Wayesethi u-Abrahama: “Ngokuba ngithe: Impela ukumesaba uNkulunkulu akukho kule ndawo; futhi bazongibulala ngenxa yomkami.
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Wayesethi u-Abrahama: “Ngokuba ngithe: Impela ukumesaba uNkulunkulu akukho kule ndawo; futhi bazongibulala ngenxa yomkami.
Wathi: “Ungabeki isandla sakho kumfana, ungenzi lutho kuye, ngokuba ngiyazi manje ukuthi uyamesaba uNkulunkulu, lokhu ungagodlelanga kimi indodana yakho eyodwa.”
UJosefa wayesethi kubo ngosuku lwesithathu: “Yenzani lokhu, niphile; ngokuba ngiyamesaba uNkulunkulu;
UDavida wasesithi kulo lonke ibandla: Khathesi dumisani uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu. Ibandla lonke lambonga uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise, bakhothama, bakhuleka kuJehova nasenkosini.
Ukuqala kokuhlakanipha kungukumesaba uJehova; bonke abenza imiyalo yakhe banengqondo enhle; ukudunyiswa kwakhe kumi kuze kube phakade.
Yazisa uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zande ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona.
Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kolwazi, kepha iziwula ziyadelela ukuhlakanipha nokulaywa.
Inhliziyo yakho mayingabi nomhawu ngezoni, kepha mawube sekumesabeni uJehova usuku lonke.
Ngiyakucebisa ukuba ugcine umyalo wenkosi, nalokhu mayelana nesifungo sikaNkulunkulu.
Kumelwe usukume phambi kwempunga, uhloniphe ubuso bexhegu, wesabe uNkulunkulu wakho; nginguJehova.
Ngase nginqamula enye intonga yami, izibopho, ukuze ngephule ubuzalwane phakathi kukaJuda no-Israyeli.
Bathi kuye: KaKesari. Wayesethi kubo: “Ngakho-ke nikani uKesari okukaKesari; nakuNkulunkulu okukaNkulunkulu.
Thandanani okuhle omunye komunye ngothando lobuzalwane; ekuhlonipheni nikhethe omunye komunye;
Nikani bonke okubafaneleyo; inkokhiso kubani; ukwesaba kokwesabayo; udumo kubani ukudunyiswa.
Ngakho-ke, lokhu sinalezi zithembiso, bathandekayo, masizihlanze kukho konke ukungcola kwenyama nokomoya, siphelelisa ubungcwele ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.
Ningenzi-lutho ngombango nangodumo lweze; kepha ngokuthobeka nishaye sengathi abanye bakhulu kunani.
Bonke abangaphansi kwejoka mabathi abaninizo bafanele ukutuswa konke, ukuze igama likaNkulunkulu nesifundiso kungahlanjalazwa.
Njengoba selihlambulule imiphefumulo yenu ngokulalela iqiniso ngoMoya kuze kube sothandweni olungazenzisi lwabazalwane, thandanani kakhulu ngenhliziyo emhlophe;
Zithobeni kuzo zonke izimiso zabantu ngenxa yeNkosi: noma kusenkosini, njengophakeme;
Ngokunjalo, nina basha, thobelani abadala. Yebo, nonke thobelani omunye komunye, nembathe ukuthobeka, ngokuba uNkulunkulu umelana nabazidlayo, kepha abathobekileyo ubapha umusa.
Wathi: “Ngonile; kepha ngidumise phambi kwamalunga abantu bami naphambi kuka-Israyeli, nibuye nami, ngikhonze uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.