AMahubo 18

18 ¹Ngiyakuthanda, Baba wami, mandla ami. ²UBaba wami uyidwala lami nenqaba yami nomkhululi wami; uBaba wami, idwala lami, engiphephela kuye, isihlangu sami, namandla ami okusindisa, inqaba yami yokuphephela. ³Ngibiza uBaba wami, ofanele ukudunyiswa, ngisindiswe ezitheni zami.

⁴Izintambo zokufa zangizungeza; izikhukhula zokubhubhisa zangigubuzela. ⁵Izintambo zethuna zanginxiba; izingibe zokufa zangivimbela. ⁶Osizini lwami ngabiza uBaba wami; ngakhala kuBaba wami ngicela usizo. Ethempelini lakhe wezwa izwi lami, nokukhala kwami kuye kwafinyelela ezindlebeni zakhe.

⁷Khona umhlaba wanyakaza wazamazama; izisekelo zezintaba zathuthumela zagedezela, ngokuba wayethukuthele. ⁸Intuthu yenyuka emakhaleni akhe, nomlilo oqothulayo emlonyeni wakhe; amalahle avuthayo abhebhetheka ephuma kuye. ⁹Wawagobisa amazulu wehla; ubumnyama obukhulu babungaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe. ¹⁰Wakhwela phezu kwekherubi wandiza; wazula phezu kwamaphiko omoya. ¹¹Wenza ubumnyama isembozo sakhe, itende lakhe elimzungezayo—amanzi amnyama namafu aqinileyo asezulwini. ¹²Ekukhanyeni okuphambi kwakhe amafu akhe afohla, kanye nesichotho namalahle omlilo. ¹³UBaba wami waduma futhi emazulwini, oPhezukonke waphakamisa izwi lakhe, kanye nesichotho namalahle omlilo. ¹⁴Wathumela imicibisholo yakhe wabahlakaza; waphonsa imibani wabaxosha. ¹⁵Khona kwabonakala imisele yolwandle, zembulwa izisekelo zomhlaba ngokukhuza kwakho, Baba wami, ngokuvunguza komoya wamakhala akho.

¹⁶Welula isandla ephezulu wangibamba; wangikhipha emanzini anamandla. ¹⁷Wangophula esitheni sami esinamandla, kulabo abangizondayo, ngokuba babenamandla kunami. ¹⁸Bangivimbela ngosuku losizi lwami, kodwa uBaba wami waba yinsika yami. ¹⁹Wangikhiphela endaweni ebanzi; wangophula, ngokuba wayethokoza ngami.

²⁰UBaba wami wangiphatha ngokulunga kwami; wangivuza ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zami. ²¹Ngokuba ngizigcinile izindlela zikaBaba wami, angihlubukanga kuBaba wami ngenkohlakalo. ²²Ngokuba zonke izahlulelo zakhe zaziphambi kwami, angizibekanga eceleni izimiso zakhe. ²³Ngangingenasici phambi kwakhe, ngazigcina kokubi. ²⁴Ngakho uBaba wami ungivuzile ngokulunga kwami, ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zami emehlweni akhe.

²⁵Kothembekileyo uziveza uthembekile; kongenasici uziveza ungenasici; ²⁶Kohlanzekileyo uziveza uhlanzekile, kodwa kogwegwileyo uziveza unobuqili. ²⁷Ngokuba uyabasindisa abantu abathobekileyo, kodwa amehlo azidlayo uyawehlisa. ²⁸Ngokuba nguwe okhanyisa isibani sami; uBaba wami ukhanyisa ubumnyama bami. ²⁹Ngokuba ngawe ngingagijimela ibutho, nangoBaba wami ngingeqa udonga.

³⁰Ngokuqondene noBaba wami—indlela yakhe iphelele; izwi likaBaba wami liyaqiniseka; uyisihlangu kubo bonke abaphephela kuye. ³¹Ngokuba ngubani onguBaba wethu ngaphandle kukaBaba wami na? Futhi ngubani oyidwala ngaphandle kukaBaba wethu na? ³²NguBaba wami ongihlomisa ngamandla owenza indlela yami ibe ngenasici. ³³Wenza izinyawo zami zibe njengezezinyamazane wangimisa ngokuvikeleka ezindaweni eziphakemeyo. ³⁴Ufundisa izandla zami ukulwa impi, ukuze izingalo zami zigobe umnsalo wethusi. ³⁵Ungiphile isihlangu sensindiso yakho; isandla sakho sokunene siyangisekela, nobumnene bakho bungenze ngaba mkhulu. ³⁶Wenzela izinyathelo zami indawo ebanzi phansi kwami, nezinyawo zami azisheleli.

³⁷Ngazixosha izitha zami ngazifica; angibuyelanga emuva zaze zaqedwa. ³⁸Ngazishaya phansi zaze zahluleka ukuvuka; zawa ngaphansi kwezinyawo zami. ³⁹Wangihlomisa ngamandla empini; wenza labo abangivukelayo bawa ngaphansi kwezinyawo zami. ⁴⁰Wenza izitha zami zangifulathela, nalabo abangizondayo ngababhubhisa. ⁴¹Bakhala becela usizo, kodwa kwakungekho osindisayo; bakhala kuBaba wami, kodwa akabaphendulanga. ⁴²Ngabachoboza baba njengothuli oluphephethwa ngumoya; ngabathululela phansi njengodaka lwezitaladi. ⁴³Wangophula ekuxabaneni kwabantu; wangenza inhloko yezizwe; isizwe engangingasazi manje siyangikhonza. ⁴⁴Bathi nje bengizwa, bangilalela; abezizwe beza kimi bethobile. ⁴⁵Abezizwe baphela amandla baphuma bethuthumela ezinqabeni zabo.

⁴⁶UBaba wami uyaphila! Malibongwe idwala lami, aphakanyiswe uBaba ongisindisayo, ⁴⁷uBaba ongiphindiselelayo, othobisa izizwe ngaphansi kwami, ⁴⁸owangophula ezitheni zami. Yebo, wangiphakamisa ngaphezu kwalabo abangivukelayo; wangikhulula emuntwini onodlame. ⁴⁹Ngenxa yalokhu ngiyakukudumisa, Baba wami, phakathi kwezizwe, ngihlabelele izibongo egameni lakho.

⁵⁰Unika inkosi yakhe ukunqoba okukhulu, abonise uthando lwesivumelwano kogcotshiweyo wakhe, kuDavide nenzalo yakhe kuze kube phakade.