Amalungisa Ayaphumla, Abavukeli Bayabhadula
Amalungisa ayabhubha, kungekho bani okubekayo entliziyweni. UBawo wethu uyawuchaza umbingelelo wabantwana nezilili phezu kweenduli eziphakamileyo, aze abuze ukuba ngubani lowo bebemoyika kangaka bada bamlibale. Lowo uPhakamileyo oNgcwele uthi uhlala nabatyumkileyo, aphilise umntu obesoloko emka.
57 1Ilungisa liyabhubha, kungabikho bani okubeka entliziyweni; amadoda athembekileyo ayasuswa, kungabikho bani oqondayo ukuba amalungisa asindiswa ebubini obuzayo. 2Ungena eluxolweni; baphumla ezinkukweni zabo—wonke ohamba ngokugqibeleleyo.
3Ke nina—yizani apha, nina bantwana bomkhafulikazi, nina nzala yomkrexezi nehenyukazi! 4Nihlekisa ngabani? Nivulela bani umlomo wenu, nikhuphe ulwimi lwenu? Anizizo na abantwana bokreqo, inzala yobuxoki, 5nina abavutha yinkanuko phakathi kweemioki, phantsi kwemithi yonke eluhlaza, abaxhela abantwana benu ezihlanjeni, phantsi kwemifantu yamawa? 6Phakathi kwamatye agudileyo esihlanjeni sisabelo sakho; ewe, yiyo inkatho yakho. Kuwo uwathululele idini lokuselwa, wazisa umnikelo womgubo. Ndingakholiseka na ngazo zonke ezi zinto? 7Entabeni ende ephakamileyo ubeke isilili sakho; naphaya wenyuka ukuba ubingelele. 8Emva kocango nomgubasi umise umqondiso wakho. Undishiya, watyhila isilili sakho; wenyuka kuso, wasenza saba banzi. Wenza umnqophiso nabo; wathanda isilili sabo, wabukela ubuze babo. 9Waya kukumkani neoli, wawandisa amafutha akho aqholiweyo; wathuma izigidimi zakho kude, wazithumela ezantsi kwanaselabafileyo. a a v9 “Ukumkani” mhlawumbi ubhekisa kuMoleki, uthixo wamaKanan onxulumene nokubingelelwa kwabantwana. 10Wadinwa bubude bendlela yakho, kodwa akuzange uthi: “Alikho ithemba.” Wafumana amandla amatsha, ngoko ke akuzange utyhafe. 11Ngubani na lo wamoyika wankwantya nguye, waza waxoka, akwandikhumbula, akwakunanza? Bendithe cwaka na ixesha elide kangaka, ngoko ungasandoyiki? 12Ndiya kubutyhila ubulungisa bakho nezenzo zakho, kodwa aziyi kukunceda. 13Xa ukhala, makukuhlangule ingqokelela yezithixo zakho! Umoya uya kuzithwala zonke, umphunga uya kuzisusa. Kodwa osukuba ezimela kum uya kulidla ilizwe ilifa, adle ilifa intaba yam engcwele.
Vulani Indlela Yokugoduka
14Kuya kuthiwa: “Yakhani, yakhani, lungisani indlela! Susani zonke izikhubekiso endleleni yabantu bam.”
15Kuba utsho oPhakamileyo oPhakanyisiweyo—uBawo wethu, ohlala ehleli ngonaphakade, ogama lakhe lingcwele: “Ndihlala endaweni ephakamileyo nengcwele, kananjalo nalowo utyumkileyo othobekileyo ngomoya, ukuze ndiphilise umoya wabathobekileyo, ndiphilise nentliziyo yabatyumkileyo. b b v15 UBawo wethu uhlala endaweni ephakamileyo nengcwele — kananjalo uzenzela ikhaya kwabantliziyo zaphukileyo. Lo ngumxholo wentliziyo kaThixo otyhiliweyo: uBawo lowo mnye ohlala ehleli ngonaphakade uyazithoba ahlale nalowo umoya wakhe utyumkileyo. 16Kuba andiyi kulwa ngonaphakade, andiyi kuhlala ndinomsindo ngamaxesha onke; kuba ngelo xesha umoya ubuya kutyhafa phambi kwam—impefumlo yobomi endiyenzileyo. 17Ngenxa yokubawa kwakhe okunesono ndaba nomsindo; ndambetha, ndabusithelisa ubuso bam, ndaba nomsindo—kodwa yena wamana ejika, elandela indlela yentliziyo yakhe. 18Ndizibonile iindlela zakhe, kodwa ndiya kumphilisa; ndiya kumkhokela, ndibuyisele intuthuzelo kuye nakubo abamlilelayo, 19ndivelisa indumiso emilebeni yomlomo wabo. Uxolo, uxolo kwabakude nakwabakufuphi,” utsho uBawo wethu, “ndaye ndiya kubaphilisa.” c c v19 UPawulos olu xolo lwabakude nabakufuphi ulubhekisa ngqo kuYesu: ‘Weza washumayela uxolo kuni enanikude noxolo kwabo babekufuphi’ (Efese 2:17). Isithembiso sikaBawo wethu soxolo sifikelela kokubini kumYuda nakumNtlanga ngoNyana.
20Kodwa abangendawo banjengolwandle oludumayo, olungenakuzola, olwamanzi alo axukuxa udaka nengxibha.
21“Akukho xolo,” utsho uBawo wethu, “kwabangendawo.”
