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Oyena Ungcwele uyamzukisa uThixo,
uhlala uphakamisela intliziyo yakho phezulu nothando ngoThixo nabantu ngenceba engachazeki,
yiza ezulwini undincedise.
Uyabona, ukuba ndiyancwina phantsi kobunzima beentsizi ezininzi, ndiphile kumzabalazo weengcinga,
Iminqweno, iinkanuko kunye neenkanuko, ezingathanda ukundishiya kude noThixo.
Ngaphandle koThixo bendiya kwenza ntoni?
Ndingaba likhoboka elibushiya ubukhoboka bakhe.
Umsindo, ikratshi, ukuzingca, ukungacoceki kungekudala
nezinye ezilangazelelo zilikhulu ziya kuwugqiba umphefumlo wam.
Kodwa ndifuna ukuhlala noThixo;
Kodwa ndiyabiza uncedo lwakho ngokuthobeka nangokuzithemba.
Impetrami isipho sobubele obungcwele;
vumela uMoya oyiNgcwele, osenze isifuba sakho ngokungummangaliso.
yehla kunye nezipho zakhe kumphefumlo wam.
Ndifumane into endinako, nangona buthathaka, xelisa.
Ndingahlala kumnqweno ongapheliyo wokusindisa imiphefumlo kuThixo;
ndibakhokelele kuye, ndihlala ndilinganisa nokuthantamisa kwakho.
Ndiphe ukuba ndicoceke ngeengcinga, ngeminqweno kunye nothando, njengoko wawunjalo.
Ndiphe olu vuyo lungcwele lomoya oluvela kuxolo lwentliziyo
kwaye ukurhoxa ngokupheleleyo kwintando yam ukuya kwintando kaThixo.
Umoya oncedo uphefumlela ngeenxa zonke kuwe, ophilisa imiphefumlo egulayo,
wathulisa abathandabuzayo, wabaqinisekisa abo baneentloni, wabathuthuzela ababandezelekileyo.
Ubasikelele abo bakuqalekisayo; ubathandazele abo bakutshutshisayo;
Uthethe namalungisa, ukuba abagqibelele,
kunye naboni ukubabuyisela ezingqondweni.
Ke kutheni ndingavumelekanga ukuba ndikuxelise?
Ndinqwenela! Hayi indlela ebekuya kuba kuhle ngayo kum ukuyenza!
Ndithandazeleni, ke mna ndingumbingeleli, indoda, okanye indoda, okanye umfazi
Ndiza kukwazi ukuxelisa kwaye ndisebenzise ukuxhathisa kwesisa sakho
zahlukahlukene kwaye zinezinto ezininzi.
Ndiya kuyisebenzisa ngokwamandla am, izibonelelo zemiphefumlo kunye nemizimba.
Ukuba ndinentliziyo ezele nguThixo, ndizokubufezekisa ubuwexuki bakho okanye ebandleni
okanye kusapho okanye ezibhedlele okanye abagulayo okanye abanempilo, abasoloko bekho.
Amen.