21 Kodwana ngebanga lokobana anganamrabhu, ubambelela isikhatjhana kwaphela. Lokha nakufika imiraro namkha ukurhayilwa ngebanga lelizwi, uwohloka msinyana.
Lokha nanithi, ‘Utjhiswa yini, nakube isisusa sendaba silele kuye?’
Emehlwenaso sizitjhaya khulu kobana singabona icala laso besilizonde.
Okhohlakeleko uyakhanuka, iingilamkhuba ziyarhiribidela, kodwana ipande yabalungileko iyathela.
Umuntu akanzinzi ngobukhohlakali; isisekelo sabalungileko sinzinzile.
Kodwana uSomnini uthi: “Ngizokwenzani ngawe Efrayimu? Ngenzeni ngawe Juda? Ngombana ukwethembeka kwenu kunjengekungu yamasa, kuthintitheka njengombethe wamasa.
Boke bazanizonda ngebanga lebizo lami, kodwana loyo obambelela bekube sekupheleni, uzakusindiswa.
Ubusisiwe ongakhubekiko ngami.”
Loyo owamukela imbewu eyawela ekhetheni ngiloyo ozwa ilizwi, alamukele msinyana ngethabo.
Yeke bakhubeka ngaye. Kodwana uJesu wathi kibo: “Kusemzini wekhabo nangekumbenakhe kwaphela lapha umphorofidi angahlonitjhwa khona.”
Kodwana kwathi lokha ilanga naliphumako, iintjalo zarhabuka bezatjhwaba ngombana bezinganamirabhu.
Kodwana loyo ozokubambelela bekube sekupheleni uzokusindiswa.
Yeke uJesu wathi kibo: “Khona namhlanjesi ebusuku noke nizokukhubeka ngami ngombana imitlolo ithi, “ ‘Ngizakumadlha umelusi, umhlambi wezimvu urhatjheke.’
UPitrosi wathi: “Ngitjho nanyana bangakhubeka boke laba ngebanga lakho, mina angisoze!”
Kodwana njengombana banganamirabhu, babambelela isikhatjhana nje kwaphela. Nakufika iintjhijilo nokuzunywa, barhirika msinyana.
Abasekhetheni ngilabo abathi nabezwa ilizwi balamukele ngethabo, kodwana banganayo imirabhu. Bayakholwa kwesikhatjhana, kodwana nakufika isikhathi sokulingwa bawe.
UJesu waphendula wathi: “Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Aningifuni ngombana nabona iimbonakaliso, kodwana ningifuna ngombana nadla izikwa, nasutha.
Labo abaphikelele njalo ukwenza okulungileko, barhuluphele iphazimulo nedumo nokungabhubhi; uzobapha ukuphila okungapheliko.
ngombana kuKrestu Jesu, ukusoka nokungasoki akwenzi mahluko. Into eqakathekileko kukholwa okuzibonakalisa ngethando.
Abantu abathanda ukubukwa enyameni, ngibo abazonikatelela bona nisoke. Benza lokho ukuze bangazunywa ngebanga lesiphambano sakaKrestu.
Ukusoka nokungasoki akutjho ilitho, okukhulu kukobana umuntu abe sidalwa esitjha.
ukuze uKrestu ahlale eenhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa. Njengombana nidzimelele benasekeleka ethandweni lakaKrestu, ngithandazela bona
Ngineqiniso bona loyo owathoma umsebenzi omuhle phakathi kwenu, uzawuraga abe awuqedelele bekube lilanga lakaKrestu Jesu.
Uyazi bona boke abase-Asiya sebangihlanukele, ngitjho aboFigelo no-Erimogenesi.
ngombana uDemasi ngokuthanda zephasi lanamhlanje, ungitjhiyile waya eThesalonika; uKresikesi uye eGalatiya, uTitosi eDalimathiya.
Soke sineemphoso ezinengi; nangabe umuntu akaphosisi kilokho akutjhoko kutjho bona uphelele, uyakwazi ukubamba umzimba woke ngetomu.
iye, nina enilondwa mamandla kaZimu ngokukholwa kube kusindiswa esele kulungele ukwembulwa ngesikhathi sokuphela.
Ngiyakwazi lapho uhlala khona, iye, lapha uSathana ajamise khona isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi. Nokho ubambelele ebizweni lami begodu azange uphike ukukholwa kimi ngitjho nemihleni ka-Antiphasi, ufakazi wami othembekileko, owabulawelwa hlangana nani lapha uSathana aphila khona.