30 Nibogcina liSabatha lami, nihloniphe indzawo yami lengcwele; nginguSimakadze.
Watsatsa lesithico labesasibatile wasingenisa ethempelini laNkulunkulu, lelo Nkulunkulu labekhulume ngalo kuDavide nakuSolomoni, umsa wakhe, watsi: “Kulelithempeli naseJerusalema lengiyikhetse emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli ngitawubeka Libito lami kuyo phakadze naphakadze.
Ngetulu kwaloko bonkhe baholi bebaphristi nesive sonkhe sachubeka nekungetsembeki, balandzela yonkhe lemikhuba lenengekako yebetive, balingcolisa lithempeli laSimakadze labelingcwelisile eJerusalema.
UnguNkulunkulu lowesatjwa emikhandlwini yalabangcwele. Umkhulu, futsi wesabeka ngetulu kwabo bonkhe labakuhacile.
“Khumbula liSabatha, uligcine libe ngcwele.
Caphela tinyatselo takho, nawuya endlini yaNkulunkulu. Ngobe kuncono kusondzela nekulalela kunekutsi unikele ngemhlatjelo wetilima, letingati kutsi ngekwenta loko tiyona.
Bulalani nicedze emadvodza lamadzala, nemajaha, netintfombi, nebafati, nebantfwana, kodvwa ningatsintsi namunye loneluphawu. Calani endlini yami lengcwele.” Ngako bacala ngebaholi lababesembikwelithempeli.
Mosi wakhuluma ku-Aroni watsi: “Simakadze abesho kona loku-ke ngesikhatsi atsi: ‘Ngiyawutibonakalisa ngingcwele kulabo labasedvute nami; ngiyawukhatimuliswa embikwabo bonkhe bantfu.’ ” Kodvwa Aroni wathula.
“ ‘Kufanele uwehlukise kanjalo-ke ema-Israyeli etintfweni letingabenta bangcole, kuze bangafeli ekungcoleni kwabo ngekwedzelela lithende lami lekukhontela nome indzawo yami lengcwele lesemkhatsini wabo.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi watsi: “Tjela Aroni, umnakenu, kutsi angangeni nome ngunini emvakwendvwangu lesendzaweni lengcwelengcwele, embikwesihlalo semusa lesisebhokisini lesivumelwane funa afe, ngobe ngivela ngisefini lelisetikwesihlalo semusa.
Nguloyo naloyo kufanele ahloniphe unina neyise, agcine emaSabatha ami. NginguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wenu.
Gcinani emaSabatha ami niyihloniphe nendzawo yami lengcwele. NginguSimakadze.
Watsi kubo: “Kubhaliwe kutsi: ‘Indlu yami iyawubitwa ngekutsi yindlu yekuthandaza,’ kepha nine seniyente umgedze wetigelekece.”
Nhlanganyelo yini lesemkhatsini welithempeli laNkulunkulu netithico? Ngobe tsine silithempeli laNkulunkulu lophilako; njengobe Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngiyawuhlala kubo, ngihambe emkhatsini wabo; ngiyawuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona bayawuba sive sami.”
Ngobe sesifikile sikhatsi sekwehlulela kutsi kucale kubendlu yaNkulunkulu; kepha nakucala kitsi, pho, siyawuba njani siphetfo salabo labangalaleli liVangeli laNkulunkulu?