Usuku uBaba Wethu Enza Ngalo
Amakusasa amabili ngosuku olulodwa uBaba wethu enza ngalo: abazidlayo bashiswa njengezinhlanga, kanti abesaba igama lakhe baphuma beqa njengamathole akhishwe esibayeni. U-Eliya uthenjiswa kuqala — ethunyelwa ukuba aphendulele izinhliziyo zawobaba kubantwana nezabantwana kubobaba.
4 1Bhekani—kuyeza usuku, oluvutha njengeziko lomlilo, lapho bonke abazidlayo nawo wonke owenza okubi beyoba yizibi; lolo suku luyobalumathisa, kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, lungabashiyeli mpande nagatsha. 2Kodwa kini, nina enesaba igama lami, ilanga lokulunga liyophuma linokuphulukisa emaphikweni alo, futhi niyophuma nigxuma njengamathole aphuma esibayeni. 3Niyobanyathela ababi, ngokuba beyoba umlotha ngaphansi kwezintende zezinyawo zenu ngosuku engiyokwenza ngalo, kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini.
4“Khumbulani umyalo wenceku yami uMose, izimiso nezahlulelo engamyala ngazo eHorebe kuwo wonke u-Israyeli.
5Bhekani, ngiyakunithumela u-Eliya umphrofethi ngaphambi kokuba lufike usuku olukhulu nolwesabekayo lukaBaba wethu. a a v5 UJesu wakhomba uJohane uMbhabhadisi njengo-Eliya owathenjiswa lapha, lowo owafika ezolungisela yena izinhliziyo zabantu (Mathewu 11:14; 17:10-13). 6Uyophendulela izinhliziyo zoyise kubantwana babo nezinhliziyo zabantwana koyise babo, ukuze ngingezi ngishaye izwe ngembubhiso ephelele.”
