U-Asafu udanduluka ebumnyameni

Kumongameli weemvumi; ngokukaYedutun. Umhobe ka-Asafu.

UAsafu akakwazi kulala okanye athethe, aze abuze oko abantu badla ngokoyika ukukubuza: ngaba luphelile uthando lukaBawo wakhe, ngaba ulibele ukuba nobabalo? Akukho nto itshintshayo ngaphandle kwenkumbulo yakhe. Ukhumbula ngabom ulwandle, apho indlela yayiyinyaniso namanyathelo engenakubonwa.

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Ndidanduluka kuBawo wethu; ilizwi lam linyukela kuBawo wethu, ukuze andive. Ngemini yembandezelo yam ndamfuna uBawo oyiNkosi; ebusuku isandla sam saba soluliwe, asazange sidinwe; umphefumlo wam wala ukuthuthuzelwa. Ndimkhumbula uBawo wethu, ndibe ndincwina; ndicamngca, uze umoya wam utyhafe.

Wawagcina amehlo am evulekile; ndandikhathazekile, ndaza ndangakwazi ukuthetha. Ndacinga ngemihla yamandulo, ngeminyaka yakudala egqithileyo. Ndakhumbula ingoma yam ebusuku; ndacamngca ngentliziyo yam, waza umoya wam waphengulula: “Uya kugatya ngonaphakade na uBawo oyiNkosi, angaphinde abonakalise ububele na? Ngaba uthando lwakhe lomnqophiso luphelile ngonaphakade na? Ngaba isithembiso sakhe siphelile kuzo zonke izizukulwana na? Ngaba uBawo wethu ukulibele ukuba nobabalo na? Ngaba uyivalele ngomsindo imfesane yakhe na?”

Ndaza ndathi: “Esi sisibongozo sam: iminyaka yesandla sokunene sOphezukonke.” ^a Ndiya kuzikhumbula izenzo zikaBawo wethu; ewe, ndiya kuyikhumbula imimangaliso yakho yamandulo. Ndiya kucamngca ngawo wonke umsebenzi wakho, ndize ndicinge ngezenzo zakho ezinamandla. Indlela yakho, Bawo wethu, ingcwele. Nguwuphi na uthixo omkhulu ngangoBawo wethu? Wena unguBawo wethu owenza imimangaliso; uwazisile amandla akho phakathi kwezizwe. Ngengalo yakho wabakhulula abantu bakho, oonyana bakaYakobi noYosefu.

Amanzi akubona, Bawo wethu; amanzi akubona, aza ajijeka; inene, izinzulu zangcangcazela. Amafu athulula amanzi; isibhakabhaka saduma ngendudumo; iintolo zakho zabaneka macala onke. Isandi sendudumo yakho sandindizela esaqhwithini; imibane yakho yakhanyisa ihlabathi; umhlaba wangcangcazela, wagungqa. Indlela yakho yacanda ulwandle, umendo wakho wacanda amanzi amakhulu; kodwa imikhondo yakho yayingabonakali. Wabakhokela abantu bakho njengomhlambi ngesandla sikaMoses no-Aron.