amaHebheru
1:1 UNkulunkulu, owakhuluma ezikhathini eziningi nangezindlela eziningi
obaba ngabaprofethi,
1:2 Kulezinsuku zokugcina ukhulumile kithi ngeNdodana yakhe anayo
wamisa indlalifa yakho konke, futhi wenza ngaye futhi imihlaba;
1:3 Ongukukhazimula kwenkazimulo yakhe, nomfanekiso ocacile wakhe
umuntu, futhi esekela zonke izinto ngezwi lamandla akhe, lapho esenakho
ngokwakhe wahlanza izono zethu, wahlala phansi ngakwesokunene soMkhulu
phezulu;
1:4 Esenziwe waba ngcono kakhulu kunezingelosi, njengoba enalo ngefa
bathola igama elihle kakhulu kunabo.
1:5 Ngoba iyiphi yezingelosi ake wake wathi: "Wena uyiNdodana yami, lokhu."
usuku ngikuzele na? Futhi futhi: Mina ngizakuba kuye uYise, futhi yena
uzakuba yiNdodana kimi?
1:6 Futhi, lapho eletha izibulo emhlabeni, yena
uthi: Nezingelosi zonke zikaNkulunkulu mazikhuleke kuye.
1:7 Futhi ngezingelosi uthi: Owenza izingelosi zakhe imimoya, futhi zakhe
izikhonzi ilangabi lomlilo.
1:8 Kodwa eNdodaneni uthi: Isihlalo sakho sobukhosi, Nkulunkulu, singesaphakade laphakade;
intonga yokulunga intonga yombuso wakho.
1:9 Uthandile ukulunga, wazonda ububi; ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu, yebo
uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcobile ngamafutha entokozo ngaphezu kwabangane bakho.
1:10 Futhi: Wena, Nkosi, kusukela ekuqaleni wabeka isisekelo somhlaba;
nezulu liyimisebenzi yezandla zakho;
1:11 Bayoshabalala; kodwa wena uhlala; futhi bonke bayoguga njengalokhu
wenza ingubo;
1:12 Futhi njengesembatho uyozigoqa, futhi bayoguqulwa: kodwa
wena unguwe, neminyaka yakho ayiyikuphela.
1:13 Kodwa yiyiphi yezingelosi ake wake wathi kuyo: “Hlala ngakwesokunene sami;
ngize ngenze izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo senyawo zakho?
1:14 Aziyona yini zonke imimoya ekhonzayo, ethunyelwe ukukhonza ngenxa yabo
ngubani oyakuba yizindlalifa zensindiso na?