Izizwe Eziyaxokozelayo
Amakhosi nezizwe zakha itulo lokulahla ukubusa kukaBaba wethu nokoGcotshiweyo wakhe. Uyahleka, abeke inkosi yakhe eSiyoni, ayinike izizwe. Ihubo bese liphenduka lixwayise ababusi uqobo: thobelani, niphephele kuye kusesesikhathi.
2 1Kungani izizwe zivutha ngolaka, nabantu beceba okuyize na? 2Amakhosi omhlaba ayazimisa, nababusi benzelana uzungu ndawonye bemelene noBaba wethu bemelene noGcotshiweyo wakhe—uJesu. a a v2 OGcotshiweyo—uMesiya—nguJesu. Ibandla lokuqala lawukhuleka lona kanye leli hubo ngababusi abamenzela uzungu (IzEnzo 4:25-26). 3“Masiqhaqhe amaketanga abasibophe ngawo,” basho, “siphonse izintambo zabo kude nathi.”
4UBaba wethu, ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ezulwini, uyahleka; uBaba oBusayo uyabahleka usulu. 5Khona-ke uyakukhuluma kubo ngentukuthelo yakhe, abethuse ngolaka lwakhe oluvuthayo:
6“Mina ngokwami ngibekile iNkosi yami eZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele.”
7Ngiyakumemezela isinqumo sikaBaba wethu: wathi kimi, “UyiNdodana yami—uJesu—namhlanje sengibe nguYihlo. b b v7 Isinqumo saphakade sikaBaba wethu eNdodaneni. ITestamente Elisha lisebenzisa la mazwi ngqo kuJesu—IzEnzo 13:33, KumaHeberu 1:5, nakumaHeberu 5:5—limemezela ukuthi uyiNdodana ezelwe nguYise.
8“Cela kimi, ngikunike izizwe zibe yifa lakho, nemikhawulo yomhlaba ibe yimpahla yakho. 9Uyakubaphula ngenduku yensimbi; ubaphahlaze njengembiza yombumbi.”
10Manje-ke, nina makhosi, hlakaniphani; yalwani, nina babusi bomhlaba. 11Khonzani uBaba wethu ngokwesaba, nithokoze ngokuthuthumela. 12Qabulani iNdodana—uJesu—funa ithukuthele, nibhubhe endleleni, ngokuba ulaka lwayo lungavutha ngomzuzwana. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuyo. c c v12 Ihubo liphetha ngesiphephelo eNdodaneni—uJesu. Ukuyethemba kungukwamukelwa ekhaya nguBaba owayibeka esihlalweni sobukhosi.
