WEEK 6 – Cultivate the right appetite
1Ngenyanga yesikhombisa ngolwamashumi amabili nanye lwenyanga izwi likaJehova lafika ngesandla sikaHagayi umprofethi, lathi: 2“Ake ukhulume kuZerubabele indodana kaSheyalitiyeli, umbusi wakwaJuda, nakuJoshuwa indodana kaJehosadaki, umpristi omkhulu, nakuyo insali yabantu, uthi: 3‘Ngubani oseleyo phakathi kwenu owayibona le ndlu ekukhazimuleni kwayo kokuqala? Niyayibona injani manje na? Ayinjengento yalutho emehlweni enu na? 4Kepha qina manje, Zerubabele,’ usho uJehova, ‘ube namandla, Joshuwa, ndodana kaJehosadaki, mpristi omkhulu, niqine nonke nina bantu bezwe,’ usho uJehova, ‘nisebenze ngokuba nginani,’ usho uJehova Sebawoti. 5‘Isithembiso enganinika sona ekuphumeni kwenu eGibithe noMoya wami kuyakuhlala phakathi kwenu; ningesabi.’
17Kepha nina bathandekayo, khumbulani amazwi akhulunywe phambili ngabaphostoli beNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu 18abasho ukuthi ngesikhathi sokugcina kuyakuba khona abahleka usulu, behamba ngezinkanuko zabo zokungamesabi uNkulunkulu. 19Yilabo abaveza ukwahlukana, bengabenyama bengenaMoya.
20Kepha nina bathandekayo, yakhelanani ekukholweni kwenu okungcwele kakhulu, nikhuleke ngoMoya oNgcwele, 21nizigcine othandweni lukaNkulunkulu, nibheke umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, kube ngukuphila okuphakade.
