AMahubo 105

105 ¹Bongani uBaba wethu; bizani igama lakhe; yenzani imisebenzi yakhe yaziwe phakathi kwezizwe. ²Mhlabeleleni, nihlabelele izindumiso kuye; landani ngayo yonke imisebenzi yakhe emangalisayo. ³Ziqhenyeni ngegama lakhe elingcwele; izinhliziyo zalabo abafuna uBaba wethu mazithokoze. ⁴Funani uBaba wethu namandla akhe; funani ubuso bakhe njalonjalo.

⁵Khumbulani izenzo ezimangalisayo azenzile, izimangaliso zakhe, nezahlulelo azikhiphile, ⁶nina bantwana baka-Abrahama inceku yakhe, nina madodana kaJakobe, abakhethiweyo bakhe. ⁷Nguye uBaba wethu; izahlulelo zakhe zigcwele umhlaba wonke.

⁸Ukhumbula isivumelwano sakhe kuze kube phakade, izwi alimisela izizukulwane eziyinkulungwane, ⁹isivumelwano asenza no-Abrahama, isifungo asifungela u-Isaka, ¹⁰asiqinisa kuJakobe saba yisimiso, ku-Israyeli saba yisivumelwano esiphakade,

¹¹ethi: “Ngizakunika wena izwe laseKhanani libe yifa lakho.”

¹²Lapho babebalwa, beyingcosana nje, bengabafokazi kulo, ¹³bezulazula besuka esizweni beya kwesinye, besuka kowodwa umbuso beya kwesinye isizwe, ¹⁴akavumelanga muntu ukuba abacindezele bona; ngenxa yabo wakhuza amakhosi:

¹⁵“Ningabathinti abagcotshiweyo bami; ningabenzi okubi abaprofethi bami.”

¹⁶Wabiza indlala ukuba yehlele izwe, wanquma konke ukudla kwabo. ¹⁷Wayethume indoda phambi kwabo—uJosefa, owathengiswa waba yisigqila. ¹⁸Bazilimaza izinyawo zakhe ngamaketanga; intamo yakhe yafakwa ensimbini, ¹⁹kwaze kwafika isikhathi lapho izwi lakhe ligcwaliseka khona, kwaze kwathi izwi likaBaba wethu lamfakazela ukuthi uqinisile. ²⁰Inkosi yathumela yamkhulula yena; umbusi wezizwe wamdedela wahamba. ²¹Inkosi yamenza uJosefa inkosi yendlu yayo, umbusi wakho konke eyayinakho, ²²ukuze uJosefa aqondise izikhulu zenkosi njengokuthanda kwakhe, afundise amalunga ayo ukuhlakanipha.

²³Khona-ke u-Israyeli wafika eGibithe; uJakobe wahlala njengowezizwe ezweni lakwaHamu. ^a a v23 ‘Izwe lakwaHamu’ yigama lasendulo elingokwenkondlo leGibithe (elisetshenziswa nasevesini 27). ²⁴UBaba wethu wabazalisa kakhulu abantu bakhe, wabenza baba namandla kunezitha zabo. ²⁵Waziphendula izinhliziyo zabo ukuba bazonde abantu bakhe, bazenzele amacebo amabi izinceku zakhe.

²⁶Wathuma uMose inceku yakhe, no-Aroni ayemkhethile. ²⁷Benza izibonakaliso zakhe phakathi kwabo, izimangaliso zakhe ezweni lakwaHamu. ²⁸Wathuma ubumnyama izwe laba mnyama, uMose no-Aroni abazange bawahlubuke amazwi akhe. ²⁹Waphendula amanzi abo aba yigazi, wabulala izinhlanzi zabo. ³⁰Izwe labo lanyakazela ngamaxoxo, ngisho nasemakamelweni okulala amakhosi abo. ³¹Wakhuluma, kwafika imibuthano yezimpukane, nemiyane kuyo yonke indawo yabo. ³²Wabanika isichotho esikhundleni semvula, nomlilo ovuthayo kulo lonke izwe labo. ³³Washaya imivini yabo nemikhiwane yabo, waphihliza imithi yezwe labo. ³⁴Wakhuluma, kwafika isikhonyane, nezintethe ezingenakubalwa, ³⁵zaqeda zonke izimila ezweni labo, zadla konke ukudla kwamasimu abo. ³⁶Khona-ke wawabulala wonke amazibulo ezweni labo, izithelo zokuqala zawo wonke amandla abo.

³⁷Wabakhipha u-Israyeli benesiliva negolide, kwakungekho noyedwa owakhubekayo ezizweni zakhe. ³⁸IGibithe lajabula ekuhambeni kwabo, ngokuba uvalo ngabo lwaselwehlele iGibithe. ³⁹Wendlala ifu laba yisembozo, nomlilo wokukhanyisa ebusuku. ⁴⁰Bacela, waletha izigwaca, wabasuthisa ngesinkwa sasezulwini. ⁴¹Wavula idwala, kwampompoza amanzi; ageleza ehlane njengomfula.

⁴²Ngokuba wasikhumbula isithembiso sakhe esingcwele asenza ku-Abrahama inceku yakhe. ⁴³Ngakho wabakhipha abantu bakhe ngenjabulo, abakhethiweyo bakhe ngokuhlabelela. ⁴⁴Wabanika amazwe ezizwe, badla ilifa lalokho abanye abantu abakusebenzela, ⁴⁵ukuze bagcine izimiso zakhe, balondoloze imithetho yakhe. Haleluya!