Impela mazingafi ngamvunye, abalungileyo nababi. Makube kude nawe ukwenza into efana naleyo. UMehluleli womhlaba wonke angakwenza kanjani okungalungile na?”
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Impela mazingafi ngamvunye, abalungileyo nababi. Makube kude nawe ukwenza into efana naleyo. UMehluleli womhlaba wonke angakwenza kanjani okungalungile na?”
Simakade Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, Wena ulungile, kodwa thina usiphunyukisile, sasala sayinsali njengoba kunje namuhla. Siphambi kwakho necala lethu, nakuba kungekho namunye ongama phambi kwakho ngenxa yalokho.”
Nokho bewufanele ukusehlisela zonke lezo zinto; wenze okulungileyo, thina senza okubi.
Amathende abaphangi anokuthula, abachukuluza uNkulunkulu balondekile, labo abaletha onkulunkulu babo ngezandla zabo.
Kusukela emzini kububula abafayo, amaphimbo abalimele kakhulu ayakhala ecela usizo, kodwa uNkulunkulu akayinaki imithandazo yabo.
Ngiyazi Simakade, ukuthi izehlulelo zakho zilungile, nokuthi ngokwethembeka wangijezisa.
Ngonile kuwe, kuwe wedwa, ngenza okubi emehlweni akho. Wena ulungile nxa wehlulela, futhi kucacile ukwehlulela kwakho.
Wena uthanda iqiniso ngaphakathi enhliziyweni, uyongifundisa ukuhlakanipha ekujuleni kwenhliziyo.
Ngisho izikhohlakali zingahluma njengotshani, nabo bonke abenza okubi baqhakaze, bayobhubha ingunaphakade.
Ukweduka kwabangenamqondo kuyakubabulala, nokudembesela kweziwula kuyozibhubhisa.
Kunento eyize eyenziwa emhlabeni: kukhona abantu abalungile abehlelwa yizinto ezifana nezehlela ababi, nabantu ababi okwenzeka kubo izinto ezenzeka kwabalungileyo. Ngithi: “Nalokho kuyize.”
“Lethani udaba lwenu,” kusho uSimakade, “nisondeze izizathu zenu,” kusho iNkosi kaJakobe.
Yebo, awukaze ukuzwe, awukaze ukwazi, kwasemandulo indlebe yakho ayivulwanga, ngokuba bengazi ukuthi ukhohlakele, nokuthi kwasesibelethweni wabizwa ngomhlubuki.
Simakade Wamabandla, mehluleli olungileyo, ovivinya ingqondo nenhliziyo, mangibone impindiselo yakho kubo, ngokuba indaba yami ngiyibeke kuwe.
Abafowenu nabendlu kayihlo nabo bakukhohlisile, bamemeza bekhala emva kwakho; ungabethembi, noma bekhuluma okuhle kuwe.”
Impela njengomfazi ekhohlisa umyeni, kanjalo ningikhohlisile nina ndlu ka-Israyeli,” kusho uSimakade.
Ngangicabanga ukuthi emva kokwenza zonke lezo zinto, uzobuyela kimi, kodwa akabuyanga. Nodadewabo uJuda okhohlisayo, ukubonile lokho.
“Sengimnikile uBharukhi, indodana kaNeriya, incwadi yokuthenga, ngakhuleka kuSimakade, ngathi:
Sengathi ngabe nginendawo yokulala izihambi ehlane, ukuze ngibashiye abantu bami, ngisuke kubo, ngokuba bonke bayiziphingi, iqembu lamaqili.
“USimakade ungijezise ngokufanele, ngokuba angililalelanga izwi lakhe. Lalelani bantu, bukani nibone ubuhlungu bami. Izintombi nezinsizwa zami zihambile, zisekuthunjiweni.
“Kepha nithi: ‘Indlela yeNkosi ayilungile.’ Ake nizwe nina ndlu yakwa-Israyeli: indlela yami ayilungile yini na? Akusizo yini izindlela zenu ezingalungile na?
USimakade uyilungiselele inhlekelele, wayeseyehlisela kithi, ngokuba uSimakade uNkulunkulu wethu ulungile emisebenzini yakhe yonke ayenzayo, kodwa asililalelanga izwi lakhe.
“Kuwena Nkosi kukhona ukulunga, kepha thina sinamahloni njenganamuhla: kubantu bakwaJuda, nezakhamuzi zaseJerusalema, nakuye wonke u-Israyeli, abaseduze nabakude, kuwo onke amazwe obahlakazele kuwo ngenxa yezeqo zabo abeqe ngazo kuwe.
Ngalokho-ke umthetho awusathi shu, nokwehlulela akusenziwa unomphelo, ngokuba omubi uhaqa olungileyo; ngenxa yalokho ubulungiswa buphuma buhlanekezelwe.
USimakade ulungile kuwo, akakwenzi okungalungile. Njalo ekuseni ukhipha isehlulelo sakhe ekukhanyeni, akehluleki, kepha abangalungile abalazi ihlazo.
Nimkhathazile uSimakade ngamazwi enu. Bese nithi: “Simkhathaze ngani na?” Ngokukhuluma kwenu nithi: “Bonke abenza okubi bahle emehlweni kaSimakade; Yena uyathokoza ngabo,” noma nithi: “Uphi uNkulunkulu wobulungiswa na?”
Kodwa manje sesithi babusisiwe abaziqhenyayo, impela labo abenza okubi bayaphumelela; nalabo abalinga uNkulunkulu bayaphunyuka.’ ”
“Uyidwala, umsebenzi wakhe uphelele, zonke izindlela zakhe zingukulunga; unguNkulunkulu wokwethembeka ongenakonakala; ulungile, uqotho Yena.