AMahubo 49

49 ¹Zwanini lokhu, nina zizwe zonke; lalelani, nonke enihlala emhlabeni, ²abaphansi nabaphakeme, abacebile nabampofu ngokufanayo. ³Umlomo wami uyakukhuluma ukuhlakanipha; ukuzindla kwenhliziyo yami kuyakuletha ukuqonda. ⁴Ngiyakubhekisa indlebe yami esageni; ngehabhu ngiyakuchaza imfumbe yami. ⁵Ngiyakwesabelani lapho kufika izinsuku ezimbi, lapho ububi balabo abangangiphambanisa bungizungeza, ⁶labo abathembela engcebweni yabo bezigabisa ngobuningi becebo labo? ⁷Ngeqiniso akekho ongahlenga umfowabo noma akhokhe kuBaba wethu inhlawulo ngenxa yakhe, ⁸inhlawulo yokuphila iyabiza; akukho ukukhokha okwaneleyo, ⁹ukuze aqhubeke aphile kuze kube phakade angaliboni ithuna. ¹⁰Ngokuba uyabona ukuthi ngisho nabahlakaniphileyo bayafa; isiwula nesithutha ngokufanayo bayabhubha bashiye ingcebo yabo kwabanye. ¹¹Amathuna abo ayimizi yabo kuze kube phakade, izindawo zabo zokuhlala kuzo zonke izizukulwane, nakuba babeqambe amazwe ngamagama abo. ¹²Umuntu, naphezu kodumo lwakhe, akami; unjengezilwane ezibhubhayo. ¹³Lena yindlela yalabo abanokuzethemba kobuwula, neyalabo abeza emva kwabo abavumelana namazwi abo.

¹⁴Njengezimvu bamiselwe ithuna, nokufa kuyakubelusa bona. Abaqotho bayakubabusa ekuseni; imizimba yabo iyakubola ethuneni, kude nemizi yabo ephakeme. ¹⁵Kodwa uBaba wethu uyakuyihlenga impilo yami emandleni ethuna; impela uyakungithatha angise kuye. ^a a v15 Ngokungafani nabacebile abangeke bazithengele indlela yokuphuma ekufeni, umhubi uthemba ukuthi uBaba wethu ngokwakhe uyakumsindisa ethuneni amngenise ebukhoneni bakhe.

¹⁶Ungesabi lapho umuntu eceba, lapho inkazimulo yendlu yakhe yanda, ¹⁷ngokuba akayikuthwala lutho lapho efa; inkazimulo yakhe ngeke imlandele phansi. ¹⁸Noma esaphila ezibala ukuthi ubusisiwe— futhi abantu bayakudumisa lapho uzenzela kahle, ¹⁹uyakuhlangana nesizukulwane soyise, abangasayikuphinde balubone ukukhanya. ²⁰Umuntu, naphezu kodumo lwakhe, ongaqondiyo, unjengezilwane ezibhubhayo.