UBawo wethu uyalawula
Umlilo, imibane neentaba ezinyibilikayo zimvakalisa, kodwa isiseko seso sihlalo sobukhosi bubulungisa nokusesikweni. Abakhonzi bezithixo badaniswa, iZiyon iyavuya, ize imiyalelo esebenzayo ibe ngumgca omnye: nina enithanda uBawo wethu, yithiyeni ububi.
97 1UBawo wethu uyalawula! Mawuvuye umhlaba; mazichulumance iinxweme ezininzi.
2Amafu nobumnyama obushinyeneyo bumngqongile; ubulungisa nokusesikweni sisiseko sesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi. 3Umlilo uhamba phambi kwakhe, utshise iintshaba zakhe macala onke. 4Imibane yakhe ikhanyisa ihlabathi; umhlaba uyabona uthuthumele. 5Iintaba zinyibilika njengomthwebeba phambi koBawo wethu, phambi kweNkosi yomhlaba wonke. 6Amazulu avakalisa ubulungisa bakhe, zonke izizwe zilubona uzuko lwakhe.
7Bonke abakhonza imifanekiso eqingqiweyo badaniswa, abo baqhayisa ngezithixo ezingento yanto; mnquleni, nonke zithixo! a a v7 Incwadi yamaHebhere 1:6 isithabatha esi smemo — “Zonke iingelosi zikaThixo mazimnqule” — ize isisebenzise kuYesu, uNyana oziswa nguBawo wethu ehlabathini.
8IZiyon iyeva ivuye, neentombi zakwaYuda ziyavuya ngenxa yezigwebo zakho, Bawo wethu. b b v8 Igama elithi ‘iintombi zakwaYuda’ sisaci sesiHebhere esibhekisela kwizixeko neelali ezingqonge elakwaYuda. 9Kuba wena, Bawo wethu, unguPhezukonke phezu komhlaba wonke; uphakanyiselwe kakhulu ngaphezu kwazo zonke izithixo.
10Nina enithanda uBawo wethu, yithiyeni ububi! Uyayilonda imiphefumlo yabathembekileyo bakhe; uyabahlangula esandleni sabangendawo. 11Ukukhanya kuhlwayelwe amalungisa, novuyo kwabanentliziyo ethe tye. 12Vuyani kuBawo wethu, nina malungisa, nibulele egameni lakhe elingcwele.
