AMahubo 104

104 ¹Busisa uBaba wethu, mphefumulo wami. Baba wami, umkhulu kakhulu; wembethe inkazimulo nobukhosi.

²Uzembesa ngokukhanya njengengubo; welula amazulu njengetende. ³Wakhela amakamelo akhe aphezulu emanzini; wenza amafu abe yinqola yakhe; uhamba phezu kwamaphiko omoya. ⁴Wenza imimoya ibe yizithunywa zakhe, amalangabi omlilo abe yizinceku zakhe. ^a a v4 Incwadi yamaHeberu icaphuna lo mugqa ukuze ibonise ukuthi uBaba wethu wenza ngisho nomoya nomlilo kube yizinceku zakhe — kuyilapho iNdodana ibusa njengombusi, hhayi njengenceku.

⁵Wamisa umhlaba phezu kwezisekelo zawo, ukuze unganyakaziswa naphakade. ⁶Wawumboza ngenziki njengengubo; amanzi ema phezu kwezintaba. ⁷Ngokukhuza kwakho abaleka; ngezwi lokuduma kwakho aphuthuma amuka. ⁸Izintaba zaphakama, izigodi zashona zehlela endaweni owayimisela zona. ⁹Wabeka umkhawulo angeke awudlule, ukuze angabe esamboza umhlaba.

¹⁰Wenza imithombo iqhume ezigodini; igeleza phakathi kwamagquma. ¹¹Iphuzisa zonke izilwane zasendle; izimbongolo zasendle ziqeda ukoma kwazo. ¹²Eceleni kwayo izinyoni zezulu zakha amakhaya azo; zihlabelela phakathi kwamagatsha. ¹³Unisela izintaba esemakamelweni akhe aphezulu; umhlaba usuthiswa yizithelo zomsebenzi wakho. ¹⁴Umilisela imfuyo utshani, nemifino ukuze abantu bayilime, ukuveza ukudla emhlabeni, ¹⁵newayini elijabulisa inhliziyo yomuntu, amafutha okwenza ubuso bakhe bukhazimule, nesinkwa esiqinisa inhliziyo yomuntu. ¹⁶Imithi kaBaba wethu ineliswa ngamanzi, imisedari yaseLebhanoni ayitshalayo. ¹⁷Kuyo izinyoni zakha izidleke zazo; unogolantethe unekhaya lakhe emithini yesayipuresi. ¹⁸Izintaba eziphakeme zingezezimbuzi zasendle; amadwala ayisiphephelo sezimbila.

¹⁹Wenza inyanga ukuze ikhombise izinkathi; ilanga liyasazi isikhathi salo sokushona. ²⁰Wenza ubumnyama, kube sebusuku, lapho zonke izilwane zehlathi zinyonyoba. ²¹Amabhongo ezingonyama abhonga efuna impango yawo, efuna ukudla kwawo kuBaba wethu. ²²Lapho ilanga liphuma, ayahlehla alale emigedeni yawo. ²³Abantu baphuma baye emsebenzini wabo nasemshikashikeni wabo kuze kube kusihlwa.

²⁴Mingaki imisebenzi yakho, Baba wethu! Wayenza yonke ngokuhlakanipha; umhlaba ugcwele izidalwa zakho. ²⁵Nalu ulwandle, olukhulu olubanzi, olugcwele izidalwa ezingenakubalwa, izinto eziphilayo ezincane nezinkulu. ²⁶Lapho imikhumbi ihamba ibuyela emuva, noLeviyathani owambumba ukuze adlale kulo. ^b b v26 ULeviyathani: isilo solwandle esesabekayo emasikweni amaHeberu asendulo, lapha esibonakaliswa njengesidalwa sikaNkulunkulu uqobo esidlalela olwandle.

²⁷Zonke lezi zibheka kuwe ukuba uzinike ukudla kwazo ngesikhathi esifanele. ²⁸Lapho uzinika, ziyakubutha; lapho uvula isandla sakho, zisuthiswa ngezinto ezinhle. ²⁹Lapho ufihla ubuso bakho, ziyethuka; lapho ususa umoya wazo wokuphila, ziyafa zibuyele othulini lwazo. ³⁰Lapho uthumela uMoya wakho, ziyadalwa, futhi uvuselela ubuso bomhlabathi.

³¹Inkazimulo kaBaba wethu mayime kuze kube phakade; uBaba wethu makathokoze ngemisebenzi yakhe. ³²Ubheka umhlaba uyathuthumela; uthinta izintaba zithunqe intuthu.

³³Ngizohlabelela kuBaba wethu kuze kube ngisaphila; ngizohlabelela indumiso kuBaba wethu ngisaphefumula. ³⁴Ukuzindla kwami makube mnandi kuye, ngokuba ngijabula ngoBaba wethu. ³⁵Izoni mazibhujiswe emhlabeni, nababi bangabe besaba khona. Busisa uBaba wethu, mphefumulo wami. Haleluya!