Bible Reading Plan – Day 50

₂₃“Kaloku xa intaba yayingumlilo nje yonke, nathi nakuliva ilizwi esithokothokweni sobumnyama, amadoda amakhulu kunye neentloko zezindlu zenu eza kum, ₂₄nathi: ‘*UNdikhoyo uThixo wethu usibonisile isihomo nobungangamsha bakhe; kaloku simve ethetha eselangatyeni lomlilo! Namhlanje siyaqonda ukuba kuyenzeka ukuba umntu aphile nangona uThixo athethe naye. ₂₅Kodwa ke, ngani ukuba sizibeke emngciphekweni wokufa? Hayi bo! Laa ntleke-ntleke yomlilo iya kusitshabalalisa. Singafa ukuba uthe waqhubela phambili uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu ukuthetha nathi. ₂₆Ngaba kukho mntu ukhe waphila akuba eve uThixo ophilayo ethetha njengoko thina simvileyo elangatyeni lomlilo? ₂₇Hayi, Mosis, makuye wena, ukuphulaphule konke akuthethayo uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu; uze ke ubuye uze kusixelela. Ke thina siya kuphulaphula simthobele.’

₂₈“Ke kaloku uNdikhoyo wathi akukuva ukuthetha kwenu, wathi kum: ‘Ndiyivile into ethethwa ngaba bantu; ndiyayamkela. ₂₉Akwaba bebeya kusoloko benezimvo ezinje! Akwaba bebeya kuhlala bendihlonipha bayithobele imiyalelo yam, khon' ukuze balungelwe bona nezizukulwana zabo naphakade. ₃₀Yiya utsho kubo babuyele emizini yabo. ₃₁Kambe ke, wena Mosis, sala apha kunye nam, ukuze ndikunike imiyalelo, nemimiselo, nemigaqo, uze uwafundise ke amaSirayeli, khon' ukuze ayithobele kwelo lizwe ndiwapha lona.’

₃₂“MaSirayeli, noba sekutheni yenzani yonke into aniyaleleyo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. Yithobeleni yonke imithetho yakhe ningayityesheli nakancinane. ₃₃Ewe, hambani ngokwemimiselo yonke kaNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, khon' ukuze nizinze kwelo lizwe ningena kulo, nixhamle intlala-kahle nide nikhokhobe.”

₁“Nanku ke umyalelo, imigaqo, nemimiselo endithunywe *nguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ukuba ndinifundise yona. Ngoko ke ze niyithobele nakufika kwelo lizwe niya kulo. ₂Ngalo lonke ithuba lobomi bakho, wena nezizukulwana zakho, kufuneka nimhlonele uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, uyithobele imithetho nemiyalelo yakhe endikunike yona, khon' ukuze ube nokuxhamla ubomi obude. ₃Hoyina, maSirayeli! Yiphulaphuleni niyithobele le miyalelo! Xa niyenzile ke loo nto nolungelwa nande kakhulu kwelo lizwe lendyebo eliphuphuma ubisi nobusi, elo nilinikwa ngokwesithembiso sikaNdikhoyo uThixo wooyihlo.

₄“Hoyina, Sirayeli! UNdikhoyo nguThixo wethu, uNdikhoyo yedwa qwaba! ₅Ngoko ke mthande uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ngomxhelo wakho wonke, nangomoya wakho wonke, ngokunjalo nangamandla akho onke. ₆Le miyalelo ndikunika yona namhlanje mayilawule bonke ubomi bakho. ₇Uze uyibethelele ekufundiseni abantwana bakho, uthethe ngayo xa usekhaya, kanti noba useluhambeni, naxa ulalayo, ngokunjalo naxa uvukayo. ₈Uze uyiqhinele ibe ngumqondiso esandleni sakho, ngokunjalo nasebunzi, khon' ukuze ihlale isisikhumbuzo. ₉Uze uyikrole emigubasini, ngokunjalo nasemasangweni akho.”

₁₀“Ngokwesifungo sakhe kookhokho benu, uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi, *uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uya kuninika ilizwe elizixeko zihle zikhulu, nangona phofu ungazakhanga ngokwakho. ₁₁Izindlu zakhona ziphuphuma ubuyoko-yoko ongabulalekanga ngabo. Uya kufumana amaqula aselembiwe, ngokunjalo nezidiliya nezinquma esezityaliwe. Xa sowusitya uhlutha ₁₂uze ulumke hleze umlibale uNdikhoyo owakukhulula ulikhoboka kwelaseJiputa.

