Uphi Na?
Isikhalazo esingqalileyo sokuba uBawo wethu ubonakala emi kude ngelixa amadoda anekratshi ezingela amahlwempu ngokulalela ngasese, esithi kuwo akukho bani ubonayo. Umdumisi ugcizelela ukuba uyakubona, aze acele ukuba enze njengomncedi weenkedama.
10 1Kutheni, Bawo, umi kude? Kutheni uzifihla ngamaxesha enkathazo?
2Ngenkukhumalo yakhe umntu ongendawo uzingela ngochuku abahlwempu; mababanjwe abangendawo emaqhingeni abawaqulunqileyo. 3Kuba ongendawo uyaqhayisa ngeminqweno yentliziyo yakhe; umntu obawayo uyaqalekisa, amkhanyele uBawo wethu. 4Ngenkukhumalo yakhe umntu ongendawo akayi kufuna yena; zonke iingcinga zakhe zithi: “Akukho Thixo.” a a v4 Ingcinga engagungqiyo yongendawo — ethi “Akukho Thixo” — bubuxoki bamandulo bokuba uBawo wethu ukude okanye akakho. Indumiso iyayiphendula: uBawo wethu uyabona, kananjalo uyabakhusela abangenamandla. 5Iindlela zakhe ziyaphumelela ngamaxesha onke; izigwebo zakho ziphezulu, kude ngentla kwakhe; uyazigculela zonke iintshaba zakhe. 6Uthi entliziyweni yakhe: “Andisoze ndishukunyiswe; kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana andiyi kuhlangabezana nankathazo.”
7Umlomo wakhe uzele ziziqalekiso nenkohliso nengcinezelo; phantsi kolwimi lwakhe kukho inkathazo nenkohlakalo. 8Uhlala elalele kufuphi nemizi; esezindaweni zokufihlakala ubulala abamsulwa, amehlo akhe elalela ngasese abangenamandla. 9Ulalela ngasese njengengonyama esetyholweni layo; ulalela ukuze abambe ihlwempu, elirhuqa ihlwempu ngomnatha wakhe. 10Amaxhoba akhe atyumkile, adilika; abangenamandla bawa ngamandla akhe. 11Uthi entliziyweni yakhe: “UThixo ulibele; ubufihlile ubuso bakhe; akasayi kuze akubone.”
12Vuka, Bawo! Phakamisa isandla sakho; musa ukubalibala abaxhwalekileyo. 13Kutheni ongendawo emkhanyela uBawo wethu, athi entliziyweni yakhe: “Akuyi kundibuza ngxelo”? 14Kodwa wena uyabona, kuba uyayiqwalasela inkathazo nosizi, ukuze ukuthabathele esandleni sakho. Ongenamandla uziyekela kuwe; wena ungumncedi weenkedama. b b v14 UBawo wethu ubizwa apha njengomncedi weenkedama — umkhuseli wenkedama. Intliziyo yakhe ibagubungela kanye abo kungekho mntu wumbi uya kubakhusela. 15Yaphula ingalo yongendawo nomntu okhohlakeleyo; buza ingxelo ngenkohlakalo yakhe ude ungabi sayifumana.
16UBawo wethu ungukumkani ngonaphakade kanaphakade; iintlanga ziyatshabalala emhlabeni wakhe. 17Uyakuva ukulangazelela kwabaxhwalekileyo, Bawo; uya kuyomeleza intliziyo yabo; uya kuphulaphula ngenyameko, 18ukuze wenze okusesikweni kwiinkedama nakwabacinezelweyo, ukuze umntu ongumhlaba nje angaphinde abe nako ukunkwantyisa.
