UZimu uBaba wethu
1Ngalokho, njengombana sizonjelezwe lilifu elingaka labofakazi, asilahleni koke okudisibezako, ngitjho nesono esisinamathele kangaka, sigijime ibanga esibekelwe lona ngokubekezela; 2siqale kuJesu umthomisi nomphelelisi wokukholwa kwethu, okwathi esikhundleni setokozo ebe ibekwe phambi kwakhe, wanyamezelela isiphambano angakhathaleli ukurhubutjhwa; uhlezi ngesidleni sesihlalo sobukhosi sakaZimu.
3Myeleleni loyo owanyamezelela ukuphikiswa kangaka zizoni, khona iinhliziyo zenu zingazukudana namkha niphelelwe lithemba. 4Ekujamelaneni kwenu nesono, anikalwi bekube sekuthulukeni kweengazi. 5Kumbe senikhohlwe umyalo onikhuthaza njengabantwana, othi:
“Ndodanami,
unganyazi ukuyala kwakaSomnini,
ungapheli amandla nakukhalimelako
6ngombana uSomnini
ubetha loyo amthandako,
ahlunguphaze leyo naleyo
indodana ayithandako.”
7Nyamezelelani ukukhalinywa; uZimu uniphatha njengabantwana: Konje ukhona umntwana ongakhalinywa nguyise na? 8Nakube anikhalinyelwa njengabo boke abakhalinywako, khona nimavezandlebe, anisibo abantwana bangekhaya. 9Ngaphezu kwalokho, sibe nabobaba bephaseli abasikhalimeleko sabahlonipha; alo, kufuze sizithobe kangangani-ke kuBaba wemiphefumulwethu bona siphile na? 10Abobaba bethu basikhalimela kwesikhatjhana njengombana babona kufanele, kodwana uZimu usikhalimela kobana kusizeke thina, iye, sihlanganyele naye ekucwengeni kwakhe. 11Okwanje ukukhalinywa kubonakala kubuhlungu kunokuthokoza, kodwana emva kwalokho kuhloma iinthelo zokulunga kilabo ababandulwe ngikho.
Imiyalo nokusolwa
12Ngalokho qinisani izandla zenu ezibuthakathaka namadolwenu agedlako, 13nenzele iinyawo zenu imizila enqophileko ukuze nosigoga angatshinyeki kodwana aqinelele.
14Phikelelani bona nihlalisane ngokuthula nabantu boke kanti godu nibe nokucwengeka ngombana onganakho lokho angeze ambona uSomnini. 15Tjhejani bona kungabikhona osalelako ekufunyaneni umusa kaZimu ukuze kungamili umrabhu obabako obanga ukonakala begodu kusilaphale abanengi ngawo. 16Godu tjhejani bona kungabikhona oziphatha kumbi namkha onganandaba njengo-Esewu, owathengisa ubuzibulo bakhe ngokudla kwesikhatjhana sinye. 17Niyazi bona kwathi muva lokha nakafuna ukuba yindlalifa yokubusiswa, waphayelwa ngeqadi ngombana gade angekhe asaphendula umkhumbulo kayise, sengitjho nanyana gade afisa lokho ngokuchiphiza iinyembezi.
18Anikezi kilokho eningakuthinta, okumlilo ovuthako, ubumnyama, isikhwitjhikhwitjhi nesiwuruwuru, 19nalapho kulila khona ipalapala nelizwini ekuthi lokha nalikhulumako lenze abalizwako bancenge bona kungasabi nelinye elikhulunywa kibo 20ngombana gade bangekhe bakujamele ebekutjhiwo ngilo bona: “Ngitjho nanyana kungaba silwana esithinta intaba le, asikhandwe ngamatje sibulawe.” 21Mbala, umbono loyo bewesabeka kangokuthi uMosi wabe wathi: “Ngiyahlengezela ngevalo.”
22Kodwana nina nize entabeni yeZiyoni nemzini wakaZimu ophilako, iJerusalema lezulwini nemgidini wewoma leengilozi, 23iye, nize ebandleni lamazibulo atloliswe ezulwini, kumgwebi onguZimu wabo boke, emiphefumulweni yabantu abalungisisiweko, 24ngitjho nakuJesu omlamuleli wesivumelwano esitjha nekufafazweni kweengazi ezikhuluma amezwi womusa kunezaka-Abela.
25Tjhejani-ke bona ningamfulatheli okhulumako ngombana nakube azange baphunyurhe labo abafulathela loyo owabayelelisako asephasinapha, khulu kangangani nakube sidela loyo osiyelelisa asezulwini? 26Ngesikhatheso ilizwi lakhe lasikinya iphasi, kodwana kwanjesi uthembisile wathi:
“Ngizokubuya godu ngisikinye
kungabi liphasi nje kwaphela
kodwana nezulu imbala.”
27Lokho kokuthi: “Ngizokubuya godu” kuphawula ukususa lokho okusikinywako, okutjho okudaliweko ukuze kuthi lokho okungekhe kwasikinywa kusale kujame njalo.
28Yeke asithokozeni ngokwamukeliswa umbuso ongekhe wasikinywa, ngalokho asinikeleni kuZimu ukulotjha okwamukelekako ngehlonipho nangokwesaba 29ngombana uZimethu umlilo oqothulako.
