Inceba, Eculwa Ngonaphakade
Umhobe wobulumko ka-Etan umEzrahi.
Isiqingatha sendumiso sibalisa isifungo sikaBawo wethu kuDavide—itrone enjengelanga, uthando olungasayi kurhoxiswa luqeqesho. Emva koko umhlaba uyawa: isithsaba sisothulini, iindonga zaphukile. Umculi ubambe isithembiso nentshabalalo ndawonye aze abuze ukuba koda kube nini na.
89 1Ndiya kucula ngothando lomnqophiso lukaBawo wethu ngonaphakade; ndiya kuvakalisa ukuthembeka kwakho kuzo zonke izizukulwana. 2Kaloku ndithe: “Uthando lomnqophiso lwakhiwe ukuba lume ngonaphakade; emazulwini umisa ukuthembeka kwakho.
3Ndenze umnqophiso nalowo ndimnyulileyo; ndifungile kuDavide isicaka sam: 4‘Ndiya kuyimisa inzala yakho ngonaphakade, ndiyakhe itrone yakho kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana.’”
5Amazulu ayayidumisa imimangaliso yakho, Bawo wethu, nokuthembeka kwakho, ebandleni labangcwele. 6Kaloku ngubani na emazulwini onokulinganiswa noBawo wethu? Ngubani phakathi kwezidalwa zasezulwini onokufana noBawo wethu, 7uBawo owoyikeka kakhulu enkundleni yabangcwele, nowoyikekayo ngaphezu kwabo bonke abamngqongileyo? 8Bawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ngubani onamandla njengawe? Ukuthembeka kwakho kukungqongile.
9Ulawula ukugquma kolwandle; xa amaza alo enyuka, uyawazolisa. 10Wayityumza irhamncwa laselwandle uRahabhi njengesidumbu esibuleweyo; ngengalo yakho enamandla wabachitha-chitha iintshaba zakho. 11Amazulu ngawakho; nomhlaba ngowakho; ihlabathi nako konke okukuzalisayo—wakuseka wena. 12Umntla nomzantsi—wazidala wena; iTabhore neHermon zimemelela ngovuyo egameni lakho. 13Ingalo yakho inamandla; isandla sakho somelele; isandla sakho sokunene siphakanyisiwe.
14Ubulungisa nokusesikweni sisiseko setrone yakho; uthando lomnqophiso nokuthembeka kuhamba phambi kwakho. 15Banoyolo abantu abakwaziyo ukumemelela ngovuyo, abahamba, Bawo wethu, ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho. 16Egameni lakho bayavuya imini yonke, nangobulungisa bakho baphakanyiselwa phezulu. 17Kaloku wena ululuzuko lwamandla abo, kwaye ngobabalo lwakho amandla ethu aphakanyiselwa phezulu. 18Kaloku ikhaka lethu lelikaBawo wethu, ukumkani wethu ngowoNgcwele wakwaSirayeli—uBawo wethu.
19Wandula wathetha ngombono kwabathembekileyo bakho, wathi: “Ndiwunikile uncedo kowonamandla; ndimphakamisile onyuliweyo phakathi kwabantu. 20Ndimfumene uDavide isicaka sam; ngeoli yam engcwele ndimthambisile, 21ukuze isandla sam simbambe aqine; nengalo yam iya kumomeleza. 22Akukho lutshaba luya kumqhatha, kananjalo akukho mntu ungendawo uya kumthoba. 23Ndiya kubatyumza abachasi bakhe phambi kwakhe, ndibabethe phantsi abo bamthiyayo. 24Ukuthembeka kwam nothando lwam lomnqophiso luya kuba naye, kwaye egameni lam amandla akhe aya kuphakanyiswa. 25Ndiya kusibeka isandla sakhe elwandle nesandla sakhe sokunene emilanjeni. 26Uya kundikhala, esithi: ‘Wena unguBawo wam, uThixo wam, neLiwa losindiso lwam.’ a a v26 UNyana kaDavide ombiza uBawo wethu ngokuthi “Bawo wam” uzaliseka kuYesu, uNyana omkhulu owabelana ngolu vumo lokholo nabo bonke abo abazisa ekhaya. 27Yaye ndiya kumenza izibulo, ophakame ngaphezu kwookumkani behlabathi. 28Uthando lwam oluthembekileyo ndiya kumgcinela lona ngonaphakade, kwaye umnqophiso wam uya kuma uqinile kuye. 29Ndiya kuyimisa inzala yakhe ngonaphakade netrone yakhe ihlale njengoko amazulu ehleli.
30Ukuba abantwana bakhe bayawushiya umthetho wam bangahambi ngokwezigwebo zam, 31ukuba bayayaphula imimiselo yam bangayigcini imiyalelo yam, 32ndiya kuluqeqesha uvukelo lwabo ngentonga nesono sabo ngemivumbo, 33kodwa andiyi kulususa uthando lwam lomnqophiso kuDavide, nokuthembeka kwam andiyi kukungcatsha. 34Andiyi kuwaphula umnqophiso wam ndingaliguquli ilizwi eliphume emlonyeni wam. 35Ndifunge kwaba kanye ngobungcwele bam; andiyi kuxoka kuDavide. 36Inzala yakhe iya kuhlala ngonaphakade, itrone yakhe ibe njengelanga phambi kwam. 37Njengenyanga iya kumiswa ngonaphakade, ingqina elithembekileyo emazulwini.”
38Kodwa ngoku umcekisile waza wamgatya yena; uzele yingqumbo ngokuchasene nalowo umthambisileyo. 39Uwulahlile umnqophiso nesicaka sakho; usihlambalazile isithsaba sakhe eluthulini. 40Uziqhekezile zonke iindonga zakhe; uzenze amanxuwa iinqaba zakhe. 41Bonke abadlulayo bayamphanga yena; ube yintlekisa kubamelwane bakhe. 42Uphakamisile isandla sokunene sabachasi bakhe; uzenze zavuya zonke iintshaba zakhe. 43Ubuyisele umva ubukhali bekrele lakhe kwaye akumncedanga ukuba eme eqinile edabini. 44Ubuphelisile ubungangamsha bakhe wayiphosa phantsi emhlabeni itrone yakhe. 45Uyinqumle imihla yobutsha bakhe; umgqubuthele ngehlazo.
46Koda kube nini na, Bawo wethu? Uya kuzifihla ngonaphakade na? Koda kube nini na ingqumbo yakho ivutha njengomlilo? 47Khumbula indlela obudlula ngayo msinyane ubomi bam! Hayi ilize obabadalela lona bonke abantu! 48Nguwuphi umntu onokuphila angaze akubone ukufa? Ngubani onokuzisindisa esandleni sengcwaba?
49Bawo oyiNkosi, luphi na uthando lwakho lomnqophiso lwamandulo, owalufungela uDavide ngokuthembeka kwakho? 50Khumbula, Bawo oyiNkosi, intlekisa ebekwe phezu kwezicaka zakho, indlela endiyithwala ngayo entliziyweni yam ingcikivo yazo zonke izizwe ezininzi, 51abaye bagculela ngayo iintshaba zakho, Bawo wethu, abaye bagculela ngayo lowo umthambisileyo kuyo yonke imikhondo yakhe.
52Makabongwe uBawo wethu ngonaphakade! Amen, Amen.