Ihubo loMuzi oQinileyo
Ukwethemba uBaba wethu lapha akuwona umuzwa kodwa umuzi obiyelwe ngodonga onamasango avulekile. Abahlabeleli bayavuma ukuthi umshikashika wabo wakhiqiza umoya nje kuphela, kungekho nsindiso kunoma ubani. Ngakho bayalinda, betshelwa ukuba bavale umnyango kuze kudlule ulaka, futhi bethenjiswa ukuthi abafileyo babo bayohlabelela besothulini.
26 1Ngalolo suku leli hubo liyakuhlatshelelwa ezweni lakwaJuda: Sinomuzi oqinileyo; umisa insindiso ukuba ibe yizindonga nezivikelo. 2Vulani amasango, ukuze singene isizwe esilungileyo— isizwe esigcina ukholo. 3Umgcina ekuthuleni okuphelele lowo ongqondo yakhe igxile kuwe, ngoba ethemba kuwe. 4Themba kuBaba wethu kuze kube phakade, ngokuba uBaba wethu uliDwala elimi phakade. a a v4 IDwala lingelinye lamagama okuqala enkondlo kaBaba wethu eMibhalweni. Liqinile, alinyakaziswa, lithembekile — unguye oyisisekelo esingenakunyakaziswa ngaphansi kwakho konke ukuphila okukholwa nguye. 5Ngokuba uwehlisele phansi abahlali bendawo ephakemeyo, umuzi ophakemeyo. Uwudilizela phansi, uwudilizela emhlabathini, uwuphosela othulini. 6Unyawo luyawunyathela phansi— izinyawo zabampofu, izinyathelo zabaswelayo. 7Indlela yolungileyo iyalingana; uyayenza ibe bushelelezi indlela yolungileyo. 8Endleleni yezahlulelo zakho, Baba wethu, sikulindele; igama lakho nodumo lwakho kuyisifiso somphefumulo wethu. 9Ebusuku umphefumulo wami uyakulangazelela; ngaphakathi kimi umoya wami uyakufuna ngenkuthalo. Ngokuba lapho izahlulelo zakho zifika emhlabeni, abahlala ezweni bafunda okulungileyo. 10Uma umubi eboniswa umusa, akakufundi ukulunga; ezweni lokuqonda wenza ngenkohlakalo, akabuboni ubukhosi bukaBaba wethu. 11Baba wethu, isandla sakho siphakanyisiwe, kodwa ababoni sona. Mabayibone intshiseko yakho ngabantu bakho babe namahloni. Umlilo obekelwe izitha zakho mawubaqede. 12Baba wethu, uyakumisa ukuthula kithi, ngokuba impela usifezele yonke imisebenzi yethu. 13Baba wethu, amanye amakhosi ngaphandle kwakho abuse phezu kwethu, kodwa igama lakho kuphela esilikhumbulayo. 14Bafile, ngeke baphile; bayimimoya emukileyo, ngeke bavuke; ngokuba wehlisela incithakalo phezu kwabo, wasula konke ukukhunjulwa kwabo. 15Wenze isizwe sande, Baba wethu, wenze isizwe sande; ukhazimulisiwe; uyinwebile yonke imingcele yezwe. 16Baba wethu, osizini bakufunile; bathululela umkhuleko onyenyezwayo lapho ukusola kwakho kwakuphezu kwabo. 17Njengowesifazane okhulelweyo ozijikajikayo ekhala ngemihelo yakhe lapho esezobeletha, sasinjalo phambi kwakho, Baba wethu. 18Sasikhulelwe, sazijikajika, kodwa sazala umoya kuphela. Asilethanga nsindiso emhlabeni, abahlali bezwe abazalwanga. 19Abafileyo bakho bayakuphila; izidumbu zabo ziyakuvuka. Vukani nihlabelele ngenjabulo, nina enihlala othulini! Ngokuba amazolo akho angamazolo okukhanya kokusa, umhlaba uyakuzala imimoya emukileyo. 20Wozani, bantu bami, ningene emakamelweni enu nivale iminyango yenu emuva kwenu; nizifihle isikhashana kuze kudlule intukuthelo.
21Ngokuba bheka, uBaba wethu uphuma endaweni yakhe ukuba ajezise abantu bomhlaba ngenxa yezono zabo, umhlaba uyakwembula igazi elachithwa kuwo, ngeke usabasibekela ababuleweyo kuwo.
