3 Kuhloba kwenu kungabi kwekubukisa ngemichino, nangekugaba, nangekufaka imihlobohlobo yegolide, nome-ke ngekugcoka.
Yatsi kube icedze lentfombi kunatsisa emakamela, lendvodza yatsatsa indandatho yegolide leyayinesisindvo sencenye yelishekheli yayifaka ekhaleni lalentfombi; yatsatsa emajiva egolide labenesisindvo semashekheli lalishumi yawegabisa lentfombi emikhonweni,
Ngase ngiyambuta ngitsi: ‘Wena uyindvodzakati yabani?’ Wangiphendvula watsi: ‘Ngiyindvodzakati yaBethuweli, umsa waMilkha naNahori.’ Ngako-ke ngase ngimfaka lendandatho ekhaleni lakhe ngamegabisa nalamajiva emikhonweni yakhe.
Lenceku yakhipha tintfo tesiliva netegolide, netingubo, yatipha Rebheka. Yaphindze yapha umnakabo nenina tintfo letingemagugu.
Jehu wase uya eJezreyeli. Watsi kube akuve loko Jezebeli, wapenda emehlo akhe, walungisa tinwele takhe, wase uvela ngelifasitelo.
Kwatsi ngelilanga lesitsatfu lekuzila Esta wembatsa imijiva yakhe yebukhosi, wahamba waze wayawungena ngekhatsi esihoncweni sendlunkhulu. Wangena ngemphundvu lemacondzana nemnyango wendlunkhulu. Inkhosi yayingekhatsi ihleti esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi imacondzana nemnyango.
Emadvodzakati emakhosi asemkhatsini wetintfombi takho telikhetselo; nangesandleni sakho sangesekudla kume indlovukazi levunule tembatfo tegolide yase-Ofiri.
Wonkhe longumfati wem-Israyeli uyawucela kumakhelwane wakhe, acele nome ngukumuphi umfati lohlala ekhaya kakhe kutsi amuphe timphahla tekwembatsa kanye nemihlobiso yesiliva neyegolide. Emadvodzana kanye nemadvodzakati enu ayawuhamba nato letintfo; niyakuwaphundla kanjalo-ke emaGibhithe.”
Aroni wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Khumulani lamacici egolide lasetindlebeni tebafati benu, netemadvodzana enu, netemadvodzakati enu, niwaletse lapha kimi.”
Batsi kube bantfu beve onkhe lamavi labuhlungu, bakhala bonkhe, bayikhumula imihlobiso yabo.
Beta bonkhe lababenetinhlitiyo letivumako, labadvuna nalabasikati: baletsa tonkhe tinhlobo temhlobiso, letatentiwe ngegolide, baletsa ticobosho temhlobiso, nemacici, netindandatho, nebuhlalu bekwegaba. Bonkhe baletsa igolide yabo, kwaba ngumnikelo wekujikitiswa kuSimakadze.
Besaleli wakha umgezelo kanye nesibunu sawo, kokubili wakwembesa ngelitfusi; wakwakha ngetibuko tebafati lababekhonta ekungeneni kwelithende lekuhlangana.
Vuka, vuka, wena Siyoni, yembatsa emandla. Yembatsa tingubo takho tebukhosi, wena Jerusalema, dolobha lelingcwele. Labangakasoki nalabangcolile bangeke baphindze bangene emasangweni akho.
Ngiyajabula kakhulu ngaSimakadze; umphefumulo wami uyajabula ngaNkulunkulu wami. Ngobe ungembatsise ngetingubo tensindziso, wangihlobisa ngemjiva wekulunga, njengemyeni ahlobisa inhloko yakhe njengemphristi, nanjengamakoti lotihlobise ngebuhlalu bakhe.
Intfombi iyabukhohlwa yini buhlalu bayo lobuligugu, nome makoti imihlobiso yakhe nakashada? Noko sive sami singikhohlwe emalanga lamanyenti langeke abalwe.
Wentani wena lobhidlitiwe? Utembatsiselani ngaletibovu klebhu wegabe nebuhlalu begolide? Emehlo akho uwagcobiseleni ngapende? Utihlobisela lite. Emashende akho ayakwedzelela, afuna kukubulala.
“Badzimate batfumela titfunywa kutsi tilandze emadvodza labephuma khashane kakhulu, atsi kube efike wageza, wagezela wona, wapenda emehlo akho, wegaba imihlobiso yakho.
Ningalilingisi lelive, kodvwa niguculwe ngekwentiwa kabusha kwengcondvo yenu, khona nitekwati kuhlolisisa loko lokuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nikwati lokuhle, nalokwemukelekako, nalokuphelele.
nakabona similo senu lesimsulwa lesinekwesaba Nkulunkulu.