AmaHubo
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Umkhuleko kaMose, umuntu kaNkulunkulu. Nkosi, wena uyisiphephelo sethu ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
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Kungakaveli izintaba, ungakawenzi umhlaba nezwe, kuthi kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade wena Nkulunkulu ukhona.
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Uyambuyisela umuntu othulini, uthi: “Buyani, bantwana babantu.”
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Ngokuba iminyaka eyinkulungwane emehlweni akho injengezolo selidlulile, nanjengomlindo ebusuku.
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Uyabamukisa njengesikhukhula, banjengobuthongo; ekuseni banjengotshani obuhlumayo;
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ekuseni buyakhahlela, buhlume; kusihlwa bunqunywe, bubune.
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Ngokuba siyaqedwa yintukuthelo yakho, nangolaka lwakho siyabhubha.
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Ubekile amacala ethu phambi kwakho, izono zethu ezifihliweyo ekukhanyeni kobuso bakho.
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Ngokuba izinsuku zethu ziyadlula ngentukuthelo yakho; siyafeza iminyaka yethu njengephefu.
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Izinsuku zeminyaka yethu zineminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa; kuthi uma ziziningi, zineminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili; nokho ukuvama kwazo kungukuhlupheka nelize, ngokuba zidlula masinyane, thina siyandiza, simuke.
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Ngubani owaziyo amandla entukuthelo yakho nolaka lwakho olunjengakho ukwesabeka kwakho na?
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Sifundise, Nkosi, ukubala izinsuku zethu, sizuze inhliziyo enokuhlakanipha.
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Buya, Jehova! Koze kube nini na? Hawukela izinceku zakho.
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Sisuthise ngomusa wakho, kuse sekuseni, ukuze sithokoze, sijabule izinsuku zethu zonke.
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Sithokozise ngangezinsuku owasihlupha ngazo, nangangeminyaka esabona okubi ngayo.
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Izenzo zakho mazibonakale kuzo izinceku zakho, nenkazimulo yakho kubantwana bazo.
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Yebo, ubuhle beNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu abube phezu kwethu, umise umsebenzi wezandla zethu phezu kwethu; yebo, umsebenzi wezandla zethu uwumise.