- Onayo iNdodana unokuphila; ongenayo iNdodana kaNkulunkulu akanakho ukuphila.
- Nokho kithina kukhona uNkulunkulu munye, uYise, okuvela kuye konke, nathi sikhonela yena, nenkosi inye, uJesu Kristu, okungaye konke, nathi sikhona ngaye.
- Yizwa, ndodana yami,
wamukele izwi lami;
kuyakuthi iminyaka yokuphila kwakho ibe miningi. - Ngokuba usho kanje ophakamileyo nophezulu,
ohlala kuze kube phakade,
ogama lakhe lingoNgcwele, uthi:
“Ngihlala endaweni ephakemeyo nengcwele,
kepha nakuye onomoya ochotshoziweyo nothobekileyo,
ukuvuselela umoya wabathobekileyo
nokuphilisa izinhliziyo zabachotshoziweyo.” - Bonke engibathandayo ngiyabasola, ngibalaye; ngakho-ke shisekela uphenduke.
- Ngakho uJesu waphinda wakhuluma kubo, wathi: “Mina ngingukukhanya kwezwe; ongilandelayo kasoze ahamba ebumnyameni, kodwa woba nokukhanya kokuphila.”
- Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli, uthi:
“Ngifuneni, niphile.” - UJehova ukhulula umphefumulo wezinceku zakhe;
akakho kwabamethembayo oyakuba necala. - Umhlaba ungokaJehova nokugcwala kwawo,
izwe nabakhileyo kulo. - Niyakuba ngcwele kimi, ngokuba mina Jehova ngingcwele; nginahlukanisile nabezizwe ukuba nibe ngabami.
- Ngifundise, Jehova, indlela yakho;
ngiyakuhamba eqinisweni lakho;
yenza inhliziyo yami iqonde ntonye,
yesabe igama lakho. - Yebo, nina nangisongozela okubi, kepha uNkulunkulu wakuceba kwaba kuhle ukuba akwenze kube njenganamuhla, asindise abantu abaningi.
- Nakhu ukuphela kwendaba,
lapho sekuzwakele konke:
Mesabe uNkulunkulu,
ugcine imiyalo yakhe,
ngokuba lokho kungokwabantu bonke. - Konke kwavela ngaye; ngaphandle kwakhe akuvelanga lutho kukho konke okuvelileyo.
- Kepha ngiphakathi kokubili; nginesifiso sokumuka ngibe noKristu, ngokuba yikhona okuhle kakhulu; kanti-ke ukuhlala enyameni kuswelekile kakhulu ngenxa yenu.
- Ngokuthanda kwakhe wasizala ngezwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe ngabokuqala bezidalwa zakhe.
- Babusisiwe abaqotho endleleni,
abahamba ngemithetho kaJehova. - Ngalokho-ke nathi, lokhu sinefu elingaka lawofakazi elisihaqileyo, masilahle konke okusindayo nesono esithandela kangaka kithi, sigijime ngokubekezela kulokhu kuncintisana esikumiselweyo.
- Ngokuba uthando lukaKristu luyasiqhubezela, sikubona lokhu ukuthi munye owafela bonke; ngakho-ke bonke sebafa; wafela bonke, ukuze abaphilayo bangabe besaziphilela bona, kodwa baphilele yena owabafelayo, wabuye wavuka.
- Njengokuba amandla akhe obuNkulunkulu esinikile konke okuqondene nokuphila nokumesaba uNkulunkulu ngokumazi yena owasibiza ngenkazimulo nobuhle bakhe.
- Ngokuba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe uyakulahlekelwa yikho; kepha olahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami uyakukusindisa.
- Ngokuba sesingabahlanganyela kuKristu, uma sibambisisa ithemba lethu lokuqala kuze kube sekupheleni.
- Onqobayo uyakwembathiswa kanjalo izingubo ezimhlophe, negama lakhe angisoze ngalesula encwadini yokuphila, negama lakhe ngiyakulivuma phambi kukaBaba naphambi kwezingelosi zakhe.
- Ngakho vezani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka.
- Ngokuba ukujwayeza umzimba kusiza ingcosana, kepha ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kusiza ezintweni zonke, kunesithembiso salokhu kuphila nalokho okuzayo.
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