Ngokuba kuyakwaziwa ngani ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mina nabantu bakho, na? Akungalokhu yini ukuthi uhamba nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, nabanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba na?”
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Ngokuba kuyakwaziwa ngani ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mina nabantu bakho, na? Akungalokhu yini ukuthi uhamba nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, nabanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba na?”
Kepha bathi: “Asiyikuphuza iwayini, ngokuba uJonadaba, indodana kaRekabi ubaba, wasiyala wathi: ‘Aniyikuphuza iwayini, nina namadodana enu, kuze kube nini,
Niyakuba ngcwele kimi, ngokuba mina Jehova ngingcwele; nginahlukanisile nabezizwe ukuba nibe ngabami.
“Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: ‘Nxa umuntu enza isithembiso esithile, lapho uyakulinganisa abantu kuJehova,
“ ‘Uma owesifazane enza isithembiso kuJehova, azibophe ngesibopho esithile esendlini kayise, esemusha,
Ngokuba uzakuba mkhulu emehlweni eNkosi; kasoze waphuza iwayini nophuzo oludakisayo; uzakugcwaliswa nguMoya oNgcwele esesesiswini sikanina.
Kepha uPawulu esehlale khona izinsuku eziningi, wavalelisa kubazalwane, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eSiriya kanye noPrisila no-Akwila, esegundile ikhanda lakhe eKenikreya; ngokuba wayezibophe ngesifungo.
UPawulu, inceku kaKristu Jesu, umphostoli obiziweyo nowahlukaniselwe ivangeli likaNkulunkulu,
Linakuvumelana kuni ithempeli likaNkulunkulu nezithombe na? Ngokuba thina siyithempeli likaNkulunkulu ophilayo, njengokuba washo uNkulunkulu ukuthi: “Ngiyakuhlala phakathi kwabo, ngihambe phakathi kwabo; ngiyakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona babe ngabantu bami.”
Kepha-ke mhla kwaba kuhle kuNkulunkulu owangahlukanisela kwasesiswini sikamame, wangibiza ngomusa wakhe
ongadingi imihla ngemihla njengalabo bapristi abakhulu ukunikela ngemihlatshelo ngenxa yezakhe izono kuqala nangasemuva ngenxa yezabantu; ngokuba wenza lokho kanye mhla ezinikela yena.
Kangadli lutho oluvela ezithelweni zomvini, kangaphuzi wayini naluphuzo olunamandla, kangadli lutho olungcolileyo; konke engamyaleza ngakho kakugcine.”
Ngalokho ake uxwaye ungaphuzi wayini naluphuzo olunamandla, ungadli lutho olungcolileyo,
ngokuba bheka, uyakukhulelwa, uzale indodana, impuco ayiyikuthinta ekhanda layo, ngokuba umntwana uyakuba ngumNaziri* kaNkulunkulu kwasesizalweni; uyakuqala ukusindisa u-Israyeli esandleni samaFilisti.”
Wamtshela inhliziyo yakhe yonke, wathi kuye: “Akuthintanga mpuco ekhanda lami, ngokuba bengingumNaziri* kaNkulunkulu kwasesizalweni sikamame; uma ngiphuculwa, amandla ami ayakumuka kimi, ngiyakuba buthakathaka, ngibe njengomunye umuntu.”
ngalokho nami ngimnikele kuJehova; zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe unikelwe kuJehova.” Bakhuleka kuJehova khona.