Umthandazo wokucela inkokhelo

Umhobe kaDavide; kumbhexeshi-kwayara; uhlatyelwa ngeefleyiti.

1 Khawuwabekel’ iindlebe amazwi am, *Ndikhoyo,

usigqale isingqala sam.

2 Kuve ukukhala kwam, kumkani wam, Thixo wam,

xa ndithandazayo kuwe.

3 Uyawuva umthandazo wam, Ndikhoyo, kwakusasa:

kwakusasa ndizibika kuwe, ndilinde impendulo.

4 Kaloku unguThixo ongadlelaniyo nobugwenxa;

akukunyamezeli ukungcola phambi kwakho.

5 Akubanyamezeli abantw’ abazingcayo;

ubuthiye bonk’ ubugqwirha.

6 Uyawatshabalalisa amaxoki; ewe, Ndikhoyo,

abaxhaphi-gazi nabakhohlisi banezothe kuwe.

7 Ke mna ndiya kungena endlwini yakho,

ngenxa yobubele bakho obuncamisileyo,

ndikunqule endlwini yakho ekhethiweyo,

ndikunqule ngembeko ndingcangcazela.

8 Ndikhokelel’ ekwenzeni intando yakho, Ndikhoyo.

Kaloku baninzi abandichasayo;

yenze icace phambi kwam indlela yakho.

9 Azinanyani iintshaba zam,

iintliziyo zazo zizel’ inkohlakalo;

Zizungula ukutshabalalisa ngentetho elalanisayo.

10 Zohlwaye, Thixo;

zirhintyele kwangamacebo azo;

zigxothe ngenxa yezono zazo,

kuba ziphikisana nawe.

11 Bayavuya bonke abo bathembela ngawe;

bohlala bechulumacha luvuyo.

Kaloku uyabakhusela abo bakuthandayo;

abo ke banemihlali ngenene.

12 Ndikhoyo, uyabathamsanqela abakuthobelayo,

ubafukamele ngobubele ngathi bagqunywe ngekhaka.