The Beginning – Day 13

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

₉Ilizwe wena ulalusa ngemvula;

wena ulitsho libe yintombazana.

Ke yona imilambo iyankcenkceza;

uyabalungiselela bafumane indyebo.

₁₀Amasimi uwavathisa ngemvula, atsho ee thinte ngamanzi.

Umhlaba uwunyakamisa ngomvimbi, zitsho ziqhame izityalo.

₁₁Unyaka uwuthi jize ngendyebo,

kuvuz' ubusi namafutha kwimizila yeenyawo zakho.

₁₂Amadlelo athe thande yimfuyo;

iinduli zimbeje-mbeje, ziyavuya.

₁₃Idobo liphanjwe yimihlambi;

iintili zivathiswe likhaba.

Ziyakratsha, ziyacula zinemincili.

We begin the year declaring the truth that God created the heavens and earth and proclaiming that the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.