“Kepha bona nokhokho bethu benza ububi, baziphakamisa, baba nenkani, bayephula imiyalelo yakho.
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“Kepha bona nokhokho bethu benza ububi, baziphakamisa, baba nenkani, bayephula imiyalelo yakho.
Wabexwayisa ukuba babuyele emthethweni wakho, kodwa baba nenkani, abaze bayilalela imiyalelo yakho nezehlulelo zakho. Bona bephula izimiso zakho, okuthi uma umuntu ezigcina aphile. Bakufulathela, baqinisa amakhanda, benqaba ukukulalela.
Abazikhukhumezayo mabajabhe, ngokuba bangicindezela ngaphandle kwesizathu; nokho mina ngizozindla ngeziyalezo zakho.
UMose no-Aroni baya kuFaro, bathi kuye: “Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu wamaHebheru uthi: ‘Kuyoze kube nini wenqaba ukuzithoba phambi kwami na? Vumela abantu bami ukuba bahambe, ukuze bayongikhonza.
Manje ngiyazi ukuthi uSimakade mkhulu kunabo bonke onkulunkulu, ngoba ukhulule abantu bakhe kwabaseGibhithe, lapho bebebaphethe khona ngokubaqonela.”
Kuyothi lapho iNkosi isiwuqedile wonke umsebenzi wayo entabeni iZiyoni naseJerusalema, ijezise inkosi yase-Asiriya ngenxa yokukhuluma kwayo ngokuziqhayisa, nangokuziphakamisa kwayo.
Ngubani owanikela uJakobe ukuba aphangwe, no-Israyeli kubaphangi na? Akusiye yini uSimakade lona esonile kuye, abangavumanga ukuhamba ngezindlela zakhe, nokulalela umthetho wakhe na?
Ngakho-ke ngizingcolisile izikhulu zendlu engcwele; uJakobe ngizakumnikela ukuba achithwe, no-Israyeli ukuba abe yisithuko.”
Manje-ke, mina Nebukhadinezari ngiyatusa, ngiyaphakamisa, ngidumisa iNkosi yezulu, ngokuba yonke imisebenzi yayo iyiqiniso, nezindlela zayo zingubulungiswa; inamandla okubathobisa abahamba ngokuzidla.
“Phela bhekani nje, luyeza usuku, luvutha njengeziko. Bonke abazigqajayo nabo bonke abenza okubi bayakuba ngamabibi. Lolo lusuku oluzayo luyakubashisa, aluyukubashiyela mpande nagatsha,” kusho uSimakade Wamabandla.
Ngokuba bonke abaziphakamisayo bayakuthotshiswa; nozithobayo uyakuphakanyiswa.”
“Ngithi kini: lo wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe kunomFarisi. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo, uzakuthotshiswa; kodwa ozithobayo, uzakuphakanyiswa.”
UKhristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho ngokwenziwa abe yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abalengiswa emthini,”
“Kuyothi uma ungalaleli izwi likaSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ukuba uqikelele ukugcina yonke imiyalo yakhe nezimiso zakhe engikuyala ngakho namuhla, zonke lezi ziqalekiso ziyokwehlela, zikusibekele.
“Ngibiza izulu nomhlaba ukuba kube ngofakazi ngani namuhla ukuthi ngibeke phambi kwenu ukuphila nokufa, isibusiso nesiqalekiso; ngalokho khethani ukuphila ukuze niphile, wena nenzalo yakho,
Kepha unikeza umusa kakhulu ngakho, uthi: “UNkulunkulu umelana nabazidlayo, kodwa abathobekileyo ubapha umusa.”
Kanjalo nani zinsizwa, thobelani amalunga, kodwa nonke yembathani ukuthobeka, nithobelane, ngokuba uNkulunkulu umelene nabazidlayo, kodwa abathobekileyo ubapha umusa.