8 Lonesipho sekukhutsata labanye, akabakhutsate; lowabako akwente ngekungakhetsi; longumholi ahole ngesineke, lonesihawu, akasente ngekujabula.
Cha, ngeke, ngobe Abrahama ngimkhetsile kutsi ayale emadvodzana akhe netitukulwane takhe emvakwakhe, kutsi bagcine intsandvo yaSimakadze ngekwenta lokuhle nalokulungile. Khona-ke Simakadze uyawunika Abrahama loko lametsembisa kona.”
Labamphofu ubapha ngekukhululeka; kulunga kwakhe kuyawuma kuze kube phakadze. Uyawuba nemandla, ahlonipheke.
Lomubi uyeboleka angabuyiseli, kodvwa lolungile unesihawu, ephane.
Lowephanako naye uyawubusiswa, ngobe kudla kwakhe ukudla netimphuya.
Ekuseni hlanyela inhlanyelo yakho, ungayekeli kusebenta lize liyewushona, ngobe awuyati lenguyona itawuphumelela, kutsi ngulena yini nome nguleyo, nome totimbili tiyawuphumelela kahle ngalokufananako.
Wonkhe umsebenti losetandleni takho wente ngemandla akho onkhe, ngobe ethuneni lapho uya khona, kute kusebenta, nekucabanga, nelwati kanye nekuhlakanipha.
Silima singeke siphindze sibitwe ngekutsi ngumhlonishwa, yebo, nasidlani angeke ahlonishwe kakhulu.
Kodvwa umuntfu locotfo wakha emasu lacotfo; imisebenti yakhe lehloniphekile imente eme.
Uyabasita labo labajabulela kwenta lokulungile, labatikhumbulako tindlela takho. Kodvwa tsine sachubeka sona, wena wasitfukutselela. Kepha siyawusindziswa kanjani?
INkhosi iyawubaphendvula itsi: ‘Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Konkhe loko lenanikwenta kulomunye walabanaketfu labancane, nanikwenta kimi!’
Lapho efika wabona kutsi Nkulunkulu abebabusisile bantfu, watfokota wabancusa bonkhe kutsi betsembeke baciniseke eNkhosini ngetinhlitiyo tonkhe tabo.
Umbusi wakholwa nakabona loko lokwase kwentekile, ikakhulu wamangaliswa yimfundziso yeNkhosi.
Sekufundvwe umtsetfo nemiBhalo yebaphrofethi, baphatsi belisinagoge batfumela livi batsi: “Bazalwane, sicela nikhulume kubantfu nangabe ninawo emavi ekubakhutsata.”
BoJudasi naSilasi, lababebaphrofethi ngekwabo, bacoca sikhatsi lesidze nebazalwane babacinisa emadvolo ngekubakhutsata.
Wadzabula tindzawo takhona ahamba akhutsata avuselela labakholwako ngemavi lamanyenti, waze wefika eGrisi,
Ticapheleni nine kanye nemhlambi wonkhe lobekwe etandleni tenu nguMoya Longcwele, neluse libandla laNkulunkulu latitsengela lona ngengati yeNdvodzana yakhe.
Kwadzimate kwatsi Josefa, labengumLevi lowatalelwa eSiphrosi, baphostoli labametsa batsi nguBhanabasi (lokusho kutsi “Lowo Lokhutsatanako”),
Hlanganyelani nalabangcwele ekwesweleni kwabo, nikhutsale ekungeniseni tihambi.
Kungaso lesizatfu nitsela nje; letiphatsimandla letitisebenti taNkulunkulu ngetaloko, njengobe titinikela emsebentini wato.
Nkulunkulu umise labatsite ebandleni: kucala baphostoli, kwesibili baphrofethi, kwesitsatfu bafundzisi, bese kuba ngulabenta imisebenti yemandla, nalabanetiphiwo temusa tekuphilisa, nebasiti, nebaholi, nalabakhuluma ngetilimi.
Kube kani lophrofethako ukhuluma kubantfu kutsi bakheke, bakhutsateke, badvudvuteke.
