UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wonakele, ngokuba inyama yonke yayonakalisile indlela yayo emhlabeni.
AmaHubo 10:5 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Izindlela zakhe zithembekile izikhathi zonke; izahlulelo zakho ziphakeme kakhulu kunokubona kwakhe; zonke izitha zakhe uyazidelela. IsiZulu 2020 Izindlela zaso zethembekile izikhathi zonke; izehlulelo zakho ziphakeme kakhulu kunokubona kwaso; zonke izitha zaso uyazidelela. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Izindlela zakhe zinzima njalo; izahlulelo zakho zikude nobuso bakhe; zonke izitha zakhe, Uzivuthela phezu kwazo. |
UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wonakele, ngokuba inyama yonke yayonakalisile indlela yayo emhlabeni.
Inkosi nabantu bayo baya eJerusalema ukulwa namaJebusi ayakhe kulelo zwe; asho kuDavide, athi: “Awuyikungena lapha; uyakususwa yizimpumputhe nezinyonga,” ecabanga ukuthi uDavide angengene lapha.
Bheka, kwasondela umprofethi ku-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: ‘Uyasibona sonke lesi sixuku na? Bheka, ngiyakusinikela esandleni sakho namuhla, uze wazi ukuthi mina nginguJehova.’ ”
UNkulunkulu uyamnika ukuba alondeke, asekelwe; kepha amehlo akhe aphezu kwezindlela zabo.
“Ngenxa yokubandezeka kwabahluphekileyo nangokububula kwabampofu ngizakuvuka kalokhu,” usho uJehova, “ngimbeke ekusindisweni akulangazelelayo.”
Kohlakaniphileyo indlela yokuphila iya phezulu ukuba adede endaweni yabafileyo phansi.
Jehova, isandla sakho siphakeme, kepha kababoni; kodwa mababone ukushisekela kwakho abantu, babe namahloni; yebo, umlilo uyakuqeda izitha zakho.
Ngokuba nithe: “Senzile isivumelwano nokufa, sivumelene nendawo yabafileyo; lapho isiswebhu esikhukhulayo sidlula, asiyikusehlela thina, ngokuba senzile amanga abe yisiphephelo sethu, sicashile phansi kwenkohliso.”
Wayesethela phezu kwakhe ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe, namandla empi; kwamvuthela nxazonke, kepha akakwazanga; kwamshisa, kepha akakubekanga enhliziyweni yakhe.
Ihabu* nogubhu, isigubhu negenkle, newayini kukhona emadilini abo, kepha abanakekeli imisebenzi kaJehova, nezenzo zezandla zakhe abaziboni.
Ngubani ohlakaniphile, aqonde lezi zinto; ngubani onomqondo, azazi, na? Ngokuba izindlela zikaJehova zilungile; abalungileyo bayakuhamba ngazo, kepha abaphambukayo bayakukhubeka ngazo.
Bazonakalisile ngokujulileyo njengasezinsukwini zaseGibeya; uyakhumbula ububi babo, uyabahambela ngezono zabo.
Baya endle, bavuna izivini zabo, banyathela imivini, bagubha umkhosi, bangena endlini kankulunkulu wabo, badla, baphuza, bamqalekisa u-Abimeleki.
UZebule wayesethi kuye: “Uphi manje umlomo wakho ukuba uthi: ‘Ngubani u-Abimeleki ukuba simkhonze na?’ Akusibo labo bantu obadeleleyo na? Ake uphume manje, ulwe nabo.”