USimakade uNkulunkulu wabumba umuntu ngomhlabathi, wayesemphefumulela ngomoya wokuphila emakhaleni, umuntu waba yisidalwa esiphilayo.
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USimakade uNkulunkulu wabumba umuntu ngomhlabathi, wayesemphefumulela ngomoya wokuphila emakhaleni, umuntu waba yisidalwa esiphilayo.
Esandleni sakhe kukhona imiphefumulo yakho konke okuphilayo, kanjalo nomoya wabo bonke abaphilayo.
“Umuntu angaba yini wusizo kuNkulunkulu na? Ohlakaniphe kakhulu angaba wusizo yini kuye na?
Usho kanje uNkulunkulu uSimakade owadala izulu, waleneka, wendlala umhlaba nokuvela kuwo; onika abantu abakuwo umphefumulo nomoya kwabahamba kuwo, uthi:
Ngokuba angiyukulwa kuze kube phakade, angiyukuthukuthela ingunaphakade; funa umoya ophambi kwami uphelelwe ngamandla, ngisho nemiphefumulo engiyenzileyo.
Inkosi uZedekiya yafunga ngasese kuJeremiya, yathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade owasenzela lo mphefumulo, angiyukukubulala, futhi angiyukukunikela esandleni salawo madoda afuna ukuphila kwakho.”
Isiphrofetho. Izwi likaSimakade ngo-Israyeli. USimakade wendlale izulu, wabeka isisekelo somhlaba, wabumba umoya womuntu ezibili zakhe, uthi:
UMose no-Aroni bawa bathi mbo ngobuso phansi, bathi: “Nkulunkulu! Nkulunkulu! Mthombo wokuphila konke, usuzothukuthelela yonke inhlangano ngenxa yesono somuntu oyedwa nje?”
ukuze nibe ngabantwana bakaYihlo osezulwini. Ngokuba Yena uphumisa ilanga lakhe phezu kwababi nabahle, anise imvula yakhe phezu kwabalungileyo nabangalungile.
Ngakho-ke hambani nifunde ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthi: ‘Ngifuna isihawu, hhayi umhlatshelo.’ Ngokuba angizanga ukuzobiza abalungileyo, kodwa izoni.”
Nokho akayekanga ukuzifakazela ngokwenza okuhle; waninika imvula yasezulwini ngezikhathi zenala, egcwalisa izinhliziyo zenu ngokuhle nangokunjalo.”
‘Ngokuba siphila, sihamba, sikhona kuye,’ njengalokhu izimbongi ezithile zakini zishilo zathi: “ ‘Ngokuba futhi sibozalo lwakhe.’
umthande uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, ulalele izwi lakhe, unamathele kuye, ngokuba lokho kungukuphila kuwe nobude bezinsuku zakho, uyohlala ezweni uSimakade afunga kokhokho bakho, u-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, ukuthi uyakubanika lona.”
Bayale abacebileyo kuleli lizwe lamanje ukuba bangazikhukhumezi, bangathembeli engcebeni ephelayo, kodwa bathembele kuNkulunkulu osipha konke, ukuba sithokoze ngakho.