Ndilala Ngoxolo
Kumlawuli weengoma. Ngezixhobo ezineentambo. Umhobe kaDavide.
Umthandazo wasebusuku phantsi kwentlebendwane esesidlangalaleni. UDavide ucela uBawo wakhe ukuba amphendule, axelele amadoda amhlazisayo ukuba ayeke ukuthanda amazwi angenanto, aze athi uvuyo analunikiweyo lungaphezu kwesivuno esihle. Uphetha ngokulala ekhuselekile ngoxolo.
4 1Ndiphendule xa ndikubiza, Bawo wam, wena oxhasa ubulungisa bam. Ekuxinzelelweni kwam wandivulela indawo yokuphefumla; ndenzele inceba, uwuve umthandazo wam. 2Koda kube nini na, nina bantu, isidima sam siguqulwa sibe lihlazo? Koda kube nini na nithanda amazwi angenanto, niphuthuma ubuxoki? a a v2 Sela: uphawu lomculo okanye lonqulo kwiindumiso; intsingiselo yalo echanekileyo ayiqinisekanga, kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba lubonisa ukunqumama okanye isithuba somculo.
3Kodwa yazini ukuba uBawo wethu uzahlulele lowo uthembekileyo; uBawo wethu uyeva xa ndibiza kuye. 4Ngcangcazelani, ningoni; ziphengululeni iintliziyo zenu emandlalweni enu, nithi cwaka.
5Nikelani ngemibingelelo yobulungisa, nibeke ithemba lenu kuBawo wethu. 6Baninzi abathi: “Ngubani na oya kusibonisa okulungileyo?” Phakamisa ukukhanya kobuso bakho phezu kwethu, Bawo wethu!
7Ufake uvuyo oluninzi entliziyweni yam, ngaphezu kolwabo xa ingqolowa yabo newayini entsha yabo yanda. 8Ngoxolo ndiya kulala ndithi nqo, kuba nguwe wedwa, Bawo wam, ondenza ndihlale ndikhuselekile.