Vula Amazulu Ngokuwakrazula
Lo ngumthandazo wokuba uBawo wethu awakrazule amazulu ehle. Awubathetheleli abantu, ubiza imisebenzi yabo yobulungisa ngokuba yingubo eyinqambi, uvume ukuba akukho bani ozibambelela kuye. Itempile itshisiwe. Uphela ngombuzo ongaphendulekanga.
64 1Akwaba ubunokuwakrazula amazulu uhle, zithi iintaba zinyikime phambi kwakho, 2njengomlilo ovuthisa isebe emithini ube wenza amanzi abile—ukuze ulazise igama lakho kwiintshaba zakho, zithi iintlanga zigubhe phambi kwakho! 3Wathi wakwenza izinto ezoyikekayo esasingazilindelanga, wehla, zanyikima iintaba phambi kwakho. 4Kususela kwakudala, akukho namnye owakhe weva okanye waqonda ngeendlebe, alikho iliso elibonileyo wumbi ngaphandle kwakho, osebenzela lowo umlindileyo. 5Uyabamkela abo benza ngemvume into elungileyo, abakukhumbulayo besahamba ngeendlela zakho. Kodwa waba nomsindo, saza sona; kudala sikhoyo ezonweni zethu—singasindiswa na? 6Thina sonke sisuke saba njengomntu oyinqambi, nemisebenzi yethu yonke yobulungisa injengengubo eyinqambi. Sonke siyoma njengegqabi, zithi izono zethu, njengomoya, zisikhukulise. 7Akukho namnye olinqulayo igama lakho, ozivusayo ukuba akubambelele; kuba ubusithelisile ubuso bakho kuthi, wasinikela ezonweni zethu.
8Kodwa ngoku, wena unguBawo wethu; thina siludongwe, wena ungumbumbi wethu; thina sonke singumsebenzi wesandla sakho. 9Musa ukuba nomsindo omkhulu kangaka, Bawo, ungasikhumbuli isono sethu ngonaphakade. Khawubone, ndiyakucela—sonke singabantu bakho. 10Imizi yakho engcwele isuke yaba yintlango; iZiyon isuke yaba yintlango, iYerusalem yaba ngumwewe. 11Indlu yethu engcwele entle, apho oobawo babekudumisa khona, itshisiwe ngomlilo, zisuke zonke izinto esasizixabisile zaba ngumwewe. 12Emva kwako konke oku, uya kuzibamba na, Bawo? Uya kuthi cwaka usicinezele ngolo hlobo lungaka na?
