Vuma, Wena Owawuludlolo
Umfazi ongenamntwana, oshiyiweyo, uxelelwa ukuba avume ingoma athenge intente enkulu ngakumbi. UBawo wethu akakuphiki ukusithelisa ubuso bakhe, koko nje kwahlala umzuzwana; iintaba ziyasuka ngaphambi kokuba luphele uthando lwakhe oluthembekileyo. Iindonga zakhe zakhiwe ngesafire, aze abantwana bakhe bafundiswe nguye.
54 1Vuma, wena mfazi oludlolo, ongazange wazala mntwana; gqabhuka ngengoma, umemelele ngovuyo, wena ongazange ube nenimba! Kuba abantwana bomfazi oshiyiweyo baya kuba baninzi ngaphezu kwabantwana womfazi owendileyo, utsho uBawo wethu.
2Yenze banzi intente yakho, mawolulwe amalengalenga eminquba yakho; ungabambi. Yolula izintya zakho, uzimise izikhonkwane zakho, 3kuba uya kusasazeka ngasekunene nangasekhohlo; inzala yakho iya kuzidla ilifa iintlanga, iyenze ukuba imiwe imizi engamanxuwa. 4Musa ukoyika, kuba awuyi kudana; ungaqhiphuki mbilini, kuba awuyi kuba nehlazo. Uya kulilibala ihlazo lobutsha bakho, ungabi sakukhumbula ukungcikivwa kobuhlolokazi bakho. 5Kuba uMenzi wakho uyindoda yakho—uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ligama lakhe; oyiNgcwele wakwaSirayeli nguMkhululi wakho, ubizwa ngokuba nguBawo wethu wehlabathi lonke. a a v5 uBawo wethu uzibophelela ebantwini bakhe ngothando lomnqophiso — ngumfuziselo womtshato awathi uPawulos emva koko wawusebenzisa kuKrestu nakuMtshakazi wakhe (kwabase-Efese 5:25-27). 6Kuba uBawo wethu ukubuyisile njengomfazi oshiyiweyo ontliziyo yaphukileyo, njengomfazi wobutsha xa esele elahliwe, utsho uBawo wakho.
7Umzuzwana nje ndakushiya, kodwa ngemfesane enkulu ndiya kukubuthela kum. 8Ngokuphuphuma komsindo ndabusithelisa ubuso bam kuwe okomzuzwana, kodwa ngothando olungunaphakade ndinemfesane kuwe, utsho uBawo wethu, uMkhululi wakho. 9Oku kum kunjengemihla kaNowa, mhla ndafungayo ukuba amanzi kaNowa akasayi kuphinda ayigubungele ihlabathi; ngokunjalo ngoku ndifungele ukuba andiyi kuba nomsindo kuwe, ndingakukhalimeli. 10Nokuba iintaba zingade zimke neenduli zigungqe, inceba yam ayiyi kumka kuwe, nomnqophiso wam woxolo awuyi kugungqiswa, utsho uBawo wethu, onemfesane kuwe. 11“Wena ucinezelekileyo, obhudliswe sisaqhwithi ongenamthuthuzeli, khangela: ndiya kuwabeka amatye akho kwi-antimoni ndibeke iziseko zakho ngesafire. b b v11 I-antimoni: yintlama emnyama yeminerali eyayisetyenziswa ekwakhiweni kwamandulo ukubeka nokubonakalisa amatye anqabileyo, iwenze abengezele. 12Ndiya kwenza iinqaba zakho ngeerubhi, amasango akho ngamatye akhazimlayo, neendonga zakho zonke ngamatye anqabileyo. 13Bonke abantwana bakho baya kufundiswa nguBawo wethu, lube lukhulu uxolo lwabantwana bakho. c c v13 UYesu wacaphula le ndinyana ukuze achaze wonke umntu uBawo amtsalela kuye (uYohane 6:45). 14Uya kuzinziswa ngobulungisa; uya kuba kude nengcinezelo, kuba akukho nto uya kuyoyika, ube kude nonkwantyiso, kuba aluyi kusondela kuwe. 15Ukuba ukho ovusa imbambano nawe, oko akuveli kum; osukuba ekuhlasela uya kuwa phambi kwakho. 16Khangela, ndim owadala umkhandi ophemba amalahle abe lilangatye akhande isixhobo esifanele umsebenzi waso; kananjalo ndim owadala umonakalisi ukuba atshabalalise.” 17Akukho sixhobo esenzelwe ukulwa nawe siya kuphumelela, uze ulugwebe lonke ulwimi oluvuka ngakuwe ematyaleni. Lilo eli ilifa labakhonzi bakaBawo wethu, ubulungisa babo buvela kum, utsho uBawo wethu.
