- Xa niyigcina imiyalelo yam, noba nihlala nikholose ngokuthandwa ndim. Xelisani mna endiyilulameleyo imiyalelo kaBawo, ndihlala ndikholose ngokuthandwa nguye.
- Kaloku uthando lukaKrestu lusongamele. Ngoko ke sigqiba kwelithi xa kwafa umntu omnye, efela abantu bonke, lonke uluntu lunenxaxheba koko kufa kwakhe. Wafela abantu bonke, ukuze abo basaphilayo bangabi saziphilela, kodwa baphilele yena wafayo wavuka ngenxa yabo.
- Uze ungabulali, uze ungakrexezi, uze ungebi, uze ungangqini buxoki, beka uyihlo nonyoko, uze umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo nawe.
- Ndithi sanukuzikrazula izinxibo,
koko zisoleni kukrazuk' iintliziyo.
Buyelani kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu;
kaloku yena unesisa kwanemfobe,
uza kade umsindo,
yimvuze-mvuze ngobubele;
ewe, unebuyambo, akananqala. - Hayi bo! Mayingabi sithi, Ndikhoyo;
ewe, makudunyiswe igama lakho,
ngenxa yezibele nokunyaniseka kwakho! - Kuba xa simanyene noKrestu, ukwaluka nokungaluki akubalulekanga, into ebalulekileyo lukholo olucaciswa luthando.
- Aa! Bayethe, Mhlekazi!
Hayi uyolo lomntu omthobelayo uNdikhoyo,
oyilangazelelayo imiyalelo yakhe. - Hayi, eli lizwe abalizuzanga ngenxa yezikhali,
bengaphumelelanga ngenxa yezigalo zabo;
koko kwakungenxa yegunya nezigalo zakho
nefuthe lobukho bakho, njengoko babethandeka kuwe. - Nokuthi umthande yena ngentliziyo iphela, nangengqiqo iphela, nangamandla ephela, nokuthi umthande ummelwane wakho kanye ngale ndlela uzithanda ngayo, kungaphezulu lee kunayo yonke imibingelelo namadini atshiswayo.
- Ziphephe iinkanuko zobutsha; phuthuma ukulungisa, ukholo, uthando, noxolo, umanyene nabo bonke abayinqula ngokunyaniseka iNkosi.
- Nenkqu yothando ivela kuMhlekazi.
Kaloku wena, Nkosi, uyazelelela,
umntu umvuza ngokwemisebenzi yakhe.
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