Kutibonga kwetfu kunye, kutsi nembeza wetfu umhlophe embikwebantfu, ikakhulu kini. Ekutiphatseni kwetfu besimsulwa sesaba Nkulunkulu ngeliciniso, hhayi ngekuhlakanipha kwetfu, kepha ngemusa waNkulunkulu.
Kodvwa ngineluvalo ngani, kutsi njengobe inyoka yakhohlisa Eva ngebucili bayo, nani tingcondvo tenu tingahle tedukiswe niyekele kutinikela kuKhristu ngeliciniso nangebumsulwa.
Nangabe umuntfu atimisele ngekunikela, akukabhekeki kutsi anikele ngaloko late kona, kodvwa ubhekeke kunikela ngaloko lanako.
Uyawunipha konkhe lokuhle, kuze nikwati kwephana ngato tonkhe tindlela; loko kuyakwenta labanye babonge Nkulunkulu ngetipho tenu labatitfole ngatsi.
Bantfu bayawudvumisa Nkulunkulu ngalenkonzo yenu lefakazela kulalela kwenu liVangeli laKhristu, lelisivumo senu. Lokusitana kufakazela kwephana kwenu ngekubanikelela bona kanye nabo bonkhe labanye.
Lowo nalowo akatincumele yena enhlitiyweni yakhe kutsi utawunikela kangakanani, bese unikela ngekukhululeka, hhayi ngekusola nangekucindzetelwa. Nkulunkulu utsandza umuntfu lonikela ngenhlitiyo lemhlophe.
Tisebenti, labangemakhosi enu ngekwelive, bahlonipheni ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela; loko nikwente ngebucotfo benhlitiyo yenu, kungatsi nentela Khristu.
Muphe ngekukhululeka, umkhetsele emihlambini yakho, umkhiphele nasengungwini yekudla, kanye nasetjeni lakho lekuhluta liwayini. Uyawumupha ngangekubusiswa kwakho nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho.
Niyawujabula embikwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu endzaweni layakuyikhetsela kubeka Libito lakhe, kujabule nine, kanye nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati enu, netigcili netigcilikati tenu, nemaLevi lakulamadolobha enu, nebetive, netintsandzane, nebafelokati labahlala kanye nani.
Tisebenti, labangemakhosi enu ngekwasemhlabeni balaleleni etintfweni tonkhe, ningamane nitsenge emehlo, njengalabajabulisa bantfu, kodvwa yesabani iNkhosi ngebucotfo benhlitiyo.
Ngobe kushumayela kwetfu akusiko kwekuduka, nekwekungcola, nekwebucili.
Ngenca yelutsandvo lwetfu kini satimisela kutsi sihlephunelane nani, hhayi liVangeli kuphela kodvwa nemphilo yetfu lucobo, ngobe natsandzeka kakhulu kitsi.
Tinikele kufundzela bantfu umBhalo, ubayale, ubafundzise, ngize ngifike.
Babonisi belibandla labaphetse kahle bafanele kubongwa ngalokuphindziwe, ikakhulu labo labasebenta ngekushumayela nangekufundzisa.
Ubatjele kutsi bente lokuhle, bacebe emisebentini lemihle, babelane, bephane.
Singakuyekeli kuhlangana ndzawonye, njengobe labanye sebanemkhuba wekungahlangani; kodvwa asikhutsatane kakhulu, njengobe nani niyabona kutsi lilanga selisondzele.
Hloniphani baholi benu, nilalele imitsetfo yabo, ngobe balindza imiphefumulo yenu bangaphumuli, njengobe bayawulandzisa ngayo. Nanenta njalo, nibasita, umsebenti wabo batawenta ngekujabula, hhayi ngelusizi; ngobe nani kungeke kunisite loko.
Ngiyanincenga-ke, bazalwane, kutsi nilalele kuyala kwami ngekubeketela, ngobe nginibhalele incwadzi lemfisha.
Hambisani bonkhe baholi benu, kanye nabo bonkhe labangcwele. Bazalwane baseTaliyane bayanihambisa.
Khumbulani baholi benu, lababekhuluma kini livi laNkulunkulu, nikhumbule kuphila kwabo nekufa kwabo netitselo tabo, bese niyabalingisa.