UBaba Ubeka Icala Lakhe
UBaba wethu uyisa abantu bakhe enkantolo phambi kwezintaba, ababuze ukuthi wenzeni okubakhathazile. Impendulo yalokho akufunayo icace ngendlela eyaziwayo: yenza ubulungisa, thanda umusa, uhambe ngokuthobeka noBaba wakho. Bese kuba yisigwebo: ukudla ungasuthi, ukuhlwanyela ungavuni.
6 1Yizwani lokho uBaba wethu akushoyo: Sukuma, ubeke icala lakho phambi kwezintaba; amagquma kawezwe izwi lakho.
2Lalelani, zintaba, icala likaBaba wethu, nani zisekelo ezihlala njalo zomhlaba; ngokuba uBaba wethu unecala nabantu bakhe, futhi uyakuphikisana no-Israyeli.
3Bantwana bami, ngenzeni kini? Nginidinise ngani? Ngiphenduleni! 4Ngokuba nganikhuphula ezweni laseGibhithe nganihlenga endlini yobugqila; ngathuma phambi kwenu uMose, u-Aroni, noMiriyamu. 5Bantwana bami, khumbulani lokho uBalaki inkosi yakwaMowabi akuhlelayo, nalokho uBalamu indodana kaBeyori amphendula ngakho, kusukela eShithimi kuze kufike eGiligali, ukuze nazi izenzo zokulunga zikaBaba wenu. a a v5 UBalaki waqasha uBalamu ukuba aqalekise u-Israyeli (Numeri 22–25); uhambo olusuka eShithimi luye eGiligali lukhumbuza ngokuthembeka kukaBaba wethu kuze kube sekungeneni eZweni Lesithembiso (Joshuwa 3–4).
6Ngiyokuza nani lapho ngiza phambi kukaBaba wethu? Ngiyokhothama kanjani phambi kukaBaba wethu ophezulu? Ngiyoza kuye neminikelo yokushiswa na, namathole anonyaka owodwa na? 7Kungabe uBaba wethu uyothokoza ngezinkulungwane zezinqama na, ngemifula eyizinkulungwane eziyishumi yamafutha na? Ngiyonikela ngezibulo lami ngenxa yokuhlubuka kwami na, umntwana womzimba wami ngenxa yesono somphefumulo wami na? 8Ukutshelile okuhle; pho uBaba wethu ufunani kuwe ngaphandle kokwenza ubulungisa, ukuthanda umusa, nokuhamba ngokuthobeka noBaba wakho? b b v8 Lapho izinguqulo ezindala zifunda ukuthi “hamba ngokuthobeka noNkulunkulu wakho,” i-FHB izwa ukusondelana okuthwelwe yileli zwi: uBaba wethu umema abantwana bakhe ukuba bahambe eduze kwakhe, hhayi nje ukulalela unkulunkulu okude.
Ukulaya KukaBaba Kuyehla
9Izwi likaBaba wethu limemeza umuzi— futhi kuwukuhlakanipha okuqinile ukwesaba igama lakho—“Lalela, sizwe, nalowo osimisile! 10Kusekhona yini ingcebo yobubi endlini yababi, nesilinganiso esincishanayo esiqalekisiweyo na? 11Ngiyomthi msulwa yini lowo onezikali ezingathembekile, onesikhwama sezisindo ezikhohlisayo na? 12Abacebile bakho bagcwele udlame, abahlali bakho bakhuluma amanga, nezilimi zabo zigcwele inkohliso. 13Ngakho mina ngokwami sengiqalile ukukushaya, ngikwenza incithakalo ngenxa yezono zakho. 14Uyodla kodwa ungasuthi, nendlala yakho iyohlala ngaphakathi kwakho; uyobekelela kodwa ungagcini, nalokho okugcinayo ngiyokunikela enkembeni. 15Uyohlwanyela kodwa ungavuni; uyocindezela ama-olive kodwa ungabi namafutha okuwasebenzisa, ucindezele amagilebhisi kodwa ungaliphuzi iwayini. 16Ngokuba ugcine izimiso zika-Omri nayo yonke imisebenzi yendlu ka-Ahabi, futhi ulandele izindlela zabo; ngakho ngiyokwenza ube yincithakalo nabahlali bakho babe yinhlekisa, futhi uyothwala ukudelelwa kwabantwana bami.” c c v16 U-Omri no-Ahabi babengamakhosi amabili phakathi kwamakhosi babi kakhulu kwa-Israyeli, aziwa kakhulu ngokuholela isizwe ekukhonzeni izithombe okujulile (1 AmaKhosi 16–21).
