Hebhere
1:1 UThixo owathetha kwamandulo, ngeendlela ezininzi, ngeendlela ezininzi
oobawo ngabaprofeti,
1:2 Uthethe kuthi ke ekupheleni kwale mihla ngoNyana wakhe, anaye
umise iindlalifa zeento zonke, awathi kwangaye wenza amahlabathi;
1:3 elubengezelo lobuqaqawuli bakhe, nomfanekiso wakhe ngokwakhe
umntu, ezithwele nokuzithwala zonke izinto ngelizwi lamandla akhe, xa abenako
Uthe ngokwakhe, esazihlambulule izono zethu, wahlala phantsi ngasekunene kobuKhulu
phezulu;
1:4 ethe waba ngonamandla ngaphezu kwezithunywa zezulu, ngangoko azuze ilifa
bazuze igama elibalaseleyo kunabo.
1:5 Kuba sisiphi na isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso, UnguNyana wam wena, lo;
Mna ndikuzele na? kwakhona, Ndiya kuba nguYise kuye, naye
Uya kuba nguNyana wam na?
1:6 Kwaye, xa athe wamngenisa owamazibulo ehlabathini, yena
Ithi, Maziqubude kuye zonke izithunywa zikaThixo.
1:7 Kananjalo ngazo izithunywa zezulu uthi, Ulowenza izithunywa zakhe oomoya, nabakhe;
balungiselela idangatye lomlilo.
1:8 Kodwa ngaye uNyana uthi, Itrone yakho, Thixo, ingunaphakade kanaphakade;
Intonga yobulungisa yintonga yobukumkani bakho.
1:9 Uthanda ubulungisa, uthiye okungendawo; ngoko ke, uThixo, ewe
ukuthambise ngeoli yomgcobo ngaphezu kwabalingane bakho.
1:10 athi, Wena, Nkosi, waliseka ihlabathi kwasekuqalekeni;
Liyimisebenzi yezandla zakho izulu;
1:11 Ezo zinto ziya kutshabalala; ke wena uhlala uhleli; kwaye bonke baya kuguga njengabo
wenza ingubo;
1:12 Kwaye njengesambatho uya kuzisonga, kwaye ziya kutshintshwa; kodwa
ukwanguwe, neminyaka yakho ayiyi kuphela.
1:13 Sisiphi na ke isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso, Hlala ngasekunene kwam,
Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho?
1:14 Azingomoya ababusayo zonke na, zithunywe ukubalungiselela?
ngoobani na abaya kuba ziindlalifa zosindiso?