Abantwana, ooBawo neeNkosi
Abantwana, abazali, amakhoboka neenkosi, ngamnye ufumana ilizwi, iinkosi zikhunjuzwa ukuba nazo zineNkosi. Kuze iingubo zokulwa zikaBawo wethu: inyaniso, ubulungisa, ukulungela, ukholo, usindiso, ilizwi — kuba iintshaba zokwenene asingabantu abaphambi kwakho. UPawulos ucela umthandazo ngenkalipho yakhe.
6 1Bantwana, bathobeleni abazali benu eNkosini, kuba oku kulungileyo.
2“Beka uyihlo nonyoko” (nguwo lo umthetho wokuqala onedinga), 3“ukuze kulunge kuwe, ube nemihla emide emhlabeni.”
4Boyise, musani ukubaqumbisa abantwana benu; bakhuliseni ngoqeqesho noyalo lweNkosi.
5Makhoboka, zithobeleni iinkosi zenu zasemhlabeni ninentlonipho novalo, ngentliziyo engenakumbi, njengokungathi nithobela uKrestu. 6Ningenzeli ukukholisa abantu xa nijongiwe kuphela, kodwa njengamakhoboka kaKrestu, nisenza ukuthanda kukaBawo wethu ngentliziyo, 7nikhonza ngentumekelelo, njengokungathi nikhonza iNkosi, ningabakhonzi abantu, 8nisazi ukuba elowo uya kwamkela kwiNkosi oko kulungileyo akwenzileyo, nokuba likhoboka, nokuba ngokhululekileyo.
9Nani Nkosi, zenzeleni ngokunjalo kuwo; yekani ukuwagrogrisa, nisazi ukuba iNkosi yawo neyenu isemazulwini, kananjalo ingakhethi buso.
Iingubo Zokulwa Zonke zikaBawo wethu
10Elokugqibela, yomelelani eNkosini, nasemandleni amakhulu ayo. 11Yambathani zonke iingubo zokulwa zikaBawo wethu, ukuze nibe nako ukuma nilwe namaqhinga kamtyholi. a a v11 Iingubo zokulwa ekuthethwa ngazo apha ayizizo ezejoni ngokwalo — zeziingubo zokulwa zikaBawo wethu ngokwakhe, azinike abantwana bakhe ngomhla womlo. 12Umlo wethu awungokwenyama negazi, koko ngokwabalawuli namagunya, ngokwamagunya ehlabathi obumnyama bangoku, nangokoomoya abangendawo abasemazulwini. 13Ngoko ke, yambathani zonke iingubo zokulwa zikaBawo wethu, ukuze nibe nako ukumelana nomhla ongendawo, nithi nakuba nikwenze konke, nime niqine. 14Ngoko yimani, nibhinqe umbhinqo wenyaniso esinqeni senu, nambathe isigcina-sifuba sobulungisa, 15nazinyawo zenu zilungele ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zoxolo. 16Kuzo zonke iimeko, phakamisani ingweletshetshe yokholo, enako ukuzicima zonke iintolo ezivuthayo zongendawo. 17Thabathani isigcina-ntloko sosindiso, nekrele loMoya, elililizwi likaBawo wethu. 18Thandazani ngoMoya ngamaxesha onke, ngako konke ukuthandaza nokukhunga. Lindani koko ningadinwa, nibathandazela bonke abangcwele, 19nindithandazele nam, ukuze ndinikwe amazwi ekuvuleni kwam umlomo wam, ndiyazise ngesibindi imfihlakalo yeendaba ezilungileyo, 20endinguye umthunywa ngenxa yayo ndikhonkxiwe ngemixokelelwane, ukuze ndiyithethe ngesibindi njengoko ndifanele ukuthetha.
Imibuliso Yokugqibela
21Ukuze nani nazi imeko yam noko ndikwenzayo, uTikiko, umzalwana oyintanda nomkhonzi othembekileyo eNkosini, uya kunixelela konke. 22Ndimthumele kuni ngenxa yale nto: ukuze nazi ukuba sinjani na, aze azomeleze iintliziyo zenu.
23Uxolo nothando olunokholo makube kubazalwana, luvela kuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu. 24Lubabalo malube nabo bonke abayithandayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu ngothando olungafiyo.
