AMahubo 25

25 ¹Kuwe, Baba, ngiphakamisela umphefumulo wami.

²Baba, ngithemba kuwe; ungangiyekeli ngibe namahloni; ungavumeli izitha zami zinginqobe. ³Impela, akekho olindele wena oyokuba namahloni; abakhaphela ngaphandle kwesizathu bayoba namahloni.

⁴Ngibonise izindlela zakho, Baba; ngifundise imikhondo yakho. ⁵Ngihole eqinisweni lakho ungifundise, ngokuba unguBaba wethu, insindiso yami; ngilindele wena usuku lonke. ⁶Khumbula isihawu sakho esimnene, Baba, nothando lwakho lwesivumelwano, ngokuba kukhona kwasendulo. ⁷Ungakhumbuli izono zobusha bami nokuhlubuka kwami; ngikhumbule ngokothando lwakho lwesivumelwano, ngenxa yobuhle bakho, Baba.

⁸Muhle uqotho uBaba wethu; ngakho-ke ufundisa izoni indlela. ⁹Uhola abathobekileyo ebulungisweni, afundise abathobekileyo indlela yakhe. ¹⁰Yonke imikhondo kaBaba wethu iluthando oluqotho nokwethembeka kulabo abagcina isivumelwano sakhe nobufakazi bakhe.

¹¹Ngenxa yegama lakho, Baba, thethelela isono sami, ngokuba sikhulu. ¹²Ngubani umuntu omesaba uBaba wethu? Uyakumfundisa indlela okumele ayikhethe. ¹³Umphefumulo wakhe uyakuhlala enhlalakahleni, nabantwana bakhe bayakudla ifa lezwe. ¹⁴Ubungane obusondelene bukaBaba wethu bungobalabo abamesabayo, ubazisa isivumelwano sakhe. ¹⁵Amehlo ami abheke njalo kuBaba wethu, ngokuba uyakukhulula izinyawo zami enetheni.

¹⁶Phendukela kimi ube nomusa kimi, ngokuba ngisodwa ngihluphekile. ¹⁷Izinkathazo zenhliziyo yami zandile; ngikhiphe osizini lwami. ¹⁸Bheka ukuhlupheka kwami nobunzima bami, ususe zonke izono zami. ¹⁹Bheka izitha zami, ngokuba ziningi, zingizonda ngenzondo enonya.

²⁰Londoloza umphefumulo wami ungophule; ungangiyekeli ngibe namahloni, ngokuba ngiphephela kuwe. ²¹Ubuqotho nokulunga makungigcine, ngokuba ngilindele wena.

²²Hlenga u-Israyeli, Baba, kuzo zonke izinkathazo zakhe.