INgoma yazo iiNgoma
5:1 Ndingenile emyezweni wam, dade wethu, mtshakazi wam; Ndiyikhile imore yam;
kunye nesiqholo sam; Ndiyidlile incindi yam kunye nobusi bam; Ndisele eyam
yidlani, zihlobo; sela, ewe, sela kakhulu, O
zintanda.
5:2 Ndilele, yona intliziyo yam iphaphile; Lilizwi lentanda yam elo
wankqonkqoza esithi, Ndivulele, dade wethu, sthandwa sam, vukuthu lam, ngqibeleli yam;
ngokuba intloko yam izele ngumbethe, nesihlwitha sam ngamathontsi omlilo
busuku.
5:3 Ndikhulule ingubo yam yangaphantsi; ndoyinxiba njani? Sendizihlambile iinyawo zam;
ndothini na ukubenza inqambi?
5:4 Intanda yam yasolula isandla sayo ngekroba, zabe izibilini zam
washukuma ngenxa yakhe.
5:5 Ndavuka ndaya kuyivulela intanda yam; izandla zam zavuza imore, nezam
Iminwe enemore evumba limnandi, ezibambothini zesitshixo.
5:6 Ndayivulela mna intanda yam; Ke yona intanda yam ibirhoxile, yeza
Uphelile umphefumlo wam akuthetha; Ndamfuna, andamfumana
yena; Ndambiza, akaphendula.
5:7 Bandifumana abalindi abajikajika phakathi komzi, Bandibetha
wandilimaza; Abalindi beendonga bandiluluthe ingubo yam yokwaleka.
5:8 Ndiyanifungisa, zintombi zaseYerusalem, ukuba nithe nayifumana intanda yam, niyifumane
mxelele ukuba ndiyafa luthando.
5:9 Iyintoni na intanda yakho kunezinye, Wena nzwakazindini phakathi?
abafazi? Iyintoni na intanda yakho kunezinye, ukuba wenjenjalo wena?
usihlawulise?
5:10 Intanda yam imhlophe, iyingqombela, Iyeyongamileyo ngaphezu kwamawaka alishumi.
5:11 Intloko yayo iyigolide engcwengiweyo, ecikizekileyo;
ihlungulu.
5:12 Amehlo akhe anjengamehlo amahobe, ahleli phezu kwemilambo yamanzi, ehlanjwe ngamanzi
ubisi, kunye neseti efanelekileyo.
5:13 Izidlele zayo zinjengemityino yetyeleba, njengeentyantyambo zokuqhola;
Iinyibiba, zivuza imore evumba limnandi.
5:14 Izandla zayo ziintonga zegolide, zifakwe amatye aseTarshishe, Isisu sayo singezelayo
uphondo lwendlovu, lutyatyekwe ngesafire.
5:15 Imilenze yayo ziintsika zemarmore emhlophe, zifakwe ezisekweni zegolide engcwengiweyo
Ubuso bunjengeLebhanon, bubuhle njengemisedare.
5:16 Umlomo wayo unencasa, ethandeka kwaphela. Le yeyam
yintanda yam; nguye lowo uwethu, Zintombi zaseYerusalem.