqungel’ ukubhekisa kuMntwan’ omhle.
2 Kubo bonke wen’ uyinzwan’ engenasiphako;
uliciko elicikoza kuvokotheke.
Kaloku uThixo ukuthamsanqele
ngezingaphele ndawo iintsikelelo.
3 Yithi hlas’ ikrel’ uqule, Somagorha!
Qula ngesidima nobungangamsha!
4 Nyantsul’ uye kuqhawuk’ unobathana!
Qula uyilwele inyaniso nobulungisa!
Ngobungangamsha bakho dubula ugeqa!
5 Iintolo zakho zibukhali;
ziyazihlabanisela iintshaba zakho,
izizwe zitsho zibe phantsi kwakho.
6 Kambe ulawulo lwakho, Thixo, aluphele ndawo;
owakho umsimbithi ngowobulungisa.
7 Ungumathand’ ubulungisa; uyithiyil’ inkohlakalo.
Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, Thixo,
uThixo wakho ukuthambisile.
Ewe, ukuthe jize ngesihomo nesithozela
esisigqwesayo esoogxa bakho.
8 Iminweba yakho iqholwe ngomtsalane
wemore, ikhala, nekasiya.
Kwizixeko ezihonjiswe ngamabamba eendlovu
wonwatyiswa ngezeentambula.
9 Phakathi kwezo zikuphahlileyo
zikho neentombi zookumkani.
Kufuphi nawe kuthe zinzi inkosazana
ethe thande ecikiziweyo igolide yaseOfire.
10 Khawundiphe iindlebe, uphulaphule, ntombam.
Uze ulincame ikhaya, ngokunjalo nendlu kayihlo.
11 Kaloku wena uyinzwakazi;
ke yena ukumkani uyakulangazelela.
Phofu ke yena ungumhlekazi, ngoko ke wena mthobele.
12 Wena ntombi yaseTire, baya kukucenga bakunyobe;
ewe, izinhanha ngeendidi zonke zobutyebi.
13 Phaya entangeni bubuyokoyoko,
inkosazana ivath’ ezegolide.
14 Nantso irhuqisa ngamawezaweza,
irholwa isiwa kukumkani.
Nâzo neentombi eziyikhaphileyo
ziyiphahlile zisiya nayo kuye.
15 Ziyaduda, ziyavuya, ziyamemelela;
tsotsololo zagaleleka ebhotwe!
16 Ngxatsho ke, mntwan’ omhle!
Ezihlangwini zooyihlo kuya kungena abakho oonyana.
Wena uya kubathi jize ngobungangamsha,
babe zizinxiba-mxhaka ehlabathini liphela.
17 Ke mna ndiya kulubhengeza udumo lwegama lakho.
Uya kudunyiswa zizizukulwana ziphela.
Ewe, zonke izizwe ziya kutyibela,
zikubonga kude kube ngunaphakade.