1Maye kuwe, wena mchithi,
2Awu Thixo, woba lomusa kithi;
3Ekukhwazeni kwelizwi lakho, izizwe ziyabaleka;
4Elakuthumbayo, lina zizwe, kubuthwa sengangathi kuqoqwa yisikhongwane,
5UThixo uphakeme ngoba uhlala phezulu,
6Uzakuba yisisekelo esithembekileyo sesikhathi senu,
7Khangelani, amaqhawe akibo ahlaba umkhosi emigwaqweni!
8Imigwaqo emikhulu ibetha umoya,
9Ilizwe liyalila njalo liyachitheka.
10UThixo uthi, “Khathesi sengizavuka,
11Liqukethe ngamakhoba,
12Abantu bazatshiswa bafane lekalaga;
13Lina elikhatshana, zwanini engikwenzileyo;
14Izoni zaseZiyoni ziyathuthumela;
15Ngulowo owenza okulungileyo,
16lo nguye umuntu ozahlala ekuphakameni,
17Amehlo enu azayibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo,
18Ezingqondweni zenu lizakhumbula ukwesaba kwakuqala lithi:
19Abantu labayana abaklolodayo kalisayikubabona futhi,
20Khangelani iZiyoni, idolobho lemikhosi yethu;
21Khonapho uThixo uzakuba ngolaMandla wethu.
22Ngoba uThixo ungumahluleli wethu,
23Izintambo zakho zeseyili ziyaxega.
24Akulamuntu ohlala eZiyoni ozakuthi, “Mina ngiyagula”;