UnguBaba Wami
Umsinde uhlabelela kuBaba owabhidliza umuzi wabanesihluku owawuphakeme ngaphezu kwakhe, futhi owavikela abampofu esiphepho. Lokho akulungiselela ngokulandelayo yidili lazo zonke izizwe, ukugwinywa kokufa uqobo, nezinyembezi zesulwa kubo bonke ubuso.
25 1UnguBaba wami; ngiyakukuphakamisa, ngiyakulidumisa igama lakho, ngokuba wenze izinto ezimangalisayo—amacebo owawaceba kudala, athembekile aqinisekile. 2Ngokuba uphendule idolobha laba yinqwaba yezinsalela, umuzi obiyelweyo waba unxiwa; isigodlo sabezizwe asiseyilo idolobha— ngeke siphinde sakhiwe. 3Ngalokho abantu abanamandla bayakukuhlonipha; idolobha lezizwe ezinonya liyakukwesaba. 4Ngokuba ube yisiphephelo kwabampofu, isiphephelo kwabaswele osizini lwabo, isikhoselo esivikela esiphephweni nomthunzi ovikela ekushiseni; ngokuba ukuphefumula kwabanonya kunjengesiphepho esishaya udonga. 5Njengokushisa ezweni elomileyo, uyawuthulisa umsindo wabezizwe; njengoba ukushisa kuthuliswa ngumthunzi wefu, kanjalo ingoma yabanonya iyathuliswa. 6Kule ntaba uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyakuzilungiselela zonke izizwe idili lokudla okunonileyo, idili lewayini elivuthiwe—inyama emnandi kunazo zonke newayini elihle elivuthwe kahle. 7Kule ntaba uyakugwinya isembeso esigoqa zonke izizwe, isimbozo esembozwe phezu kwazo zonke izizwe. 8Uyakugwinya ukufa kuze kube phakade; iNkosi uBaba uyakwesula izinyembezi ebusweni bonke, asuse ihlazo labantu bakhe emhlabeni wonke—ngokuba uBaba wethu ukhulumile. a a v8 UPawulu usebenzisa leli vesi ekunqobeni kukaJesu ekuvukeni kwabafileyo — “Ukufa sekuginyiwe ekunqobeni” (1 Kor 15:54). Isithembiso sikaBaba lapha sithola ukugcwaliseka kwaso ethuneni elingenalutho; usuku uBaba wethu asula ngalo zonke izinyembezi luvulwa yiNdodana enqobe ukufa.
9Ngalolo suku kuyakuthiwa: “Bheka, lo nguBaba wethu; samlindela, wasisindisa. Lo nguBaba; samlindela —masijabule sithokoze ensindisweni yakhe.” 10Ngokuba isandla sikaBaba wethu siyakuhlala kule ntaba, kodwa uMowabi uyakunyathelwa endaweni yakhe, njengoba utshani bunyathelwa emgodini womquba. b b v10 UMowabi kwakuyisizwe sasendulo ngasempumalanga yoMfula iJordani, isitha esidala sika-Israyeli, esisetshenziswe lapha njengophawu lwabo bonke abaphikisana noNkulunkulu. 11Uyakwelula izandla zakhe phakathi kukaMowabi njengoba obhukudayo elula izandla zakhe ukuze abhukude, kodwa uyakukwehlisa ukuzidla kwabo kanye nobuqili bezandla zabo. 12Izindonga eziphakemeyo zenqaba yakho uyakuzidiliza, azehlise, azilahlele phansi emhlabathini, othulini.
