Ngangiyisishisekeli esizingela ibandla, ngokokulunga okusemthethweni ngingongasolekiyo.
ngokokushisekela ngingowazingela ibandla, ngokokulunga okusemthethweni ngingongasolekiyo.
ngokushisekela ngizingela ibandla; mayelana nokulunga okusemthethweni, ngingenacala.
Inkosi yayisibiza abaseGibheyoni yakhuluma nabo. AbaseGibheyoni babengesibo abantu bakwa-Israyeli, babeyinsali yama-Amori. Nokho abakwa-Israyeli babenze isifungo kubo, kodwa uSawule wayefuna ukubabulala ngenxa yentshisekelo yakhe ngabakwa-Israyeli nabakwaJuda.
Wayesethi uJehu: “Hamba nami ukuze ubone indlela engimshisekelela ngayo uSimakade.” Base bemgibelisa enqoleni yakhe.
Ungabi ngolunge kakhulu, ungazenzi ohlakaniphe ngokwedlulele; uzibhubhiselani na?
Uma-ke inyama ebomvu ibuye yaphenduka yaba mhlophe uyakuya kumphristi,
“Maye, kini zazimthetho nabaFarisi, bazenzisi, ngokuba nihlanza ingaphandle lenkezo nesitsha, kodwa ngaphakathi kugcwele impango nobugovu.
Ngokuba ngithi kini: uma ukulunga kwenu kungadluli okwezazimthetho nokwabaFarisi, anisoze nangena embusweni wezulu.
Babelungile bobabili phambi kukaNkulunkulu, behamba ngayo yonke imiyalo nezimiso zeNkosi, bengasoleki.
Sebekuzwile lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi kuye: “Uyabona, mzalwane, ukuthi ziningi kangakanani izinkulungwane zalabo asebekholwa, ezikhona phakathi kwabaJuda, futhi bonke bayizishisekeli zomthetho!
njengoba nomphristi omkhulu ufakaza ngami, namalunga wonke. Yibona engemukela kubo izincwadi ezilotshelwe abazalwane, ngangiya eDamaseku ukuba abakhona lapho ngibayise eJerusalema beboshiwe, ukuze bajeziswe.
Bengazi kwasekuqaleni, uma bethanda ukufakaza ukuthi ngangihamba ngehlelo eliqinileyo lenkonzo yakithi ngingumFarisi.
Kodwa uSawula walichitha ibandla, engena izindlu ngezindlu, ehudula abesilisa nabesifazane; ebafaka ejele.
Mina-ke ngake ngahamba ngaphandle komthetho, kodwa kwathi ukuba kufike umyalo, savuka isono,
Ningabi yisikhubekiso kubaJuda, kumaGriki, noma kulo ibandla likaNkulunkulu,
Ngokuba mina ngingomncane kubaphostoli, engingafanele ukubizwa ngomphostoli, lokhu ngalihlupha ibandla likaNkulunkulu.
ukuze nibe ngabangasolekiyo nabangenacala; abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abangenasici phakathi kwesizukulwane esiyisigwegwe nesiphambeneyo, enikhanya phakathi kwaso njengezinkanyiso emhlabeni,
ngifunyanwe kuye ngingenakho ukulunga okungokomthetho, kodwa lokho okuvela ngokukholwa nguKhristu, ngisho ukulunga okuvela kuNkulunkulu ngokukholwa,
nakuba ngangikade ngingohlambalazayo, nozingela amakholwa, nohluphayo. Kepha ngahawukelwa, ngokuba ngangikwenza ngokungazi nangokungakholwa.
Abantu balowo muzi bathi kuJowashi: “Ikhiphele phandle indodana yakho, ukuze ife, ngokuba ibhidlize i-althare likaBhali, yagawula nensika engcwele ebiseduze kwalo.”