Mukanda wa mpapela
Mukanda

Kukatulwa mu Thoba

Kwena pfumu wa bayimbidi. Mukunga wa Tavidi.

Wisi yandika mu luhulusu lwaheka kala: wukatulwa mu thoba, malu masiwa ha thandu ya tadi, mukunga wa pha. Buna wisi balukila ku thwala, mukuma kuhanga luzolu kuludini kimenga — amana wisi manisina kani mu phasi, masumu maludini kutanga, wisi lomba Tata wandi ni kakwisa tswatsu.

Kapitulu 40.

Yákala hingila Tata wetu mu kikwamina; wámbalukila amana wáyuka kindanda kyama. Wunkatudi mu dibulu dya kuzanga, mu thoba yina ya lawu; wásya malu mama ha thandu ya tadi, mu kusimbikisa bidyatila byama.

Wásya mukunga wa pha mu munwa wama, mukunga wa kumisa Tata wetu. Batu balawu bamóna amana bakabánga, amana bakasya kivuvu kyawu mwena Tata wetu. Kyesi kwena mutu wuna wásya kivuvu kyandi mwena Tata wetu, wuna kabalukilaku kwena batu ba lulendu, kwena bana bisi sanda mavunu.

A Tata wama, byalawu bidimbu bya biphadi byabina wabati hanga, yi mabanza maku matadidini betu; ka mutu ku wafwana kufwanikisa yi ngeyi. Yuka ni yazonza amana yasamuna mawu, melawu kuluta kutanga. Kimenga yi mulambu wázolabyoku, kaasi wátemuna makutu mama. Kimenga kya kuyoka yi kimenga kya ndoluka ya masumu wálombabyoku. Buna yázimbula: «Awu meni, yisini — muna mukanda wa kuvunga básonikina kikuma kya meni.»

Yisi zola mu kuhanga luzolu lwaku, A Tata wama; mitsiku myaku myenina muna mbundu yama. Yásamuna musamu wa bukheti wa masonga muna kibuka kyambuta; yákangaku malebu mama, A Tata wama, bwosu wuzayi ngeyi.

Yáswekaku masonga maku muna mbundu yama; yázonza kwikama kyaku yi luhulusu lwaku. Yáswekaku khenda yaku yi kyedika kyaku kwena kibuka kyambuta. Wukakidikaku kyadi kyaku kya lungongu kwena meni, A Tata wama; khenda yaku yi kyedika kyaku binkhulula kosu tangwa.

Mukuma biwayi bikonda thalu binzinga meni; masumu mama mámbwila, amana yilendaku kumona. Mawu malawu kuluta tsuki za mutwa wama, amana mbundu yama yimanisini. A Tata wama, wunhulula; A Tata wama, awisa tswatsu amana wunsadisa. Boosu bana bisi sanda kukatula luzingu lwama bakwátuka tsoni amana balewuka; bana bisi zola kuzanga kwama bavutuka ku manima yi tsoni.

Bana bisi nzimbwala: «Aa! Aa!» bayituka kikuma kya tsoni za bawu. Kaasi boosu bana bisi sanda ngeyi basangwala amana bamona kyesi mwena ngeyi; bana bisi zola luhulusu lwaku bazimbula kosu tangwa: «Tata wetu kenina wambuta!» Meni, yenina nsukami, yenina mu phasi; Pfumu Tata kabanza kikuma kya meni. Ngeyi wenina musadisi wama yi muhuludi wama; wuzingidilaku, A Tata wama.