“Sengathi ngabe nginjengasezinyangeni ezedlule, nanjengasezinsukwini lapho uNkulunkulu ayengiqaphile,
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“Sengathi ngabe nginjengasezinyangeni ezedlule, nanjengasezinsukwini lapho uNkulunkulu ayengiqaphile,
Ngiyakukhumbula lokhu, ngithulule umphefumulo wami phakathi kwami, njengalokhu ngangihamba esixukwini ngiya naso endlini kaNkulunkulu ngenhlokomo yokwethaba nokubonga, ibandla ligubha umkhosi.
Sesiphenduke isethuko komakhelwane bethu, umbhinqo nenhlekisa kwabasiphahlileyo.
Imizi yakho engcwele isifana nehlane, iZiyoni seliphenduke ihlane, neJerusalema liyincithakalo.
Indlu yethu engcwele nemangalisayo, lapho okhokho bethu babekudumisa khona, ishiswe ngomlilo, nazo zonke izinto zethu ezithandekayo, ziphenduke incithakalo.
“Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: niyakusho kanje enkosini yakwaJuda enithumileyo ukuba nizobuza kimi, nithi: ‘Uyabona-ke, impi kaFaro ephume ukuzonisiza izophenduka ibuyele ezweni lakubo eGibhithe.
U-Israyeli wayengesiyo yini inhlekisa kuwe na? Watholakala enamasela yini, njengoba uma ukhuluma ngaye unikina ikhanda.
Amehlo ethu aze akhathala, silokhu silindele usizo oluyize, simi emibhoshongweni yethu, silinde isizwe esingenakusisindisa.
uthi kubo: ‘Zwanini izwi leNkosi uSimakade. Isho kanje iNkosi uSimakade, ithi: “Ngokuba wathi ashila kuyo indlu yami engcwele lapho ingcoliswa, nakulo izwe lakwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi lenziwa incithakalo, nakuyo indlu yakwaJuda lapho beya ekuthunjweni,
Ngokuba isho kanje iNkosi uSimakade, ithi: njengoba ushaye ihlombe, wagidagida ngezinyawo, wathokoza ngabo bonke ububi obusenhliziyweni yakho, umelene nezwe lakwa-Israyeli,
Uyakulandela izithandwa zakhe, kodwa akayukuzifica, uyakuzifuna kepha akayukuzifumana, bese ethi: “Ngiyakuhamba ngibuyele endodeni yami yokuqala, ngokuba kwakukuhle kimi ngalezo zinsuku kunamanje.”
Manje izizwe eziningi zihlangene ngawe, zithi: “Malingcoliswe, amehlo ethu mawaligqolozele iZiyoni.”
“Kuthe sekubuye umqondo, yathi: ‘Kambe bangaki abaqashwe ngubaba abadla baze bakubuke, mina ngibe ngibulawa yindlala lapha na?
“Kepha u-Abhrahama wathi: ‘Ndodana, khumbula ukuthi wamukela okuhle kwakho ngesikhathi usaphila, noLazaru ngokunjalo wamukela okubi, kodwa manje uyaduduzwa yena lapha, wena usuyahlupheka.