Emsebenzini noThixo – Usuku 10

₁₆Masingaze siyeke ukwenzelana ububele, kuba leyo yeyona minikelo imkholisayo uThixo.

₁₉“Ukuba ushiye isithungu sengqolowa entsimini xa uvunayo, sukuphinda usiphuthume; sesoba sesabangeneleli abahlala phakathi kwenu, neenkedama, nabahlolokazi, khon' ukuze uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho akuthamsanqele kuyo yonke into oyenzayo. ₂₀Xa uvuna umnquma, sukubuya ukhwahlaze; lo useleyo woba ngowabangeneleli, neenkedama, nabahlolokazi. ₂₁Ngokunjalo naxa uvuna idiliya sukukhwahlaza; leyo iseleyo yeyabangeneleli, neenkedama, nabahlolokazi. ₂₂Mayingaze iphume engqondweni yakho into yokuba nawe wawukhe walikhoboka eJiputa; yiyo loo nto ke mna ndikuyala ngolu hlobo nje.

₃₄Ukumkani ke uya kuthi kwabangasekunene: ‘Yizani, nina basikelelweyo nguBawo, nixhamle uyolo lolawulo enalulungiselelwayo kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi; ₃₅kuba ndandilambile, nandipha ukutya; ndandinxaniwe, nandipha amanzi; ndandingowasemzini, nandamkela; ₃₆ndandihamba ze, nandambathisa; ndandigula, nandihambela; ndandisentolongweni, nandivelela.’

₃₇“Omphendula ke amalungisa esithi: ‘Nkosi, ngaba sakubona nini na ulambile, sakupha ukutya; unxaniwe, sakunika amanzi? ₃₈Ngaba sakubona nini na ungowasemzini, sakwamkela; uhamba ze, sakwambathisa? ₃₉Ngaba sakubona nini na ugula, okanye usentolongweni, sakuhambela?’ ₄₀Wophendula ukumkani athi kuwo: ‘Ndithi kuni, inene, ekubeni nithe nenjenjalo nakomnye kula mawethu angawona agqusha eluthulini, nithe nenjenjalo nakum.’

₂₇Inkolo enyanisekileyo nengenachaphaza kuThixo uBawo yile: kukubonelela iinkedama nabahlolokazi abahluphekileyo, nokuphepha ukudyojwa lihlabathi.

₁₆Inkqu yothando siyibona kule nto yokuba uKrestu anikele ubomi bakhe ngenxa yethu. Ngokunjalo ke nathi sifanele ukuba sibunikele ubomi bethu ngenxa yamawethu. ₁₇Ukuba umntu omi kakuhle ngezinto zobu bomi ubona uwabo eswele, aze amvimbe into engamncedayo, angatsho njani loo mntu ukuba unalo uthando lukaThixo entliziyweni yakhe?