IsiLilo 3:1-20

Mina ngingumuntu owabona usizi ngentonga yolaka lwakhe. Wangihola wangingenisa ebumnyameni, kodwa hhayi ekukhanyeni. Ngempela, ungijikele; ungiphendulela usuku lonke isandla sakhe. Ugugisile inyama yami nesikhumba sami; waphula amathambo ami. Wangakhela phezu kwami wangihaqa ngenyongo nosizi. Ungibeke ezindaweni ezimnyama njengabafa kudala. Ungibiyele ngothango, ukuze ngingakwazi ukuphuma; Wenza iketango lami laba nzima. Noma ngimemeza ngimemeza, akawuvali umkhuleko wami. Uvimbile izindlela zami ngamatshe abaziweyo, wagwegwisa izindlela zami. Kimi ubenjengebhere eliqamekeleyo, nanjengengonyama ecashile. Waziphendulela izindlela zami, wangidwengula; Wangenza ihlane. Wawuciba umnsalo wakhe, wangibeka uphawu lomcibisholo. Wavumela imicibisholo yomgodla wakhe ukuba ingene ezinso zami. Ngaba yinhlekisa kubo bonke abantu bakithi; futhi bacula usuku lonke. Wangigcwalisa ngomunyu, wangidakisa ngosawoti. Waphula amazinyo ami ngohlalwane, wangifaka umlotha. Futhi uwususile umphefumulo wami kude nokuthula; ngikhohlwe ukuchuma. Ngase ngithi: “Amandla ami nethemba lami kuphelile kuJehova.” Khumbulani usizi lwami nosizi lwami, inkungu nenyongo. Umphefumulo wami usazikhumbula njalo uthobile phakathi kwami.