Umkhuleko kuNkulunkulu ovela kumama

 

Nkosi ngisize ngibe ngumama
Ungikhethile ukuba ngibe
Umzali onenhliziyo enothando,
Umama wezingane zami.

Nginike ukuhlakanipha nesibindi.
Ngizoba ngumholi onobulungisa nothembekile,
Ngakho-ke ngiphile ngawe, Nkosi,
Ngingaba yisibonelo sokuhle.

Ngifundise ukubekezela nokuqonda,
Ngiphinde nginike ububele nomusa,
Ngakho-ke amadodakazi ami angafisa inhliziyo enomusa,
Yiba nomusa, uthethelele futhi uyiqiniso.

Ngisize ngibakhombise indlela eya elusindisweni,
Nkosi nokubaluleka kwemiphefumulo yabo,
Ngakho-ke bangakwazi ukusekela uthando, ithemba nokholo,
Lokhu kuzobaholela ekhaya.

Ngikhumbuze ukuthi ngibambe ngci
Futhi babadedele ngesisa
Ngakho-ke bazizwa induduzo yami nothando lwami
Lapho kwesinye isikhathi bangazizwa bebodwa.

Futhi lapho kungekho mzimba wethu, Nkosi,
Ngithandazela ukuthi bazokwazi
Ukuphela kwesidingo ababezoba nakho
Yilokho engakugxilisa ezinhlizweni zabo nasemphefumulweni.