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AbakoIsrayeli abakhethiweyo nguNkulunkulu bayasindiswa
1 Ngakho ngithi: UNkulunkulu ubalahlile yini abantu bakhe? Phinde! Ngoba lami ngingumIsrayeli, enzalweni kaAbrahama, wesizwe sikaBenjamini. 2 UNkulunkulu kabalahlanga abantu bakhe abazi ngaphambili. Kumbe kalazi yini kuElija ukuthi umbhalo uthini? Ukuthi wamangalela njani uIsrayeli kuNkulunkulu, esithi: 3 Nkosi, babulele abaprofethi bakho, njalo badilizile amalathi akho; njalo mina ngisele ngedwa, sebedinga umphefumulo wami. 4 Kodwa impendulo kaNkulunkulu yathini kuye? Yathi: Ngizitshiyele amadoda azinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, angaguqanga ngedolo kuBali. 5 Kunjalo-ke kukhona langalesisikhathi insali ngokukhetha komusa. 6 Kodwa uba kungomusa, kakusayi ngemisebenzi; uba kungenjalo umusa kawuseyiwo umusa. Kodwa aluba kusiya ngemisebenzi, akusengumusa; uba kungenjalo imisebenzi ayise yimisebenzi. 7 Pho-ke? UIsrayeli ayekudinga, lokhu kakutholanga, kodwa abakhethiweyo bakuthola, labanye benziwa baba lukhuni; 8 njengokubhaliweyo ukuthi: UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo obukhulu, lamehlo ukuze bangaboni, lendlebe ukuze bangezwa, kuze kube lusuku lwalamuhla. 9 LoDavida uthi: Itafula labo libe ngumjibila lesifu, lesikhubekiso, lempindiselo kibo; 10 amehlo abo afiphazwe ukuze bangaboni, njalo gobisa umhlana wabo njalonjalo.
11 Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuze bawe yini? Phinde! Kodwa ngesiphambeko sabo usindiso lufikile kwabezizwe, ukubavusela umona. 12 Kodwa uba isiphambeko sabo siyinotho yomhlaba, lokwehluleka kwabo kuyinotho yabezizwe, kakhulu kangakanani ukuphelela kwabo?
Usindiso lwafika kwabezizwe
13 Ngoba ngikhuluma lani bezizwe. Njengalokho mina ngingumphostoli wabezizwe, ngikhulisa inkonzo yami; 14 ukuthi mhlawumbe ngibavusele umona abenyama yami, njalo ngisindise abanye babo. 15 Ngoba uba ukulahlwa kwabo kuyikubuyiswa komhlaba, kungaba yini ukwemukelwa, ngaphandle kokuthi yimpilo yabafileyo? 16 Njalo uba ingqabutho yesithelo ingcwele, lenhlama injalo; njalo uba impande ingcwele, lengatsha zinjalo. 17 Kodwa uba kwephulwe ezinye ingatsha, lawe ongumhlwathi weganga waxhunyelelwa kuzo, njalo uhlanganyele lazo impande lamafutha womhlwathi, 18 ungazincomi phezu kwengatsha; kodwa uba uzincoma phezu kwazo, kayisuwe othwele impande, kodwa impande zithwele wena. 19 Uzakuthi-ke: Ingatsha zephulwa, ukuze mina ngixhunyelwe. 20 Kulungile; zephulwa ngokungakholwa, njalo wena umi ngokholo. Ungazikhukhumezi, kodwa yesaba; 21 ngoba uba uNkulunkulu engayekelanga ingatsha zemvelo, hlezi lawe kayikukuyekela. 22 Khangela-ke ububele lobukhali bukaNkulunkulu; ubukhali, kulabo abawayo; kodwa kuwe, ububele, uba uhlala ebubeleni; uba kungenjalo uzaqunywa lawe. 23 Lalabo futhi, uba bengahlali ekungakholweni, bazaxhunyelwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okubuya abaxhume. 24 Ngoba uba wena waqunywa emhlwathini weganga ngemvelo, wasuxhunyelelwa ngokuphambene lemvelo emhlwathini ohlanyelweyo, kakhulu kangakanani ngalabo, abazingatsha ngemvelo, bazaxhunyelelwa esihlahleni sakibo somhlwathi?
UNkulunkulu ulesihawu kubantu bonke
25 Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lingabi ngabangaziyo, bazalwane, ngalimfihlo, hlezi lizitshaye abahlakaniphileyo, ukuthi ubulukhuni sebehlele uIsrayeli nganxanye, kuze kungene ukuphelela kwabezizwe; 26 ngokunjalo-ke uIsrayeli wonke uzasindiswa; njengokubhaliweyo ukuthi: Kuzavela eZiyone uMkhululi, asuse ukungabi loNkulunkulu kuJakobe; 27 njalo yilesi isivumelwano sami kibo, lapho ngizasusa izono zabo. 28 Ngokwevangeli, bayizitha ngenxa yenu; kodwa ngokukhetha, bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yabobaba; 29 ngoba izipho zomusa lobizo lukaNkulunkulu kakulakuphenduka. 30 Ngoba njengalokhu lani kade lingamlaleli uNkulunkulu, kodwa khathesi selihawukelwe ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabo; 31 ngokunjalo lalabo khathesi kabalalelanga, ukuze ngesihawu senu bahawukelwe labo; 32 ngoba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungalalelini, ukuze abe lesihawu kibo bonke. 33 Yeka ukuzika kwenotho lenhlakanipho lolwazi lukaNkulunkulu! Kaziphenyeki kangakanani izigwebo zakhe, lendlela zakhe kazilandeleki! 34 Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi? Kumbe ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo? 35 Kumbe ngubani owamnika kuqala, ukuze abuyiselwe? 36 Ngoba konke kuvela kuye, kungaye, kuya kuye; kabube kuye ubukhosi kuze kube nininini. Ameni.