IZaga 22

22 ¹Igama elihle likhethwa kunengcebo enkulu, nomusa ungcono kunesiliva negolide. ²Abacebile nabampofu bayahlangana; uBaba wethu nguMenzi wabo bonke. ³Oqondayo ubona ingozi acashe, kodwa abangenalwazi bayaqhubeka bese bekhokha inani. ⁴Umvuzo wokuthobeka nowokwesaba uBaba wethu uyingcebo nodumo nokuphila. ⁵Ameva nezicupho zisendleleni yabangalungile; lowo olonda umphefumulo wakhe uhlala kude nazo. ⁶Fundisa umntwana ngendlela okufanele ahambe ngayo, ngisho esemdala ngeke aphambuke kuyo. ⁷Abacebile babusa abampofu, noboleka uyisigqila kobolekisayo. ⁸Lowo ohlwanyela ukungalungi uyakuvuna inhlekelele, nenduku yolaka lwakhe iyakwehluleka. ⁹Lowo oneso eliphanayo uyakubusiswa, ngokuba wabelana ngesinkwa sakhe nabampofu. ¹⁰Xosha isideleli, kuphume nokuxabana kanye naso; ukuphikisana nokuthuka kuyakuphela. ¹¹Lowo othanda inhliziyo ehlanzekile ekhuluma ngomusa, inkosi iyakuba ngumngane wakhe. ¹²Amehlo kaBaba wethu alinda ulwazi, kodwa ugumbuqela amazwi omkhapheli. ¹³Ivila lithi: “Kukhona ibhubesi ngaphandle! Ngiyakubulawa ezitaladini!” ¹⁴Umlomo wabesifazane abanqatshelwe uwumgodi ojulile; lowo ovusa ulaka lukaBaba wethu uyakuwela kuwo. ¹⁵Ubuwula buboshelwe enhliziyweni yomntwana, kodwa induku yokuqondisa iyabuxosha kude. ¹⁶Lowo ocindezela abampofu ukuze azicebise, noma epha abacebile, uyakufika ebumpofwini kuphela.

Lalela Kahle

¹⁷Lalelisisa amazwi abahlakaniphileyo, ubeke inhliziyo yakho olwazini lwami, ¹⁸ngokuba kuyakuba mnandi uma uwagcina ngaphakathi kwakho, uma onke elungele ezindebeni zakho. ¹⁹Ukuze ithemba lakho libe kuBaba wethu, ngiwazisile kuwe namuhla, yebo kuwe. ²⁰Angikubhalelanga yini izisho ezingamashumi amathathu zokweluleka nolwazi, ²¹ukuze ngikufundise okulungileyo noliqiniso, ukuze uphendule ngeqiniso kulabo abakuthumileyo?

²²Ungamphangi ompofu ngokuba empofu, ungamchobozi ohluphekile esangweni, ^a a v22 Isango ledolobha kwakuyindawo lapho kwakuxazululwa khona izingxabano zomthetho nemisebenzi yomphakathi emadolobheni asendulo. ²³ngokuba uBaba wethu uyakubamela ecaleni labo, aphuce ukuphila labo ababaphangayo.

²⁴Ungabi umngane womuntu othukuthelayo, ungahambi nomuntu ololaka oluvuthayo, ²⁵funa ufunde izindlela zakhe uzibophe esicuphweni.

²⁶Ungabi ngomunye walabo abenza izibambiso, abazibophela izikweletu zabanye. ²⁷Uma ungenalutho ongakhokha ngalo, kungani umbhede wakho uthathwe ngaphansi kwakho?

²⁸Ungalususi itshe lomngcele lasendulo oyihlo abalimisa.

²⁹Uyambona yini umuntu onekhono emsebenzini wakhe? Uyakuma phambi kwamakhosi; ngeke eme phambi kwabantukazana.