Ukuphumula Okusamile
Ukuphumula okwathenjiswa kudala kusavulekile, futhi yilokho okuyiphuzu, ngoba isimemo asiphelelanga ngoJoshuwa. Kulandela imifanekiso emibili edumile: izwi likaBaba wethu elihlukanisa phakathi komphefumulo nomoya, liveze konke, nompristi omkhulu owavivinywa njengathi, ukuze sisondele ngesibindi.
4 1Njengoba isithembiso sokungena ekuphumuleni kwakhe sisamile, masiqaphele ukuthi kungabikho noyedwa kini obonakala ephuthelwe yikho. 2Nathi sashunyayezwa izindaba ezinhle, njengabo. Kodwa izwi abalizwayo alibazuzisanga lutho, ngokuba abalihlanganisanga nokholo, njengalabo abalalelayo.
3Thina esakholwayo siyangena kulokho kuphumula, njengoba watsho: “Entukuthelweni yami ngafunga ukuthi abasoze bangene ekuphumuleni kwami.” Nokho imisebenzi yakhe yayiqediwe selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba.
4Ngokuba kwenye indawo usho ngosuku lwesikhombisa ukuthi: “UBaba wethu waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe.”
5Aphinde futhi kuleyo ndima efanayo athi: “Abasoze bangene ekuphumuleni kwami.”
6Njengoba kusasele ukuthi abanye bangene kukho, kanti labo ababashunyayezwa izindaba ezinhle kuqala behluleka ukungena ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabo,
7uphinda abeke usuku, ethi: “Namuhla,” ekhuluma ngoDavide emva kwesikhathi eside, njengoba sekuvele kwashiwo: “Namuhla, uma nizwa izwi lakhe, ningazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu.”
8Ngokuba uma uJoshuwa wayebanikile ukuphumula, uBaba wethu wayengeke asakhuluma kamuva ngolunye usuku. 9Ngakho-ke, kusasele ukuphumula kweSabatha kubantu bakaBaba wethu. 10Noma ngubani ongenile ekuphumuleni kukaBaba wethu uphumule nasemisebenzini yakhe, njengoba uBaba wethu aphumula kweyakhe. 11Ngakho-ke masizame ngamandla ukungena kulokho kuphumula, ukuze kungabikho owela ngendlela efanayo yokungalaleli.
12Ngokuba izwi likaBaba wethu liyaphila futhi linamandla, libukhali kunanoma iyiphi inkemba esika nxazombili, lihlaba kuze kwahlukaniswe umphefumulo nomoya, amalunga nomnkantsha, lihlola imicabango nezinhloso zenhliziyo. a a v12 Elithi ‘izwi likaBaba wethu’ lithatha indawo yelithi ‘izwi likaNkulunkulu’ — imiBhalo iyizwi eliphilayo likaBaba owazi yonke imicabango yabantwana bakhe. 13Akukho sidalwa esifihlekile emehlweni akhe; konke kuze futhi kwembuliwe emehlweni alowo okumele siziphendulele kuye.
14Ngakho, njengoba sinoMpristi omkhulu ophakeme odlule emazulwini—uJesu, iNdodana kaBaba wethu—masibambelele ngokuqinile elukholweni esiluvumayo.
UJesu, uMpristi Wethu Ophakeme oMkhulu
15Asinaye umpristi ophakeme ongenakuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa esinaye owalingwa kukho konke njengathi, kanti engenasono. 16Ngakho-ke masisondele ngesibindi esihlalweni sobukhosi somusa, ukuze samukele isihawu sithole nomusa oyosisiza ngesikhathi sokuswela.
