1 Mbongeni uThixo ngoba ulungile,
2 Akuthi abahlengiweyo bakaThixo batsho lokhu,
3 labo abaqoqa emazweni
4 Abanye bantula egwaduleni lwenkangala,
5 Balamba boma,
6 Basebekhala kuThixo besekuhluphekeni kwabo,
7 Wabahola ngendlela eqondileyo
8 Ngakho kabambonge uThixo ngothando lwakhe olungaphuthiyo
9 ngoba ubenza bakholwe abomileyo
10 Abanye bahlala emnyameni lasethunzini elinzima
11 ngoba babewahlamukele amazwi kaNkulunkulu
12 Ngakho wabathwalisa umsebenzi onzima;
13 Ngakho basebekhala kuThixo besekuhluphekeni kwabo
14 Wabakhupha emnyameni lethunzini elinzima
15 Ngakho kabambonge uThixo ngothando lwakhe olungaphuthiyo
16 ngoba uyawafohloza amasango ethusi
17 Abanye baba yiziwula ngenxa yezindlela zabo zokuhlamuka
18 Benyanya konke ukudla
19 Bakhala kuThixo besekuhluphekeni kwabo,
20 Wathumela ilizwi lakhe labasilisa;
21 Kabambonge uThixo ngothando lwakhe olungaphuthiyo
22 Kabenze imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokubonga
23 Abanye bawela olwandle ngemikhumbi;
24 Bayibona imisebenzi kaThixo,
25 Ngoba wakhuluma kwaqubuka isiphepho
26 Akhwela athinta emazulwini, ehla ayatshona ezinzikini;
27 Bazigxobagxoba badiyazela njengabantu abadakiweyo;
28 Basebekhala kuThixo besekuhluphekeni kwabo,
29 Wasethulisa isiphepho ngokunyenyeza;
30 Bajabula bonke sekudedile,
31 Kabambonge uThixo ngothando lwakhe olungaphuthiyo
32 Kabamphakamise emhlanganweni wabantu
33 Waguqula imifula yaba yinkangala,
34 lomhlabathi olezithelo waba lugwadule oluletshwayi,
35 Waguqula inkangala yaba ngamachibi amanzi
36 lapho waletha abalambileyo ukuba bahlale khona,
37 Bahlanyela amasimu,
38 wababusisa banda baba banengi kakhulu,
39 Kwasekusithi ubunengi babo sebunciphile,
40 kwathi yena othela ihlazo ezikhulwini
41 Kodwa abaswelayo wabakhupha ekuhluphekeni kwabo
42 Abaqotho bayabona bathokoze,
43 Lowo ohlakaniphileyo, kaqaphele lezizinto