AMahubo 103

103 ¹Busisa uBaba wethu, mphefumulo wami; nakho konke okuphakathi kwami, makubusise igama lakhe elingcwele!

²Busisa uBaba wethu, mphefumulo wami, ungakhohlwa nazinye zezenzo zakhe zomusa, ³othethelela zonke izono zakho, owelapha zonke izifo zakho, ⁴ohlenga ukuphila kwakho ethuneni, okwethwesa umqhele wothando lwesivumelwano nesihawu, ⁵okusuthisa ngezinto ezinhle kukho konke ukuphila kwakho, ukuze ubusha bakho buvuselelwe njengobokhozi.

⁶UBaba wethu wenza ukulunga nobulungiswa kubo bonke abacindezelweyo.

⁷Wazisa uMose izindlela zakhe, nabantu bakwa-Israyeli izenzo zakhe. ⁸UBaba wethu unesihawu nomusa, wephuza ukuthukuthela, uchichima uthando lwesivumelwano. ⁹Akayikusola njalo, futhi akayikuyigcina intukuthelo yakhe kuze kube phakade. ¹⁰Akasiphathi ngokwezono zethu, futhi akasiphindiseli ngokweziphambeko zethu. ¹¹Ngokuba njengoba amazulu ephakeme ngaphezu komhlaba, lukhulu kangako uthando lwakhe lwesivumelwano kulabo abamesabayo; ¹²njengoba impumalanga ikude nentshonalanga, ngokunjalo uBaba wethu uzisusile kude nathi izono zethu.

¹³Njengoba inhliziyo kayise ibahawukela abantwana bakhe, kanjalo inhliziyo kaBaba wethu ibahawukela labo abamesabayo. ¹⁴Ngokuba uyakwazi ukuthi sibunjwe kanjani; uyakhumbula ukuthi siluthuli. ¹⁵Izinsuku zabantu zinjengotshani; baqhakaza njengembali yasendle; ¹⁶ngokuba umoya uyadlula phezu kwayo, ibe isinyamalele, nendawo yayo ayisayikhumbuli. ¹⁷Kodwa uthando lwesivumelwano lukaBaba wethu lusukela phakade kuze kube phakade, kulabo abamesabayo, nokulunga kwakhe kubantwana babantwana, ¹⁸kulabo abagcina isivumelwano sakhe nabakhumbula ukwenza imiyalo yakhe.

¹⁹UBaba wethu usimisile isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi emazulwini, nombuso wakhe ubusa phezu kwakho konke.

²⁰Busisani uBaba wethu, nina zingelosi zakhe, nina eninamandla enenza izwi lakhe, nilalela lonke izwi lakhe! ²¹Busisani uBaba wethu, nina mabutho akhe onke, nina zinceku zakhe ezenza intando yakhe! ²²Busisani uBaba wethu, nina misebenzi yakhe yonke, ezindaweni zonke zombuso wakhe. Busisa uBaba wethu, mphefumulo wami!