Ukuphumla Okusahlalayo
Ukuphumla okwathenjiswayo kudala kusavulekile, yiloo nto ingundoqo, kuba isithembiso asizange siphele noYoshuwa. Kulandela imifanekiso emibini edumileyo: ilizwi likaBawo wethu elisika phakathi komphefumlo nomoya, lityhila konke, nombingeleli omkhulu owalingwa njengathi, ukuze sisondele ngenkalipho.
4 1Njengoko idinga lokungena ekuphumleni kwakhe lisahleli, masilumke ukuze kungabikho namnye kuni obonakala engafikelelanga kuko. 2Nathi sashunyayezwa iindaba ezilungileyo, kanye njengabo. Kodwa ilizwi ababelivile alibancedanga nto, kuba abalihlanganisanga nokholo, njengabo baliphulaphulayo.
3Thina bakholiweyo singena kuloo kuphumla, njengoko watshoyo: “Ndafunga ndinengqumbo, ndathi: Abasayi kuze bangene ekuphumleni kwam.” Noko imisebenzi yakhe yayigqityiwe kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi.
4Kuba kwenye indawo uthetha ngomhla wesixhenxe esithi: “Waza uBawo wethu waphumla ngomhla wesixhenxe kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe.”
5Kananjalo kuloo ndawo inye ubuya athi: “Abasayi kuze bangene ekuphumleni kwam.”
6Njengoko ke kusahleli ukuba inxenye ingene kuko, yaye abo bavakaliselwa iindaba ezilungileyo kuqala bengangenanga ngenxa yokungeva kwabo,
7wabuya wamisa kwakhona umhla othile, athi “Namhla,” ethetha ngoDavide emva kwexesha elide, njengoko sekutshiwo: “Namhla, ukuba nithe naliva izwi lakhe, musani ukuzenza lukhuni iintliziyo zenu.”
8Kuba ukuba uYoshuwa wayebanike ukuphumla, uBawo wethu ngewayengathethanga emva koko ngomnye umhla. 9Ngoko ke, kusekho ukuphumla kwesabatha kubantu bakaBawo wethu. 10Kuba lowo ungene ekuphumleni kukaBawo wethu, naye uphumle emisebenzini yakhe, njengoko noBawo wethu waphumla kweyakhe. 11Ngoko ke masikhuthalele ukungena kuloo kuphumla, ukuze kungabikho namnye owa ngaloo mzekelo mnye wokungeva.
12Kuba ilizwi likaBawo wethu liyaphila yaye linamandla, libukhali ngaphezu kwalo lonke ikrele elintlangothi mbini, lihlaba lude lwahlule umphefumlo nomoya, amalungu nomongo; licikida izicamango neenjongo zentliziyo. a a v12 Igama elithi “ilizwi likaBawo wethu” lithabatha indawo yelithi “ilizwi likaThixo” — iZibhalo lilizwi eliphilayo likaBawo owazi sonke isicamango sabantwana bakhe. 13Akukho sidalwa sifihlakeleyo kuye; konke kuhamba ze kutyhilekile emehlweni akhe, yena esiya kumphendula kuye.
14Ngoko ke, njengoko sinombingeleli omkhulu owagqitha emazulwini—uYesu, uNyana kaBawo wethu—masibambelele ngokuqinileyo kulukholo esiluvumayo.
UYesu, uMbingeleli Wethu Omkhulu
15Kuba umbingeleli omkhulu wethu asinguye ongenakuvelana nobuthathaka bethu, kodwa olingwe ngeendlela zonke njengathi, kodwa engenasono. 16Ngoko ke masisondele ngenkalipho etroneni yobabalo, ukuze samkele inceba, sifumane nobabalo bokusinceda ngexesha lokusweleyo.
