Umkhuleko wokudumisa uNkulunkulu weSanta Augustine

“Buza ubuhle bomhlaba, ulwandle, umoya onqabile futhi owandile yonke indawo; buza ubuhle besibhakabhaka ... uphenye konke lokhu okungokoqobo. Bonke bazokuphendula: sibheke ubone ukuthi muhle kanjani. Ubuhle bawo bunjengomculo wabo wokudumisa ["vuma "]. Manje, lezi zidalwa, zinhle kakhulu kepha ziyaguquka, ngubani owenze uma kungeyena oyinhle impela ["Pulcher"]? ".

Umkhulu, Nkosi, futhi ufanele ukudunyiswa; mkhulu ubuhle bakho nokuhlakanipha kwakho okungenakulinganiswa. Futhi umuntu ufuna ukukudumisa, inhlayiya yendalo yakho ethwala indawo yakhe efayo, othwala imzungezile ubufakazi besono sakhe nobufakazi bokuthi umelana nabazidlayo. Kodwa-ke umuntu, oyinhlayiya yendalo yakho, ufuna ukukudumisa. Nguwe omshukumisayo ukuba ajabulele ukudunyiswa kwakho, ngoba usenzele wena futhi inhliziyo yethu ayinakho ukuphumula kuze kube yilapho iphumula kuwe.