Kepha tatsi tisengakalali, onkhe emadvodza alomuti waseSodoma, lamadzala nalamancane, ayitungeleta lendlu.
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Kepha tatsi tisengakalali, onkhe emadvodza alomuti waseSodoma, lamadzala nalamancane, ayitungeleta lendlu.
Nkulunkulu wabuka umhlaba wabona kutsi wonakele, ngobe bonkhe bantfu babetiphetse ngemonakalo emhlabeni.
Simakadze watsi kuNowa: “Ngena emkhunjini wena nendlu yakho, ngobe sengibonile kutsi nguwe wedvwa lolungile kulesitukulwane.
Elija waphendvula watsi: “Benginenshisekelo lenkhulu yekukhonta wena Simakadze, Nkulunkulu Somandla. Kodvwa sive saka-Israyeli sisilahlile sivumelwane sakho, sabhidlita emalati akho, sabulala baphrofethi bakho ngenkemba. Ngimi ngedvwa losasele, kodvwa nami sebafuna kungibulala.”
Ngempela, angizange ngesabe kutsi bantfu batawutsini, angizange ngibindze nome ngitivalele endlini ngenca yekubesaba labo bantfu.
Ndvodzana yami, ungahambisani nebantfu labanje; ungalubeki lunyawo lwakho etindleleni tabo,
Ungalubeki lunyawo lwakho endleleni yalababi, futsi ungahambi endleleni yebantfu lababi.
Tamtfukutselela Jeremiya, tatsi akashaywe; tase tiyambopha tamfaka endlini kaJonathani, labengumabhalane, ngobe yayentiwe lijele.
Inkhosi Sedekiya yase ikhipha umyalo kutsi Jeremiya akabekwe esibuyeni sabogadzi anikwe sinkhwa lesibuya esitaladini sebabhaki onkhe emalanga, size siphele sonkhe sinkhwa edolobheni. Ngako Jeremiya wahlala esibuyeni sabogadzi.
“Nkhosi yami, inkhosi, labantfu bente sento lesibi kabi kuJeremiya, umphrofethi. Sebamfake emgodzini lapho atawubulawa yindlala adzimate afe, ngobe sekute sinkhwa lapha edolobheni.”
Wangiphendvula watsi: “Sono sendlu yaka-Israyeli neyakaJuda sikhulu ngalokwengcile; live seligobhota ingati, nelidolobha seligcwele kungabi namtsetfo. Batsi: ‘Simakadze ulikhohliwe lelive; Simakadze akaboni.’
“ ‘Ungehluleli ngekukhetsa, ngekulahla lomphofu ngelicala uvune lomkhulu, kodvwa mehlulele ngekulunga makhelwane wakho.
“Ngabe kambe ngiso yini lesi sikhatsi sekutsi nihlale etindlini letihlotjiswe kahle kakhulu, kube kantsi indlu yaSimakadze yona ibukeka itindzala nje?”
Ngako-ke Philatu atsandza kujabulisa ticumbi, wabakhululela Bharaba. Jesu asabhanjabuliwe, Philatu wabe sewumnikela esicukwini kutsi siyewumbetsela esiphambanweni.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka lemibili sikhundla saFeliksi satsatfwa nguPhokhiyusi Festusi. Njengobe Feliksi abefuna kutsandvwa ngemaJuda, wavele washiya Pawula asesejele.
Festusi afuna kujabulisa emaJuda wabuta Pawula watsi: “Ungatsandza yini kuya eJerusalema kuyewutekwa lamacala labakubeke wona la embikwami?”
Bayawati umtsetfo waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinje bafanele kufa, kepha bona abagcini ngekutenta kuphela kodvwa besuka bavumelana nalabo labatentako.
Ningacali nehlulele ngekukhetsa; lalelani lomkhulu nalomncane ngalokufananako. Ningesabi muntfu, ngobe kwehlulela kwaNkulunkulu. Licala lelilukhuni kini niboliletsa lapha kimi, ngitekuliva.’
Kufanele ningawephuli umtsetfo, futsi ningabakhetsi bantfu. Akukafaneli nemukele umdizo, ngobe uphumphutsekisa emehlo alabahlakaniphile, uphambukise nemavi alabalungile.
“Ningabadleleli betive nome tintsandzane emalungelo langewabo nome nitsatse sembatfo semfelokati sibe sibambiso salakwebolekile.
Kodvwa nangabe kukhonta Simakadze kubonakala kungatsandzeki kini, ngako khetsani lamuhla kutsi nitawukhonta bani, nome bonkulunkulu lababekhontwa bokhokho benu ngesheya kweMfula, nome bonkulunkulu bema-Amori, akulelive lese nakhe kulo. Kodvwa mine nendlu yami sitawukhonta Simakadze.”
Sawula wakhuluma kuSamuweli, watsi: “Ngonile. Ngiwephulile umyalo waSimakadze kanye nemiyalo yakho. Ngesabe bantfu, ngabe sengiyabayekela.
Kodvwa boSawula nemadvodza akakhe bamyekela Agagi bangete bambulala, bayekela netimvu, netinkhomo, netinkunzi, nemazinyane lokwakukhuluphele; watsatsa konkhe lokwakukuhle. Konkhe lokwakubukeka kukubi nome kubutsakatsaka bakubhubhisa.