AMahubo 89

89 ¹Ngiyakuhlabelela ngothando lwesivumelwano lukaBaba wethu kuze kube phakade; ngiyakumemezela ukwethembeka kwakho ezizukulwaneni zonke. ²Ngokuba ngithe: “Uthando lwesivumelwano lwakhelwe ukuma kuze kube phakade; emazulwini umisa khona ukwethembeka kwakho.

³Ngenze isivumelwano nokhethiweyo wami; ngifungile kuDavide inceku yami: ⁴‘Ngiyakuyimisa inzalo yakho kuze kube phakade, ngakhe isihlalo sakho sobukhosi ezizukulwaneni zonke.’”

⁵Amazulu ayazidumisa izimangaliso zakho, Baba wethu, nokwethembeka kwakho futhi, ebandleni labangcwele. ⁶Ngokuba ngubani esibhakabhakeni ongalinganiswa noBaba wethu? Ngubani phakathi kwezidalwa zasezulwini ofana noBaba wethu, ⁷uBaba owesabeka kakhulu emkhandlwini wabangcwele, omangalisayo ngaphezu kwabo bonke abamzungezile? ⁸Baba wamabutho asezulwini, ngubani onamandla njengawe? Ukwethembeka kwakho kukuzungezile.

⁹Wena ubusa ukufutheka kolwandle; lapho amagagasi alo ephakama, uyawathulisa. ¹⁰Wachoboza uRahabi, isilo solwandle, njengesidumbu esibuleweyo; ngengalo yakho enamandla wazihlakaza izitha zakho. ¹¹Amazulu angawakho; umhlaba nawo ungowakho; izwe nakho konke okukugcwalisayo—wakusekela wena. ¹²Inyakatho neningizimu—wakudala wena; iThabori neHermoni kumemeza ngenjabulo ngegama lakho. ¹³Ingalo yakho inamandla; isandla sakho siqinile; isandla sakho sokunene siphakanyisiwe.

¹⁴Ukulunga nobulungiswa kuyisisekelo sesihlalo sakho sobukhosi; uthando lwesivumelwano nokwethembeka kuhamba phambi kwakho. ¹⁵Babusisiwe abantu abakwaziyo ukumemeza kwenjabulo, abahamba, Baba wethu, ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho. ¹⁶Egameni lakho bayajabula usuku lonke, nasekulungeni kwakho bayaphakanyiswa. ¹⁷Ngokuba wena uyinkazimulo yamandla abo, nangomusa wakho amandla ethu aphakanyisiwe. ¹⁸Ngokuba isihlangu sethu singesikaBaba wethu, inkosi yethu ingekoNgcwele ka-Israyeli—uBaba wethu.

¹⁹Khona-ke wakhuluma ngombono kwabathembekileyo bakho, wathi: “Nginike usizo konamandla; ngiphakamise okhethiweyo phakathi kwabantu. ²⁰Ngimtholile uDavide inceku yami; ngamafutha ami angcwele ngimgcobile, ²¹ukuze isandla sami simbambe siqinile; nengalo yami iyakumqinisa. ²²Akukho sitha esiyakumkhohlisa, futhi akukho muntu omubi oyakumehlisa. ²³Ngiyakuzichoboza izitha zakhe phambi kwakhe, ngibashaye phansi labo abamzondayo. ²⁴Ukwethembeka kwami nothando lwami lwesivumelwano kuyakuba naye, nasegameni lami amandla akhe ayakuphakanyiswa. ²⁵Ngiyakubeka isandla sakhe phezu kolwandle, nesandla sakhe sokunene phezu kwemifula. ²⁶Uyakukhala kimi athi: ‘Wena unguBaba wami, uNkulunkulu wami, neDwala lensindiso yami.’ ^a a v26 Indodana kaDavide ebiza uBaba wethu ngokuthi “Baba wami” igcwaliseka kuJesu, iNdodana enkulu eyabelana ngalokhu kuvuma nabo bonke ayabaletha ekhaya. ²⁷Nami ngiyakumenza izibulo, ophakeme kunawo onke amakhosi omhlaba. ²⁸Uthando lwami oluqotho ngiyakulugcina kuye kuze kube phakade, nesivumelwano sami siyakuma siqinile kuye. ²⁹Ngiyakuyimisa inzalo yakhe kuze kube phakade, nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, njengoba amazulu emi.

³⁰Uma abantwana bakhe beshiya umthetho wami, bengahambi ngezahlulelo zami, ³¹uma bephula izimiso zami, bengagcini imiyalo yami, ³²khona-ke ngiyakujezisa ukuhlubuka kwabo ngenduku, nesono sabo ngemivimbo, ³³kodwa angiyikulususa uthando lwami lwesivumelwano kuDavide, futhi angiyikukhaphela ukwethembeka kwami. ³⁴Angiyikusephula isivumelwano sami, noma ngiguqule izwi izindebe zami ezilikhulumileyo. ³⁵Kwaba kanye kuphela, ngifungile ngobungcwele bami; angiyikuqamba amanga kuDavide. ³⁶Inzalo yakhe iyakuma kuze kube phakade, nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sibe njengelanga phambi kwami. ³⁷Njengenyanga siyakumiswa kuze kube phakade, ufakazi othembekile esibhakabhakeni.”

³⁸Kodwa manje umdelile, wamlahla; ugcwele ulaka ngogcotshiweyo wakho. ³⁹Usichithile isivumelwano senceku yakho; ungcolise umqhele wayo othulini. ⁴⁰Uzidilizile zonke izingange zakhe; wenze izinqaba zakhe amanxiwa. ⁴¹Bonke abadlulayo bayamphanga; usebe yinhlekisa kubomakhelwane bakhe. ⁴²Usiphakamisile isandla sokunene sezitha zakhe; wenze zonke izitha zakhe zajabula. ⁴³Ubuyisele emuva ukudla kwenkemba yakhe, awumsizanga ukuba ame eqinile empini. ⁴⁴Uyiqedile inkazimulo yakhe, waphosela phansi isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi. ⁴⁵Unciphisile izinsuku zobusha bakhe; umembese ihlazo.

⁴⁶Koze kube nini, Baba wethu? Uyakuzifihla kuze kube phakade na? Koze kube nini ulaka lwakho luvutha njengomlilo? ⁴⁷Khumbula ukuthi ukuphila kwami kufushane kangakanani! Yeka ize obungakanani owabadalela khona abantu bonke! ⁴⁸Nguwuphi umuntu ongaphila angaze abone ukufa? Ngubani ongazisindisa emandleni engcwaba?

⁴⁹Baba oBusayo, luphi uthando lwakho lwesivumelwano lwakudala, owalufungela uDavide ngokwethembeka kwakho? ⁵⁰Khumbula, Baba oBusayo, ukuhlekwa okubekwe phezu kwezinceku zakho, ukuthi ngithwele kanjani enhliziyweni yami izithuko zabo bonke abantu abaningi, ⁵¹eziklolode ngazo izitha zakho, Baba wethu, eziklolode ngazo zonke izinyathelo zogcotshiweyo wakho.

⁵²Makabongwe uBaba wethu kuze kube phakade! Ameni, Ameni.