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| 1. | Sengingenile esivandeni sami, dadewethu, mlobokazi, sengikhe imure yami lamakha ami, ngidle uhlanga loluju lwami kanye loluju lwami, nginathe iwayini lami lochago lwami. Dlanini, bangane, linathe, linathe kakhulu, bathandekayo. |
| 2. | Ngilele, kodwa inhliziyo yami iphapheme. Ilizwi lesithandwa sami liqoqoda, lisithi: Ngivulela, dadewethu, mngane wami, juba lami, opheleleyo wami, ngoba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo, inwele zami eziphotheneyo amathonsi ebusuku. |
| 3. | Ngikhuphile isigqoko sami, ngingasigqoka njani? Ngigezile inyawo zami, ngingazingcolisa njani? |
| 4. | Isithandwa sami safaka isandla saso esikhaleni sesivalo, lemibilini yami yasiqubukela. |
| 5. | Ngasukuma mina ukuvulela isithandwa sami; lezandla zami zathonta imure*, leminwe yami imure egelezayo, ezibanjeni zekhiye. |
| 6. | Mina ngasivulela isithandwa sami, kodwa isithandwa sami sasitshibilike sedlula. Umphefumulo wami wehluleka ekukhulumeni kwaso. Ngasidinga, kodwa kangisitholanga, ngasibiza, kodwa kasingiphendulanga. |
| 7. | Abalindi ababebhodabhoda emzini bangifica, bangitshaya, bangilimaza; abalindi bemiduli bangithathela iveyili yami. |
| 8. | Ngiyalifungisa, madodakazi eJerusalema, uba lithola othandekayo wami, lizamtshelani? Ukuthi ngigul isw a lu thando. |
| 9. | Isithandwa sakho simedlula ngani omunye othandekayo, wena omuhle phakathi kwabesifazana? Isithandwa sakho simedlula ngani omunye othandekayo ukuthi usifungise njalo? |
| 10. | Isithandwa sami simhlophe sibomvana, inhlokonkulu phakathi kwenkulungwane ezilitshumi. |
| 11. | Ikhanda laso li nje ngegolide elicengeke kakhulu, inwele zaso eziphotheneyo ziyibulembu, zimnyama njengewabayi. |
| 12. | Amehlo aso anjengamajuba ezifuleni zamanzi, agezwe ngochago, afakwe kakuhle. |
| 13. | Izihlathi zaso zinjengombheda wamakha, njeng amaluba akhupha iphunga elihle. Indebe zaso zi njeng emiduze, zithonta imure* egelezayo. |
| 14. | Izandla zaso zi njeng endandatho zegolide ezigcwele ibherule*. Isisu saso si njengo phondo lwendlovu olukhanyayo, luhuqwe ngesafire.* |
| 15. | Imilenze yaso zinsika zelitshe elimhlophe zimiswe ezisekelweni zegolide elicwengekileyo. Ukukhangeleka kwaso kunjengeLebhanoni, elikhethelo njengemisedari. |
| 16. | Umlomo waso uyibumnandi kakhulu, yebo sonke siyathandeka kakhulu. Lesi yisithandwa sami, njalo lesi ngumngane wami, madodakazi eJerusalema. |
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