Wozani Emanzini
Isimemo siya kubantu abangenamali: wozani nidle niphuze ngeze, niyeke ukukhokhela okungasoze kwanenelisa. Imicabango kaBaba wethu iphakeme kunemicabango yabo, ngakho intethelelo yakhe ikhululeke kunalokho abakulindele. Izwi lakhe, njengemvula, alibuyi lize.
55 1“Lalelani! Nina nonke enomile, wozani emanzini; nina eningenamali, wozani, thengani ukudla nidle! Wozani, thengani iwayini nobisi ngaphandle kwenani—mahhala. 2Kungani nichitha imali kulokho okungesona isinkwa, nomsebenzi wenu kulokho okungasuthisi na? Ngilalelisiseni, nidle okuhle, umphefumulo wenu uyakujabulela ukudla okunothile. 3Vulani izindlebe zenu nize kimi; lalelani, ukuze umphefumulo wenu uphile. Ngiyakwenza isivumelwano esiphakade nani, umusa wami othembekile engawuthembisa uDavide. a a v3 UPawulu ucaphuna leli vesi ku-IzEnzo 13:34 mayelana nokuvuka kukaJesu — isivumelwano esiphakade sikaBaba wethu noDavide sithola ukugcwaliseka kwaso kuKhristu ovusiwe. 4Bheka, ngimmisile ukuba abe ngufakazi ezizweni, umholi nomlawuli wezizwe. 5Ngempela uyakubiza isizwe ongasaziyo, nesizwe esingakwaziyo siyakugijima size kuwe, ngenxa kaYihlo, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, ngokuba ukukhazimulisile.”
6Funani uBaba wethu esengatholakala; mbizeni esesondele. 7Omubi makashiye indlela yakhe, nomuntu ongalungile imicabango yakhe. Makabuyele kuBaba wethu, inhliziyo kaBaba wethu iyakumhawukela; buyela kuBaba wethu, ngokuba uyakuthethelela kakhulu.
8“Ngokuba imicabango yami ayisiyo imicabango yenu, nezindlela zenu azizona izindlela zami,’ kusho uBaba wethu. 9‘Ngokuba njengokuba amazulu ephakeme kunomhlaba, kanjalo izindlela zami ziphakeme kunezindlela zenu, nemicabango yami kunemicabango yenu.
10“Ngokuba njengokuba imvula neqhwa kwehla kuvela ezulwini kungabuyeli khona, kodwa kuthelela umhlaba, kuwenze uthele uhlume, kunike umhlwanyeli imbewu nesinkwa kwabadlayo, 11kanjalo izwi lami eliphuma emlonyeni wami liyakuba njalo: aliyikubuyela kimi lize, kodwa liyakufeza lokho engikufisayo, liphumelele enjongweni engalithumela ngayo. 12Niyakuphuma ngentokozo niholwe ngokuthula; izintaba namagquma kuyakuhlabelela phambi kwenu, nayo yonke imithi yasendle iyakushaya izandla. 13Esikhundleni sesihlahla sameva kuyakumila umsayipheresi, esikhundleni sokhula olunameva kuyakumila umirite. Lokhu kuyakuba ludumo lukaBaba wethu, uphawu oluphakade olungayikunqunywa.’”
