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.