Ingwadlakazi nesibandana
1Nje-ke kweza kimi enye yeengilozi ezilikhomba iphethe izitja ezilikhomba yathi kimi: “Yewuze, ngithanda ukukutjengisa isigwebo sengwadlakazi ehlezi phezu kwamanzi amanengi, 2iye, leyo amakhosi wephasi agile nayo imikhuba yobungwadla, bekwathi ngewayini lobungwadla bayo kwadakwa abahlezi ephasini.”
3Nje-ke ingilozi leyo yangithwala ngoMoya yangisa erhalawumbeni. Lapho ngabona umfazi ahlezi phezu kwesibanda esibubende ebesigcwele amabizo wehlamba, sineenhloko ezilikhomba neempondo ezilitjhumi. 4Umfazi loyo bekembethe okububende nokutlerebede begodu azihlobise ngegolide, ngobuphaziphazi nangamatje amahle aligugu. Ngesandla sakhe bekaphethe ikapho yegolide ebeyizele amanyala nokusilaphala kokuhlobonga kwakhe. 5Epandla yakhe bekunebizo elitlolwe ifihlo ethi:
“Bhabheli elikulu,
nina weengwadla namanyala wephasi.”
6Ngabona bona umfazi loyo bekadakwe ziingazi zabacwengileko neengazi zabofakazi bakaJesu.
Kuthe lokha nangimbonako, ngabamba ongenzasi. 7Kodwana ingilozi yathi kimi: “Urarwa yini kangaka na? Ngizokutjela ifihlakalo yomfazi lo kanye neyesibanda esimthweleko esineenhloko ezilikhomba neempondo ezilitjhumi. 8Isibandana osibonileko sakhe saba khona kodwana kwanjesi asisekho; nje-ke sele sizokukhuphuka ngemgodini onganamkhawulo bese siyabhujiswa. Abantu bephasi amabizo wabo angakatlolwa encwadini yokuphila kwasesisekelweni sephasi, bazokumangala lokha nababona isibandana ngombana sakhe saba khona kodwana kwanjesi asisekho khisibe nokho sizakuba khona.
9“Lokhu kubiza ingqondo enokuhlakanipha: Iinhloko ezilikhomba ziziintaba ezilikhomba okuhlezi kizo umfazi loyo; begodu zimakhosi alikhomba, 10phakathi kwawo amahlanu awile, kuphila yinye, enye ayikafiki; kodwana lokha nasele ifikile kufuze ihlale ikhona kwesikhatjhana. 11Nakusibanda esakhe saba khona kwanjesi asisekho, kuhlekuhle siyikosi yobunane kodwana singenye yalawa alikhomba kwaphela siyokubhujiswa.
12“Iimpondo ezilitjhumi ozibonileko zimakhosi alitjhumi agade angakanikelwa ubukhosi bonyana abuse, kodwana asazokunikelwa ilungelo lokobana abe makhosi abuse isikhathi esifitjhani kanye nesibanda. 13Woke anehloso eyodwa, banikela isibandana amandla nelungelo labo lokubusa. 14Azokulwa neMvana kodwana iMvana yona izawahlula ngombana iyiKosi yamakhosi noMbusi wababusi; nalabo abangakiyo ngababiziweko, abakhethiweko nabathembekileko.”
15Nje-ke ingilozi yathi kimi: “Amanzi owabonileko lapho kuhlezi khona ingwadla, ababantu, aziinqubuthu, azizizwe neenlimi. 16Iimpondo ezilitjhumi ozibonileko, zona kanye nesibandana zizakuzonda ingwadla; zizayenza umonakalo ibe hlubule; zizakudla inyama yayo beziyiqothule ngomlilo. 17UZimu ukubekile eenhliziyweni zazo bona zenze ihloso yakhe ngokuvuma bona zinikele umbuso wazo esibandeni kufikela lapha amezwi kaZimu apheleliswa khona.
18“Umfazi ombonileko umumuzi omkhulu obusa ngaphezu kwamakhosi wephasi.”
