- Xa ungazifumani izinto ozifunayo, ukhetha ukubulala; okanye xa ungafezeki umnqweno wakho, uyaxabana ulwe. Kanti ke, ungazifumani nje izinto ozifunayo, kungenxa yokuba awuziceli kuThixo.
- Ngokukwanjalo noMoya uyasixhasa ekusweleni kwethu amandla, kuba kaloku asiyazi eyona ndlela singathandaza ngayo. Kodwa ke kweso singqala sethu sikhohliwe uMoya ngokwakhe uyasithethelela.
- Uyawuva umthandazo wam, Ndikhoyo, kwakusasa:
kwakusasa ndizibika kuwe, ndilinde impendulo. - Kambe ke, ngeny' imini, Ndikhoyo,
luya kubalasela uthando lwakho.
Ndiya kuphikelela ndikudumise ebusuku,
ndithandaze kuThixo endixhomekeke kuye. - Wuphulaphule umthandazo wam, Ndikhoyo;
sive isikhungo sam.
Wena uthembekile, ulilungisa; nceda undiphendule. - Mhlobo oyintanda, ndithandazela ukuba konke kube hele, kube chosi kuwe, nanjengoko ndisazi ukuba kunjalo nasemphefumlweni wakho.
- Lindani nithandaze, ukuze ningangeni ekuhendweni. Intliziyo yona okunene inentumekelelo, ke wona umzimba ubuthathaka.
- Xa ndandisebunzimeni ndabhenela kuNdikhoyo,
waza yena wasabela wandihlangula. - Kaloku iNkosi iyawajonga amalungisa,
iyiphulaphule imithandazo yawo.
Kodwa iyabafulathela abenzi bobubi. - Kaloku ndiyazi ukuba ngemithandazo yenu, nangoncedo loMoya kaYesu Krestu ndiya kusinda.
- Thandazani ke ngoko nina nithi:
“ ‘Bawo wethu osezulwini:
Malaziwe lihlonelwe igama lakho,
malongame ulawulo lwakho,
makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakho, emhlabeni njengasezulwini.”’ - Ngoko ke sazila sakhunga kuThixo wethu ngalo mbandela, waza wawuphendula umthandazo wethu.
- Ngamana angamkeleka kuwe, Ndikhoyo,
amazwi am neengcamango zentliziyo yam,
wena mkhuseli wam nomkhululi wam. - Xa umntu egula, makabize amadoda amakhulu ebandla; wona aya kumthandazela, amthambise ngeoyile egameni leNkosi. Lo mthandazo uphuma elukholweni uya kumnyanga umntu ogulayo, iNkosi imbuyisele empilweni, zithi nezono azenzileyo zixolelwe.
- Lwazibika udwayi, waluva uNdikhoyo,
walukhupha kuzo zonke iinkxwaleko zalo. - Kananjalo nabani na othe wabiza igama leNkosi uya kusindiswa.
- Akuba ke uYobi ebathandazele abahlobo bakhe kuNdikhoyo, uNdikhoyo waphinda wambuyisela uYobi kundalashe. Ewe, ubutyebi bakhe wada wabuphinda-phinda.
- Waza ke uPetros wagcinwa entolongweni apho, kodwa amaKrestu wona azingisa ukumthandazela kuThixo, lo gama avalelweyo.
- Naxa nithandazayo, ukuba ninendawo ngakubani, mxoleleni, ukuze noYihlo osezulwini anixolele iziphoso zenu.
- Bakuba begqibile ukuthandaza, indawo ababehlangene kuyo yazanya-zanyiswa. Bonke bazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baza baluthetha udaba lukaThixo benobuganga.
- Ukuba ngoko nina, nikhohlakele nje, niyakwazi ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo, wobeka phi yena uYihlo osezulwini ukugqithisela ukubapha uMoya oyiNgcwele abo bamcelayo?
- Jika uxelele inkokheli yabantu bam uHezekiya, uthi: ‘Nali ilizwi elithethwa nguNdikhoyo uThixo kayihlo uDavide: Ndiwuvile umthandazo wakho, ndazibona neenyembezi zakho. Ndiza kukuphilisa. Ngosuku lwesithathu ukusuka ngoku uya kuya endlwini kaNdikhoyo.’
- Ke mna ndithi kuni, zithandeni iintshaba zenu, nibathandazele abo banitshutshisayo.
- Lamla, Ndikhoyo; caca ukuba unguThixo!
Sukubalibal' abantw' abahlelelekileyo! - Wena Thixo woobawo, ndiyakudumisa,
ndikubulela kuba wena undizimasile.
Undithe jize ngobulumko namandla.
Nangoku wena undityhilele,
wawuphendula umthandazo wethu.
Ewe, usityhilele le nto ifunwa ngukumkani.
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