Hlabelela, Wena Owake Waba Yinyumba
Owesifazane oyinyumba, olahliwe, utshelwa ukuba acule futhi athenge itende elikhudlwana. UBaba wethu akaphiki ukuthi wabufihla ubuso bakhe, uphika nje ukuthi kwathatha isikhashana; izintaba ziyashukuma ngaphambi kokuba uthando lwakhe oluqotho lushukume. Izindonga zakhe zakhiwa kabusha ngesafire, nabantwana bakhe bafundiswe nguye.
54 1Hlabelela, wena nyumba ongazange uzale mntwana; qhumuka ngengoma umemeze ngenjabulo, wena ongazange ube sebuhlungu bokubeletha! Ngokuba abantwana bowesifazane oshiyiweyo bayakuba baningi kunabantwana bowesifazane oganiweyo, kusho uBaba wethu.
2Khulisa itende lakho, futhi amakhetheni endawo yakho yokuhlala mawanwetshwe abe banzi; ungagodli. Yelula izintambo zakho ushaye izikhonkwane zakho zijule, 3ngokuba uyakwanda uye ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo; abantwana bakho bayakudla ifa lezizwe baphinde bahlale emizini echithekileyo. 4Ungesabi, ngokuba awuyikujabhiswa; ungadangali, ngokuba awuyikuhlazeka. Uyakulikhohlwa ihlazo lobusha bakho ungabe usakhumbula ukululazeka kobufelokazi bakho. 5Ngokuba uMenzi wakho uyindoda yakho—uBaba wamabutho asezulwini yilo igama lakhe; oNgcwele ka-Israyeli unguMhlengi wakho, ubizwa ngokuthi uBaba wethu womhlaba wonke. a a v5 UBaba wethu uzibophezela kubantu bakhe ngothando lwesivumelwano — isifaniso somshado uPawulu asisebenzisa kamuva kuKhristu nakuMakoti wakhe (Kwabase-Efesu 5:25-27). 6Ngokuba uBaba wethu ukubizele emuva njengomfazi oshiyiweyo onenhliziyo ephukileyo, njengomfazi wobusha bomuntu nxa eselahliwe, kusho uBaba wakho.
7Isikhashana nje ngakushiya, kodwa ngesihawu esikhulu ngiyakukubuyisa. 8Ngokufutheka kolaka ngakufihlela ubuso bami okomzuzwana, kodwa ngothando olungunaphakade inhliziyo yami iyakuhawukela, kusho uBaba wethu, uMhlengi wakho. 9Kimi lokhu kunjengezinsuku zikaNowa, mhla ngifunga ukuthi amanzi kaNowa awasayikuphinde agubuzele umhlaba; kanjalo manje sengifungile ukuba ngingathukutheli kuwe noma ngikukhuze. 10Noma izintaba zingasuka namagquma anyakaziswe, uthando lwami oluthembekileyo aluyikusuka kuwe, nesivumelwano sami sokuthula asiyikunyakaziswa, kusho uBaba wethu, okuhawukelayo. 11“Wena ohluphekileyo, ophephethwa yisiphepho ongenaye umduduzi, bheka: ngiyakumisa amatshe akho ku-antimoni ngibeke izisekelo zakho ngamasafire. b b v11 I-antimoni: iphasta emnyama yeminerali eyayisetshenziswa ekwakhiweni kwasendulo ukumisa nokubonisa amatshe ayigugu, iwenze acwazimule. 12Ngiyakwenza imibhoshongo yakho ngamarubi, amasango akho ngamatshe acwebezelayo, nazo zonke izindonga zakho ngamatshe ayigugu. 13Bonke abantwana bakho bayakufundiswa nguBaba wethu, kuyakuba kukhulu ukuthula kwabantwana bakho. c c v13 UJesu wacaphuna leli vesi ukuchaza wonke umuntu uBaba amdonsela kuye (Johane 6:45). 14Uyakumiswa ngokulunga; uyakuba kude nokucindezelwa, ngokuba awuyikwesaba lutho, ube kude novalo, ngokuba aluyikusondela kuwe. 15Uma kukhona ovusa ingxabano ngakuwe, akuveli kimi; noma ngubani okuhlaselayo uyakuwa phambi kwakho. 16Bheka, yimi engadala umkhandi ophembela amalahle abe yilangabi akhande isikhali esifanele umsebenzi waso; futhi yimi engadala umchithi ukuba abhubhise.” 17Asikho isikhali esakhelwe ukumelana nawe esiyakuphumelela, uyakulahla lonke ulimi olukuvukelayo enkantolo. Leli yifa lezinceku zikaBaba wethu, nokulungiswa kwazo kuvela kimi, kusho uBaba wethu.
