17 Ngobe Nkulunkulu ukufake etinhlitiyweni tato kutsi tifeze injongo yakhe, ngekutsi tibe mcondvo munye, tinikete bukhosi bato kulesilo, kuze kugcwaliseke emavi aNkulunkulu.
Ezra wakhuluma watsi: “Akadvunyiswe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabobabe, lokubekile enhlitiyweni yenkhosi kutsi kuhlonishwe indlu yaSimakadze eJerusalema ngalendlela,
Wayigucula inhlitiyo yebaseGibhithe, kuze itondze bantfu bakhe, babaphatsa ngebucili.
Umuntfu angaba netinhloso letinyenti engcondvweni yakhe; kodvwa kugcina kuphumelele inhloso yaSimakadze.
Inhlitiyo yenkhosi isesandleni saSimakadze, uyicondzisa kalula njengemanti emfula.
Kodvwa Israyeli uyawusindziswa nguSimakadze ngensindziso yaphakadze; ningeke nidliwe ngemahloni nome nihlazeke phakadze naphakadze.
Ngiyakwenta nabo sivumelwane saphakadze: Ngingeke ngiyekele kwenta lokuhle kubo, nabo ngibafake umoya wekungesaba, khona bangeyiwuphindze bahlubuke kimi.
Lomuntfu labegcoke telineni, labesetikwalamanti emfula, waphakamisa sandla sakhe sekudla nesancele, watibhekisa ezulwini, ngamuva afunga ngaye lophila phakadze atsi: “Kuyawuba ngiminyaka lemitsatfu nesigamu. Nakuphelela kuhlushwa kwebantfwana baNkulunkulu, tonkhe letintfo tiyawube setentekile.”
vele, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu itawufa, njengobe kwamiswa, kodvwa maye kulowo muntfu loyitsengisako!”
Sathane wase ungena kuJudasi Skariyothe, labengulomunye webafundzi lababeli-12.
Ase nginitjele naku: UmBhalo lotsi: ‘Wabalwa kanye netigelekece,’ kufanele ugcwaliseke ngami. Phela lokwabhalwa ngami sekuyagcwaliseka.”
Wababita ngekutsi bonkulunkulu labo babenelivi laNkulunkulu, umBhalo ungeke uguculwe.
“Angikhulumi ngani nonkhe; ngiyabati labo lengibakhetsile. Kodvwa kufanele kugcwaliseke umBhalo lotsi: ‘Lowo lodla sinkhwa sami, sewungigucukele, waphambana nami.’
Sathane abesakufake enhlitiyweni yaJudasi, umsa waSimoni Skariyothi, kutsi atsengise ngaJesu. Kwatsi nasekudliwa entsambama,
Emasotja akhuluma odvwana atsi: “Asingayisiki, kodvwa asente inkatho sitewubona kutsi itawuba yabani.” Loko kwenteka kuze kutewugcwaliseka umBhalo lotsi: “Behlukaniselana ngetimphahla tami, bentelana inkatho ngengubo yami.” Ngako emasotja akwenta loko.
Ngaleso sikhatsi Jesu besati kutsi konkhe sekuphelele, kuze kugcwaliseke umBhalo, watsi: “Ngomile.”
Kodvwa akabongwe Nkulunkulu lobeke enhlitiyweni yaThithusi lenshisekelo lenjengeyetfu yekunisita.
Kodvwa kutawutsi ngesikhatsi selivi lengilosi yesikhombisa, nase itawushaya licilongo layo, kufezeke imfihlakalo yaNkulunkulu, njengobe abetsembisile etisebentini takhe, baphrofethi.”
Ngase ngibona ezulwini lesinye sibonakaliso lesikhulu lesimangalisako. Tingilosi letisikhombisa taletsa tinhlupho letisikhombisa. Leti tinhlupho tekugcina, ngobe ngato lulaka lwaNkulunkulu luyapheleliswa.
Onkhe lawa lalishumi acondze intfo yinye: Kutsi anike silo emandla awo neligunya.
Lengilosi yatsi kimi: “Bhala utsi: Babusisiwe labo labamenyelwe edzilini lemshado weliWundlu.” Yachubeka yatsi kimi: “Lawa ngemavi aNkulunkulu laliciniso.”
Ngamunye ngamunye wabo wase unikwa ingubo lemhlophe; batjelwa kutsi ase baphumule kancane, kuze kuphelele linani lalababetinceku kanye nabo nebazalwane babo, lababesetawubulawa njengabo.