KumaHebhere 1 - IBHAYIBHILE

Isingeniso

¹ Amaxesha ngamaxesha mandulo uThixo wathetha nookhokho bethu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ngomlomo *wabashumayeli.

² Kodwa ke kula maxesha okugqibela uthethe nathi ngoNyana wakhe. UThixo wammisela ukuba abe yindlalifa yezinto zonke, kwaye futhi ihlabathi liphela walidala ngaye.

³ Ewe, uNyana lo uphuhlisa ubungangalala bukaThixo, ibe ke yena noThixo bangumceph' ucandiwe. Ihlabathi lixhaswe nguye ngamandla elizwi lakhe. Uthe ke akuba elwenzile uxolelo lwezono wahlala ewongeni kwaThixo kweliphezulu.

⁴ Kaloku uNyana yena mkhulu kunezithunywa zezulu, kwaye ke uzuze negama elibalaseleyo kunelazo.

UNyana mkhulu kunezithunywa

⁵ UThixo akukho sithunywa wakha wathi kuso: “UnguNyana wam wena, ndikuzele namhlanje;” engazange atsho nokuthi: “Ndiya kuba nguYise, yena abe nguNyana wam.”

⁶ Kwakhona ekuyiziseni kwakhe ehlabathini inkulu yakhe uThixo wathi: “Mazinqule yena zonke izithunywa zikaThixo.”

⁷ Ngokubhekiselele kwizithunywa zikaThixo kuthiwa: “Ulowenza imimoya izithunywa zakhe, nemibane elenyayo ibe zizicaka zakhe. ”

⁸ Kodwa uthi mayela noNyana: “Kambe, ulawulo lwakho, Thixo, àluphele ndawo! Kwaye futhi wena ulawula ngobulungisa.

⁹ Ungumathand' ubulungisa, uyithiyile inkohlakalo. Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, Thixo, uThixo wakho ukuthambisile. Ewe, ukuthe jize ngesihomo nesithozela esingaphezulu kwesoogxa bakho.”

¹⁰ Uphinda athi: “Nguwe, Nkosi, owalidalayo ihlabathi ekuqalekeni; amazulu ênziwa zizandla zakho.

¹¹ Xa zizonke ziya kudlula, kodwa wena uhlala uhleli; ziya kuguga njengeempahla.

¹² Uya kuzisonga njengeengubo, zona ziya kutshintshwa njengesambatho; ube wena ungaguquki, ube wena ungagugi.”

¹³ UThixo zange atsho nakusinye isithunywa ukuthi: “Hlala ngakum kweli wonga lo gama ndikoyisela iintshaba zakho.”

¹⁴ Kakade ke ngoobani izithunywa? Zingoomoya abathunywa nguThixo, benceda abo baziindlalifa zosindiso.