AMahubo 37

37 ¹Ungakhathazeki ngenxa yabenzi bobubi; ungabi nomhawu ngalabo abenza okubi, ²ngokuba njengotshani bayakusheshe babune, njengemifino eluhlaza baphele.

³Thembela kuBaba wethu wenze okuhle; hlala ezweni uhlakulele ukwethembeka. ⁴Zithokozise kuBaba wethu, yena uyakukunika izifiso zenhliziyo yakho.

⁵Nikela indlela yakho kuBaba wethu; thembela kuye, yena uyakwenza. ⁶Uyakuveza ukulunga kwakho njengokukhanya, nobulungiswa bakho njengemini enkulu.

⁷Thula phambi kukaBaba wethu, ulinde ngesineke umlinde; ungakhathazeki ngaye ophumelelayo endleleni yakhe, ngomuntu owenza amacebo amabi.

⁸Yeka intukuthelo, udedele ulaka lwakho; ungakhathazeki—kuholela ebubini kuphela. ⁹Ngokuba abenzi bobubi bayakunqunywa, kodwa labo abalindele uBaba wethu bayakulidla ifa lezwe.

¹⁰Kusasele isikhashana nje, omubi angabe esaba khona; noma ungaqaphela indawo yakhe, akayikuba khona. ¹¹Kodwa abathobekileyo bayakulidla ifa lezwe bathokoze ngokuthula okukhulu. ^a a v11 UJesu usondeza lesi sithembiso ezibusisweni zakhe: “Babusisiwe abamnene, ngokuba bayakudla ifa lomhlaba” (Mathewu 5:5).

¹²Omubi wenzela olungileyo amacebo amgedlele amazinyo akhe; ¹³kodwa uBaba oBusayo uyamhleka, ngokuba uBaba wethu uyabona ukuthi usuku lomuntu omubi luyeza.

¹⁴Ababi bahosha inkemba bagobise umnsalo wabo ukuze bawise abampofu nabaswelayo, ukuze babulale abaqotho endleleni yabo. ¹⁵Inkemba yabo iyakugwaza inhliziyo yabo siqu, neminsalo yabo iyakwaphulwa.

¹⁶Kungcono okuncane analo olungileyo kunenala yababi abaningi; ¹⁷ngokuba amandla ababi ayakwaphulwa, kodwa uBaba wethu uyabasekela abalungileyo.

¹⁸UBaba wethu uyazazi izinsuku zabangenasici, nefa labo liyakuhlala kuze kube phakade. ¹⁹Abayikujabhiswa ngezikhathi ezimbi; ngezinsuku zendlala bayakusutha.

²⁰Kodwa ababi bayakubhubha, nezitha zikaBaba wethu ziyakunyamalala njengezimbali zamadlelo—njengentuthu ziyanyamalala.

²¹Omubi uyeboleka angabuyisi, kodwa olungileyo unomusa uyapha. ²²Ngokuba ababusiswa nguye bayakulidla ifa lezwe, kodwa abaqalekiswa nguye bayakunqunywa.

²³Izinyathelo zomuntu zimiswa nguBaba wethu, uBaba wethu uyathokoza ngendlela yomuntu; ²⁴noma angakhubeka, akayikuwa aphahlazeke, ngokuba uBaba wethu ubambe isandla sakhe.

²⁵Ngangimusha, manje sengimdala, kodwa angizange ngibone olungileyo eshiyiwe noma abantwana bakhe becela isinkwa. ²⁶Usuku lonke unomusa uyeboleka, abantwana bakhe baba yisibusiso.

²⁷Phenduka ebubini wenze okuhle, uyakuhlala kuze kube phakade. ²⁸Ngokuba uBaba wethu uthanda ubulungiswa akayikubashiya abathembekileyo bakhe; bayalondolozwa kuze kube phakade, kodwa inzalo yababi iyakunqunywa.

²⁹Abalungileyo bayakulidla ifa lezwe bahlale kulo kuze kube phakade.

³⁰Umlomo wolungileyo ukhuluma ukuhlakanipha, ulimi lwakhe lukhuluma ubulungiswa. ³¹Imfundiso kaYise isenhliziyweni yakhe; izinyathelo zakhe aziyikushelela.

³²Omubi umcathamele olungileyo ufuna ukumbulala; ³³kodwa uBaba wethu akayikumshiya esandleni sakhe, futhi akayikumvumela ukuba alahlwe lapho ethethwa icala.

³⁴Lindela uBaba wethu ugcine indlela yakhe, uyakukuphakamisa ukuba udle ifa lezwe; uyakubona lapho ababi benqunywa.

³⁵Ngike ngabona umuntu omubi, onesihluku ezelula njengesihlahla semvelo esihlumileyo; ³⁶kodwa wadlula, kwathi masinyane akabe esaba khona; ngamfuna, kodwa akatholakalanga.

³⁷Qaphela ongenasici ubukele oqotho, ngokuba ukhona ikusasa lomuntu wokuthula. ³⁸Kodwa abeqi bomthetho bayakubhujiswa bonke; ikusasa lababi liyakunqunywa.

³⁹Insindiso yabalungileyo ivela kuBaba wethu; uyinqaba yabo ngesikhathi senhlupheko. ⁴⁰UBaba wethu uyabasiza abakhulule bona; uyabakhulula kwababi abasindise, ngokuba baphephela kuye.