Amahubo 37:1-40

Ihubo likaDavide. Ungakhathazeki ngababi, ungabahawukeli abenza okubi. Ngoba bazaqunywa masinyane njengotshani, babune njengezitshalo eziluhlaza. Thembela kuJehova, wenze okuhle; niyohlala ezweni, nondliwa. Zithokozise ngoJehova; futhi uzokunika okufiswa yinhliziyo yakho. Shiya indlela yakho kuJehova; thembela kuye futhi; futhi uyokwenza kwenzeke. Uyakuveza ukulunga kwakho njengokukhanya nokwahlulela kwakho njengemini enkulu. Hlala kuJehova, umlinde ngokubekezela; ungakhathazeki ngonenhlanhla endleleni yakhe, ngomuntu oceba amacebo amabi. Yeka ukuthukuthela, ushiye ukuthukuthela; ungathukutheli nganoma iyiphi indlela ukwenza okubi. Ngokuba abenzi bokubi bayakunqunywa, kepha abalindela uJehova bazakudla ifa lomhlaba. Kusengumzuzwana, omubi abe engasekho; yebo, kufanele ubhekisise indawo yakhe, futhi ngeke kube khona. Kodwa abathobekileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba; futhi bayojabula ngokuchichima kokuthula. Omubi uceba uzungu ngolungileyo, amgedlele amazinyo. INkosi izamhleka, ngoba ibona ukuthi usuku lwakhe luyeza. Ababi bahosha inkemba bahosha umnsalo ukuze bawise phansi abampofu nabampofu, babulale abahamba ngobuqotho. Inkemba yabo iyongena kweyabo inhliziyo, neminsalo yabo yaphulwe. Okuncane anakho olungileyo kungcono kunenotho yababi abaningi. Ngokuba izingalo zababi ziyakwaphulwa, kepha uJehova usekela abalungileyo. UJehova uyazazi izinsuku zabaqotho, nefa labo liyoba phakade. Abayikuba namahloni ngesikhathi sobubi, nangezinsuku zendlala bayakusutha. Kepha ababi bayakubhubha, izitha zikaJehova zinjengamanoni amawundlu; ziyakuqeda ngomusi. Omubi uyaboleka angabuyiseli, kepha olungileyo uhawukela, uyapha. Ngokuba ababusisiweyo nguye bayakudla ifa lomhlaba; lalabo abaqalekisiweyo nguye bazaqunywa. Izinyathelo zomuntu zimiswa nguJehova, futhi uyayithanda indlela yakhe. Noma ewa, akayikuwa phansi nesiqalekiso, ngokuba uJehova uyamsekela ngesandla sakhe. Ngangimusha, manje sengimdala; kepha angizange ngibone olungileyo eshiyiwe, nenzalo yakhe iphanza ukudla. Uhlala elesihawu njalo eboleka; nenzalo yakhe yabusiswa. Deda ebubini wenze okuhle; futhi uhlale phakade. Ngoba uJehova uthanda ubulungisa futhi akabashiyi abathandwayo bakhe; bayalondolozwa kuze kube phakade, kepha inzalo yababi iyachithwa. Abalungileyo bazakudla ilifa lelizwe njalo bahlale kulo kuze kube nininini. Umlomo wolungileyo ukhuluma ukuhlakanipha, nolimi lwakhe lukhuluma ukwahlulela. Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe usenhliziyweni yakhe; akuyikushelela nesisodwa izinyathelo zakhe. Ababi babuka olungileyo bafune ukumbulala. UJehova ngeke amshiye esandleni sakhe futhi ngeke amlahle lapho esahlulelwa. Lindelani uJehova, nimgcine; uyakunivusa ukuba nidle ifa lezwe; lapho ababi benqunywa, uyakukubona. Ngabona ukuthi omubi unamandla amakhulu; Kodwa wafa, bheka, wayengasekho; yebo, ngamfuna, kodwa akatholakalanga. Bheka umuntu opheleleyo, umbone oqotho, ngokuba isiphetho salowo muntu kungukuthula. Kodwa abaphambukayo bayobhujiswa kanyekanye; ukuphela kwababi kuyanqunywa. Kepha ukusindiswa kwabalungileyo kuvela kuJehova; Uyinqaba yabo ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka. Futhi uJehova uyobasiza futhi abasindise; Uyobasindisa kwababi futhi abasindise, ngoba bethembele kuye.