Wayesethi uJowabe: “Kuphila kukaNkulunkulu, uma ungakhulumanga, abantu bebeyakukhuphuka nokukhuphuka ekuseni, kube yilowo nalowo kubafowabo emva kwakhe.”
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Wayesethi uJowabe: “Kuphila kukaNkulunkulu, uma ungakhulumanga, abantu bebeyakukhuphuka nokukhuphuka ekuseni, kube yilowo nalowo kubafowabo emva kwakhe.”
U-Eliya waseThishibi, owabakhileyo kwaGileyadi, wathi ku-Ahabi: “Kuphila kukaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli engimi phambi kwakhe, kule minyaka akuyikuba khona mazolo noma imvula, ngaphandle kwezwi lami.
Wayesethi u-Eliya: “Kuphila kukaJehova Sebawoti engimi phambi kwakhe, ngiyakuzibonakalisa kuye namuhla.
Esefikile kumuntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni, wambamba ezinyaweni; kodwa uGehazi wasondela ukuze amsunduze. Wayesethi umuntu kaNkulunkulu: “Makame; ngokuba umphefumulo wakhe ukhathazekile phakathi kwakhe, uJehova ungifihlele, kazange akwazise kimi.
Kuhle yini kuwe ukuthi ucindezele, udelele umsebenzi wezandla zakho, ukhanye phezu kweseluleko sababi?
Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyayithambisa inhliziyo yami, futhi uSomandla uyangithukuthelisa.
Ucabanga ukuthi kuqondile yini ukuthi: Ukulunga kwami kungaphezu kokukaNkulunkulu?
Usholoni, Jakobe, uthi, Israyeli: Indlela yami isithekile kuJehova, nokulunga kwami kudlulile kuNkulunkulu wami?
Njalo uba befunda lokufunda izindlela zabantu bami, ukufunga ngebizo lami: Kuphila kukaJehova! njengoba bafundisa abantu bami ukufunga uBhali; khona-ke bayakwakhiwa phakathi kwabantu bami.
Uzafunga uthi: Kuphila kukaJehova ngeqiniso, ngokulunga langokulunga; izizwe ziyakuzibusisa kuye, zizidumise Ngaye.
Wothi kubo: Kuphila kwami, isho iNkosi uJehova, kangithokozi ngokufa komubi; kodwa ukuthi omubi aphenduke endleleni yakhe nokuphila. Ngoba lizafelani lina ndlu kaIsrayeli?
Hlala ngalobu busuku; kuyakuthi ekuseni, uma ekwenzela isihlobo, kuhle; makenze ingxenye yesithukulu; kepha uma engenzi isabelo somhlengi kuwe, ngiyakwenza isabelo somhlengi kuwe, kuphila kukaJehova; lala kuze kuse.
Ngokuba kuphila kukaJehova ohlenga u-Israyeli, noma sikuJonathani indodana yami, uyakufa nokufa. Kodwa kwakungekho muntu phakathi kwabo bonke owamphendula.
Abantu base bethi kuSawule: “Uyakufa uJonathani yini owenze lokhu kusindiswa okukhulu kwa-Israyeli na? makube kude lokho; kuphila kukaJehova, akuyikuwela phansi nonwele lwekhanda lakhe; ngoba usebenze noNkulunkulu namuhla. Abantu bamsindisa uJonathani, ukuze angafi.
Bheka, ngithuma umfana othi: ‘Hamba ufune imicibisholo. Uma ngiqinisile ngithi kumfana: Bheka, imicibisholo ingaphesheya kwakho, yithathe; bese uyafika, ngokuba kukhona ukuthula kuwe akukho bubi; ngeqiniso kuphila kukaJehova.
Ngakho-ke, nkosi yami, kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, lokhu uJehova ukuvimbile ukuba ungezi ukuchitha igazi nokuziphindisela ngesandla sakho, izitha zakho nabenza okubi mazifune iNkosi yami, njengoNabali.
Ngokuba kuphila kukaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli owangivimbela ukuba ngikulimaze, uma ubungasheshanga ukuza ukungihlangabeza, impela, ngabe akasalanga uNabali ekukhanyeni kokusa uJehova angazange amshaye udonga.