IsiLilo 3:1-24

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. Ngiyakukhumbula lokhu engqondweni yami, ngakho ngiyethemba. Kungenxa yobubele bukaJehova ukuthi asiqedwa, ngokuba ububele bakhe abupheli. Zintsha njalo ekuseni: kukhulu ukuthembeka kwakho. UJehova uyisabelo sami, usho umphefumulo wami; ngalokho ngiyakwethemba kuye.