₁₃“Uze umhlonele uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, ukhonze yena yedwa, izifungo zakho uzenze ngegama lakhe. ₁₄Ungaze ulandele *thixo wumbi, nditsho nowezo zizwe zikuphahlileyo, ₁₅hleze umsindo kaNdikhoyo uvuthe, anitshabalalise ningabikho kulo mhlaba. Kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ohlala phakathi kwenu nguThixo onekhwele.

₁₆“UNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ze ningamlingi njengoko nênzayo eMasa. ₁₇Iziyalo nezicwangciso ngokunjalo nemimiselo eniyinikwe nguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ze niyithobele ngenyameko. ₁₈Kuphela ze nenze ezo zinto athi uNdikhoyo zintle zilungile, khon' ukuze nilungelwe. Xa nisenjenjalo ke noba nako ukulizuza elo lizwe lihle kunene lathenjiswa nguNdikhoyo kookhokho benu ngesifungo. ₁₉Noba nako ukuzigxotha iintshaba zenu ngokwelizwi lakhe.

₂₀“Kaloku kumaxesha ezayo unyana wakho uya kukubuza athi: ‘Kwakutheni ukuze uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu akunike ezi zicwangciso nale mimiselo, nale migaqo nje?’ Ke wena uze umxelele uthi: ₂₁‘Kaloku sasingamakhoboka ekumkani yaseJiputa, waza ke uNdikhoyo wasikhulula ngamandla akhe amakhulu. ₂₂Ewe, sayibona ngamehlo imiqondiso nemimangaliso erhwaqelisayo awayenzayo uNdikhoyo kumaJiputa, ngokunjalo nakukumkani nendlu yakhe. ₂₃Wasikhulula kwelaseJiputa, ukuze asibeke apha kweli lizwe awayebathembise ngalo oobawo-mkhulu ngesifungo. ₂₄Ngokwenjenjalo ke uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu wasiyalela ukuba siyithobele le mimiselo simhlonele, size ke silungelwe bonke ubomi bethu, siphile njengokuba kunjalo namhlanje. ₂₅Xa sithe sayithobela yonke imiyalelo, siya kumkholisa uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu.’ ”

₁“*UNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uza kuningenisa kwelo lizwe niya kuma kulo. Uza kugxotha izizwe ezininzi kulo; ewe, yoba sisixhenxe sonke sezizwe ezikhulu nezinamandla kunani. Nazi ke: amaHeti, amaGirgashi, ama-Amori, amaKanana, amaPerezi, amaHivi, namaJebhusi. ₂Ke akuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ezinikele kuni ezi zizwe nazoyisa, kufuneka nizitshabalalise ziphele nya. Ningaze nenze mvumelwano kunye nazo, futhi ze ningabi nanceba tu kuzo. ₃Ningaze nendiselane nazo, ₄kuba ningáthi niyenzile loo nto zibawexule bamlahle uNdikhoyo abantwana benu, banqule thixo bambi. Ingáthi ikhe yenzeka loo nto uNdikhoyo acaphuke anitshabalalise ngoko nangoko. ₅Ngoko ke ze nenjenje kuzo: wadilizeni amaqonga azo, iintsika zazo zamatye niziqhekeze zibe ziingceba, ke yona imifanekiso yesithixokazi sazo uAshera ze niyinqunqe, ukanti imifanekiso yazo eqingqiweyo noyitshisa ngomlilo. ₆Le nto ke noyenza kuba kaloku nina niyimilowo kaNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. Kaloku kuzo zonke izizwe zehlabathi uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uninyulele ukuze nibe ngabantu abalibango lakhe elilodwa.

