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Umlobokazi
1 Ngililuba laseSharoni,
imbali yasezigodini.
Umyeni
2 Njengembali phakathi kwameva
sinjalo isithandwa sami phakathi kwezintombi.
Umlobokazi
3 Njengesihlahla se-aphula phakathi kwezihlahla zeganga
sinjalo isithandwa sami phakathi kwamajaha.
Kumnandi kimi ukuhlala emthunzini waso,
lezithelo zakhe ziyahlabusa kimi.
4 Useke wangisa endlini yedili,
lophawu lwakhe kimi luthando.
5 Ngiqinisani ngamavini awonyisiweyo,
lingivuselele ngama-aphula,
ngoba sengiyathiswa luthando.
6 Ingalo yakhe yobunxele ngiyiqamele,
kuthi ingalo yakhe yokunene ingigonile.
7 Madodakazi aseJerusalema,
ngiyaliqonqosela
ngezimpala langezimpalakazi zeganga.
Lingalunyakazisi loba liluvuse uthando
luze luzifunele lona.
8 Zwanini! Yisithandwa sami!
Khangelani! Nansi siyeza,
siseqa ezintabeni
siqolotsha emaqaqeni.
9 Isithandwa sami sinjengempala loba ithole lomziki.
Khangela! Nansiyana simi ngale komduli wakwethu,
sikhangele sibona emawindini,
silunguza ngezimbotshana.
10 Isithandwa sami sakhuluma sathi kimi,
“Sukuma, sithandwa sami,
wena omuhle, woza sihambe.
11 Khangela! Ubusika sebudlulile;
isikhathi sezulu sesidlule.
12 Amaluba asebonakala emangweni;
isikhathi sokuhlabelela kwezinyoni sesifikile,
ukukhala kwamajuba
sekuzwakala elizweni lakithi.
13 Umkhiwa usuthela izithelo zawo zakuqala;
amavini aqhakazayo aseletha iphunga elimnandi.
Sukuma, woza sithandwa sami;
wena omuhle wami, woza sihambe.”
Umyeni
14 Juba lami elisezingoxweni zedwala,
ekusithekeni kwamawa entaba,
akungitshengise ubuso bakho,
akungizwise ilizwi lakho;
ngoba limnandi ilizwi lakho,
lobuso bakho buyabukeka.
15 Sibambeleni amakhanka,
amakhanka amancinyane
onayo ezivinini,
izivini zethu esezithela.
Umlobokazi
16 Isithandwa sami ngesami lami ngingowakhe;
uzithokozisa ngoba phakathi kwamaluba.
17 Akuze kube emadabukakusa
lapho kunyamalala khona izithunzi,
phenduka sithandwa sami,
ube njengempala
loba njengegogo elisengumntwana
phezu kwezintaba ezilamakhelekethe.