Ngcamla Ubone

EkaDavide, xa wenza ngathi uyahlanya phambi koAbhimeleki, owamgxothayo, waza wemka.

UDavide wayibhala le emva kokubaleka uAbhimeleki ngokuzenza ophambene engqondweni. Umema wonke umntu ukuba azivele uBawo wethu ngokwakhe—angcamle abone—aze afundise ngokucacileyo: gcina ulwimi lwakho, uphuthume uxolo. UBawo wethu uhlala ekufuphi nabantliziyo zaphukileyo, kungekhona kuphela abo bahlangulweyo.

Isahluko 34.

Ndiya kumbonga uBawo wethu ngamaxesha onke; indumiso yakhe isoloko isemlonyeni wam.

Umphefumlo wam uqhayisa ngoBawo wethu; mabeve abalulamileyo bavuye. Mkhuliseni uBawo wethu kunye nam; masiliphakamise igama lakhe kunye.

Ndamfuna uBawo wethu, waza wandiphendula; wandihlangula kuko konke ukoyika kwam. Abo bakhangela kuye bayakhazimla; ubuso babo abusayi kuze budane. Le ndoda ilihlwempu yakhala, waza uBawo wethu wayiva; wayisindisa kuzo zonke iinkxwaleko zayo. Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu simisa iintente sijikeleze abo bamoyikayo, size sibahlangule.

Ngcamlani nibone ukuba uBawo wethu ulungile; unoyolo lowo uzimela kuye. Moyikeni uBawo wethu, nina bangcwele bakhe, kuba abo bamoyikayo abasweli nto. Amagongqongqo eengonyama alamba aswele, kodwa abo bafuna uBawo wethu abasweli nto ilungileyo.

Yizani, bantwana, niphulaphule kum; ndiya kunifundisa ukoyika uBawo wethu. Ngubani na lowo unqwenela ubomi, othanda imihla emininzi emihle? Lugcine ulwimi lwakho ebubini, nemilebe yakho ekuthetheni inkohliso. Tshikila ebubini wenze okulungileyo; funa uxolo uluphuthume.

Amehlo kaBawo wethu akumalungisa, neendlebe zakhe zivulekele isikhalo sawo. Ubuso bukaBawo wethu buchasene nabo benza ububi, ukuze acime inkumbulo yabo emhlabeni. Amalungisa ayakhala, uBawo wethu uyeva; uyawahlangula kuzo zonke iinkxwaleko zawo. UBawo wethu ukufuphi kwabantliziyo zaphukileyo; uyabasindisa abo bomoya utyumkileyo.

Amalungisa ahlelwa ziimbandezelo ezininzi, kodwa uBawo wethu uyamhlangula ngamnye kuzo zonke. UBawo wethu uwagcina onke amathambo welungisa; akukho nalinye kuwo laphukileyo.

Ububi buya kubabulala abangendawo, nabo bathiya ilungisa baya kugwetywa. UBawo wethu uyawukhulula umphefumlo wezicaka zakhe; akukho namnye kwabo bazimela kuye oya kugwetywa.