IINDUMISO 73 - isiXhosa 1975

Impumelelo yabangendawo; ukungafani kwesiphelo sabo nesamalungisaUmhobe ka-Asafu.

1Ulungile kwaphela uThixo kuSirayeli,

Kwabantliziyo zinyulu.

2Ke mna, beziphantse ukumka iinyawo zam;

Gcwizi ukutyibilika ukunyathela kwam;

3Ngokuba bendibamonela abaqhayisayo,

Ndakukubona ukuphumelela kwabangendawo.

4Ngokuba àbanazintlungu ekufeni kwabo;

Baphilile, batyebile umzimba wabo;

5Ebubini babantu àbakho bona;

Àbakhathazwa njengabanye abantu.

6Ngako oko intamo yabo inxitywe ikratshi;

Ukugonyamela kubathe wambu ngokwengubo.

7Amehlo abo avelile kukutyeba;

Amabhongo eentliziyo zabo aphumela phandle.

8Bahlalela ngentlamba, bathetha ngokubandezela, benobubi;

Bathetha iindumbisa zamazwi.

9Bawubeka ezulwini umlomo wabo,

Ulwimi lwabo luhamba emhlabeni wonke.

10Ngako oko abantu babo babuyela apha;

Bafinca amanzi amaninzi.

11Bathi, Únokuthini na ukwazi uThixo?

Kukho ukwazi na kOsenyangweni?

12Yabona abangendawo abayá

Banokuchulumacha ngonaphakade, bandile ngokutyeba.

13Sìfumane sayiqaqambisa intliziyo yethu kanti,

Sazihlamba izandla zethu ngokuba msulwa;

14Ndakhathazeka imini yonke,

Ukohlwaywa kwethu kwaba kokwemiso yonke.

15Ukuba bendithe, Ndiya kwenjenjalo ukuthetha,

Yabona, ngendinginizile kwisizukulwana soonyana bakho.

16Ndathi ke ndakùcinga ukuba ndikwázi oko,

Kwayinkohla emehlweni am;

17Ndada ndaya kungena ezingcweleni zikaThixo,

Ndakúgqala ke ukuphela kwabo.

18Inene, ùbamise ezindaweni ezibuthelezi,

Wabawisa baba yintshabalala.

19Hayi, ukuphanziswa kwabo ngephanyazo;

Baphelile, bagqityiwe kukukhwankqa.

20Njengephupha ekuqabukeni komntu,

Ekuvukeni kwakho, Nkosi, wòwudela umfanekiso wabo.

21Ukuba ndithe ndabindeka intliziyo,

Ndahlabeka ezintsweni,

22Ndoba ke ndisisityhakala, ndingenakwazi;

Ndoba ke ndisisilo kuwe.

23Mna ke ndihlala ndinawe;

Ùndibambile ngesandla sam sokunene;

24Ùya kundikhapha ngecebo lakho.

Undithabathe emveni koku, ndibe nozuko.

25Ndinabani na emazulwini?

Ukuba wena ungowam, andilinanze nganto ihlabathi.

26Ingáphela inyama yam nentliziyo yam:

Iliwa lentliziyo yam, nesabelo sam, nguThixo ngonaphakade.

27Ngokuba, yabona, abanyawukileyo kuwe baya kudaka;

Uyababhangisa bonke abahenyuzayo, bemke kuwe.

28Mna ke, ukusondela kuThixo kulungile kum,

Ndiyenza ihlathi lam iNkosi uYehova,

Ukuze ndiyibalise yonke imisebenzi yakhe.