Uxokozelo Lweentlanga
Ookumkani neentlanga bayacebisana ukuqhawula ulawulo lukaBawo wethu noMthanjiswa wakhe. Uyahleka, amise uKumkani wakhe eZiyon, aze amnike iintlanga. Emva koko le ndumiso ijika ilumkise abalawuli ngokwabo: zithobeni, nikhosele ngelixa kusekho ixesha.
2 1Kutheni na iintlanga zixokozela, nezizwe ziyila amayelenqe ngelize? 2Ookumkani behlabathi bayazimisa, nabalawuli bacebisana ndawonye, bechasene noBawo wethu nakuMthanjiswa wakhe. a a v2 UMthanjiswa — uMesiya — nguYesu. Ibandla lokuqala layithandaza le ndumiso kanye malunga nabalawuli ababecebisana bechasene naye (IZenzo 4:25-27). 3“Masiwaqhawule amakhamandela abasibophe ngawo,” batsho, “iintambo zabo sizilahle kude nathi.”
4UBawo wethu, ohleli etroneni ezulwini, uyahleka; uBawo uMongami uyabahleka usulu. 5Aze athethe kubo ngomsindo wakhe, abothuse ngobushushu bomsindo wakhe:
6“Mna ngokwam ndimmisile uKumkani wam eZiyon, intaba yam engcwele.”
7Ndiya kuvakalisa ummiselo kaBawo wethu: wathi kum: “Wena unguNyana wam; namhlanje ndibe nguYihlo. b b v7 Ummiselo ongunaphakade kaBawo wethu kuNyana. ITestamente eNtsha iwasebenzisa ngokungqalileyo la mazwi kuYesu — IZenzo 13:33, namaHebhere 1:5, namaHebhere 5:5 — imbhengeza njengoNyana ozelwe nguYise.
8“Cela kum, ndikunike iintlanga zibe lilifa lakho, neziphelo zomhlaba zibe yimpahla yakho. 9Uya kubaphula ngentonga yentsimbi; uya kubaqhekeza njengembiza yombumbi.”
10Ngoko ke, nina bokumkani, hlakaniphani; yalekani, nina balawuli behlabathi. 11Mkhonzeni uBawo wethu ngentlonelo, nivuye ningcangcazela. 12Mangeni uNyana, hleze aqumbe nitshabalale endleleni, kuba umsindo wakhe ungavutha ngephanyazo. Banoyolo bonke abakhosela kuye. c c v12 Le ndumiso iphela ngokukhosela kuNyana — uYesu. Ukumthemba kukwamkelwa ekhaya nguBawo owammisa etroneni.