Umthandazo kaManase
1:1 Nkosi, Thixo Somandla woobawo bethu, uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi, noAbraham
imbewu yabo yobulungisa;
1:2 umenzi wezulu nehlabathi, neengubo zazo zonke;
1:3 owalubopha ulwandle ngelizwi lomthetho wakho; othe wavala
amanzi anzongonzongo, wawatywina wawatywina, wawatywina ngegama lakho eloyikekayo nelizukileyo;
1:4 lowo bamoyikayo bonke, Bagubhe phambi kobuso bakho; ngenxa yobungangamsha bakho
Akunakuthwala uzuko lwayo, nokuzohlwaya kwakho aboni
zithathwa ngaphandle:
1:5 Ke lona idinga lakho alinakulinganiswa, alinakugocagocwa;
1:6 Ngokuba wena unguYehova Osenyangweni, onemfesane enkulu, ozeka kade umsindo;
onenceba enkulu, oguqukayo ebubini babantu. Wena, Nkosi,
ngokokulunga kwakho okukhulu uthembisile inguquko noxolelo
kwabo bakonileyo, ngenxa yeenceba zakho ezingunaphakade
ubamisele inguquko aboni, ukuze basindiswe.
1:7 Wena ke, Nkosi, unguThixo wamalungisa, akukhethanga
inguquko kumalungisa, njengakuAbraham, nakuIsake, nakuYakobi, ababenayo
akonanga kuwe; kodwa undimisele inguquko oko
ndingumoni:
1:8 kuba ndonile ngaphezu kwentlabathi yolwandle. Eyam
Ukreqo, Yehova, luninzi; ukreqo lwam luninzi
ndande, andifanele ukukhangela nokubona ukuphakama kwezulu
ngenxa yobuninzi bobugwenxa bam.
1:9 Ndisibeke ngeentsontelo ezininzi, ukuba andinako ukuyiphakamisa intloko yam;
Akunakukhululwa, kuba ndikuxhokonxile, ndenza ububi
Andenzanga ukuthanda kwakho, nemithetho yakho andiyenzanga
zimiseni izinto ezinezothe, zande izikreqo.
1:10 Ke kaloku ndiguqa ngedolo lentliziyo yam, ndikhunga kuwe ubabalo.
1:11 Ndonile, Yehova, ndonile, Ndabuqonda ubugwenxa bam;
1:12 Ngako oko ndiyakukhunga ngokuzithoba, Yehova, ndixolele, undixolele.
musa ukunditshabalalisa ngobugwenxa bam. Musa ukuba na umsindo kum ngonaphakade, ngokuba
endigcinele ububi; ungandigwebeli kwelasezantsi icala
umhlaba. Kuba wena unguThixo, nkqu uThixo wabo baguqukayo;
1:13 ubonakalise kum konke ukulunga kwakho, ngokuba uya kundisindisa
andifanelekanga ngokobuninzi benceba yakho.
1:14 Ngako oko ndiya kubulela kuwe ngonaphakade, yonke imihla yobomi bam, ezintweni zonke
amandla ezulu aya kukudumisa, nozuko lolwakho
ngonaphakade nangonaphakade. Amen.