1. Wayesethatha uSofari umNahama, wathi:
2. “Ngalokho imicabango yami iyangiphendulangenxa yokushesha okuphakathi kwami.
3. Ngiyezwa insolo engihlazisayo,kepha umoya wasengqondweni yami uyangiphendula.
4. “Awukwazi yini ukuba lokhu kungokwasendulo,selokhu abantu babekwa emhlabeni,
5. ukuthi ukujabula kwababi kufushane,nokuthokoza kwabangenaNkulunkulukungokokuphazima kweso nje, na?
6. Noma ubukhulu bakhe bukhuphukela ezulwini,nekhanda lakhe lifinyelela emafwini,
7. uyakubhubha kuze kube phakade njengamasimba akhe;abambonayo bayakuthi: ‘Uphi na?’
8. Uyakundiza njengephupho,angabe esafunyanwa;uyakuxoshwa njengombono wasebusuku.
9. Iso elalimgqolozela alisamboni,nendawo yakhe ayisamboni.
10. Abantwana bakhe bayakuzincengela kwabampofu,izandla zakhe zibuyise impahla yakhe.