Makume Ummangaleli
Kumongameli weemvumi. Eyomhobe kaDavide.
Indoda emangalelweyo iphendula ngesiqalekiso eside, esikhohlakeleyo kulowo ubuyisele uthando lwayo ngentiyo—umsebenzi wakhe mawuthatyathwe ngomnye, abantwana bakhe mababe ziinkedama. Emva koko iyakuyeka: ndisisweli ndilihlwempu; mabaqalekise bona, kodwa uBawo wam makasikelele.
109 1Bawo wendumiso yam, musa ukuthi tu, 2kuba imilomo engendawo nenenkohliso ivulekile ngakum; bathetha ngam ngeelwimi zobuxoki. 3Bandingqingile ngamazwi entiyo, bandihlasela ngelize. 4Esikhundleni sothando lwam bayandimangalela, kodwa mna ndizinikela ekuthandazeni. 5Bandibuyisela ububi esikhundleni sokulungileyo, nentiyo esikhundleni sothando lwam.
6Mmisele indoda engendawo ngakuye; makume ummangaleli ngasekunene kwakhe. 7Xa egwetywa, makaphume enetyala; umthandazo wakhe mawube sisono. 8Imihla yakhe mayibe mbalwa; umsebenzi wakhe mawuthatyathwe ngomnye. a a v8 UPetros wayisebenzisa le ndinyana kuYudas Sikariyoti xa abapostile bakhetha uMatiyas ukuba athabathe indawo yakhe — IZenzo 1:20. 9Abantwana bakhe mababe ziinkedama, nomkakhe abe ngumhlolokazi. 10Abantwana bakhe mababhadule bengqibe, begxothwa emakhayeni abo abharhileyo. 11Umboleki-mali makakuhluthe konke anako; abasemzini mabawuphange umvuzo womsebenzi wakhe. 12Makungabikho bani umenzela inceba, kungabikho namnye uzenzela imfesane iinkedama zakhe. 13Inzala yakhe mayinqanyulwe; igama labo malicinywe kwisizukulwana esilandelayo. 14Bubugwenxa booyise mabukhunjulwe phambi koBawo wethu, nesono sikanina masingacinywa. 15Izono zabo mazihlale ziphambi koBawo wethu, ukuze asiphelise isikhumbuzo sabo ehlabathini.
16Kuba akakhumbulanga ukwenza inceba, koko wasukela isisweli nolihlwempu nothe aphuke intliziyo, ukuba ababulale. 17Wasithanda isiqalekiso; masibuyele kuye. Akabunandiphelo intsikelelo; mayihlale kude kuye. 18Wazambesa isiqalekiso njengengubo yakhe; masingene emzimbeni wakhe njengamanzi, njengeoli emathanjeni akhe. 19Masibe njengengubo azambesa ngayo, njengombhinqo awubhinqa ngamaxesha onke. 20Oku makube ngumvuzo wabammangaleli bam ovela kuBawo wethu, nabo bathetha okubi ngomphefumlo wam.
21Kodwa wena, Nkosi Bawo, ndiphathe ngobubele ngenxa yegama lakho; ngokuba inceba yakho ilungile, ndihlangule. 22Kuba ndililihlwempu nesisweli, nentliziyo yam yonzakele ngaphakathi kwam. 23Ndiyaphela njengethunzi lakuhlwa; ndiyavuthululwa njengenkumbi. 24Amadolo am abuthathaka kukuzila ukudla; umzimba wam usuke wanqina warhoqorhoqo. 25Ndibe sisingcikivo kubammangaleli bam; bathi bakundibona, bahlunguzele iintloko zabo.
26Ndincede, Bawo wam; ndisindise ngokwenceba yakho. 27Mabazi ukuba sisandla sakho esi, nokuba wena, Bawo wam, ukwenzile oku. 28Mabaqalekise, kodwa wena uya kusikelela. Xa bevuka boba neentloni, kodwa umkhonzi wakho uya kuvuya. 29Abammangaleli bam mabambeswe lihlazo; mabazisonge ngeentloni zabo njengengubo yokwaleka.
30Ngomlomo wam ndiya kubulela kakhulu kuBawo wethu; phakathi kwenkitha ndiya kumdumisa. 31Kuba umi ngasekunene kwehlwempu, ukuze amsindise kwabo bawugwebayo umphefumlo wakhe.