Umsebenzi
17:1 Umoya wam wonakele, imihla yam icinyiwe, Into yam ngamangcwaba.
17:2 Abanam na aba bagculeli? aliyi kuhlala kunjalo iliso lam kubo
ukucaphukisa?
17:3 Khawubeke into, undimele; ngubani na oya kubetha
izandla kunye nam?
17:4 Ngokuba intliziyo yabo uyifihlele ukuqiqa;
musani ukubaphakamisa.
17:5 Othetha okugudileyo kubahlobo bakhe, Kwamehlo abantwana bakhe
iya kusilela.
17:6 Undimise ndaba ngumzekeliso ezizweni; kwaye ngaphambili ndandifana ne
tabret.
17:7 Laza lanorhatyazo iliso lam kukukhathazeka;
isithunzi.
17:8 Baya kumangaliswa abathe tye yile nto;
ngokwakhe ngokuchasene nomhanahanisi.
17:9 Olilungisa ubambe indlela yakhe, Ozandla zihlambulukileyo
uya komelela ngokomelela.
17:10 Ke nina nonke buyani, nize ngoku; kuba andimfumani
indoda esisilumko phakathi kwenu.
17:11 Imihla yam igqithile, zijaciwe izigqibo zam, neengcinga zam
intliziyo.
17:12 Bathi ubusuku yimini; Ukukhanya kukufutshane ngenxa yobumnyama.
17:13 Ukuba ndithe ndathemba, ndithembe elabafileyo, yindlu yam; Ndandlala umandlalo wam emnyameni;
17:14 Ndithe kukubola, Ungubawo;
umama, nodade wethu.
17:15 Liphi na ke ngoku ithemba lam? Ithemba lam, ngubani na owolibona?
17:16 Baya kuhla baye emivalweni yelabafileyo, Ekuphumleni kwethu kunye
uthuli.