Kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga, uNkulunkulu walungisa umoya wasempumalanga onamandla; ilanga lashaya ekhanda likaJona, waquleka, wafuna ukufa phakathi kwakhe, wathi: “Kungcono kimi ukufa kunokuphila.”
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Kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga, uNkulunkulu walungisa umoya wasempumalanga onamandla; ilanga lashaya ekhanda likaJona, waquleka, wafuna ukufa phakathi kwakhe, wathi: “Kungcono kimi ukufa kunokuphila.”
Futhi lathi: Khangela, ukukhathala okungaka lokhu! niyawucima,” usho uJehova Sebawoti; naletha ezidwetshiweyo neziyizinyonga nezigulayo; kanjalo nanikela ngomhlatshelo; ngithathe kuwe? kusho uJehova.
Nathi: Kuyize ukukhonza uNkulunkulu; kunenzuzoni ukuthi sigcine ukwahlulela kwakhe, sihambe ngokulila phambi kukaJehova Sebawoti na?
Nxa nibona umoya waseningizimu uphephetha, nithi: ‘Kuzoba ukushisa;’ futhi kwenzeka.
Kuphi-ke ukuzibonga na? Ayifakiwe. Ngamuphi umthetho? wemisebenzi? Hatshi, kodwa ngomthetho wokukholwa.
lokhu uNkulunkulu emunye, ozalungisisa abasokileyo ngokukholwa, lokungasoki ngokholo.
Kuze kube yilesi sikhathi silambile, somile, sihamba ze, siyashaywa, asinandawo yokuhlala;
ukuze abezizwe babe yizindlalifa kanye nami, futhi babe umzimba ofanayo, futhi abahlanganyeli sesithembiso sakhe kuKristu ngevangeli.
Ngoba ilanga liyaphuma lilokushisa okutshisayo, kodwa libunisa utshani, lembali yabo iyawa, lobuhle besimo sabo bubhubha;