UYOBI 20

₂“Ukudubeka kwam kundibangela ukuba mandiphendule;

kunditsho ndikungxamele ukuthetha.

₃Ngale ndlela undigxeka ngayo uyandihlaza,

kodwa ndiza kukuphendula ngengqiqo.

₄Ngaba akuyiqondi le nto, ingathi lisiko lidala nje?

Laqala kwaukufika komntu wokuqala ehlabathini.

₅Nditsho le nto yokuba ulonwabo lwesikhohlakali alubhekele phi.

Kaloku imincili yalowo ungamnquliyo uThixo yeyomzuzwana nje.

₆Ewe, yena angasisihandiba esiwakrobeleyo namazulu,

abe sisikhulu esintloko irheca amafu,

₇kodwa wosuka adake kuphele njengelindle lakhe,

baze abo bebembonile bathi: ‘Utshone phi na?’

₈Usuka athi shwaka njengephupha,

azimele njengombono wasebusuku,

angaze aphinde alanywe bani.

₉Ababehlala bembona abaphindi bambone,

futhi nendawo yakhe ingaze ibe samalama.

₁₀Abantwana bakhe baya kubabuyekeza abasweleyo,

izandla zakhe zibuyisele ubutyebi bakhe kubo.

₁₁Nakuba wayefudula enamandla ngeemini zobutsha bakhe,

kodwa ngoku loo mandla aya kulala eluthulini kunye naye.

₁₂“Inkohlakalo inganambitheka kamnandi emlonyeni wakhe,

ade ayigushe phantsi kolwimi.

₁₃Anganamathela kuyo angavumi ukwahlukana nayo,

asuke akhethe ukuhlala eyimumathile ngenkalakahla.

₁₄Kodwa ke oko kutya kwakhe esiswini sakhe kosuka kukrakre,

kube ngathi yityhefu yephimpi.

₁₅Kaloku umntu okhohlakeleyo ubutyebi ubuginya ajike abuhlanze;

uThixo ubugrumba nakweso sisu sakhe.

₁₆Isikhohlakali simfimfitha ubuhlungu bamaphimpi,

buze busibinze kanye oku kobuhlungu berhamba.

₁₇Asihlali side sibone imilambo empompoza amanzi,

okanye iintlambo ezinkcenkceza ubusi namasi.

₁₈Ukubulaleka kwaso kufuneka sikuncame

singakhange sikuxhamle;

kaloku asilifumani ithuba lokubutya ubutyebi baso,

sinambithe imveliso yokurhweba kwaso.

₁₉Andithi na kaloku sona saphila kukucinezela abahlelelekileyo;

izindlu sizifumana singazakhanga?

₂₀“Kaloku ukunyoluka komntu okhohlakeleyo akunasiphelo;

ulixhoba leminqweno yakhe.

₂₁Utya konke, angashiyi nto;

ngoko ke ngoku inkqubela yakhe isuke yanqamka.

₂₂Uthi xa asencotsheni yempumelelo ahlelwe ziinzima;

zisuke zimfikele ngamandla iinkathazo.

₂₃Angatya yena ahluthe mpu,

kodwa uThixo wosuka amnisele ngengqumbo yakhe,

amohlwaye ngokumzisela imfazwe.

₂₄Xa azama ukuphepha ikrele elenziwe ngentsimbi

uya kuchanwa lutolo lobhedu, lumbinze luphumele.

₂₅Xa elikhupha emqolo,

encothula intloko yalo ekhazimlayo enyongweni,

wosuka onganyelwe kukunkwantya.

₂₆Yonke indyebo yakhe yovuthuluka iphele,

kuthi gqi umlilo ongaphenjwanga mntu

utshabalalise okushiyekileyo endlwini yakhe.

₂₇Amazulu osuka awadandalazise amatyala akhe,

ke lona ihlabathi lisuke limvukele.

₂₈Indlu yakhe iya kukhukuliswa,

imke nomsinga wamanzi ngemini yengqumbo kaThixo.

₂₉Naso ke isabelo uThixo asinika abakhohlakeleyo;

ewe, elo lilifa abamisele lona uThixo.”