IZaga 21

21 ¹Inhliziyo yenkosi ingumfudlana wamanzi esandleni sikaBaba wethu; uyiphendulela nomaphi lapho ethanda khona. ²Yonke indlela yomuntu ibonakala ilungile emehlweni akhe, kodwa uBaba wethu uyayikala inhliziyo. ³Ukwenza okulungileyo nobulungiswa kuyamthokozisa uBaba wethu kunomhlatshelo. ⁴Amehlo aziphakamisayo nenhliziyo ezigqajayo— isibani sababi—kuyisono. ⁵Amacebo okhuthele aholela ngokuqinisekile enaleni, kodwa bonke abajahayo bagcina ebumpofini. ⁶Ukuzuza ingcebo ngolimi oluqamba amanga kuyinkungu edlulayo, isicupho esibulalayo. ⁷Udlame lwababi luyobahudula lubasuse, ngokuba benqaba ukwenza okulungileyo. ⁸Indlela yonecala igwegwile, kodwa ukuziphatha kwabahlanzekile kuqondile. ⁹Kungcono ukuhlala egumbini lophahla kunokuhlala endlini yinye nomfazi othanda ukuxabana. ¹⁰Umphefumulo womubi uhalela okubi; umakhelwane wakhe akatholi musa emehlweni akhe. ¹¹Lapho isideleli sijeziswa, abangenalwazi bayahlakanipha; lapho ohlakaniphileyo efundiswa, uzuza ulwazi. ¹²uBaba wethu, oLungileyo, uyayiqaphela indlu yababi abacekele phansi ababi. ¹³Ovala izindlebe zakhe ekukhaleni kwabampofu naye uyokhala angaphendulwa. ¹⁴Isipho esinikwa ensitha sidambisa intukuthelo, nesifumbathiso esifakwa engutsheni sithobisa ulaka olukhulu. ¹⁵Lapho ubulungiswa benziwa, kuyinjabulo kolungileyo kodwa kuyingebhe kwabenza okubi. ¹⁶Umuntu oduka endleleni yokuqonda uyophumula ebandleni labafileyo. ¹⁷Othanda injabulo uyoba mpofu; othanda iwayini namafutha akasoze aceba. ¹⁸Ababi baba yinhlawulo yabalungileyo, nabakhohlisi babe yinhlawulo yabaqotho. ¹⁹Kungcono ukuhlala ezweni eliyihlane kunokuhlala nomfazi othanda ukuxabana nokukhonona. ²⁰Ingcebo eyigugu namafutha kusendlini yohlakaniphileyo, kodwa isiwula siyakudla konke esinakho. ²¹Ophishekela ukulunga nothando oluthembekileyo uyothola ukuphila, ukulunga, nodumo. ²²Ohlakaniphileyo uyawukhwela umuzi wabanamandla, abhidlize inqaba abayithembayo. ²³Oqapha umlomo wakhe nolimi lwakhe uzigcina kude nenkathazo. ²⁴“Isideleli” yigama lozigqajayo noziphakamisayo owenza ngokudelela okwedlulele. ²⁵Ukuhalela kwevila kuyalibulala, ngokuba izandla zalo ziyenqaba ukusebenza. ²⁶Usuku lonke isifiso siyanda, kodwa olungileyo uyapha angagodli. ²⁷Umhlatshelo wababi uyisinengiso—kakhulu kangakanani lapho ulethwa ngenhloso embi. ²⁸Ufakazi wamanga uyobhubha, kodwa olalelayo uyofakaza okuhlala njalo. ²⁹Omubi wenza ubuso obulukhuni, kodwa oqotho ucabangisisa ngezindlela zakhe. ³⁰Akukho kuhlakanipha, akukho kuqonda, akukho seluleko esingamelana noBaba wethu. ³¹Ihhashi lilungiselelwa usuku lwempi, kodwa ukunqoba kungokukaBaba wethu.