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| 1. | Olungileyo uyabhubha, kakho olendaba lakho; abantu abaqotho bayasuswa, kakho okunanzayo lokho. Ngenxa yobubi olungileyo uyasuswa, |
| 2. | ukuthi angene ekuthuleni. Labo abahamba ngobuqotho balele phansi bephumula. |
| 3. | Sondelani, lina madodana omthakathi, lina nzalo yesifebe lewule; |
| 4. | lidlala ngobani? Likhamisela ubani imilomo yenu, linyalize inlimi zenu? Angithi lingabantwana besiphambeko, lenzalo yenkohliso, |
| 5. | lina elitsha ngenkanuko phakathi kwezihlahla ezinkulu, ngaphansi kwazo zonke izihlahla eziluhlaza, elibulalela abantwana benu ezihotsheni, langaphansi kweminkenke yamawa? |
| 6. | Wena omubi, onkulunkulu bakho bangamatshe abutshelezi asesihotsheni; kiwo uthululele umnikelo wokunathwayo, waletha lomnikelo wokudla. Ngizathokoziswa yilokhu yini? |
| 7. | Phezu kwentaba ende ephakemeyo ubekile umbheda wakho, wakhwela ukuyanikela khona umhlatshelo. |
| 8. | Ubekile izithombe zakho ngemva kwesivalo langemva kwensika yomnyango; wangilahla, wakhulula izigqoko zakho, walala embhedeni wakho obanzi lezithandwa zakho ozithenga ukuthi ulale lazo, ukuze ukholisise inkanuko yakho. |
| 9. | Waziqhola ngamakha, wazigcoba ngamagcobo, wayakhonza unkulunkulu uMoleki; wathuma khatshana izithunywa zakho, wazehlisela esihogweni. |
| 10. | Wadiniswa yibude bendlela yakho, kodwa kawutshongo ukuthi: Lokhu kakusizi lutho; wazuza amandla amatsha, ngakho-ke kawuphelanga amandla. |
| 11. | Wesaba bani kangaka ukuze uqambe amanga ungangikhumbuli, ungangifaki enhliziyweni yakho? Kawusangesabi ngoba ngithule okwesikhathi eside yini? |
| 12. | Uthi okwenzayo kulungile, ngizadalula izenzo zakho, ukwenza kwakho kakuyikukusiza. |
| 13. | Lapho uhlaba umkhosi, izithombe zakho ezinengi kazikusize! Kanti umoya uzaziphephula zonke, lokuphephetha nje kuzithathe. Kodwa yena othemba kimi uzahlala elizweni, adle ilifa, intaba yami engcwele. |
| 14. | Kuzakuthiwa: Candani indlela, liyicande liyilungise, lisuse izikhubekiso zonke endleleni yabantu bami. |
| 15. | Ngoba ophakemeyo lophezulu, ohlala kuze kube nininini, obizo lakhe lingoNgcwele, uthi: Ngihlala endaweni ephakemeyo lengcwele, lakuye olomoya odabukileyo lozithobayo, ukuze ngivuselele umoya wabazithobayo, lenhliziyo edabukileyo. |
| 16. | Ngoba kangiyikulwisa njalonjalo, futhi kangiyikuthukuthela njalonjalo; ngoba umoya waphuma kimi, ngadabula abantu. |
| 17. | Ngenxa yobubi bukaIsrayeli obukhulu ngathukuthela, ngamtshaya ekuthukutheleni kwami, ngamlahla; kodwa kwaqhubeka ukuhlamuka kwakhe. |
| 18. | Sengizibonile izindlela zakhe, kodwa ngizamsilisa, ngimkhokhele, ngimsize, ngiduduze laba abakhalayo. |
| 19. | Ukuthula, ukuthula kakube kubo abakhatshana labaseduze; ngizabasilisa abantu bami. |
| 20. | Kodwa ababi banjengolwandle olutshukumayo; ngoba kalulakuphumula, lamanzi alo akhafula udaka lengcekeza. |
| 21. | Kakulakuthula lakancinyane kwababi, kutsho uNkulunkulu wami. |
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