4 Nokho kusesekhona abantu abambalwa eSardisi abangakasilaphazi izambatho zabo; bazokukhamba nami bembethe ezimhlophe ngombana bafanele.
Nokho ngizakubabalela abaziinkulungwana ezilikhomba kwa-Israyeli: boke abangazange bakhothamele uBhali nabangazange bamncwange.”
UMoridekayi waphuma asuka phambi kwekosi embethe zobukhosi zelineni ehlaza kwesibhakabhaka nemhlophe; athwele isihlohlo esikhulu segolide embethe nenaka lelineni ecolekileko nebubende. Idorobho leTjhutjhani lahlokoma ngokujabula.
Ngitjho nani eniseembayeni nifumana amaphiko wezuba atshidzwe ngesiliva, iye, iinsiba zakhona zinegolide elidarhileko!”
Uhlale wembethe ezimhlophe begodu uzese ihlokwakho njalo ngamafutha.
Ukube uSomnini uMninimandlawoke akhange asitjhiyele abambalwa abaphunyurhileko besizokuba njengeSodoma, sifane neGomora.
Vuka, vuka wena Ziyoni, zembathise amandla. Yembatha izambatho zakho zakanokutjho, wena Jerusalema, dorobho elicwengileko ngombana abatjhili nabangahlambulukiko angeze basangena kuwe godu.
Ubulembu babo angeze baba ziingubo, angeze bazembathisa ngabakwenzileko. Izenzo zabo ngezehlekelele nemisebenzi yenturhu isezandleni zabo.
Ngithokoza khulu kwamambala ngoSomnini, umphefumulwami ujekezela kuZimami ngombana ungembathise iingubo zesindiso, wangigubuzesa ngesambatho sokulunga, njengomyeni lokha nathwala ingwani ehloko nanjengomlobokazi nazihlobise ngobuphaziphazi bakhe.
iye, ngibonelele abalilako eZiyoni ngokubapha isihlohlo esikhundleni somlotha, amafutha wokujabula esikhundleni sokulila nengubo yokudumisa esikhundleni sommoya odanileko. Bazakubizwa bona bama-owuku wokulunga nesitjalo sakaSomnini ukuze babonakalise idumo lakhe.
kodwana soke sesifana nosilapheleko; zoke izenzo zethu zokulunga sezifana nomtjhubelo. Soke sese sitjhwabe njengekari, siphetjhulwa licala lethu njengommoya.
namkha phezu kwentambo ephothiweko netjhila elenziwe ngelineni nanyana ngewulu namkha phezu kwesikhumba esitjhukiweko nanyana yini yesikhumba.
“Nanyana kungaba ngiliphi idorobho namkha umuzi eningena kiwo, funani umuntu owazisako, nihlale kwakhe bekube kumhlana nikhambako.
Kuthe nabangena ngethuneni babona isokana lihlezi ngesigomeni lembethe izambatho ezimhlophe, bethuka.
Kodwana labo abazakufunyanwa balungele ukubandakanyeka esikhathineso nekuvukeni kwabafileko, angeze bathatha namkha bende
Yeke hlalani nilindile, nithandaze njalo ukuze nikghone ukuphunyurha koke okuzokwenzeka nokobana nikghone ukujama phambi kweNdodana yoMuntu.”
Emihleni leyo uPitrosi wasikima wakhuluma hlangana nabazalwana ebebangaba likhulu namatjhumi amabili,
Koke lokhu kubufakazi bokobana isigwebo sakaZimu silungile. Nje-ke ngalokho nizakubalwa njengabalungele umbuso kaZimu eniwutlhagela kangaka lo.
abanye basindiseni ngokubahlwitha emlilweni; abanye nizwelane nabo ngokwesaba, nizonde ngitjho nesambatho esinindwe ziinkanuko zabo ezimbi.
lisithi: “Tlola lokho okubonako encwadini, ukuthumele emabandleni alikhomba, okutjho e-Efesu, eSimirna, ePherigamo, eThiyathira, eSaridisi, eFiladelfiya neLawodikeya.”
Khonokho kwaba khona ukusikinyeka kwephasi bekwadilika kwetjhumi komuzi. Kwafa abantu abaziinkulungwana ezilikhomba ekusikinyekeni lokho; inengi lesaba beladumisa uZimu wezulwini.
Laba, ngilabo abangazange bazisilaphaze ngabesifazi ngombana bebasesemsulwa njengamancele. Ngibo-ke abalandela iMvana nanyana kukuphi lapha iya khona. Bebahlengwe ebantwini bafana neenthelo zokuthoma ezisilumo kuZimu nakiyo iMvana
Amabutho wezulwini amlandela akhwele iinjomani ezimhlophe; embethe itjhila elidarhe okumhlophe nokunganamphambo.
Unikelwe bona embathe itjhila elidarhileko nelihlanzekileko.” Mbala, itjhila elidarhileko lizizenzo ezilungileko zabacwengileko.
Ngalokho ngiyakweluleka bona uthenge kimi igolide elicoliswe ngomlilo khona uzakuba ngonjingileko; thenga nezambatho ezimhlophe khona uzakwembatha ufihle ihlazo lobubhunubhunu bakho; iye, uthenge nesizelo ongasitjhatjha emehlwenakho ukuze ubone.
Ngokunjalo nohlulako uzokwembathiswa ezimhlophe, ibizo lakhe angekhe ngalesula encwadini yabaphilako; ngizolivuma phambi kwakaBaba naphambi kweengilozi zakhe.
Esihlalweni sobukhosi mazombe bekunezinye iinhlalo ezimatjhumi amabili nane, phezu kwazo kuhlezi abaphathi abamatjhumi amabili nane, bembethe izambatho ezimhlophe bathwele neehlohlo zegolide.
Nje-ke omunye nomunye wanikelwa isambatho esimhlophe bekwathiwa akhe baphumule kwesikhatjhana bekuphelele isibalo seenceku abakanye nazo nesabazalwana ebebasazokubulawa njengabo.
Ngemva kwalokho ngaqala ngabona isiqubuthu esikhulu ebesingekhe sabalwa ngobunengi. Besivela kizo zoke izizwe, iinkoro, abantu neenlimi, sijame phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi naphambi kweMvana sembethe okumhlophe siphethe amatjhwaba womuthi wesundu ngezandla.