UBaba Wethu Uyabusa
Umlilo, umbani nezintaba ezincibilikayo kumemezela yena, kodwa isisekelo salesosihlalo sobukhosi siwukulunga nobulungisa. Abakhonza izithombe bayajabhiswa, iZiyoni liyathokoza, futhi umyalo osebenzayo ungumugqa owodwa: nina enithanda uBaba wethu, zondani okubi.
97 1UBaba wethu uyabusa! Umhlaba mawuthokoze; iziqhingi eziningi mazijabule.
2Amafu nobumnyama obukhulu buyamzungeza; ukulunga nobulungiswa kuyisisekelo sesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi. 3Umlilo uhamba phambi kwakhe, ushise izitha zakhe nxazonke. 4Imibani yakhe ikhanyisa izwe; umhlaba uyabona uthuthumele. 5Izintaba zincibilika njengomthofu phambi kukaBaba wethu, phambi kweNkosi yomhlaba wonke. 6Amazulu amemezela ukulunga kwakhe, nabantu bonke babona inkazimulo yakhe.
7Bonke abakhonza izithombe ezibaziweyo bayangeniswa ihlazo, labo abaziqhayisa ngezithixo eziyize; mkhonzeni, nina bonkulunkulu nonke! a a v7 Incwadi yamaHebheru 1:6 ithatha lesi simemo — “Zonke izingelosi zikaNkulunkulu mazimkhonze” — isisebenzise kuJesu, iNdodana uBaba wethu ayilethayo ezweni.
8IZiyoni iyezwa ithokoze, namadodakazi akwaJuda ayajabula ngenxa yezahlulelo zakho, Baba wethu. b b v8 “Amadodakazi akwaJuda” yisisho sesiHeberu esichaza amadolobha nemizi ezungeze iJuda. 9Ngokuba wena, Baba wethu, ungoPhezukonke phezu komhlaba wonke; uphakanyisiwe kakhulu ngaphezu kwabo bonke onkulunkulu.
10Nina enithanda uBaba wethu, zondani okubi! Uyazilonda izimpilo zabathembekileyo bakhe; uyabakhulula esandleni sababi. 11Ukukhanya kuhlwanyelelwe abalungileyo, nentokozo abaqotho ngenhliziyo. 12Thokozani kuBaba wethu, nina balungileyo, nibonge igama lakhe elingcwele.
