35 Ngambala bengilambile nangondla, ngomile nangiseza, bengimqhamuka nangamukela ngeenkumbeni zenu,
Kuthe umhlolokazi nasathi uyokukha amanzi lawo, u-Eliya wathi kuye: “Usale sewusiza negedzwana lesikwa, ngiyakurabhela.”
Ngambala akunasikhonzi esakhe salala ebaleni, iminyangwami beyihlala ivulekele isikhambi.
Onyaza wekhabo uyona, kodwana ubusisiwe onesisa koswelako.
Ogandelela abachakileko unyaza uMbumbi wabo, kodwana onesisa koswelako uhlonipha uZimu.
Onomusa kochakileko, uboleka uSomnini, yeke uzamvuza ngalokho.
Umuntu onesisa uzakubusiswa, ngombana ukugoma kwakhe ukwabelana nabadududu.
Nakube isitha sakho silambile, siphe ukudla sigome; nakube somile, siphe amanzi sisele.
ingagandeleli muntu, ingathathi isibambiso emuntwini, ingadlelezeli, kodwana iphe olambileko ukudla kwayo, yembese ohlubule ngesambatho sayo,
Akagandeleli noyedwa kodwana ubuyisela lokho akuthethe njengesibambiso; akadlelezeli kodwana upha olambileko ukudla kwakhe abuye embathise ohlubule isambatho.
Ngalokho kosi, kwanga iseluleko sami singamukeleka kuwe. Nje-ke tjhiya izono zakho ngokwenza ukulunga nobukhohlakali bakho ngokuba nesirhawu kwabagandelelekileko. Mhlamunye kungenzeka bonyana ukuphumelela kwakho kungaragela phambili.”
USomnini ukwazisile wena muntu lokho okulungileko. Yini-ke okhunye uSomnini akulindele kuwe ngaphandle kokwenza akutjhwileko nokwethembeka esivumelwaneni sakhe bewukhambe noZimakho ngokutjhejisisa na?
IKosi izakuphendula ithi, ‘Ngiqinisile ngiyanitjela bona lokha nanenzela oyedwa wabafowethu abancancanaba, nenzele mina.’
Abadududu nizokuhlala ninabo njalo, kodwana mina angekhe nahlala ninami.
Abadududu nizokuhlala ninabo njalo phakathi kwenu, yeke ningabasiza ngesinye nesinye isikhathi enifuna ngaso. Kodwana mina angeze naba nami njalo.
Yeke nikelani abatlhagileko okungaphakathi kweenkapho nezitja begodu koke kuzakuba ngokuhlambulukileko kini.
Njengombana uJudasi gade amlondisikhwama semali, abanye abafundi badlumbana bona uJesu bekamtjela bona akayokuthenga abakufunela umnyanya, namkha abele abadududu.
Yathi kimi, ‘Korneliyasi! UZimu uwuzwile umthandazwakho bewakhumbula nokwabela kwakho izipho kwabadududu.
Abafundi omunye nomunye ngokukghona kwakhe waqunta ukusiza abazalwana abahlala eJudiya.
Kuthe bona yena nomndenakhe babhajadiswe, wasimemela endlinakhe wathi: “Naningithatha njengomuntu okholwa yiKosi, yizani nizokuhlala kwami.” Yeke wasitomatomela bona sihlale.
Boke abakholwako bebamunye ngehliziyo nangomkhumbulo. Akakho noyedwa owathi ipahlakhe ngeyakhe yedwa, kodwana bahlanganyela koke abanakho.
Hlanganyelani eendingweni zabacwengileko, niphathe kuhle abayeni.
Esikhundleni salokho, umtlolo uthi: “Nakube isitha sakho silambile, siphe ukudla sigome; nakube somile, siphe amanzi sisele. Ngokwenza njalo, uzabe inga udindela amalahle avuthako ehlokwaso.”
UGayusi osiphethe kuhle khulu nebandla loke lapha, naye uyalotjhisa. U-Erastusi omphathisikhwama wedorobhenapha kanye nomzalwana wethu uKwaritosi nabo bayalotjhisa.
Owebako akalise ukweba, kodwana akasebenze, enze okuhle ngezandla zakhe ukuze akwazi ukuba nelitho azalabela abaswelako.
nakube akanayo imisebenzi emihle njengokukhulisa kuhle abantwana, ukuphatha kuhle abayeni, ukuqopha iinyawo zabacwengileko, ukusiza abahlunguphaziweko nokuzinikela ekwenzeni okuhle nanyana ngayiphi indlela.
Ithando lakho lingilethele ithabo elimangazako nokukhuthazeka ngombana iinhliziyo zabacwengileko zivuselelekile ngawe, mzalwana.
Ningalibali kukwenza okuhle kwabanye nokwabelana ngombana iminikelo enjalo uZimu uyayithabela.
UZimu akasuye ongakalungi, angekhe alibale umsebenzi eniwubonakalisileko ngebanga lakhe nisiza abacwengileko njengombana nenza nanjesi.
Ukukholwa okumsulwa nokungikho phambi kwakaZimu onguBaba ngilokhu: kukhambela iintandani nabahlolokazi ekubandezelekeni kwabo nokuzilonda ungasilaphazwa liphasi.