KumaHebhere 1 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

¹ uThixo wayethethile nje kudala, nangeendlela ezininzi, koobawo ngabo oobawo ngabaprofeti;

² Ngale mihla yokugqibela uthe wathetha nathi ngoNyana wakhe, awammisayo ukuba abe yindlalifa yeento zonke, awathi kwangaye wawenza amahlabathi;

³ othe, elubengezelo lobuqaqawuli bakhe, nombhalo wenkqu yakhe, ezithwele nokuzithwala zonke izinto ngalo ilizwi lamandla akhe, wesuka, akuba eyenzile ngokwakhe intlambululo yezono, wahlala phantsi ngasekunene kobuKhulu, enyangweni;

⁴ ethe waba ngonamandla ngaphezu kwezithunywa zezulu, ngangoko azuze ilifa legama eligqithiseleyo kunelazo.

⁵ Kuba sisiphi na isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso, UnguNyana wam wena, Mna ndikuzele namhla? Nokuthi, Mna ndiya kuba nguYise kuye, Yena abe nguNyana wam?

⁶ Nangexa athi amngenise owamazibulo kwelimiweyo, uthi, Maziqubude kuye zonke izithunywa zikaThixo.

⁷ Ngokuphathelele kwizithunywa zezulu uthi: “Ulozenza izithunywa zakhe imimoya, nabalungiseleli bakhe ilangatye lomlilo.

⁸ Kuye yena uNyana uthi, Itrone yakho, Thixo, ingunaphakade kanaphakade; yintonga yobulungisa intonga yobukumkani bakho.

⁹ Uthanda ubulungisa, uthiye okungendawo; Ngenxa yoko, uThixo, uThixo wakho, ukuthambise Ngeoli yomhlali ngaphezu kwabalingane bakho.

¹⁰ Kananjalo wathi, Wena, Nkosi, waliseka ihlabathi kwasekuqalekeni; Liyimisebenzi yezandla zakho izulu;

¹¹ Ezo zinto ziya kutshabalala; ke wena uhlala uhleli; Aye onke njengengubo eya konakala;

¹² Uya kuzisonga njengesambatho, ziguqulwe; ke wena ukwanguwe, neminyaka yakho ayiyi kuphela.

¹³ Sisiphi na ke isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso, Hlala ngasekunene kwam, Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho?

¹⁴ Azingabo na zonke oomoya ababusayo, zithunywe ukuba zilungiselele abo baza kuba ziindlalifa zosindiso?