ISililo 3

3 ¹Ngiyindoda ebone usizi ngaphansi kwenduku yolaka lwakhe. ²Ungixoshile wangenza ngahamba ebumnyameni ngaphandle kokukhanya. ³Ngempela uphendula isandla sakhe kimi kaninginingi, usuku lonke.

⁴Uyiqedile inyama yami nesikhumba sami; uwaphulile amathambo ami. ⁵Ungivimbezele wangihaqa ngobuhlungu nobunzima. ⁶Ungihlalise ebumnyameni njengabafa kudala.

⁷Ungibiyele ukuze ngingaphunyuki; wenze amaketanga ami aba nzima. ⁸Nalapho ngimemeza ngicela usizo, uvimba umthandazo wami. ⁹Uvimbe izindlela zami ngamatshe aqoshiwe; wenze izindledlana zami zagwegwa.

¹⁰Uyibhere elicathamele mina, ibhubesi elicashile. ¹¹Ungiphambukise endleleni yami wangidwengula; ungenze ngaba yincithakalo. ¹²Ugobise umnsalo wakhe wangimisa njengomgombiso womcibisholo wakhe.

¹³Ungigwaze imicibisholo yesava lakhe ezibilinini zami. ¹⁴Sengiyinhlekisa yabantu bami bonke, ingoma yabo yokuklolodela usuku lonke. ¹⁵Ungigcwalise ngobumuncu; ungisuthise ngobumuncu.

¹⁶Uwenze amazinyo ami agedla itshe, wangenza ngaqutheka othulini. ¹⁷Umphefumulo wami ulahlekelwe ukuthula konke; sengikhohliwe ukuthi kuyini ukujabula. ¹⁸Ngakho ngithi: “Ukubekezela kwami kuphelile, kanjalo nethemba lami elivela kuBaba wethu.”

¹⁹Khumbula usizi lwami nokuzulazula kwami, ubumuncu nenyongo! ^a a v19 Lena yindawo lapho incwadi iphenduka khona. Isicele kuBaba wethu ukuba akhumbule usizi lwayo, imbongi iphenduka ngomzuzwana olandelayo kulokho yona ngokwayo ezokukhumbula — bese ithola isihawu esisha njalo ekuseni. ²⁰Umphefumulo wami uhlala ekhumbula lokho, ukhotheme phakathi kwami. ²¹Kodwa yilokhu engikukhumbulayo, ngakho-ke nginethemba:

²²Umusa kaBaba wethu awunqamuki; isihawu sakhe asipheli; ²³sibusha njalo ekuseni; kukhulu ukuthembeka kwakho. ²⁴“UBaba wethu uyikho konke engikudingayo,” kusho umphefumulo wami, “ngakho ngizothemba kuye.”

²⁵UBaba wethu muhle kulabo abalindele yena, kumphefumulo omfunayo. ²⁶Kuhle ukulinda ngokuthula insindiso kaBaba wethu. ²⁷Kuhle emuntwini ukuthwala ijoka ebusheni bakhe.

²⁸Makahlale yedwa ethule lapho libekwa phezu kwakhe; ²⁹makabeke umlomo wakhe othulini—mhlawumbe lisekhona ithemba; ^b b v29 Ukubeka umlomo wakho othulini kwakuyisimo sasendulo sokuzithoba ngokuphelele nokuzinikela phambi kukaNkulunkulu. ³⁰makanikele isihlathi sakhe komshayayo, agcwaliswe ngezithuko.

³¹Ngokuba uBaba oBusayo akayikulahla kuze kube phakade. ³²Noma ebanga usizi, uyakuba nesihawu ngokuvama komusa wakhe; ³³ngokuba akahluphi ngokuthanda noma adabukise abantu. ^c c v33 Nali iphuzu eliguqukayo lencwadi yonke: uBaba wethu akalimazi ngokuvela enhliziyweni yakhe. Ukwahlulela kwakhe kungokoqobo, kodwa akusikho ayekujabulela — isihawu sakhe sihlala sidlula ukuqondisa kwakhe.

³⁴Ukucindezela ngaphansi kwezinyawo zonke iziboshwa zomhlaba, ³⁵ukwenqabela umuntu ubulungisa phambi koPhezukonke, ³⁶ukwephuca umuntu ubulungisa ecaleni lakhe—uBaba oBusayo akakuvumi lokho.

³⁷Ngubani okhulume kwabe sekwenzeka, ngaphandle kokuba uBaba oBusayo ekuyalile? ³⁸Akusikho yini emlonyeni woPhezukonke lapho kokubili okubi nokuhle kuvela khona? ³⁹Kungani umuntu ophilayo ekhononda ngesijeziso sezono zakhe?

⁴⁰Masihlole futhi sivivinye izindlela zethu, sibuyele kuBaba wethu! ⁴¹Masiphakamise izinhliziyo zethu nezandla zethu kuBaba wethu osezulwini: ⁴²“Sonile sahlubuka, kodwa wena awuthethelelanga.

⁴³Uzembese ngolaka waxosha emva kwethu, ubulala ngaphandle kwesihe; ⁴⁴uzembese ngefu ukuze kungabikho mthandazo odlula phakathi. ⁴⁵Usenze saba yimfucuza nezibi phakathi kwezizwe.

⁴⁶Zonke izitha zethu zivule imilomo yazo zimelene nathi; ⁴⁷uvalo nogibe kwehle phezu kwethu, incithakalo nembubhiso.” ⁴⁸Amehlo ami agobhoza imifula yamanzi ngenxa yembubhiso yabantu bami.

⁴⁹Amehlo ami ayakugobhoza engaphezi, engaphumuli, ⁵⁰kuze uBaba wethu abheke phansi abone esezulwini. ⁵¹Amehlo ami adabukisa umphefumulo wami ngenxa yesiphetho samadodakazi onke omuzi wami.

⁵²Ngizingelwe njengenyoni yilabo ababa yizitha zami kungekho sizathu; ⁵³bangiphonsa ngiphila emgodini bangijikijela ngamatshe; ⁵⁴amanzi avala phezu kwekhanda lami; ngathi: “Sengilahlekile.”

⁵⁵Ngalibiza igama lakho, Baba wami, ngisekujuleni komgodi; ⁵⁶Wezwa ukunxusa kwami: “Ungavali indlebe yakho ekukhaleni kwami kokucela usizo!”

⁵⁷Wasondela ngosuku engakubiza ngalo; wathi: “Ungesabi!”

⁵⁸Ulisukumele icala lami, Baba oBusayo; ukuhlengile ukuphila kwami. ⁵⁹Ububonile okubi engakwenzelwe mina, Baba wami; yahlulela icala lami. ⁶⁰Ukubonile konke ukuphindisela kwabo, wonke amacebo abo amelene nami.

⁶¹Ukuzwile ukuklolodela kwabo, Baba wami, wonke amacebo abo amelene nami, ⁶²izindebe nemicabango yabangisukelayo bemelene nami usuku lonke. ⁶³Bheka konke ukunyakaza kwabo; ngiyinto yengoma yabo yokuklolodela.

⁶⁴Uyakubaphindisela, Baba wami, ngokomsebenzi wezandla zabo. ⁶⁵Uyakubanika ubulukhuni benhliziyo; isiqalekiso sakho siyakuba phezu kwabo. ⁶⁶Uyakubasukela ngolaka ubabhubhise basuke ngaphansi kwamazulu kaBaba wethu.