₇“Ke kaloku uNdikhoyo akathanga nca nani waninyula kuba nibaninzi kunezinye izizwe; hayi, kaloku nanisesona sizwe sincinci ehlabathini liphela. ₈UNdikhoyo uninyule kuba enithanda, efuna ukusigcina isifungo awasenzela ooyihlo-mkhulu. Kwakungenxa yeso sizathu ukuze anihlangule ngamandla akhe amakhulu, anikhulule ebukhobokeni phantsi kokumkani waseJiputa. ₉Khumbulani kaloku ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu lo nguThixo ekukuphela kwakhe, kungekho wumbi ngaphaya; futhi ke uthembekile. Uyawugcina umnqophiso wakhe, futhi izibele zakhe ziphuphumela kwâbo bamthandayo beyigcina imiyalelo yakhe kuse kumawaka ezizukulwana. ₁₀Kambe uya kuziphindezela ngqo kwabo bamthiyileyo, abatshabalalise; ewe, akayi kulibazisa ukuziphindezela. ₁₁Ngoko ke wuthobeleni ngenyameko lo myalelo nale mimiselo ngokunjalo nale migaqo ndininike yona namhlanje ukuba niyenze.”

₁₂“Ukuba nithe nayiphulaphula nayithobela le migaqo, *uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uya kuthi rhoqo ukuwugcina umnqophiso wakhe nani, zithi ke nezibele zakhe ziphuphumele kuni ngokwesifungo sakhe kooyihlo. ₁₃Uthando lwakhe uya kulubonakalisa kuni, anithamsanqele kangangokuba niqhame nande. Intsikelelo yakhe yofikelela kuni, nizale abantwana, nasemasimini enu nivune ukudla okwaneleyo: okuziinkozo, iwayini, neoyile. Kanti ke neenkomo zenu uya kuzandisa, nditsho nempahla yenu emfutshane ngokunjalo. Yonke ke le nto uya kunenzele kwelo lizwe wanithembisa ngalo kooyihlo-mkhulu ngesifungo. ₁₄Ehlabathini liphela akuyi kubakho sizwe sithamsanqeleke njengani. Phakathi kwenu soze abekho umntu ngokunjalo nemfuyo engazaliyo. ₁₅UNdikhoyo uya kunikhusela kuzo zonke izifo; soze aniyekele ngezifo ezifana nezo zoyikekayo zaseJiputa, kambe ke zona iintshaba zenu uya kuzibetha ngezi zifo. ₁₆Ze nizitshabalalise zonke izizwe azinikele kuni uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, ningazenzeli nceba konke-konke. Ze ningazikhonzi izithixo zazo, kuba ngokwenjenjalo noba nizenzela umgibe.

₁₇“Nisenokuthi ekucingeni kwenu: ‘Ezi zizwe zikhulu kunathi; soze sizoyise.’ ₁₈Kambe ze ningaxhalabi, koko khumbulani into awayenzayo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu kukumkani waseJiputa nakwiJiputa iphela, ₁₉nditsho ezo zibetho zirhwaqelisayo nazibonayo ngawenu amehlo: loo miqondiso, naloo mimangaliso, ngokunjalo nobungangamsha namandla awanikhulula ngawo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. Uya kwenjenjalo ke nakwezi zizwe nizoyikayo. ₂₀Ewe, abo baseleyo kuzo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uya kubathumela ngoonomeva, abagubhulule apho bazimeleyo khona, batshabalale. ₂₁Ngoko ke sanukunkwantya ngenxa yaba bantu, kuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu unani, abe ke yena unguThixo omkhulu orhwaqelisayo. ₂₂Ekungeneni kwenu uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uya kuzigxotha ngokuzigxotha ezi zizwe. Aniyi kusuka nizitshabalalise ngaxesha-nye, kuba ngaloo ndlela angasuka ande amarhamncwa, ke nina nibe semngciphekweni. ₂₃UNdikhoyo uya kuzinikela ezandleni zenu iintshaba zenu, azenze zibe namanwele, zidideke, zitshabalale ziphele. ₂₄Izikumkani zazo uya kuzinikela ezandleni zenu; ke nina niya kuzitshabalalisa zingabi sakhunjulwa. Akukho mntu uya kuba nako ukumelana nani, naye ke niya kutshabalalisa nivuthulule konke nje. ₂₅Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo *yezithixo zabo ze niyitshise. Igolide nesiliva eyenziwe ngayo loo mifanekiso ze ningayibaweli niyithathe, hleze nizenzele umgibe ngayo; kaloku yona ilisikizi kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. ₂₆Le mifanekiso ze ningayingenisi emizini yenu, hleze nithi ngokwenjenjalo nizithathele ishwangusha kwanjengokuba nayo iqalekisiwe. Kufuneka niyithiye niyenyanye imifanekiso, kuba kaloku imelwe kukutshatyalaliswa.”

