UYOBI 5

₁“Danduluka kaloku, ukhale,

ubone ukuba ukhona oya kuphendula!

He-e-e, uza kubhenela kwesiphi ke ngoku isithunywa?

₂Ngenene izityhakala zizigwinta ngengcwangu yazo;

lona ikhwele yimfeketho ephelela ekufeni.

₃Ndakha ndasibona isityhakala sihluma;

suka ke mna ndaliqalekisa elo khaya laso.

₄Oonyana baso basesichengeni;

nasenkundleni basisisulu,

akukho bani ubahlangulayo.

₅Isivuno saso sityiwa zizilambi,

zisicubungula naphakathi kwameva.

Amabawa ayaburhogola ubutyebi baso.

₆Kaloku inkxwaleko ayiphumi luthulini,

ibe ke nenkathazo ayintshuli mhlabeni.

₇Umntu nenkathazo ngumtya nethunga,

kwanjengokuba intlantsi ihamba nomlilo!”

₈“Kambe ke, ukuba ibindim, bendiya kubhenela kuThixo,

ndiyaneke phambi kwakhe imeko yam.

₉Kaloku nguye owenza izigigaba ezingenakugoca-gocwa;

imimangaliso yakhe ayiphele ndawo.

₁₀Nguye onisa imvula emhlabeni,

amasimi awanyakamise ngamanzi.

₁₁Yena ngumphakamisi wabadelekileyo;

ke bona abasezinyembezini uyabathuthuzela.

₁₂Kaloku yena uyaliphuthisa icebo lesindwebi,

ize imizamo yaso ibuye nemband' esikhova.

₁₃Izilumko uzitsho zixakane nobuqhokolo bazo,

ize imizabalazo yazo yobuqhophololo ibhange ngesaquphe.

₁₄Kwakuba njalo ke kutsho kuhlw' emini kuzo;

kuthi kusemin' emaqanda, zona zitotobe ziphampathe ngathi kukwabhadakazi!

₁₅NguThixo obakhuselayo abahlelelekileyo ekutyholweni;

nguye obahlangula esandleni sabomeleleyo.

₁₆Ngoko ke likhona ithemba nakumahlwempu;

ke zona izikhohlakali zitsho zisikw' umlomo!

₁₇“Ewe, unenyhweba umntu olulekwa nguThixo;

ngoko ke sukuyidela ingqeqesho kaSomandla!

₁₈Kaloku yena uyenzakalisa, abuye abophe;

kanti kwayena uyabetha, abuye aphilise ngezandla zakhe.

₁₉Yena uyaphinda-phinda ukukuhlangula ezinkathazweni,

kanti ke ekugqibeleni akuyi kuba sachukunyiswa bubi.

₂₀Ngexesha lendlala uya kukuhlangula ekufeni;

ukanti emfazweni uya kukusindisa ekreleni.

₂₁Ngokunjalo uya kukukhusela kwintlebendwane,

ungabi naxhala ngexesha lonxunguphalo.

₂₂Unxunguphalo nendlala ziya kuba yimfeketho kuwe,

ungawaxhaleli namarhwamncwa ehlabathi.

₂₃Uya kunqophisana namatye asemathambekeni,

kubekho uxolo phakathi kwakho namarhamncwa asendle.

₂₄Umzi wakho uya kuhlala ukhuselekile,

nasesibayeni uthi wakukhangela ufike ziphelele.

₂₅Inzala yakho iya kuba yinyambalala,

isizukulwana sakho sinabe njengengca emhlabeni.

₂₆Uya kudla ubomi ude ukhokhobe,

nqwa nengqolowa engavunwayo lingekafiki ixesha.

₂₇“Uyabona, siziphicothile ezi zinto, yaye zinjalo;

yiva ke, uziqonde ubunyaniso bazo kuwe.”