Iivesi zeBhayibhile malunga nokufuna
- Nondifuna nindifumane, xa nindifuna ngomxhelo wonke.
- Niyabona, uNdikhoyo uba nani xa nani ningakuye. Xa nizondelela ukumfuna nomfumana; kodwa ke xa nithe namshiya, naye wonishiya.
- Lufuneni kuNdikhoyo uncedo;
mfunen' aph' akhoyo ngawo onke amaxesha. - Wena Thixo, unguThixo wam, ndithe swi nguwe.
Umphefumlo wam uyakulangazelela.
Ndihlala ndizula-zula ndikufuna;
ndinxanele wena oku komhlaba obharhileyo. - Celani nophiwa, funani nofumana, nkqonkqozani novulelwa.
- Zonwabise ngokululamela uNdikhoyo;
wokunika umnqweno wentliziyo yakho. - Bathembele ngawe, Ndikhoyo, bonke abakwaziyo;
kaloku akuzange ubafulathele abo bakufunayo. - Ndazibika kuNdikhoyo waza wandiva,
wandikhulula kuko konke ukoyika kwam. - Funani uNdikhoyo esenokufumaneka;
bhenelani kuye ngoku asekufutshane. - UNdikhoyo uthi:
“Ndaba ngazibonakalisa kwathi nya.
Kanti ndilindele abangandifuni nganto.
Ndandisithi bokhala kum;
kwathi kanti bona abakhw' apho.
Ndandikulungele ukuthi: ‘Yizani, ndim lo.’
Gxebe kanti sisizwe esingandinquliyo.” - Lufuneni kuNdikhoyo uncedo;
mfuneni aph' akhoyo ngawo onke amaxesha. - Utsho ke uNdikhoyo kwindlu kaSirayeli ukuthi:
“Quqelani kum, niphile.” - Ewe, Ndikhoyo, undigoca-gocile, uyandazi.
Wena undazi ukusuka nokuhlala;
iingcamango zam uziqonda zingekaveli. - Kaloku yena uNyana woLuntu wezela ukufuna kwanokusindisa abantu abalahlekileyo.
- Neengonyama ziyaswela zilambe,
kodwa abo bamfunayo uNdikhoyo akukho nto intle bayiswelayo. - Banoyolo abo bayithobelayo imfundiso kaNdikhoyo,
abayilulamelayo ngomxhelo wabo wonke. - Quqelani kokulungileyo, ingekuko okubi,
khon' ukuze niphile,
naye uNdikhoyo, uThixo onamandla onke, abe phakathi kwenu,
njengoko nizingca ngaloo nto. - Lungekho ke ukholo akukho ukumkholisa uThixo. Kaloku wonke ubani ozayo kuye kufuneka akholwe ukuba ukho uThixo, yaye uyabavuza abo bamlangazelelayo.
- Umntu ofumene umfazi uzuze okulungileyo;
ewe, ufumene okukholekileyo kuNdikhoyo. - Bukwanjalo ukuyola kobulumko:
ukuba uthe wabufumana lotsho liqiniseke ikamva lakho,
nethemba lakho linganqanyulwa. - Elokuphetha ndithi njengokuba nimanywe neNkosi nje, yomelelani nincedwa ngamandla ayo.
- Mna ndiya kuxhamla inkululeko,
kuba ndihamba ngemimiselo yakho. - Ewe, intliziyo yam iyakulangazelela, Thixo,
nditsho wena Thixo ophilayo.
Yaz'ba koda kube nini na
ukuze ndide ndibe nonxibelelwano nawe, Thixo? - Mna ke ngoko ndithi kuni: Celani, nophiwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqozani, novulelwa.
- Mfuneni uNdikhoyo, bemi abathobekileyo behlabathi,
nina benza umyalelo wakhe.
Zingelan' ubulungisa nentobeko,
mhlawumbi nokhuseleka ngemini yomsindo kaNdikhoyo.
Izihloko ezinxulumeneyo
Ukusondela
Niyabona, uNdikhoyo uba nani...
Intliziyo
Eyona nto emawuyilondoloze ngaphezu...
Umphefumlo
Niya kuthi ke nakumfuna...
Ukuthembeka
Ithembekile yona kambe iNkosi...
Ibuyiselo
Nayiphi na into eniyenzayo...
uThixo
UNdikhoyo uThixo wakho unawe...