IZAFOBE 5

₁Mfo wam, buve ubulumko bam,

ukubazele iindlebe ukuqonda kwam,

₂ukuze ube nako ukuzilungelelanisa izinto,

futhi ukwazi ukuthetha ngengqiqo.

₃Kaloku imilebe yomfazi ongakwaziyo ukuziphatha ivuza ubusi;

kwaye nenkalakahla yakhe igudile kunamafutha omnquma.

₄Kanti ke ekugqibeleni uba nobukrakra okomhlonyane,

akwenzakalise okwekrele elibukhali macala.

₅Kaloku iinyawo zakhe zisinga ekufeni;

ukunyathela kwakhe kubheka ngqo engcwabeni.

₆Uyakuwexula kwindlela eyeyobomi;

ube wena ungayazi loo nto.

₇Ngoko ke, bonyana, ndiphulaphuleni,

ningashenxi koko ndinixelela kona.

₈Ewe, ndithi mcezeleni umfazi onjalo,

ningasondeli nasemnyango wendlu yakhe,

₉hleze amandla enu axhatshazwe ngabanye,

niyinike isikhohlakali iminyaka yenu.

₁₀Ewe, xa ningeva ikamva lenu liya kuxhanyulwa ngabasemzini,

zize zona izinto eniziqwebileyo zibe sisisulu seentlanga.

₁₁Ekugqibeleni ke yoba ziincwina zodwa ugcuma,

ube wona umzimba wakho uvuthuluka nezihlunu zawo.

₁₂Uya kuthi: “Akwaba ndandingazange ndiyithiye ingqeqesho;

akwaba ndandiziphulaphule iziluleko.

₁₃Ngenene zange ndiwaphulaphule amazwi âbo babendiyala,

zange ndiyibazele iindlebe imfundiso yabandilulekayo.

₁₄Ngoku ke naku ndizibhaqa sendisehlazweni

ekuhlaleni naseluntwini.”

₁₅Nyaniseka kumfazi wakho;

ewe, sela amanzi kwelakho iqula.

₁₆Ngani ukuba abantwana bakho bathi saa,

oku komthombo omanzi wawo aphuphumela esitalatweni?

₁₇Abantwana bakho mayibe ngabakho wedwa;

sukuvuma baxhatshazwe nangabasemzini.

₁₈Ewe, ziyolise nomfazi wakho weenkomo,

abe ngumthombo olithamsanqa lakho –

₁₉nditsho loo nzwakazi imanz' andonga,

elo bhadikazi lihle kunene!

Isifuba sayo sanga singakutsho ube nemihlali,

ikurhawule ngolo thando lwayo, utsho uthi ncithi.

₂₀Mfo wam, ngani ukuba ude uthinjwe ngumfazi ongakwaziyo ukuziphatha?

Ngani ukuba ugonane nomka-mntu?

₂₁Kaloku zonke izinto ezenziwa ngumntu ziyabonwa *nguNdikhoyo;

zonke iindlela zakhe uzijongile.

₂₂Ke zona izenzo zomntu okhohlakeleyo zibambisa kwayena,

ajike akhonkxwe kwasisono sakhe.

₂₃Ubulawa kukungaqeqesheki;

ewe, uphuphuthekiswa bubuhiba bakhe.