Nkosi Jehova, uqalile ukubonisa inceku yakho ubukhulu bakho nesandla sakho esinamandla, ngokuba ngumuphi unkulunkulu ezulwini nasemhlabeni ongenza njengemisebenzi yakho nanjengezenzo zakho zamandla na?

Yazini namuhla ngokuba angikhulumi kubantwana benu abangazanga nabangabonanga ukulaya kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wenu ubukhulu bakhe , nesandla sakhe esinamandla, nengalo yakhe eyeluliweyo,

ngokuba ngiyakumemezela igama likaJehova : mnikeni uNkulunkulu wethu ubukhulu.

Ngobakho, Jehova, ubukhulu, namandla, nodumo, nenkazimulo, nobukhosi, ngokuba konke okusezulwini nasemhlabeni kungokwakho ; ngowakho umbuso , Jehova; wena uphakeme , uyinhloko phezu kwakho konke.

Ubukhulu bakhe abuyikunethusa, nengebhe ngaye inehlele, na?

Noma ubukhulu bakhe bukhuphukela ezulwini , nekhanda lakhe lifinyelela emafwini,

Yeka ubukhulu bomusa wakh o obagodlele wona abakwesabayo , owenzele bona ababalekela kuwe, phambi kwabantwana babantu.

Yeka ubukhulu bezenzo zakho, Jehova. Imicabango yakho ijulile kakhulu.

Mkhulu uJehova , umelwe ukudunyiswa kakhulu ; ubukhulu bakhe abuphenyisiseki.

Abantu bayakukhuluma ngamandla ezenzo zakho ezesabekayo ; ubukhulu bakho ngiyakubumemezela.

nguwe nkosi okhulile waqina , ngokuba ubukhulu bakho bukhulile bufinyelele ezulwini nokubusa kwakho kuze kube sekugcineni komhlaba.

Ngasona leso sikhathi wabuyela kimi umqondo wami , nobukhosi bami nokucwebezela kwami kwabuyela kimi , kwaba ludumo lombuso wami ; abomkhandlu bami nezinduna zami bangifuna ; ngase ngibekwa embusweni wami, ngenezelwa ubukhulu obudluleleyo.

Kepha abakuzwisisanga lokho kusho, besaba nokumbuza. Ubukhulu obuyibo nezikhubekiso (Math. 18:1; Luk. 9:46)

Kepha abakuzwisisanga lokho kusho , kwakusithekile kubo , ukuze bangakuqondi; besaba ukumbuza ngalokho kusho. Ubukhulu obuyibo (Math. 18:1; Mark. 9:33)

Kepha le ngcebo sinayo ezitsheni zebumba , ukuze ubukhulu b amandla obukhulu kakhulu bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, bungabi ngobuvela kithi.

Ngokuba thina sonke simelwe ukubonakaliswa phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKristu , ukuze yilowo nalowo amukele njengalokho akwenzileyo esesemzimbeni, noma okuhle noma okubi. Ubukhulu benkonzo yokubuyisana