AmaHubo 31 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukuthemba eNkosini

¹ Ngiphephela kuwe, Nkosi, ungangiyangisi lanini, ungikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.

² Ngibekela indlebe yakho, ungophule masinyane, ube lidwala lesiphephelo sami, inqaba yokungisiza.

³ Impela wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngenxa yebizo lakho ngihola ungiqondise;

⁴ ngikhupha embuleni engithiywe ngalo, ngoba wena uyinqaba yami.

⁵ Ezandleni zakho ngiyabeka umoya wami; ungikhulule, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu othembekileyo.

⁶ Uyabazonda labo abakhonza izithombe eziyize; kodwa mina ngithemba iNkosi.

⁷ Ngizakuthaba ngithokoze ngothando lwakho olungapheliyo, ngoba ukubonile ukuhlupheka kwami, wazinanzelela inhlupheko zami;

⁸ kawunginikelanga ezandleni zezitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.

⁹ Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngiyahlupheka; amehlo ami aqedwa lusizi, lomphefumulo wami lomzimba wami.

¹⁰ Ngoba ukuphila kwami kuqedwa lusizi, leminyaka yami iyikububula; amandla ami ayaphela ngenxa yezinhlupheko, lamathambo ami anciphile.

¹¹ Sengiyinhlekisa kuzo zonke izitha zami, ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, ngiyesabeka kubangane bami; abangibonayo ezindleleni bayangibalekela.

¹² Kangisakhunjulwa, senginjengofileyo; senginjengembiza efileyo.

¹³ Inxa zonke ngifikelwa yikwesaba, lapho ngisizwa ukunyenyeza kwabanengi, besenza icebo ngami, beqonde ukungibulala.

¹⁴ Kodwa mina ngithemba kuwe, Nkosi, ngithi: Wena unguNkulunkulu wami.

¹⁵ Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula ezandleni zezitha zami labangizingelayo.

¹⁶ Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisize ngothando lwakho olungapheliyo.

¹⁷ Nkosi, ungangiyangisi, ngoba ngiyakhuleka kuwe; kabayangeke ababi, bathule endaweni yabafileyo.

¹⁸ Kayithuliswe imilomo eqamba amanga, ekhuluma ngokudelela abalungileyo ngokuzigqaja langokweyisa.

¹⁹ Yeka ubukhulu bokulunga kwakho okubekele labo abakwesabayo, okwenzela phambi kwabantu labo abaphephela kuwe!

²⁰ Uyabafihla ekusithekeni kokubakhona kwakho, ubavikele emacebeni abantu, ubalondoloze ethenteni lakho, ubavikele ebantwini abahlebayo.

²¹ Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olukhulu olumangalisayo esikhathini sokuhlupheka kwami.

²² Ngangithe ekwethukeni kwami: Ngixotshiwe emehlweni akho, Nkosi. Kodwa wena wezwa ukunxusa kwami lapho ngicela kuwe usizo.

²³ Ithandeni iNkosi lina lonke abalungileyo. INkosi iyabalondoloza abathembekileyo, kanti iyamphindisela kakhulu ozigqajayo.

²⁴ Qinani, lime isibindi, lina lonke elithemba iNkosi.