Umusa waNkulunkulu kuma-Israyeli lakhetsiwe
1Sengiyabuta-ke, ngitsi: Nkulunkulu wasilahla yini sive sakhe? Cha, akazange! Nami matfupha ngingum-Israyeli, situkulwane sa-Abrahama, ngiwesive saBhenjamini. 2Nkulunkulu akazange asilahle sive sakhe lasikhetsanchanti. Anati yini kutsi umBhalo utsini nga-Elija, nakamangalela ema-Israyeli kuNkulunkulu? 3Watsi: “Nkhosi, sebabulele baphrofethi bakho, babhidlita emalati akho; sengimi ngedvwa losasele, nami bayangitingela bafuna kungibulala.” 4Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wamphendvula watsini? Watsi: “Ngitigcinele bantfu labati-7 000 labangakasikhonti sithico lesinguBhali.” 5Nanyalo kulesikhatsi kunjalo, bakhona labasele ngekukhetfwa ngemusa. 6Kukhetsa kwakhe kungemusa wakhe, hhayi ngemisebenti. Ngobe kube kukhetsa kwaNkulunkulu bekungemisebenti, ngabe lomusa wakhe awusesiwo.
7Pho-ke yini? Kusho kutsi bantfu baka-Israyeli abakakutfoli loko bebakufuna, kodvwa kwatfolwa ngulabakhetsiwe; laba labanye bentiwa baba lukhuni, 8njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Nkulunkulu wabanika umoya webulima, nemehlo ekungaboni, netindlebe tekungeva, kuze kube ngulamuhla.”
9NaDavide utsi:
“Shangatsi lidzili labo
lingaba ngusochaka nelugibe,
libe sikhubekiso nesijeziso.
10Shangatsi emehlo abo angafiphatwa
bangete babona,
nemigogodla yabo igobane kokuphela.”
11Sengiyabuta-ke ngitsi: EmaJuda, nakakhutjwa, awa aphela yini? Cha, akazange. Kodvwa ngekona kwawo insindziso yase ifika nakubetive, kuze nemaJuda avukelwe sikhwele ngayo. 12Kodvwa nangabe sono semaJuda saletsa tibusiso letikhulu kubantfu, nebuphuya bawo ngekwaMoya baletsa tibusiso letikhulu kubetive, pho, letibusiso titawuba tikhulu kangakanani-ke nasaphelele onkhe emaJuda!
Insindziso yebetive
13Sengikhuluma kini betive: Njengobe ngingumphostoli kubetive nje, ngiyawudvumisa umsebenti wami. 14Mhlawumbe ngingabavusela sikhwele bantfu besive sakitsi, ngize ngisindzise labanye babo. 15Ngobe nangabe kulahlwa kwabo bekukubuyisana kwaNkulunkulu nemhlaba wonkhe, pho, kwemukelwa kwabo kungaba yini, nakungesiko kuphila kulabafile?
16Nangabe litsantana lenhlama lehlukaniselwe Nkulunkulu, nenhlama yonkhe yehlukaniselwe Nkulunkulu; futsi nangabe imphandze ingcwele, nemagala angcwele. 17Lamanye emagala ajutjwa, kwase kutsi endzaweni yawo kwahlunyeleliswa wena bewuligala lemncumo wesiganga, khona utewuba nenhlanganyelo emcebeni wemncumo wasekhaya. 18Ngako-ke ungawedzeleli lamagala, ukhumbule kutsi akusiwe losimise imphandze, kodvwa yimphandze lesimise wena.
19Utawutsi: “Emagala ajutjwa, khona kutawuhlunyeleliswa mine.” 20Ucinisile kuloko, ajutjwa ngenca yekungakholwa kwawo, kodvwa wena usime ngekukholwa kwakho. Ngako-ke ungatigabatisi, kodvwa mani ngekwesaba. 21Ngobe nangabe Nkulunkulu angazange awaphephise emagala emvelo, kuyakhanya kutsi nawe angeke akuphephise. 22Bheka-ke bumnene nesandla lesilukhuni saNkulunkulu: bulukhuni bakhe kulabo labawile, kodvwa umnene kuwe, nawuchubeka uphile ngebumnene bakhe; nakungenjalo nawe utawujutjwa. 23Nalabo labanye futsi nabakuyekela kungakholwa kwabo bayawuhlunyeleliswa, ngobe Nkulunkulu unawo emandla ekuphindza abahlumelelise. 24Nangabe wena wajutjwa emncumeni wesiganga ngemvelo, wahlunyeleliswa ngalokuphambene nemvelo emncumeni wasekhaya, kakhulu kangakanani-ke lamagala emvelo, atawuhlunyeleliswa esihlahleni sawo semvelo.
Bubele baNkulunkulu kubo bonkhe
25Bazalwane, ngitsandza kutsi niyati lemfihlakalo yeliciniso; ngobe naningayati, ningahle nicabange kutsi nihlakaniphile. Lemfihlakalo kutsi labanye bema-Israyeli behlelwa bulukhuni khona kutewutsi betive bahlunyeleliswe ngalokuphelele. 26Onkhe ema-Israyeli ayawusindziswa kanjalo-ke, njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi:
“UMkhululi uyawuvela eSiyoni
loyawususa konkhe konakala kuJakobe.
27Lesi sivumelwane sami nabo,
nangisusa tono tabo.”
28NgekweliVangeli baka-Israyeli batitsa taNkulunkulu, khona kutewusitakala nine, kodvwa ngekwelukhetfo bangulabatsandzekako ngenca yabokhokho babo. 29Phela Nkulunkulu akakuguculi kwephana kwakhe kwamahhala nekubita kwakhe. 30Empeleni nine animlalelanga Nkulunkulu, kodvwa nyalo senemukeliswe sihawu ngenca yekungamlaleli kwebaka-Israyeli. 31Ngalokufananako nabo abakalaleli, kuze kutsi sihawu leniphetfwe ngaso nabo basemukeliswe. 32Ngobe Nkulunkulu bonkhe bantfu sewubayekelele ekutseni bangamlaleli, adzimate atebahawukela bonkhe.
Ludvumo kuNkulunkulu
33Maye, kujula kwemcebo, nekwenhlakanipho, nekwelwati lwaNkulunkulu! Ngubani nje longaphenya kwehlulela kwakhe ahlolisise imfihlakalo yetindlela takhe?
34“Ngubani lowase wati ingcondvo yeNkhosi,
nome-ke, lowase waba ngumeluleki wayo?
35Ngubani lowase wanika Nkulunkulu lutfo
kuze naNkulunkulu ambonge ngelutfo?”
36Ngobe konkhe kuvela kuye,
kukhona ngaye, kukhonela yena.
Akube kuye ludvumo nini nanini! Amen.
