Until I Entered the Sanctuary

¹Umhobe ka-Asafu. Ulungile kwaphela uThixo kuSirayeli, Kwabantliziyo zinyulu."

²Ke mna, beziphantse ukumka iinyawo zam; Gcwizi ukutyibilika ukunyathela kwam;"

³Ngokuba bendibamonela abaqhayisayo, Ndakukubona ukuphumelela kwabangendawo."

⁴Ngokuba abanazintlungu ekufeni kwabo; Baphilile, batyebile umzimba wabo;"

⁵Ebubini babantu abakho bona; Abakhathazwa njengabanye abantu."

⁶Ngako oko intamo yabo inxitywe ikratshi; Ukugonyamela kubathe wambu ngokwengubo."

⁷Amehlo abo avelile kukutyeba; Amabhongo eentliziyo zabo aphumela phandle."

⁸Bahlalela ngentlamba, bathetha ngokubandezela, benobubi; Bathetha iindumbisa zamazwi."

⁹Bawubeka ezulwini umlomo wabo, Ulwimi lwabo luhamba emhlabeni wonke."

¹⁰Ngako oko abantu babo babuyela apha; Bafinca amanzi amaninzi."

¹¹Bathi, Unokuthini na ukwazi uThixo? Kukho ukwazi na kOsenyangweni?"

¹²Yabona abangendawo abaya Banokuchulumacha ngonaphakade, bandile ngokutyeba."

¹³Sifumane sayiqaqambisa intliziyo yethu kanti, Sazihlamba izandla zethu ngokuba msulwa;"

¹⁴Ndakhathazeka imini yonke, Ukohlwaywa kwethu kwaba kokwemiso yonke."

¹⁵Ukuba bendithe, Ndiya kwenjenjalo ukuthetha, Yabona, ngendinginizile kwisizukulwana soonyana bakho."

¹⁶Ndathi ke ndakucinga ukuba ndikwazi oko, Kwayinkohla emehlweni am;"

¹⁷Ndada ndaya kungena ezingcweleni zikaThixo, Ndakugqala ke ukuphela kwabo."

¹⁸Inene, ubamise ezindaweni ezibuthelezi, Wabawisa baba yintshabalala."

¹⁹Hayi, ukuphanziswa kwabo ngephanyazo; Baphelile, bagqityiwe kukukhwankqa."

²⁰Njengephupha ekuqabukeni komntu, Ekuvukeni kwakho, Nkosi, wowudela umfanekiso wabo."

²¹Ukuba ndithe ndabindeka intliziyo, Ndahlabeka ezintsweni,"

²²Ndoba ke ndisisityhakala, ndingenakwazi; Ndoba ke ndisisilo kuwe."

²³Mna ke ndihlala ndinawe; Undibambile ngesandla sam sokunene;"

²⁴Uya kundikhapha ngecebo lakho. Undithabathe emveni koku, ndibe nozuko."

²⁵Ndinabani na emazulwini? Ukuba wena ungowam, andilinanze nganto ihlabathi."

²⁶Ingaphela inyama yam nentliziyo yam: Iliwa lentliziyo yam, nesabelo sam, nguThixo ngonaphakade."

²⁷Ngokuba, yabona, abanyawukileyo kuwe baya kudaka; Uyababhangisa bonke abahenyuzayo, bemke kuwe."

²⁸Mna ke, ukusondela kuThixo kulungile kum, Ndiyenza ihlathi lam iNkosi uYehova, Ukuze ndiyibalise yonke imisebenzi yakhe."