Bafundzisi nebaphrofethi bemanga
(Juda v. 4-13)
1Nakadzeni babevele bakhona baphrofethi bemanga emkhatsini wesive, kanjalo-ke nalapha emkhatsini wenu batawuvela baphrofethi bemanga, labatawungenisa timfundziso temanga letibhubhisako, baphike uMbusi lowabatsenga, ngaloko-ke batawube batidvonsela kubhujiswa lokusheshisako. 2Labanyenti bayawulandzela lawo manyala abo; ngenca yabo indlela yeliciniso iyawuhlanjalatwa. 3Ngenca yebudli babo bayawutsengiselana ngani ngemavi ebucili. Kusukela emandvulweni kulahlwa kwabo akulibali, nekubhujiswa kwabo akweteli.
4Nkulunkulu akazange atiyekele tingilosi letona, kodvwa watilahla kalasha emigodzini yebumnyama bebumnyama, kutsi titewugcinelwa kwehlulelwa. 5Nkulunkulu akazange awuyekele umhlaba wakadzeni, kodvwa wamlondvolota Nowa, umshumayeli wekulunga, kanye nalabanye lababesikhombisa, ngesikhatsi aletsa zamcolo emhlabeni walababengamesabi Nkulunkulu. 6Emadolobha aseSodoma naseGomora Nkulunkulu wawalahla ngelicala, wase uwabhubhisa ngemlilo, aphela nya, aba ngumlotsa; wawenta aba sibonelo kulabo labangayiwumesaba Nkulunkulu. 7Nkulunkulu wamsindzisa Loti labelungile; Loti abesavele asakhatsateke kakhulu, ngenca yekuhamba ngemanyala kwabo labangenamtsetfo. 8Lendvodza lelungile lebeyihlala emkhatsini wabo, onkhe emalanga beyidzatjukiswa kuva nekubona tento tabo letimbi tekungamesabi Nkulunkulu, umphefumulo wayo lolungile weva buhlungu. 9INkhosi iyakwati kubakhulula ekulingweni labo labesaba Nkulunkulu; kodvwa labangakalungi ibagcinela kujeziswa ngelilanga lekwehlulelwa, 10ikakhulu labo labahamba etinkhanukweni temvelo tekutingcolisa, bedzelela baphatsi.
Bangemaphikankhani, bayatigcabha, abesabi nekuhlambalata benkhatimulo; 11kantsi ngisho netingilosi, letinkhulu kakhulu kunabo ngebuchawe nangemandla, atibahlambalati labo bantfu ngekubamangalela embikweNkhosi. 12Kodvwa labantfu labahlambalatako banjengetilwane tesiganga letingenangcondvo, ngekwemvelo titalelwe kubanjwa nekubulawa. Bahlambalata ngetintfo labangatati; kodvwa batawubhujiswa kanye naleto tilwane. 13Bayakwemukeliswa buhlungu, ngobe nabo bevisa buhlungu. Kujabula kwabo kumita nekutamasa, ngisho nasemini imbala. Yebo, balihlazo nendlisamahloni nase bahlanganyela nani edzilini ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi, batijabulisa ngetinkhanuko tabo. 14Emehlo abo agcwele buphingi, anamatsele esonweni; baholela labo lababutsakatsaka elugibeni; tinhlitiyo tabo tetayele bukhali. Bangaphansi kwesicalekiso. 15Bashiye indlela lecondzile bedukela endleleni yaBhalamu, umsa waBheyori, lowatsandza umvuzo lomubi. 16Kodvwa wekhutwa ngaloko kona kwakhe: Imbongolo lesimungulu yakhuluma ngelivi lemuntfu, yakuvimbela loko kuhlanya kwalowo mphrofethi.
17Labo bantfu bayimitfombo lete emanti, batinkhungu letichutjwa sivunguvungu; bagcinelwe bunyama bebumnyama. 18Bakhuluma emagama lalite, bayenge ngetinkhanuko nangemanyala labo labasandza kuphunyula kulabedukako. 19Babetsembisa inkhululeko, kantsi bona ngekwabo batigcili tekubhubha; ngobe loko lokumehlulako umuntfu, usigcili sako. 20Ngobe nangabe kungcoliswa ngulomhlaba bakubalekele ngekwati iNkhosi lenguMsindzisi wetfu Jesu Khristu, baphindze behlulwa ngiko, sigcino sabo sibi kakhulu kunesicalo sabo. 21Lokungenani bekuyawuba ncono kubo kube mane abazange sebayati indlela yekulunga, kunekutsi batsi sebayatile baphindze bawufulatsele umyalo longcwele lababenikwe wona. 22Kubehlele njengobe saga lesicinisile sitsi:
“Inja seyibuyele emahlanteni ayo,” nekutsi:
“Ingulube igezwe cedze yabuyela
yayawubhocota eludzakeni.”
