1 Ke kaloku uYobi wathathisa wathetha wenjenje:
2 “Awu, akwaba ibinokubuyiselwa kum imihla yamandulo,ngokuya uThixo wayesandilondolozile,
3 xenikweni isibane sakhe besikhanya phezu kwentloko yam,xa ndanditabhata nasebumnyameni endikhanyisela.
4 Ewe, ngaloo mihla yamfamlibe ndandimi kakuhle;bendilala ngangubo-nye noThixo emzini wam.
5 USomandla wayengakum ngoko,ndiphahlwe ngabantwana bam.
6 Ngaloo mihla amasi ayedlal' abantwana kwam;ke yona iminquma ichuma nasematyeni, ithulula ioyile.
7 “Ndandisithi ndakufika enkundleni ngasesangweni,ndakuthi zinzi phakathi kwamadoda amakhulu,
8 abafana bathi gu bucala,ke zona iingwevu zime ngeenyawo.
9 Ewe, ayesuka aphel' emqaleni kumatshawe,ufike selethe khebevu!
10 Izikhulu zazisithi cwakangathi ulwimi lukhulekiwe enkalakahleni.
11 Abandiva ndithetha babendincoma,kanti ababona izinto endizenzayo babendingqinela.
12 Kaloku ndandisabela ndiwahlangule amahlwempu esakukhala;ukanti ndazibonelela neenkedama ezazingenamncedi.
13 Ababesindakala ndaza ndabanceda babendincoma,ukanti nabahlolokazi ndandibanceda batsho baba neengoma ezintliziyweni zabo.
14 Ndandivatha ubulungisa njengesinxibo sam;ukwenza okulungileyo kwakuyingubo yam neqhiya yam.
15 Ndandingamehlo kwiimfama,ndiziinyawo koqhwalelayo.
16 Ndandingutata kumahlwempu,neengxaki zabasemzini bendizithabathela kum.
17 Yayindim umaphul' iimpondo kwizibhoja,amaxhoba azo ndiwathi hlasi emilonyeni yazo.
18 “Ndandisithi: ‘Ndiya kukhula ndide ndikhokhobe endlwini yam,nemihla yam ibe mininzi njengentlabathi.’
19 Ndandifana nomthi ongcambu zinabele emanzini,omasebe asoloko elalelwa ngumbethe.
20 Udumo lwam lwaluhlala luhlaziyeka,amandla am engapheli nokuphela.
21 “Ndandisithi ndakuthetha kutsho kuthi cwaka,abantu bewaphulaphula amacebiso am.
22 Ndandilebela xa ndithethayo, kungekho mntu unokongeza;kaloku amazwi am ayezika njengemvula.
23 Ndandilangazelelwa oku kwemvula,amazwi am bewaginya oku komhlaba uginy' imvula entlakohlaza.
24 Babekhuthazeka ndakuncuma;ukukhululeka kobuso bam bekubomeleza.
25 Ndandingqendeva njengomnumzana, ndithethe kume ngam;ndandibakhokela njengenjengele kwimikhosi yayo;ndandibaxhasa njengothuthuzela abadakumbileyo.”