Yizani Emanzini
Isimemo siya kubantu abangenamali: yizani nidle nisele ngaphandle kwemali, niyeke ukuhlawulela okungananelisiyo. Iingcinga zikaBawo wethu ziphakame ngaphezu kwezabo, ngoko uxolelo lwakhe lusimahla ngaphezu koko bakulindeleyo. Ilizwi lakhe, njengemvula, alibuyi lize.
55 1“Phulaphulani! Nina nonke baninxaniweyo, yizani emanzini; nina ningenamali, yizani, nithenge ukudla nidle! Yizani, nithenge iwayini namasi ngaphandle kwexabiso—ngesisa. 2Yini na ukuba nichithe imali kokungesosonka, nemigudu yenu kokungananelisiyo? Ndiphulaphuleni ngenyameko, nidle okulungileyo, uze umphefumlo wenu uziyolise ngokona kudla kutyebileyo. 3Vulani iindlebe zenu nize kum; phulaphulani, ukuze iphile imiphefumlo yenu. Ndiya kwenza umnqophiso ongunaphakade nani, uthando lwam oluthembekileyo endaluthembisa uDavide. a a v3 UPawulos ulicaphula eli vesi kwiZenzo 13:34 ngovuko lukaYesu—umnqophiso kaBawo wethu ongunaphakade awenza noDavide ufikelela ekuzalisekeni kwawo kuKrestu ovukileyo. 4Khangela, ndimmisile waba lingqina ezizweni, inkokeli nomthetheli wezizwe. 5Inene uya kubiza uhlanga ongalwaziyo, nohlanga olungakwaziyo luya kubalekela kuwe, ngenxa kaBawo wakho, oyiNgcwele wakwaSirayeli, kuba ekuzukisile.”
6Mfuneni uBawo wethu ngexa esafumaneka; nqulani kuye ngexa esekufuphi. 7Ongendawo makayishiye indlela yakhe, nendoda engenabulungisa iingcinga zayo. Makabuyele kuBawo wethu, uze intliziyo kaBawo wethu izale yimfesane ngenxa yakhe; buyelani kuBawo wethu, kuba uya kuxolela ngesisa.
8“Kuba iingcinga zam asizizo iingcinga zenu, neendlela zenu asizizo iindlela zam,‘ utsho uBawo wethu. 9‘Kuba njengokuba amazulu ephakamileyo ngaphezu komhlaba, ngokunjalo iindlela zam ziphakamile ngaphezu kweendlela zenu, neengcinga zam ngaphezu kweengcinga zenu.
10“Kuba njengokuba imvula nekhephu kuhla kuvela ezulwini, kungabuyeli khona, kusuka kunyakamise umhlaba, kuwenze uvelise uhlume, kunike imbewu kumhlwayeli nesonka kwabo badlayo, 11liya kuba njalo ke ilizwi lam eliphuma emlonyeni wam: aliyi kubuyela kum lize, kodwa liya kufeza endikunqwenelayo, lize liyifeze injongo endalithumela ngayo. 12Niya kuphuma ngovuyo, nikhokelwe ngoxolo; iintaba neenduli ziya kuhlokoma ngengoma phambi kwenu, nemithi yonke yasendle iya kuqhwabana izandla. 13Endaweni yameva kuya kuhluma umsipres, endaweni yenkunzane kuhlume umtile. Oku kuya kuba lolona dumo lukaBawo wethu, umqondiso ongunaphakade ongayi kunqunyukelwa.’”
