Akamane agucule tinhlitiyo tetfu tibuke kuye, kutsi sihambe ngato tonkhe tindlela takhe, sigcine imiyalo yakhe, netimiso takhe, nemitsetfo yakhe layinika bobabemkhulu.
KubaseFiliphi 2:13 - Siswati 1996 Bible ngobe nguNkulunkulu losebenta kini kutsandza nekwenta ngekwentsandvo yakhe lenhle. |
Akamane agucule tinhlitiyo tetfu tibuke kuye, kutsi sihambe ngato tonkhe tindlela takhe, sigcine imiyalo yakhe, netimiso takhe, nemitsetfo yakhe layinika bobabemkhulu.
NakaJuda sandla saNkulunkulu sasisetikwebantfu kutsi sibanike bunye bengcondvo ekwenteni loko inkhosi netiphatsimandla tayo babetsite akwentiwe, ngekulandzela livi laSimakadze.
Ngemnyaka wekucala wekubusa kwaKhuresi, inkhosi yasePheresiya, kuze kugcwaliseke livi laSimakadze lelakhulunywa nguJeremiya, Simakadze watsintsa inhlitiyo yaKhuresi, inkhosi yasePheresiya kutsi ente simemetelo kulo lonkhe lelingaphansi kwakhe, nekutsi asibhale phansi atsi:
Kwatsi baholi bemindeni yakaJuda neyakaBhenjamini, nebaphristi, nemaLevi, nabo bonkhe Nkulunkulu latsintsa tinhlitiyo tabo kutsi bahambe bayewulakha lithempeli laSimakadze, batilungiselela kwenyukela eJerusalema.
Ezra wakhuluma watsi: “Akadvunyiswe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabobabe, lokubekile enhlitiyweni yenkhosi kutsi kuhlonishwe indlu yaSimakadze eJerusalema ngalendlela,
Inkhosi yangibuta, yatsi: “Ufuna ngikwenteleni?” Ngavele ngathandaza kuNkulunkulu welizulu,
Sive sakho siyawutinikela mhlazana ulwa netitsa takho, emabutfo akho ayawuta kuwe ahlobe ngemvunulo lengcwele, ayawuvela njengematolo asentsatsakusa.
Ngente ngingakutsandzi kwenta lokubi, ngingahlanganyeli nalababi emisebentini yabo lemibi, ngingahlanganyeli nasemadzilini abo.
Simakadze, wena usentela kuthula, konkhe loku lesiphumelele kukwenta, sikwentelwe nguwe.
Simakadze utsi: “Ngulesi sivumelwane lengiyakusenta nendlu yaka-Israyeli emvakwaleso sikhatsi: Ngiyawufaka umtsetfo wami etingcondvweni tabo, ngiwubhale etinhlitiyweni tabo. Ngiyawuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona babe bantfu bami.
“Akube bukhosi kuNkulunkulu kulelisetulu kakhulu nekuthula emhlabeni kubantfu labatfokotelwa nguye!”
Wabaphendvula Johane watsi: “Kute umuntfu longaba nelutfo angakaluphiwa luvela ezulwini.
Kubhaliwe kubaphrofethi kutsi: ‘Bonkhe bayawuba ngulabafundziswe nguNkulunkulu.’ Bonkhe labevile kuBabe, bafundza kuye, bayeta kimi.
Ngenca yesipho semusa saNkulunkulu kimi, ngitsi kini nonkhe: Ningacabangi kutsi nibakhulu kunaloku leningiko. Esikhundleni saloko zitsani ekucabangeni kwenu, ngulowo nalowo atehlulele ngebungako bekukholwa kwakhe lakunikwe nguNkulunkulu.
Injongo yaNkulunkulu yekukhetsanchanti ayigucuki. Kwatsi lamaphahla angakatalwa, asengakenti lutfo lokulungile nalokungakalungi,
Ngako-ke akuyi ngekutsandza nangekutihlupha kwemuntfu, kodvwa kuya ngebubele baNkulunkulu.
Kukhona imisebenti yemandla leyehlukene, kepha munye lowo Nkulunkulu losebenta konkhe kubo bonkhe.
Kepha ngemusa waNkulunkulu nginguloku lengingiko, nemusa wakhe kimi awuzange ube lite, kodvwa ngasebenta kakhulu kunabo bonkhe, noko kungesimi, kodvwa kungumusa waNkulunkulu lonami.
Akusho noko kwekutsi sinemandla ekwenta lutfo ngekwetfu; kute lokuphuma kitsi, kepha emandla etfu avela kuNkulunkulu,
Nkulunkulu wasikhetsanchanti ngaye kutsi sibe lifa lakhe, yena lowenta konkhe ngekwentsandvo yakhe.
Nkulunkulu wavele wasikhetsanchanti ngekwenjongo yentsandvo yakhe, wasenta emadvodzana akhe ngaJesu Khristu.
Nkulunkulu wakubona kufanele kutsi asatise imfihlakalo yentsandvo yakhe, labeyimisile ngaKhristu kwasekucaleni.
Empeleni kusindziswa kwenu ngekukholwa kuya ngemusa, futsi loko akuveli kini, sipho nje saNkulunkulu.
Kunguko nje sinikhulekela onkhe emalanga, kuze kutsi Nkulunkulu wetfu anente nibe ngulabafanele lubito lwakhe, nekutsi aphelelise ngemandla akhe konkhe lokuhle lenifisa kukwenta, nemsebenti wekukholwa.
Nguye lowasisindzisa wasibita ngelubito lwakhe lolungcwele, hhayi ngemisebenti yetfu, kodvwa ngelisu lakhe nangemusa wakhe, lasipha wona kuKhristu Jesu, umhlaba ungakasekelwa,
anganiphelelisa kuko konkhe lokuhle, kuze nente intsandvo yakhe, asebente kini ente ngaJesu Khristu loko lokujabulisako emehlweni akhe. Ludvumo alube kuKhristu phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Akabongwe Nkulunkulu, longuYise weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, lowasitala kabusha ngemusa wakhe lomkhulu, kuze sibe nelitsemba leliphilako ngekuvuswa kwaJesu Khristu kulabafile.