Izizwe Eziyaxokozelayo
Amakhosi nezizwe zakha itulo lokulahla ukubusa kukaBaba wethu nokoGcotshiweyo wakhe. Uyahleka, abeke inkosi yakhe eSiyoni, ayinike izizwe. Ihubo bese liphenduka lixwayise ababusi uqobo: thobelani, niphephele kuye kusesesikhathi.
2 1Kungani izizwe zivutha ngolaka, nabantu beceba okuyize na? 2Amakhosi omhlaba ayazimisa, nababusi benzelana uzungu ndawonye bemelene noBaba wethu bemelene noGcotshiweyo wakhe. a a v2 OGcotshiweyo—uMesiya—nguJesu. Ibandla lokuqala lalithandaza ngaleli hubo kanye liphathelene nababusi abenzelana uzungu bemelene naye (izEnzo 4:25-27). 3“Masiqhaqhe amaketanga abasibophe ngawo,” basho, “siphonse izintambo zabo kude nathi.”
4UBaba wethu, ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ezulwini, uyahleka; uBaba oBusayo uyabahleka usulu. 5Khona-ke uyakukhuluma kubo ngentukuthelo yakhe, abethuse ngolaka lwakhe oluvuthayo:
6“Mina ngokwami ngibekile iNkosi yami eZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele.”
7Ngiyakumemezela isinqumo sikaBaba wethu: wathi kimi, “UyiNdodana yami; namhlanje sengibe nguYihlo. b b v7 Isinqumo saphakade sikaBaba wethu eNdodaneni. ITestamente eLisha lisebenzisa la mazwi ngqo kuJesu — izEnzo 13:33, amaHeberu 1:5, namaHeberu 5:5 — limmemezela njengeNdodana ezelwe nguBaba.
8“Cela kimi, ngikunike izizwe zibe yifa lakho, nemikhawulo yomhlaba ibe yimpahla yakho. 9Uyakubaphula ngenduku yensimbi; ubaphahlaze njengembiza yombumbi.”
10Manje-ke, nina makhosi, hlakaniphani; yalwani, nina babusi bomhlaba. 11Khonzani uBaba wethu ngokwesaba, nithokoze ngokuthuthumela. 12Qabulani iNdodana, funa ithukuthele, nibhubhe endleleni, ngokuba ulaka lwayo lungavutha ngomzuzwana. Babusisiwe bonke abaphephela kuyo. c c v12 Ihubo liphetha ngokuphephela eNdodaneni—uJesu. Ukuyethemba kuwukwamukelwa ekhaya nguBaba owayibeka esihlalweni sobukhosi.