₁“Niyabona ke, le miyalelo ndininike yona namhlanje ze niyithobele kangangoko, khon' ukuze niphile nande, ningene kwelo lizwe wabathembisa ngalo ngesifungo uNdikhoyo ooyihlo. ₂Ngamana aningeyilibali indlela anikhokele ngayo uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu kolu hambo lude kangaka ukucanda intlango, kula mashumi mane eminyaka, enifundisa intobeko, enilinga khon' ukuze aqonde ukuba niza kuyithobela kusini na imiyalelo yakhe! ₃Wanithoba eniyekela ngendlela, waza kananjalo wanipha *imana, kutya oko naningakwazi, nina ngokunjalo nooyihlo-mkhulu. Le nto ke wayenza kuba efuna niqonde nazi ukuba ubomi bomntu abuxhomekanga kutyeni kuphela, koko buxhomekeke kuwo onke amazwi kaNdikhoyo. ₄Kula mashumi mane eminyaka impahla yakho yokunxiba zange iguge, kananjalo neenyawo zakho zange zidumbe.

₅“Qondani kaloku nizikise ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uyaniqeqesha njengomzali eqeqesha abantwana bakhe. ₆Ngoko ke yithobeleni imiyalelo kaNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, nihambe ngeendlela zakhe, nimhlonele. ₇Kaloku ngoku uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu uningenisa kwilizwe elihle kunene, ilizwe lemifula ebaleka amanzi, ilizwe elinemithombo, ilizwe eligqabhuka imisinga yamanzi ezintlanjeni nasezindulini. ₈Lilizwe lengqolowa, irhasi, iidiliya, amakhiwane, iirharnati, amafutha omnquma, nobusi. ₉Elo ke lilizwe lentlutha; soze niswele nto khona. Ilitye lakhona liyintsimbi, ukanti kwiinduli zalo ningavula imigodi yekopolo. ₁₀Kwelo lizwe niya kutya nihluthe, nibulele nidomboze kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ngenxa yelo lizwe lihle kunene aniphe lona.”

₁₁“Niyabona ke ze ningamlibali *uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ngokuthi ningayithobeli le miyalelo, nale migaqo, ngokunjalo nale mimiselo ndininika yona namhlanje. ₁₂Xa senixhamla intlala-kahle, ninayo yonke into eniyifunayo, senizakhele izindlu ezintle, ₁₃nemfuyo yenu isanda ngokunjalo nesiliva negolide nako konke eninako kuvumile, ₁₄ze ningakhukhumali, nimlibale uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu owanihlangula ebukhobokeni kwelaseJiputa. ₁₅Kaloku yena wanikhokela kweso sithabazi sentlango eyoyikekayo, apho kwakukho iinyoka ezinobuhlungu ndawonye noonomadudwane. Apho kanye kuloo nkangala ingenamanzi wanivelisela amanzi eliweni lenyengane. ₁₆Kaloku apho entlango wanondla *ngemana, ukutya okwakungaziwa, kungazange kutyiwe nangooyihlo-mkhulu. Wanithoba ngokunilinga ngezo meko zinjalo, khon' ukuze ekugqibeleni anithamsanqele ngezinto ezintle! ₁₇Nisenokuthetha nithi: ‘Obu butyebi sibufumene ngamandla nangobuchule bethu.’ ₁₈Ngokutsho noba nilibele ukuba nguNdikhoyo uThixo wenu onithe jize ngobutyebi. Le nto ke uyenza kuba ezinzisa umnqophiso awawenzayo nooyihlo-mkhulu ngesifungo.

₁₉“Mhlenikwezeni namlibala uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, nalandela thixo bambi, nabahlonela nabakhonza, inene namhlanje mna ndiyalingqinela elithi niya kutshabalala niphele tu! ₂₀Ke kaloku, ukuba animthobelanga uNdikhoyo, uya kunitshabalalisa, kwanjengokuba eza kuzitshabalalisa ezo zizwe ukungena kwenu kwelo lizwe.”