KUMAHEBHERE 1 - isiXhosa 1975

UKristu uNyana kaThixo uphakamile kunezithunywa zezulu

1UThixo wayethethile nje kudala ngeendawo ezininzi, nangeendlela ezininzi, koobawo ngabo abaprofeti, uthethe ngale mihla yokugqibela kuthi ngoNyana;

2awammisayo wayindlalifa yeento zonke, awathi kwangaye wayenza indalo yonke;

3othe, elubengezelo lobuqaqawuli bakhe, nombhalo wenkqu yakhe, ezithwele nokuzithwala zonke izinto ngalo ilizwi lamandla akhe, wesuka, akuba eyenzile ngokwakhe intlambululo yokusihlambulula ezonweni, wahlala phantsi ngasekunene kobuKhulu, enyangweni;

4ethe waba ngonamandla ngaphezu kwezithunywa zezulu, ngangoko azuze ilifa legama eligqithiseleyo kunelazo.

5Kuba sisiphi na isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso,

ÙnguNyana wam wena,

Mna ndikuzele namhla?

(INdum. 2:7)

Nokuthi,

Mna ndiya kuba nguYise wakhe,

Yena abe nguNyana wam?

(USam. II 7:14)

6Nangexa athi amngenise owamazibulo kwelimiweyo, uthi, Maziqubude kuye zonke izithunywa zikaThixo.

7Okunene ngazo izithunywa zezulu uthi,

Ulozenza izithunywa zakhe oomoya,

Nababusi bakhe ilangatye lomlilo;

(INdum. 104:4)

8kodwa ngaye yena uNyana uthi,

Itrone yakho, Thixo, isa ephakadeni lasephakadeni;

Yintonga ethe tye intonga yobukumkani bakho.

9Wathanda ubulungisa, wathiya okungendawo;

Ngenxa yoko, uThixo, uThixo wakho, ukuthambise

Ngeoli yomgcobo ngaphezu kowenu.

(INdum. 45:6,7)

10Abuye athi,

Ekuqalekeni, wena Nkosi, waliseka ihlabathi,

Nalo izulu lingumsebenzi wezandla zakho;

11Wona aya kutshabalala, ke wena uhlala uhleli;

Aye onke njengengubo eya konakala,

12Nanjengesambatho ùya kuwasonga,

Asuke abe ngawambi;

Ke wena ùkwanguwe,

Nayo iminyaka yakho ayiyi kuphela.

(INdum. 102:25-27)

13Sisiphi na ke isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso,

Hlala ngasekunene kwam,

Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho?

(INdum. 110:1)

14Azingomoya ababusayo zonke na, zithunywe ukuba zilungiselele abo baza kuba ziindlalifa zalo usindiso?