3 Nangingasivumi sono sami, ngidzangaliswa kutikhalela lilanga lonkhe, kuze kushaye ekhatsi emnkantjeni.
Kwatsi nase siphelile sikhatsi sekumzilela, Davide watsi akalandvwe aletfwe kakhe. Wabe sewumenta umfati wakhe, wamtalela indvodzana. Kodvwa lentfo leyayentiwe nguDavide yaba yimbi emehlweni aSimakadze.
Sibibitfwane sesikudla kwami, kububula kwami kugeleta njengemanti.
Busuku bubhobosa ematsambo ami, emahlaba ami langihhwebhako akanakuphumula.
Sikhumba sami sesigucuke saba mnyama, sacecebuka; umtimba wami uyavutsa ngumkhuhlane.
Nkulunkulu wami! Nkulunkulu wami! Ungishiyeleni? Ukhashane leni nekungisita? Ukhwesheleni emavini ekukhala kwami?
Sekute imphilo emtimbeni wami, ngenca yelulaka lwakho; kute ngisho nekuthula ematsanjeni ami, ngenca yesono sami.
Ngibutsakatsaka, ngidvubuteke kabi, ngiyabubula ngenca yekutfutfumela enhlitiyweni yami.
Ngigcwalise ngekujabula lokujulile, kuze kutsi ematsambo ami lephukile atfokote.
Ngihawukele, Simakadze, ngobe sengidzangele, sengikhatsele, ngiphilise, Simakadze, ngobe ematsambo ami ayatfutfumela.
Kuhlala ujabulile kungumutsi lophilisako; kodvwa lohlala akhubekile utsatsa lejubako leya ekufeni.
Umuntfu lofihla tono takhe angeke aphumelele; kodvwa lotivumako atishiye uyawutfola umusa.
Emadvodzana akho acalekile, adzindzibele ekugcineni kwato tonkhe titaladi njengenyamatane ibanjwe elugibeni. Emadvodzana akho ehlelwe yintfukutselo yaSimakadze, ahlaselwa kwekhutwa nguNkulunkulu wakho.
Bengitfukutseliswe ngulesono sakhe sekuba bukhali, ngase ngiyamjezisa, ngabufihla buso bami ngenca yekutfukutsela, noko wachubeka nekuhlubuka kwenhlitiyo yakhe, ahamba ngendlela yakhe.
Sonkhe siyavungama njengemabhele, siyakhala sibubula njengematuba, sifuna umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa asiwutfoli; sifuna nekukhululwa, kodvwa kukhashane natsi.
Emvakwekushaywa nekukhandleka kamatima, Juda sewuyiswe ekutfunjweni. Sewuhlala emkhatsini wetive, akayitfoli indzawo yekuphumula. Bonkhe labacoshana naye sebamkhandzile, bamkhandza asekhatsi elusizini.
Usigugisile sikhumba sami nenyama yami, ematsambo ami uwafohlotile.
Ngisho nome sengimemeta, ngikhalela kusitwa, uyivalela ngaphandle imikhuleko yami.
Abakhali kimi ngalokusuka etinhlitiyweni tabo, kodvwa balila emibhedzeni yabo. Babutsana ndzawonye babutsanele emabele neliwayini lelisha, kodvwa bangifulatsele mine.
Tatsatsa ematsambo abo tayakuwangcwaba ngaphansi kwesihlahla selitamariske, eJabeshi, tazila emalanga lasikhombisa.