Labo abathembela engcebweni yabo nasenkazimulweni yabo ngobuningi bengcebo yabo;
Hoseya 12:8 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Wayesethi u-Efrayimi: “Nokho ngicebile, ngizitholele okuhle; kuwo wonke umshikashika wami abayikufumana ububi obuyisono kimi. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE U-Efrayimi uthi: “Impela ngicebile, ngithole imfuyo; kukho konke ukuzuza kwami abayikufumana bubi obuyisono.” IsiZulu 2020 U-Efrayimi uthi: “Impela ngicebile, senginentilibathwa yomcebo. Kuzo zonke izithukuthuku zami abayukuthola kimi okubi okuyisono.” |
Labo abathembela engcebweni yabo nasenkazimulweni yabo ngobuningi bengcebo yabo;
Bhekani, lo nguye umuntu uNkulunkulu angamenzanga amandla akhe; kepha wethemba ebuningini benotho yakhe, waziqinisa ebubini bakhe.
Ningenciki ekucindezelweni, ningabi yize ngokuphanga; uma ingcebo iyanda, ungabeki inhliziyo yakho kuyo.
Isikali esikhohlisayo siyisinengiso kuJehova, kepha isisindo esihle siyintokozo yakhe.
Kukhona isizukulwane esihlambulukile emehlweni aso, kodwa esingagezwanga ekungcoleni kwaso.
Injalo indlela yowesifazane ophingayo; uyadla, asule umlomo wakhe, athi: Angenzanga bubi.
Ungasho kanjani ukuthi: ‘Angingcoliswanga, angibalandelanga oBali? bheka indlela yakho esigodini, yazi okwenzileyo; wena uyinkana yenkazana enejubane, ehamba ngezindlela zayo;
Kodwa uthi: Ngoba ngimsulwa, isibili ulaka lwakhe luzasuka kimi. Bheka, ngiyakulwa nawe, ngokuba uthi: Angonanga.
Njengendlwana yezinyoni igcwele izinyoni, kanjalo izindlu zabo zigcwele inkohliso; ngakho-ke baba bakhulu futhi baceba.
Ngokuhlakanipha kwakho okukhulu nangezenzo zakho wandise inotho yakho, futhi inhliziyo yakho yaphakama ngenxa yenotho yakho.
Basutha ngokwamadlelo abo; bayasutha, nenhliziyo yabo iziphakamisile; ngalokho bangikhohlwa Mina.
Lathi: Kuzaphela nini ukwethwasa kwenyanga ukuze sithengise amabele? nesabatha, ukuze sihlukanise ukolweni ngokunciphisa i-efa neshekeli libe likhulu, sikhohlise isikali ngobuqili?
Ngakho bayazihlabela bona kuphela, kuqhamuke intuthu ekuhuduleni kwabo; ngokuba isabelo sabo sinonile kanye nokudla kwabo kuchichima.
ezibanikazi bazo abazibulalayo, bazenze zingenacala; nabathengisa ngazo bathi: “Makabongwe uJehova! ngoba ngicebile, abelusi bazo kabanamusa kuzo.
Nimkhathazile uJehova ngamazwi enu. Kodwa nithi: Simdinise ngani? Uma nithi: “Bonke abenza okubi bahle emehlweni kaJehova, uyajabula ngabo; noma: Uphi uNkulunkulu wokwahlulela na?
Amazwi enu ayenamandla ngokumelene nami,” usho uJehova. Kepha nina nithi: ‘Sikhulumeleni kangaka ngawe na?
Ngizakuthi kuwo umphefumulo wami: Mphefumulo, ulempahla enengi ebekelelwe iminyaka eminengi; khululeka, udle, uphuze, ujabule.
Ayikho inceku engakhonza amakhosi amabili, ngokuba iyakuzonda enye, ithande enye; noma ibambelele kwenye, idelele enye. Anikwazi ukukhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona.
Wathi kubo: “Nina ningabazishaya abalungileyo phambi kwabantu; kepha uNkulunkulu uyazazi izinhliziyo zenu, ngokuba lokho okuphakeme phakathi kwabantu kuyisinengiso emehlweni kaNkulunkulu.
Futhi uthi enhliziyweni yakho: Amandla ami namandla esandla sami kungizuzele le ngcebo.
Yala abanothileyo kulomhlaba ukuthi bangazikhukhumezi, bangathembeli engcebweni engaqinisekile, kodwa mabathembele kuNkulunkulu osinika ngokucebile konke ukuba sikujabulele;
Imibango ehlanekezelayo yabantu abangqondo eyonakeleyo, abaswele iqiniso, bethi inzuzo ingukumesaba uNkulunkulu;
Ngokuba uthi: Ngicebile, ngicebile, angisweli lutho; kanti kawazi ukuthi ulusizi, lolusizi, lompofu, lesiphofu, njalo uhamba ze;