Izililo 3

¹Yimi umuntu olubonileyo usizi

²Ungixotshile, wangiphumputhekisa

³ngempela usengiphakamisele isandla sakhe,

⁴Usenze ijwabu lami laluphala,

⁵Ungihanqile wangihonqolozela

⁶Ungenze ngahlala emnyameni

⁷Ungihonqolozele ngenqaba ukuze ngingaphunyuki;

⁸Kuthi lanxa ngimemeza loba ngidinga usizo,

⁹Uvale indlela yami ngamatshe;

¹⁰Njengebhele licathamile,

¹¹wangihudulela eceleni kwendlela, wangifohloza,

¹²Wadonsa idandili lakhe,

¹³Wangiciba enhliziyweni

¹⁴Ngaba yinhlekisa ebantwini bakithi bonke;

¹⁵Ungigqibe ngemithi ebabayo,

¹⁶Ungihlafunise ukhethe ngamazinyo;

¹⁷Ngincitshiwe ukuthula;

¹⁸Ngakho ngithi, “Sebuphelile ubucwazicwazi bami,

¹⁹Ngikhumbula ukuhlupheka lokuntula kwami,

²⁰Konke ngikukhumbula kamhlophe,

²¹Kodwa ngikhumbula lokhu

²²Ngenxa yothando olukhulu lukaThixo kasibhujiswanga,

²³Siba sitsha ukusa kwamalanga;

²⁴Ngiyazitshela ngithi, “UThixo uyisabelo sami;

²⁵UThixo ulungile kulowo omethembayo,

²⁶kuhle ukulinda ngokuthula,

²⁷Kuhle ukuthi umuntu alithwale ijogwe

²⁸Kahlale yedwa ngokuthula,

²⁹Kembele ubuso bakhe ethulini,

³⁰Kaphe isihlathi sakhe kulowo ofuna ukumhlankala,

³¹Ngoba uThixo kabalahli abantu

³²Loba engaletha ubuhlungu, uzatshengisa uzwelo,

³³Ngoba kehliseli ukuhlupheka

³⁴Ukuhlifiza ngezinyawo

³⁵ukuncitsha umuntu amalungelo akhe

³⁶ukungahluleli kuhle,

³⁷Ngubani ongatsho ulutho lwenzakale

³⁸Akuveli emlonyeni woPhezukonke

³⁹Pho kungani umuntu ophilayo esola

⁴⁰Kasilingeni njalo sihlole izindlela zethu,

⁴¹Asiphakamiseleni inhliziyo lezandla zethu

⁴²“Sonile sahlamuka,

⁴³Uzigubuzele ngolaka waxhumana lathi;

⁴⁴Uzisibekele ngeyezi

⁴⁵Usenze saba ngamanyala lengcekeza

⁴⁶Izitha zethu zonke zivule imilomo yazo

⁴⁷Sesihlukuluzwe yikuthuthumela lokukhilikithela,

⁴⁸Imifula yezinyembezi iyajuluka emehlweni ami

⁴⁹Amehlo ami azajuluka kokuphela,

⁵⁰UThixo aze akhangele phansi

⁵¹Engikubonayo kuthelela usizi emphefumulweni wami

⁵²Labo ababa yizitha zami kungelasizatho,

⁵³Bazama ukuquma impilo yami emgodini

⁵⁴amanzi asibekela ikhanda lami,

⁵⁵Ngalimemezela ibizo lakho, Oh Thixo,

⁵⁶Wezwa ukuncenga kwami: “Ungavali indlebe zakho

⁵⁷Wasondela lapho ngikumemeza,

⁵⁸Oh Thixo, wasamukela isikhalazo sami;

⁵⁹Ububonile Thixo, ububi obenziwe kimi.

⁶⁰Usubonile ukujula kokusonga kwabo,

⁶¹Awu Thixo, uzwile inhlamba zabo,

⁶²ukunyenyeza lokungunguna kwabo ngami

⁶³Ake ubabone! Bahlezi kumbe bajamile,

⁶⁴Awu Thixo, akubaphindisele ngokubafaneleyo,

⁶⁵Basibekele ngelembu ezinhliziyweni zabo,

⁶⁶Xhumana labo ngolaka, ubabhubhise