1 Ungcono umyanga ohamba ngobuqotho
2 Kakulunganga ukutshiseka kodwa ungelalwazi,
3 Ubuwula bomuntu budiliza impilo yakhe,
4 Inotho iletha abangane abanengi,
5 Umfakazi wamanga uthola isijeziso,
6 Banengi abazincengela ukuthandwa ngumbusi,
7 Umyanga uhlanyukelwa yizihlobo zakhe zonke,
8 Lowo ozuze ukuhlakanipha uthanda umphefumulo wakhe;
9 Umfakazi wamanga uthola isijeziso,
10 Kakusifanelanga isiwula ukuthi sihlale enothweni
11 Ukuhlakanipha komuntu kumupha isineke;
12 Ukuthukuthela kwenkosi kunjengokubhonga kwesilwane,
13 Indodana eyisiwula iyamchitha uyise,
14 Izindlu lenotho yilifa elizuzwa ebazalini,
15 Ubuvila buletha ubuthongo obukhulu,
16 Lowo olalela izeluleko uvikela impilo yakhe,
17 Olomusa kubayanga upha uThixo,
18 Qondisa indodana yakho, ngoba lokho kuzayisiza;
19 Umuntu ololaka oluphuphumayo luyamtshayisa,
20 Lalela ukucetshiswa, wamukele ukuqondiswa,
21 Inhliziyo yomuntu igcwele amacebo amanengi,
22 Umuntu uloyisa uthando olungaqamukiyo;
23 Ukumesaba uThixo kuholela ekuphileni:
24 Ivilavoxo litshonisa isandla salo emganwini,
25 Thela uswazi isideleli, abathobekileyo bazafunda ukuhlakanipha;
26 Lowo ontshontshela uyise, axotshe unina
27 Nxa uyekela ukulandela izeluleko, ndodana yami,
28 Umfakazi oxhwalileyo uyawudelela umthetho,
29 Izijeziso zilungiselwe izideleli,