UJOBE 7

₁Umuntu akasempini yini emhlabeni,

imihla yakhe ayinjengemihla yomqashwa na?

₂Njengenceku ekhefuzelela ithunzi,

nanjengomqashwa obheka umvuzo wakhe,

₃kanjalo ngitholé ifa lezinyanga zokubi;

ngimiselwe ubusuku bezinhlupheko.

₄Lapho ngilala phansi, ngisho ngithi:

Ngingavuka nini, ngokuba ubusuku bude;

ngigcwele ukubinyabinyeka kuze kuse.

₅Inyama yami yembesiwe izimpethu namagade othuli;

isikhumba sami siyaphola, sibuye sibhicike.

₆Imihla yami iyashesha kunesaluko,

iphela ingenathemba.

₇Khumbula ukuthi ukuphila kwami kungumoya;

iso lami aliyikubuye libone okuhle.

₈Iso longibonayo alisayikungibuka;

amehlo akho esekimi, angisekho.

₉Ifu liphela lihamba;

kanjalo owehlele endaweni yabafileyo akasayikukhuphuka.

₁₀Kasayikubuyela endlini yakhe;

indawo yakhe ayisayikumazi.

₁₁Ngalokho nami angiyikubamba umlomo wami;

ngiyakukhuluma osizini lomoya wami,

ngikhale ngomunyu womphefumulo wami.

₁₂Ngilulwandle yini, ngingumkhomo yini,

ukuze ungibekele abalindi?

₁₃Lapho ngithi umbhede wami uyakungiduduza,

ukhukho lwami lungithwalise ukukhala kwami,

₁₄uyangesabisa ngamaphupho,

ungethusa ngemibono,

₁₅ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa

nokufa kunalawamathambo ami.

₁₆Ngiyanengwa yiwo; mangingahlali njalo;

ngiyeke, ngokuba imihla yami iyize.

₁₇Uyini umuntu ukuba umkhulise,

nokuba ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,

₁₈nokuba umhambele ekuseni njalo,

umhlole njalonjalo, na?

₁₉Koze kube-nini uyeka ukungibheka na?

Ngiyeke, ngize ngiminze amathe ami.

₂₀Noma ngonile, ngenzeni kuwe-mlindi wabantu na?

Ungimiseleni ngibe-yisigcibisholo sakho,

ngize ngibe-ngumthwalo nakimi, na?

₂₁Awuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami, na?

Ngokuba manje ngiyakulala phansi othulini;

uyakungifunisisa, kepha angiyikubakho.