Namhlanje yiCawe yokuqala yeAdvent, masithandaze kuMntwana onguYesu

Owu Mntwana Yesu,
njengoko silungiselela ngovuyo ngexesha
kwezi ntsuku ze Ukufika
ukukhumbula ukuzalwa kwakho
kunye nokufika kwakho kwixesha elizayo,
sicela ufefe lwakho ukuze sikwazi ukwenza yonke into efunekayo
ukuze ufumane ezintliziyweni zethu nasemphefumlweni wethu,
indawo ecocekileyo yokuhlala.

Sikholelwa ngokupheleleyo ukuba uphakathi kwethu,
nawe awuzange usilahle;
ngakumbi kweli xesha lobhubhane.
Kwaye uyaqhubeka uzinikela ngokungazingci
ngakumbi kwiNgcwele kaNgcwele uMthendeleko,
ukusondla, ukusithuthuzela nokusomeleza.

Siyakucela ukuba uthuthuzele bonke abo babandezelekileyo
ngenxa yokugula, ubuhlwempu,
kokubini izinto eziphathekayo nezokomoya; abo basengxakini;
bonke abafayo.

Sikhusele sonke kwingozi.
Siphe amandla okugxotha utshaba.
Siphe umonde wokuthwala uMnqamlezo.
Ukholo lwethu, ithemba nothando lwethu ngawe luhlala lukhula ngaphakathi kwethu;
Ke, njengoko sihamba kobu bomi,
Singakukhonza kwaye sikuzukise kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo.

Umntwana oyiNgcwele,
yiba nenceba kuthi sonke, siyakuthanda!