Hezekiya wase uyaphendvuka kulokutiphakamisa kwenhlitiyo yakhe, njengaloku kwenta bantfu baseJerusalema; ngaloko lulaka lwaSimakadze lwangabe lusehlela etikwabo ngesikhatsi saHezekiya.
YaJakobe 4:6 - Siswati 1996 Bible Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wephana ngemusa lomkhulu, ngako umBhalo utsi: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kepha labatfobekile ubapha umusa.” |
Hezekiya wase uyaphendvuka kulokutiphakamisa kwenhlitiyo yakhe, njengaloku kwenta bantfu baseJerusalema; ngaloko lulaka lwaSimakadze lwangabe lusehlela etikwabo ngesikhatsi saHezekiya.
Manase wafunisisa Simakadze asasekuhluphekeni, wafuna lusito lwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe, watitfoba kakhulu embikwaNkulunkulu waboyisemkhulu.
Umthandazo wakhe, nekutsi Nkulunkulu watsintseka kanjani ngekutincengela kwakhe, kanye nato tonkhe tono takhe, nekungetsembeki kwakhe, netindzawo letiphakeme tekukhontela tithico, lapho bekakhe khona titfombe letikhontwako, wagcumeka netinsika ta-Ashera netithico, ngalesikhatsi asengakatitfobi, konkhe loko kubhaliwe etincwadzini tebaboniswa.
Kodvwa yena akazange afute uyise Manase, ngobe akazange aphendvuke, atitfobe embikwaSimakadze, Amoni wachubeka wadlanga ngebubi bakhe.
Njengobe inhlitiyo yakho itsintsekile, wase uyatitfoba embikwaNkulunkulu, nawuva kutsi abetsiteni ngalendzawo kanye nangebantfu bayo, ngobe wena utitfobile embikwami, waklebhula tingubo takho, wakhala embikwami, ngikuvile, kusho Simakadze.
Nome Simakadze aphakeme kangaka, uyabanakekela labatitfobako; kodvwa labatiphakamisako ubabukela khashane.
Yena ungumenaneli kulabacitsa ingati, uyabakhumbula labahluphekile, akakukhohlwa kukhala kwalabasenhluphekweni.
Nyalo-ke sengiyati kutsi Simakadze mkhulu kunabo bonkhe labanye bonkulunkulu, ngobe ema-Israyeli uwakhulule ekugcilatweni ngesihluku ngemaGibhithe.”
Kwesaba Simakadze kufundzisa umuntfu kuhlakanipha. Nangabe umuntfu afuna kudvunyiswa, kufanele atitfobe kucala.
Kutiphakamisa kwebantfu kuyakwehliselwa phansi, nekutigcabha kwebantfu kutfotjiswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa,
Ngobe nguloko lokushiwo nguLophakeme Losetulu, lolibito lakhe linguLongcwele, utsi: “Ngihlala etulu endzaweni lengcwele, kodvwa nakuye lodzabukile nalotfobekile emoyeni, kutewuvuselela umoya walabatfobekile nekuvuselela tinhlitiyo talabephukile emoyeni.
Manje, mine Nebukhadnezari, ngibabata ngiphakamise ngekudvumisa iNkhosi yelizulu, ngobe konkhe lekwentako kulungile, nato tonkhe tindlela tayo tiphelele ngekulunga. Labo labahamba ngekutigcabha, uyakwati kubatfobisa.”
Ngobe lowo lonako uyawunikwa kube kunyenti, kodvwa lowo lote uyakwemukwa naloko lokuncane lanako.
Jesu watsi: “Nginitjela kutsi lendvodza lengumtselisi yabuyela ekhaya seyemukelwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi ilungile kunalona lomunye, ngobe phela wonkhe umuntfu lotiphakamisako, uyawutfotjiswa, wonkhe lotitfobako, uyawuphakanyiswa.”
Nani-ke, labasha, batfobeleni babonisi. Nonkhe yembatsani kutfobeka, nitfobelane, ngobe: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kodvwa labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”
Ningasakhulumi kakhulu ngekutiphakamisa; kubete kutiphakamisa lokuphuma emilonyeni yenu. Ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu welwati, ngaye tento tonkhe tiyaphenyisiswa.