Bible Society of South Africa

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 38

Trust

by Noelene Curry

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

UJEREMIYA 17

Ilishwa lokuthembela emntwini

5Utsho *uNdikhoyo ukuthi:

“Hayi ilishwa lomntu obek' ithemba emntwini,

akholose ngamandla ento eyinyama negazi,

abe entliziyweni enxaxhile kuNdikhoyo.

6Loo mntu unjengetyholo lasentlango;

akanakuze abe nempumelelo.

Uya kuma ezinkqantosini, kumhlaba ongumqwebedu,

umhlaba onetyuwa, apho kungahlali mntu.

7Hayi ithamsanqa lomntu othembela ngoNdikhoyo,

lowo ukholosa ngaye!

8Unjengomthi otyalwe ngasemfuleni,

ongcambu zinabela emanzini.

Awoyiki naxa ilanga lishushu;

amagqabi awo ahlala eluhlaza.

Ngexesha lembalela awunaxhala;

uhlala uvelisa iziqhamo.

9“Intliziyo yomntu inenkohliso ngaphezu kweento zonke.

Akukho nto inokuyinyanga,

kungekho bani uyiqondayo.

10Ndim, mna Ndikhoyo, umgocagoci weentliziyo zabantu,

nomvavanyi weengcinga zabo.

Ulowo ndimvuza ngokuziphatha kwakhe,

ndimdlise iziqhamo zezenzo zakhe.”

11Lowo uzuza ubutyebi ngobuqhetseba

ufana nesakhwatsha esiqandusela amaqanda angengawo awaso.

Uya kulahlekwa bobo butyebi eselula ngeminyaka,

ekugqibeleni abe sisityhamtyham, esingento.

12Indawo yethu yokunqula libhotwe eliqaqambileyo,

elathi zinzi phezulu kwantlandlolo.

13Nguwe, Ndikhoyo, ithemba lamaSirayeli.

Bonke abo bakushiyayo bohlazeka.

Bothi shwaka oku kwamagama abhalwe eluthulwini,

xa beshiya wena, Ndikhoyo.

Kaloku wena ungumthombo wamanzi obomi.

UJeremiya ucela uncedo kuNdikhoyo

14Ndiphilise, *Ndikhoyo, ndiphile qete.

Ndisindise, khon' ukuze ndisinde.

Kaloku nguwe udumo lwam.

UJEREMIYA 17:5-14XHO96Vula kumfundi weBhayibhile

Blessed is the One who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in the Lord. Such persons will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. The tree endures all manner of hardships. Let us be able to trust like the tree. Do not let the world and it’s brief glory, distract you from being like the tree, filled with trust in what God offers us that we may be rooted and stand with God in all weather in which we find ourselves. Blessed is the One, who trusts in God’s creative ways of bringing faith into our lives in all circumstances.

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