1 Maye kuwe, wena mchithi,
2 Awu Thixo, woba lomusa kithi;
3 Ekukhwazeni kwelizwi lakho, izizwe ziyabaleka;
4 Elakuthumbayo, lina zizwe, kubuthwa sengangathi kuqoqwa yisikhongwane,
5 UThixo uphakeme ngoba uhlala phezulu,
6 Uzakuba yisisekelo esithembekileyo sesikhathi senu,
7 Khangelani, amaqhawe akibo ahlaba umkhosi emigwaqweni!
8 Imigwaqo emikhulu ibetha umoya,
9 Ilizwe liyalila njalo liyachitheka.
10 UThixo uthi, “Khathesi sengizavuka,
11 Liqukethe ngamakhoba,
12 Abantu bazatshiswa bafane lekalaga;
13 Lina elikhatshana, zwanini engikwenzileyo;
14 Izoni zaseZiyoni ziyathuthumela;
15 Ngulowo owenza okulungileyo,
16 lo nguye umuntu ozahlala ekuphakameni,
17 Amehlo enu azayibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo,
18 Ezingqondweni zenu lizakhumbula ukwesaba kwakuqala lithi:
19 Abantu labayana abaklolodayo kalisayikubabona futhi,
20 Khangelani iZiyoni, idolobho lemikhosi yethu;
21 Khonapho uThixo uzakuba ngolaMandla wethu.
22 Ngoba uThixo ungumahluleli wethu,
23 Izintambo zakho zeseyili ziyaxega.
24 Akulamuntu ohlala eZiyoni ozakuthi, “Mina ngiyagula”;