Insali Ka-Israyeli Yasindiswa
1Ngalokho-ke ngithi: ngabe uNkulunkulu usilahlile yini isizwe sakhe na? Qha nakanye, ngokuba nami ngingumIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abhrahama, wesizwe sakwaBhenjamini. 2UNkulunkulu akasilahlile isizwe sakhe ayesazi phambilini. Kanti anazi yini ukuthi uthini umbhalo ngo-Eliya lapho enxusa uNkulunkulu emelene no-Israyeli na? 3Uthi: “Nkosi, bababulele abaphrofethi bakho, badiliza ama-althare akho; kusele mina ngedwa, sebefuna ukungibulala nami.”
4Kepha ithini impendulo kaNkulunkulu kuye na? Ithi: “Ngizishiyele amadoda ayizi-7 000 angazange amkhothamele uBhali.”
5Kanjalo nangalesi sikhathi samanje ikhona insali ekhethwe ngokomusa. 6Kepha uma kungokomusa, akusayi ngemisebenzi; ngokuba uma kungenjalo, umusa awuseyiwo umusa.
7Pho kwenzekani na? Lokhu u-Israyeli akufunayo akakufumananga, kodwa kwatholwa ngabakhethiweyo, abanye benziwa baba lukhuni, 8njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi:
“UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo obunzulu,
namehlo okungaboni,
nezindlebe ezingezwa,
kuze kube lusuku lwanamuhla.”
9NoDavide uthi:
“Itafula labo malibe yisihibe nogibe,
nesikhubekiso nempindiselo kubo;
10amehlo abo mawafiphazwe ukuze angaboni;
kuthi umhlane wabo uqhothe njalo.”
Insindiso Ifinyelela Kwabezizwe
11Ngakho-ke ngithi: abakhubekanga ukuze bawe na? Qha akunjalo; kepha ngesiphambeko sabo, insindiso ifinyelele kwabezizwe ukuze kuvuswe isikhwele kubo. 12 Uma-ke isiphambeko siletha ingcebo emhlabeni, nokwehluleka kwabo kuletha ingcebo kwabezizwe, kuyoba kangakanani ngokuphelela kwabo.
13Ngikhuluma kini nina bezizwe, njengokuba ngingumphostoli kwabezizwe, ngidumisa umsebenzi wami, 14uma nje kungenzeka ukuba ngivuse isikhwele kulabo abangabesizwe sakithi, ngisindise abanye babo. 15Ngokuba uma ukulahlwa kwabo kulethe ukubuyisana emhlabeni, pho ukwamukelwa kwabo kuyakulethani uma kungesikho ukuphila kwabafileyo na? 16Uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama injalo; uma impande ingcwele, anjalo namagatsha.
17Kepha uma amanye amagatsha anqunywa, kwase kuthi wena oyigatsha lesihlahla somnqumo wasendle wafakwa phakathi kwawo ukuze uhlanganyele engcebeni yempande yomnqumo; 18ungazigabisi phezu kwamagatsha. Kepha uma uzigabisa, khumbula ukuthi akunguwe othwele impande, kodwa yimpande ethwele wena. 19Wena uzakuthi: “Amagatsha anqunywa ukuze kuxhunywe mina esiqwini na?”
20Kulungile, anqunywa ngenxa yokungakholwa, kodwa wena umi ngokukholwa. Ngakho-ke ungazikhukhumezi, kodwa yesaba. 21Ngokuba uma uNkulunkulu engawayekanga amagatsha emvelo, mhlawumbe nawe akayukukuyeka.
22Ngakho-ke bhekani ubumnene nobunzima besandla sikaNkulunkulu kulabo abawa kanzima; kodwa bukuwe ubumnene bukaNkulunkulu, inqobo nje uma uhleli ebubeleni bakhe; nxa kungenjalo, nawe uzakunquma. 23Nakulabo abanye uma bengaqhubekanga abangakholwa, nabo bayakuxhunywa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unamandla okubaxhuma futhi esiqwini. 24Phela uma wena wanqunywa kulokho ngokwemvelo yakho okungumnqumo wasendle, kwathi ngokuphambene nemvelo waxhunywa emnqumweni otshaliwe, pho kuyoba kangakanani nxa sekuxhunywa esiqwini sakubo labo abangumnqumo ngokwemvelo.
Ngokukholwa Kwabezizwe Abakwa-Israyeli Bayakubuyiswa
25Bazalwane, angithandi ukuba ningayazi le mfihlakalo, funa nizishaye abahlakaniphileyo: yazini ukuthi u-Israyeli usenziwe waba lukhuni okwamanje, kuze kupheleliswe isibalo sabezizwe. 26Kanjalo u-Israyeli wonke uyakusindiswa, njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi:
“Kuyakuvela uMhlangulisi eZiyoni,
asuse ukungalungi kuJakobe.
27Lesi yisivumelwano sami nabo,
lapho ngizisusa izono zabo.”
28Ngokwevangeli, bayizitha ngenxa yenu, kodwa ngokukhethwa, bangabathandekayo ngenxa yokhokho babo. 29Ngokuba izipho zomusa nokubiza kukaNkulunkulu akaguquki kukho. 30Ngokuba njengalokhu nina kade ningamlaleli uNkulunkulu, kodwa manje nihawukelwe ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabezizwe. 31Kanjalo manje laba abalalelanga, ukuze kuthi ngesihawu enenzelwe sona, nabo bahawukelwe manje. 32Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungalalelini ukuze abahawukele bonke. 33Yeka ukujula kwengcebo, nokuhlakanipha, nokwazi kukaNkulunkulu! Yeka izehlulelo zakhe ezingaphenyekiyo, nezindlela zakhe ezingaqondakaliyo! 34Ngokuba:
“Ngubani owawazi umqondo weNkosi na?
Ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo na?”
35Noma-ke:
“Ngubani owaqala ukuyipha
ukuze kubuyiselwe kuye na?”
36Ngokuba konke kuvela kuye, kukhona ngaye, kubuyela kuye; makube kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen.
