AMahubo 17

17 ¹Zwana udaba olulungileyo, Baba wami; unake ukukhala kwami; lalela umkhuleko wami ophuma ezindebeni ezingenankohliso. ²Ukulungisiswa kwami makuphume phambi kwakho; amehlo akho mawabone okulungileyo.

³Uyihlolile inhliziyo yami, ungihlolisisile ebusuku, ungivivinyile awutholanga lutho; nginqumile ukuthi umlomo wami ngeke wone. ⁴Mayelana nezenzo zabantu, ngezwi lezindebe zakho ngizigcinile ezindleleni zabanodlame. ⁵Izinyathelo zami zibambelele ezindleleni zakho; izinyawo zami azishelelanga.

⁶Ngiyakubiza, ngokuba uyakungiphendula, Baba wami; ungilalele; uzwe amazwi ami. ⁷Veza ummangaliso womusa wakho, wena osindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene labo abaphephela kuwe ezitheni zabo. ⁸Ungigcine njengenhlamvu yeso lakho; ungifihle emthunzini wamaphiko akho, ⁹kwababi abangihlaselayo, izitha zami ezibulalayo ezingizungezayo.

¹⁰Bazivalile izinhliziyo zabo ezilukhuni; imilomo yabo ikhuluma ngokuzidla. ¹¹Basilandelile, manje bayasizungeza; bagqolozela ngamehlo abo ukuze basilahlele phansi. ¹²Unjengebhubesi elilambele ukudwengula inyamazane yalo, njengebhongo lebhubesi elicathamele ekusithekeni.

¹³Vuka, Baba wami! Mbhekane naye, umwise phansi! Ophule umphefumulo wami kwababi ngenkemba yakho, ¹⁴ngesandla sakho, Baba wami, kubantu abanjalo—kubantu balona leli zwe abamvuzo wabo usekuphileni kwaleli zwe. Ugcwalisa izisu zabo ngalokho okukubekelele; abantwana babo banenala, bashiyela abancane babo okuseleyo kwenala yabo.

¹⁵Kodwa mina, ngiyakubona ubuso bakho ngokulunga; lapho ngivuka, ngiyakweneliswa ukubona umfanekiso wakho.