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.
UJosefa wayesethi kubo ngosuku lwesithathu: “Yenzani lokhu, niphile; ngokuba ngiyamesaba uNkulunkulu;
Yebo, ngaqhubeka nomsebenzi walolu donga, futhi asithenganga mhlaba, futhi zonke izinceku zami zabuthana lapho emsebenzini.
Futhi ngathi: Kakukuhle ukuthi nenze lokhu; Aniyikuhamba yini ekwesabeni uNkulunkulu wethu ngenxa yehlazo labezizwe, izitha zethu?
Ngokuba ukubhujiswa kukaNkulunkulu kwaba yingebhe kimi, futhi ngenxa yokuphakama kwakhe angikwazanga ukukubekezelela.
Dumisani uJehova. Ubusisiwe umuntu omesabayo uJehova, othokoza ngemithetho yakhe.
Ngomusa nangeqiniso ububi buyahlanjululwa, futhi ngokwesaba uJehova abantu badede ebubini.
Ngubani phakathi kwenu omesabayo uJehova, olalela izwi lenceku yakhe, ohamba ebumnyameni, kungekho ukukhanya, na? makathembele eGameni likaJehova futhi ahlale kuNkulunkulu wakhe.
Ngasithenga isiqinti kuHanameli indodana kababekazi owayese-Anathoti, ngamlinganisela imali, amashekeli ayishumi nesikhombisa esiliva.
Uma nibingelela abafowenu bodwa, nenza ngani ngaphezu kwabanye na? Abenzi njalo nabathelisi na?
Nalapho ngikhona kini ngiswele, angibanga mthwalo kumuntu, ngokuba lokho engintulayo abazalwane abavela eMakedoniya bakuphathile; Ngiyazigcina.
Ngokuba kuyini enaba phansi ngakho kunamanye amabandla, ngaphandle kokuthi mina ngokwami angibanga ngumthwalo kini na? ngithethelele okubi.
Iyakuthatha okweshumi kwembewu yenu nokwezivini zenu, ikunike izinceku zayo nezinceku zayo.