Isahluko 7
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“Umuntu akasempini yini emhlabeni, imihla yakhe ayinjengemihla yomqashwa na?
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Njengenceku ekhefuzelela ithunzi, nanjengomqashwa obheka umvuzo wakhe,
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kanjalo ngithole ifa lezinyanga zokubi; ngimiselwe ubusuku bezinhlupheko.
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Lapho ngilala phansi, ngisho ngithi: ‘Ngingavuka nini,’ ngokuba ubusuku bude; ngigcwele ukubinyabinyeka kuze kuse.
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Inyama yami yembesiwe izimpethu namagade othuli; isikhumba sami siyaphola, sibuye sibhicike.
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“Imihla yami iyashesha kunesaluko, iphela ingenathemba.
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Khumbula ukuthi ukuphila kwami kungumoya; iso lami aliyikubuye libone okuhle.
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Iso longibonayo alisayikungibuka; amehlo akho esekimi, angisekho.
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Ifu liphela lihamba; kanjalo owehlele endaweni yabafileyo akasayikukhuphuka.
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Kasayikubuyela endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe ayisayikumazi.
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“Ngalokho nami angiyikubamba umlomo wami; ngiyakukhuluma osizini lomoya wami, ngikhale ngomunyu womphefumulo wami.
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Ngilulwandle yini, ngingumkhomo yini, ukuze ungibekele abalindi?
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Lapho ngithi umbhede wami uyakungiduduza, ukhukho lwami lungithwalise ukukhala kwami,
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uyangesabisa ngamaphupho, ungethusa ngemibono,
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ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa nokufa kunalawa mathambo ami.
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Ngiyanengwa yiwo; mangingahlali njalo; ngiyeke, ngokuba imihla yami iyize.
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Uyini umuntu ukuba umkhulise, nokuba ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,
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nokuba umhambele ekuseni njalo, umhlole njalonjalo, na?
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Koze kube nini uyeka ukungibheka na? Ngiyeke, ngize ngiminze amathe ami.
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Noma ngonile, ngenzeni kuwe mlindi wabantu na? Ungimiseleni ngibe yisigcibisholo sakho, ngize ngibe ngumthwalo nakimi, na?
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Awuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami, na? Ngokuba manje ngiyakulala phansi othulini; uyakungifunisisa, kepha angiyikubakho.”