7 Kuthula kwaNkulunkulu lokwendlula konkhe kwati kutawulondvolota tinhlitiyo tenu nemicabango yenu kuKhristu Jesu.
Nehemiya wakhuluma esiveni, watsi: “Hambani niye emakhaya enu niyekudla kudla kwelikhetselo netinatfo letimnandzi, niphe nalabo labangenalutfo. Leli lilanga lelingcwele kuSimakadze wetfu. Ningakhatsateki, ngobe injabulo yenu levela kuSimakadze ingemandla enu.”
“Titfobe kuNkulunkulu, ube nekuthula naye, kuphumelela kuyakuta kuwe ngaleyo ndlela.
Kodvwa kube uthulile, ngubani labengamsola? Nakangafihla buso bakhe, ngubani longambona? Noko ubusa etikwemuntfu netive ngalokufananako,
Simakadze bantfu bakhe uyawubanika emandla! Simakadze, bantfu bakhe uyawubabusisa ngekuthula!
Ase ngilalele loko lokutawukhulunywa nguNkulunkulu Simakadze, ngobe ukhuluma kuthula esiveni sakhe nakulabangcwele bakhe, nabangancandzeki babuyele ebubini.
Kucophelela kutakugadza, nekucondzisisa kutakwelusa,
Ungakulahli, kuyawukuphephisa; kutsandze, kuyawukugadza.
Nawuhamba kuyawukucondzisa, nawulala kukugadze, nawuvukako kukweluleke.
Simakadze, wena usentela kuthula, konkhe loku lesiphumelele kukwenta, sikwentelwe nguwe.
Wena Simakadze, lowo lotimiselako ngawe uyamlondvolota, umuphe kuthula nenhlalakahle, ngobe abeke litsemba lakhe kuwe.
Ngenta kukhanya, ngidale bumnyama, ngiletsa lokuhle, ngidale lokubi, mine Simakadze, ngitenta tonkhe letintfo.”
Kube mane naniyilalela imiyalo yami, kuthula nenhlalakahle yenu ngabe kunjengemifula, kulunga kwenu kube njengemagagasi elwandle.
Simakadze utsi: “Kute kuthula kulababi.”
“Emvakwekutsi lencwadzisivumelwane yekutsenga sengiyinike Bharuki, umsa waNeriya, ngathandaza kuSimakadze, ngatsi:
“ ‘Noko, lelidolobha ngiyawuliletsela kuphila nekuphiliswa. Labantfu bami ngiyawubaphilisa, ngibente bativele banekuthula nekuphepha lokuphuphumako.
Shangatsi Simakadze angaphakamisela buso bakhe ngakuwe, akuphe nekuthula.’
kuletse kukhanya kulabo labasebumnyameni nasetfuntini lekufa, acondzise tinyawo tetfu endleleni yekuthula.”
“Akube bukhosi kuNkulunkulu kulelisetulu kakhulu nekuthula emhlabeni kubantfu labatfokotelwa nguye!”
“Nginishiya nekuthula. Lokuthula lenginipha kona akufanani nesipho selive. Tinhlitiyo tenu tingabokhatsateka futsi tingesabi.
Senginitjele loku, kuze nitewuba nekuthula kimi. Eveni niyawuhlupheka nibe nelusizi. Kodvwa manini sibindzi, ngobe mine ngilincobile live.”
Lencwadzi iya kubo bonkhe labatsandzekako baNkulunkulu labaseRoma, lababitelwa kutsi babe ngulabangcwele. Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuBabe wetfu Nkulunkulu naseNkhosini Jesu Khristu.
Ngobe umbuso waNkulunkulu awusiko kudla nekunatsa, kepha ukulunga, nekuthula, nekujabula kuMoya Longcwele.
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu, longumtfombo welitsemba, anganigcwalisa ngako konkhe kujabula nekuthula ekukholweni, kuze niphuphume etsembeni ngemandla aMoya Longcwele.
Njengobe sesentiwe semukeleka kuNkulunkulu kutsi silungile ngekukholwa, sesinekuthula naNkulunkulu ngeNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Kunaka kwenyama kukufa, kodvwa kunaka kwaMoya kukuphila nekuthula.
Tibhidlita konkhe lokuphakamele kuvimbela kwati Nkulunkulu. Titfumba yonkhe imicabango, tiyente itfobele kulalela Khristu.
Kwekugcina-ke bazalwane, ngitsi: Salani kahle. Lungisani imihambo yenu, netsabele kwemukela imiyalo, nivumelane, nihlalisane ngekuthula, khona Nkulunkulu wekuthula newelutsandvo atewuba nani.
Kodvwa titselo taMoya nguleti: lutsandvo, nekujabula, nekuthula, nekubeketela, nebubele, nekulunga, nekwetsembeka,
yebo, nekulwati lutsandvo lwakhe lolwendlula konkhe kwati, kuze ngigcwaliswe kube kuphelela konkhe kwaNkulunkulu.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuboPawula naThimothi, tinceku taKhristu Jesu. Iya kubo bonkhe labangcwele baseFiliphi, labakuJesu Khristu, nakubabonisi nebadikhoni:
Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuNkulunkulu, longuBabe wetfu, naseNkhosini Jesu Khristu.
Nkulunkulu wami utawuhlangabetana nako konkhe kweswela kwenu, kuye ngemcebo webukhosi bakhe lobukuKhristu Jesu.
Hambisani bonkhe labangcwele labakuKhristu Jesu. Bazalwane labakanye nami bayanihambisa.
Loko lenakufundza, nakwemukela, nakuva, nakubona kimi, kwenteni, Nkulunkulu wekuthula utawuba nani.
Kuthula kwaKhristu, lenabitelwa kuko emtimbeni munye, akubuse etinhlitiyweni tenu; futsi netayele kubonga.
Shangatsi iNkhosi lengumtfombo wekuthula inganinika kuthula ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi ngetindlela tonkhe. INkhosi ayibe nani nonkhe.
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu wekuthula lowavusa iNkhosi yetfu Jesu kulabafile, wamenta uMelusi Lomkhulu wetimvu ngengati yakhe yesivumelwane saphakadze,
Lencwadzi iphuma kumnakaboJakobe longuJuda, sisebenti saJesu Khristu. Iya kulabo lababitwe nalabatsandvwe nguNkulunkulu longuBabe, labalondvolotelwe Jesu Khristu.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuJohane, iya emabandleni lasikhombisa lase-Asiya. Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuye labekhona, nalokhona, nalotako, nakuyo imimoya lesikhombisa lesembikwesihlalo sakhe sebukhosi,
“ ‘Lowo lonendlebe akeve loko lokushiwo nguMoya emabandleni! “ ‘Loncobako ngiyawumnika lokukwemana lefihliwe, ngiphindze ngimnike litje lelimhlophe, nelibito lelisha, lelibhalwe etjeni, lelingatiwa ngumuntfu ngaphandle kwalowo lolemukelako.’ ”