Bawo wethu: kutheni uYesu wasifundisa?
Bawo wethu osemazulwini, makube njalo
ngcwalise igama lakho.
Yiza ubukumkani bakho,
mayenziwe intando yakho
emhlabeni, njengasezulwini.
Siphe namhlanje isonka sethu semihla ngemihla,
Usixolele amatyala ethu,
njengokuba sibaxolela abo banamatyala kuthi,
Ungasingenisi ekuhendweni,
kodwa sihlangule ebubini.
Amen.
"Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza." Yile nto abafundi bakaMsindisi ababeyibuze kuye. Ngokucacileyo, yonke impendulo evela kuye iya kuba yimpendulo egqibeleleyo. Impendulo yakhe yile nto siyibiza ngokuba "nguBawo wethu" okanye "uMthandazo weNkosi". Lo mthandazo ungumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wendlela esimele sithandaze ngayo kwaye zeziphi izinto esifanele sithandaze ngazo, kwaye ngoluphi ucwangco
Okokuqala, lo mthandazo usifundisa ukuba masinqwenele uzuko nembeko kaThixo njengeyona njongo iphambili yomthandazo wethu, nokuba ungathandazela ntoni na. Ke ngoko, masithandazele ukuba igama likaThixo lizukiswe kwaye lingcwaliswe. Ke masithandaze ukuba ukuthanda kwakhe makwenziwe ngokugqibeleleyo phakathi kwethu emhlabeni ngelixa iingelosi zakhe zibuqhuba kubukumkani bakhe basezulwini. Akukho ngqiqweni ukuthandaza ukuba asifuni ukuba kwenziwe ukuthanda kukaThixo. Akukho kwanto iya kuba luncedo kuthi ukuba ibchasene nentando yakhe, nokuba yile nto siyifunayo.
Ke emva kwale njongo yendalo iphela - ukuze kuzukiswe uThixo nentando yakhe-sithandazela izinto esizifunayo ukuze simzukise kwaye simanyane naye. "Isonka sethu semihla ngemihla" sithetha yonke into esiyifunayo ukuyenza apha kwaye ngoku: okokuqala, isipho sakhe esingummangaliso somzimba wakhe kwi-Ekaristi eNgcwele, kwaye ngenxa yoko iimfuno zobomi esizifunayo mihla le.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, umthandazo unxulumene nazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo: uzuko lukaThixo kunye nezipho zakhe. Kodwa kukwakhona imiqobo kubuqaqawuli bakhe nakwizipho. Ezi zizono zethu kunye nezinye izono zabanye abantu kuthi. Sidinga ukuxolelwa nguThixo ngokungabinawo umbulelo kwisono, ngakumbi xa sikwimeko yokumcela izinto ezintle kwaye, ewe, kuya kufuneka sizimisele ukuxolela abanye ukuba sifuna ukuxolelwa thina.
Esi sesona sikhalazo sinzima somthandazo weNkosi, esona sizabalaza kakhulu. Ibaluleke kangangokuba le kuphela kwecandelo lomthandazo elinikwe kwiVangeli yeSan Marco. Ukuba siyabaxolela abo basonileyo, siya kwamkela izinto esizicelwayo nguThixo, kuba siya kuba njengaye kwaye simkholise. UThixo uthanda intliziyo exolela ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na.
Kodwa akukho sono kuphela, kukho nomzabalazo wesono ekufuneka usinyamezele xa silingwa. Apha siludinga kakhulu uncedo kunye nobabalo, nokuba siyayiqonda ukuba kungenxa yethu ukuba kufuneka silwe ukuze sithembeke kuThixo.uye uya kuthembeka kuthi ngamaxesha okulingwa.
Elokugqibela elibi: kukho umtyholi, utshaba lwethu lokomoya oluhlala luza kude kuthi eluzukweni lukaThixo, ebungcweleni bakhe, ebukumkanini bakhe, kwi-Ekaristi yakhe, ekuxolelweni nasekuncedeni kwakhe. Nangona inguqulelo yesiNgesi neyesiLatin zikaBawo wethu zithandazela nje ukuba sikhululwe "kububi", isiGrike esiqhelekileyo sithandazela ukuba sikhululwe "kububi". Ke ngoko, owona mthandazo wethu uqhelekileyo ufundiswe yiNkosi ngokwayo uqulethe into encinci yokulwa noMtyholi.
Ngokwenyani iNkosi yasiphendula isicelo sabapostile sokubafundisa ukuba bathandaze. UBawo wethu usifundisa injongo yomthandazo, indlela yokuthandaza kunye nemiqobo yokoyisa. Uzuko kuye ngoba, njengokuba sigqiba lo mthandazo kwi-Mass eNgcwele, ubukumkani namandla nozuko ngonaphakade!