funa ngisuthe, bese ngikuphika, ngithi: ‘USimakade ungubani na?’ funa ngibe mpofu, ngebe, ngilihlambalaze igama likaNkulunkulu wami.
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funa ngisuthe, bese ngikuphika, ngithi: ‘USimakade ungubani na?’ funa ngibe mpofu, ngebe, ngilihlambalaze igama likaNkulunkulu wami.
“Ngakho-ke ngenxa yokuthi nicindezela abampofu, nithathe kubo ngenkani okusanhlamvu, noma ningakha izindlu ngamatshe abaziweyo, kodwa aniyukuhlala kuzo, noma ningatshala izivini ezinhle, kepha aniyukuliphuza iwayini lazo.
“Ngabe sekuyisikhathi senu yini lesi sokuba nihlale ezindlini zenu ezihlotshisiwe, ekubeni le ndlu iyincithakalo, na?”
“Kanjalo njengalokhu kwenzeka ngezinsuku zikaLothi, babedla, bephuza, bethenga, bethengisa, betshala futhi bakha.
ngokuba awumkhonzanga uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ngokujabula nangokwenama kwenhliziyo, ngenxa yobuningi bezinto.
Ngokuba lapho sengibangenisile ezweni engafunga kokhokho babo, izwe elichichima ubisi noju, bayodla, basuthe, bakhuluphale, bese bephendukela kwabanye onkulunkulu, babakhonze, bangedelele, basephule isivumelwano sami.
“UJeshuruni wakhuluphala, wayesekhahlela; usekhuluphele, uzimukile, futhi uchachambile. Wamshiya uNkulunkulu owamenza, waledelela iDwala lensindiso yakhe.
“Kuyothi lapho uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ekungenisa ezweni afunga ngalo kokhokho, u-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, ukuthi uzoninika lona: imizi emikhulu nemihle ongayakhanga,
izinkomo zakho nezimvu zakho sekwandile, isiliva negolide lakho sekukuningi, sekwandile konke onakho,