UBaba Wethu Uthumela uMelusi Ophuma eBhetlehema
Umbusi uvela eBhetlehema, encane phakathi kwezizwana zakwaJuda, omsuka wakhe ubuyela emuva ezinsukwini zasendulo; uyokwalusa umhlambi ngamandla kaBaba wakhe, yena ngokwakhe abe ukuthula kwabo. Okunye kungukuhlanzwa: amahhashi, izinqola, izinqaba, ubuthakathi nezithombe ezibaziweyo konke kuyanqunywa.
5 1Hlanganisa amabutho akho, ndodakazi yamabutho! Kubekwe uvinjezelo olumelene nathi. Ngenduku bashaya umahluleli ka-Israyeli esihlathini. a a v1 'Indodakazi yamabutho' kuyindlela yesiHebheru yezinkondlo yokubiza isizwe samaqhawe — lapha, cishe iJerusalema noma uJuda. 2Kodwa wena, Bhetlehema Efratha, noma umncane phakathi kwezizwana zakwaJuda, kuwe kuyophuma kimi lowo oyoba ngumbusi wakwa-Israyeli, omsuka wakhe usendulo kakhulu, ezinsukwini zaphakade. b b v2 Abapristi abakhulu baveza leli vesi kuHerode njengendawo yokuzalwa kukaMesiya; likhomba kuJesu, owazalelwa eBhetlehema, uMbusi omsuka wakhe ufinyelela emuva ephakadeni. 3Ngakho-ke uyobayeka kuze kufike isikhathi lapho owesifazane osebuhlungu bokubeletha esebelethile; bese insali yabafowabo ibuyela ebantwini bakwa-Israyeli. 4Uyoma aluse umhlambi wakhe ngamandla kaBaba wethu, ngobukhosi begama likaYise. Bayohlala bevikelekile, ngokuba manje uyoba mkhulu kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. 5Yena ngokwakhe uyoba ukuthula kwethu. Lapho i-Asiriya ingena ezweni lethu futhi inyathela izinqaba zethu, khona-ke siyomvusela abelusi abayisikhombisa nabaholi babantu abayisishiyagalombili. 6Bayolwalusa izwe lase-Asiriya ngenkemba, nezwe likaNimrodi emasangweni alo. Umbusi uyosikhulula ku-Asiriya lapho ingena ezweni lethu futhi inyathela ngaphakathi kwemingcele yethu.
Insali Ibuyiselwa Futhi Ihlanjululwe
7Khona-ke insali kaJakobe iyoba phakathi kwezizwe eziningi njengamazolo avela kuBaba wethu, njengezihlambi zemvula etshanini, ezingalindeli muntu futhi ezingephuzeli muntu. 8Insali kaJakobe iyohlala phakathi kwezizwe, izungezwe izizwe eziningi— njengebhubesi phakathi kwezilwane zasendle zehlathi, njengebhubesi elisha elihamba phakathi kwemihlambi yezimvu, elithi, lapho lidlula, linyathele lidwengule, kungabikho ongakhulula. 9Isandla sakho siyophakanyiselwa phezu kwezitha zakho, zonke izitha zakho ziyonqunywa.
10Kuyothi ngalolo suku, kusho uBaba wethu, ngiyonquma amahhashi akho phakathi kwakho, ngibhidlize izinqola zakho zempi. 11Ngiyonquma imizi yezwe lakho, ngidilize zonke izinqaba zakho. 12Ngiyonquma ubuthakathi esandleni sakho, ungabe usaba nabavumisi. 13Ngiyonquma izithombe zakho ezibaziweyo nezinsika zakho ezingcwele phakathi kwakho, ungabe usakhothamela umsebenzi wezandla zakho. 14Ngiyosiphula izinsika zakho zika-Ashera phakathi kwakho, ngibhidlize imizi yakho. c c v14 Izinsika zika-Ashera kwakuyizinto zokhuni ezazimiswa ukuze kukhonzwe unkulunkulukazi wamaKhanani; uBaba wethu uyazisusa ukuze abantu bakhe bakhonze yena yedwa. 15Ngentukuthelo nangolaka ngiyokwehlisela isahlulelo phezu kwezizwe ezingazange zilalele.
