Ndiyazi ukuba uMkhululi Wam Uyaphila
UYobhi uthi uThixo umonile, baza bonke abanye bemka: umfazi ocekiswa ngumphefumlo wakhe, izicaka ezingamhoyiyo, abantwana abamhlekayo. Ufuna amazwi akhe akrolwe eliweni. Ulandele ukukhanyiselwa okuqinisekileyo kokuba uMkhululi wakhe uyaphila, aze ambone uThixo ngamehlo akhe.
19 1Waphendula ke uYobhi wathi: 2“Koda kube nini na nindithuthumbisa umphefumlo wam, nindityumza ngamazwi? 3Sezizihlandlo ezilishumi nindingcikiva; aninazintloni ukundona. 4Nokuba ndilahlekile okunene, ukulahleka kwam kuhlala nam. 5Ukuba ngokwenene niyaziphakamisa ngaphezu kwam, nisebenzisa ihlazo lam ukuze nindimangalele, 6yazini ke ukuba uThixo undonile, wandizingela ngomnatha wakhe. 7Ndikhala ndisithi, ‘Gonyamelo!’ kodwa andiphendulwa; ndidanduluka ndicela uncedo, kodwa akukho bulungisa. a a v7 Ukukhala usithi 'Gonyamelo!' yayisisibheno sikawonke-wonke sakudala sobulungisa — isimemo esaziwayo socelo loncedo nxamnye nobubi obenziweyo kuwe. 8Uyibiyele indlela yam ukuze ndingadluli, ubeke ubumnyama ezindleleni zam. 9Undihlube uzuko lwam, wasisusa isithsaba entlokweni yam. 10Uyandidiliza ngeenxa zonke, ndaza ndaphela; uyinyothule ithemba lam njengomthi. 11Uwuvuthise umsindo wakhe ngam, wandibalela njengotshaba lwakhe. 12Imikhosi yakhe iza kunye; iyakha udonga lokungqinga ngam, imisa iminquba ngeenxa zonke kwintente yam. 13Ubasusele kude kum abazalwana bam, nabo babendazi bandifulathele ngokupheleleyo. 14Izizalwane zam zindishiyile, nabahlobo bam abasondelayo bandilibele. 15Abamenyiweyo endlwini yam nabakhonzazana bam bandibalela njengowasemzini; ndibe ngumphambukeli emehlweni abo. 16Ndibiza isicaka sam, kodwa singandiphenduli; ndinyanzeleka ukuba ndisibongoze ngokwam. 17Umoya wam unukela umkam, ndililishwa kubazalwana bam. 18Nkqu nabantwana abancinane bayandidela; ndakusukuma, bathetha ngam. 19Bonke abahlobo bam abasondelayo bandiphatha njengesikizi, nabo bendibathanda bandifulathele. 20Amathambo am anamathele eluswini lwam nasenyameni yam, ndaza ndasinda ngolusu lwamazinyo am. 21Ndibani nenceba kum, ndibani nenceba kum, bahlobo bam, kuba isandla sikaThixo sindibethile! 22Kutheni nindisukela njengoThixo, ningade nihluthe yinyama yam? 23Akwaba amazwi am ayebhaliwe! Akwaba ayekrolwe encwadini, 24ukuze ngosiba lwesinyithi nangelothe akrolwe eliweni ngonaphakade! 25Kuba ndiyazi ukuba uMkhululi wam uyaphila, ekugqibeleni uya kuma phezu kothuli. b b v25 Kwisahluko ngasahluko sokubandezeleka, uYobhi ebethethe ngoThixo ngendlela ekude — kodwa apha kugqabhuka igama lobuhlobo: 'uMkhululi wam,' lowo umbanga njengowakhe. Isithethe samaKristu kudala siva le vesi njengethemba lokuqala elizalisekiswa nguBawo wethu ngoYesu, oya kuma ngomhla wokugqibela ukulwela abantwana bakhe. 26Emva kokuba ulusu lwam lonakalisiwe, kodwa ndisenyameni yam ndiya kumbona uThixo, 27endiya kumbona nam ngokwam, aze amehlo am ambone, angabi ngomnye. Intliziyo yam iyaphela ngaphakathi kwam! 28Ukuba nithi, ‘Masimsukele njani uYobhi!’ nithi, ‘Ingcambu yale nto ifunyenwe kuye,’ 29yoyikani ikrele, kuba umsindo uzisa isohlwayo sekrele, ukuze nazi ukuba kukho umgwebo.”
