14 “Isithelo ogade usikhanukela sisukile kuwe. Woke umnotho wakho nobuphaziphazi bakho, kuphelile kuwe. Angekhe kusafunyanwa.”
Baba nokukhaluza okukhulu nabaserhalawumbeni, bazizinya uZimu khona enarheni elibhudu.
Bazizinya uZimu eenhliziyweni zabo ngokubawa ukudla ngokukhaluza.
Ngebangelo indawo leyo yathiywa bona yiKhibrothi-Hatava, ngombana lapho kwangcwatjwa abantu ebe bamarhamaru.
Phakathi kwama-Israyeli bekunecubevange yabantu egade imarhamaru ifuna ukutla. Kanti-ke nama-Israyeli athoma abubula godu athi: “Uyazi bona sikhanuka inyama kangangani!
Kanti beniphumele ukuyokubonani na? Umuntu owembethe izambatho zakanokutjho na? Abantu abambatha njalo bahlala ngeenkumbeni zamakhosi!
Kodwana uZimu wathi kuye, ‘Wena sidlhayela ndina! Ebusukwinobu umphefumulwakho uzokubizwa, alo-ke ngubani ozakufumana zoke izintwezi ozibekele zona na?’ ”
“Kodwana u-Abrahamu wathi, ‘Ndodana, khumbula bonyana esikhathini sakho sokuphila wanikelwa zoke izinto ezihle, uLazaru yena wafumana okumbi. Nje-ke uyaduduzwa lapha, kodwana wena usebuhlungwini.
Izintwezi zenzeka kobana zibe sibonelo ukusikhandela bona singabeki iinhliziyo zethu ezintweni ezimbi njengombana benza bona.
Niyafisa kodwana anifumani ilitho; ngalokho niyabulala. Nifuna izinto kodwana anizifikeleli, ngalokho niyararana nilwe. Aninalitho ngombana anibawi.
isinamoni, ezinye iinungo, itjhwalo, iimonyo, iwayini, namafutha we-oliva, ipuphu yekoroyi nokuziintoro, iinkomo nezimvu, iinjomani neenkarana, amakhoboka namaphilo wabantu.
Abarhwebi abathengisa ipahla leyo bebazuza umnotho kilo, bazakujamela buqamamana ngokwesaba ukuhlunguphazwa kwalo, bazakulila barhahlawule,