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₁Ngakhala kuNkulunkulu,

ngakhala kuye, kuze atengiva.

₂Nangiselusizini ngifuna Simakadze,

nasebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami,

ngikhuleke ngingadzinwa,

umphefumulo wami wale kudvudvuteka.

₃Ngiyamkhumbula Nkulunkulu

bese ngiyabubula;

ngiyacabangisisa,

bese umoya wami uphelelwa ngemandla. Cabanga.

₄Nguwe lowenta tinkhophe tami

kutsi tingasindvwa butfongo,

ngehluleka ngisho nekukhuluma.

₅Ngicabanga ngemalanga asemandvulo,

ngikhumbule iminyaka yakadzenidzeni.

₆Ngikhumbula kushaya ihabhu yami,

ngizindle ngayo enhlitiyweni yami ebusuku,

umoya wami ucabangisisa ubute utsi:

₇“Kantsi Simakadze utangilahla

siphelane yini?

Angeke yini aphindze

abe nemusa nesihawu?

₈Umusa wakhe longagucuki

sewuphele siphelane yini?

Kungabe lesetsembiso sakhe siphelile yini

etitukulwaneni ngetitukulwane?

₉Nkulunkulu sewukhohliwe yini

kuba nemusa?

Kungabe kutfukutsela kwakhe

kumente wagodla bubele bakhe yini?” Cabanga.

₁₀Ngibese ngitsi:

“Naku lokungihluphako:

Sandla sangesekudla

saLosetikwako Konkhe sesijikile.”

₁₁Yebo, Simakadze,

ngitase ngikhumbule

imisebenti yaNkulunkulu,

yebo, ngikhumbule

netimangaliso takho tasendvulo.

₁₂Ngitawucabangisisa

ngawo wonkhe umsebenti wakho,

ngijinge ngicabange

ngemisebenti yakho yemandla.

₁₃Yebo, Nkulunkulu,

indlela yakho ingcwele,

ngumuphi nkulunkulu longuSomandla

njengaNkulunkulu wetfu?

₁₄UnguNkulunkulu lowenta timanga,

lobonakalise emandla akhe emkhatsini wetive.

₁₅Wasihlenga ngengalo yakho sive sakho

lesasibatukulu baJakobe naJosefa. Cabanga.

₁₆Emanti atsi kube abone wena, Nkulunkulu,

atfutfumela,

netinjolobela telwandle tachachatela.

₁₇Emafu atsela imvula,

tibhakabhaka tadvuma taklaklabula,

kwaklwebha imicibisholo yemibane

ndzawana tonkhana.

₁₈Siphepho sasinemsindvo wekudvuma,

kwaphambana imibane,

kwakhanya umhlaba,

umhlaba wagidzitela watamatama.

₁₉Indlela yakho yadzabula lwandle,

umvila wakho uselwandle lolujulile,

noko tinyatselo takho tatingabonakali.

₂₀Sive sakho wasihola njengetimvu,

ngesandla saboMosi na-Aroni.