Verse 1: Ngakho ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe ngumnikelo ophilileyo, ongcwele, othandeka kuNkulunkulu, kube ngukukhonza kwenu kokuqonda;
Verse 2: ningalingisi leli zwe, kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo.
Verse 3: Ngokuba ngomusa engiwuphiweyo ngisho kulowo nalowo phakathi kwenu ukuthi angacabangi athi mkhulu kunalokho afanele ukukucabanga, kodwa acabange kube ngokuqonda, njengalokho uNkulunkulu abele lowo nalowo isilinganiso sokukholwa.
Verse 4: Ngokuba njengalokhu sinezitho eziningi emzimbeni munye, kepha izitho zonke azinamsebenzi munye,
Verse 5: kanjalo thina esibaningi simzimba munye kuKristu, kepha ngabanye siyizitho, omunye esomunye.
Verse 6: Sinezipho zomusa ezahlukileyo ngokomusa esiwuphiweyo; uma singesokuprofetha, asiprofethe ngesilinganiso sokukholwa;
Verse 7: uma singesokukhonza, kube senkonzweni; ofundisayo, kube sekufundiseni,
Verse 8: oyalayo, ekuyaleni; owabayo, enze ngobuqotho; oholayo, ngenkuthalo; ohawukelayo, ngentokozo.
Verse 9: Uthando malungabi nakuzenzisa; nenyanye okubi, nibambelele kokuhle;
Verse 10: thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane; ekwazisaneni nandulelane;
Verse 11: ekukhuthaleni ningenqeni, nivuthe emoyeni, nikhonze iNkosi;
Verse 12: ethembeni nithokoze; osizini nibekezele; ekukhulekeni niqinisele njalo;
Verse 13: hlanganyelani nabangcwele ekusweleni kwabo, nikhuthalele ukungenisa izihambi.
Verse 14: Babusiseni abanizingelayo; busisani, ningaqalekisi.
Verse 15: Thokozani nabathokozayo, nikhale nabakhalayo.
Verse 16: Manibe nhliziyonye; ningazindli okuphakemeyo, kodwa yaneliswani ngokuphansi. Ningazishayi abahlakaniphileyo.
Verse 17: Ningaphindiseli muntu okubi ngokubi; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke;
Verse 18: uma kungenzeka, ngokwenu hlalisanani ngokuthula nabantu bonke;
Verse 19: ningaziphindiseli nina bathandwa, kodwa dedelani ulaka, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Ngokwami ukuphindisela, ngiyakubuyisela mina,” isho iNkosi.
Verse 20: Kepha: “Uma isitha sakho silambile, siphe sidle; uma somile, siphuzise, ngokuba ngokwenza lokho uyakube ufumbela amalahle avuthayo ekhanda laso.”
Verse 21: Unganqotshwa ngokubi, kodwa nqoba okubi ngokuhle.