17 Mina-ke ngizakwehla ngikhulume nawe lapho. Begodu ngizakuthatha ingcenye yommoya ophezu kwakho ngiyithele kiwo. Wona-ke, azakuthwalisa umthwalo wabantwaba ukuze ungasawuthwali uwedwa.
Nje-ke uSomnini wehla bonyana azokubona idorobho nombhotjhongo ogade wakhiwa babantu.
Kuthe bona uZimu aqede ukukhuluma no-Abrahamu, wakhuphuka wamtjhiya.
Yeke u-Abramu wahloma ihloko phasi. UZimu godu wathi kuye:
Kuthe bona uSomnini aqede ukukhuluma no-Abrahamu, wakhamba. U-Abrahamu naye wabuyela ekhaya.
Kuthe lokha abafundi bomphorofidi beJerikho egade bajame kude nababona lokhu bathi: “Ummoya ka-Eliya sewuhlezi ku-Elitjha.” Baya bayomhlangabeza bafese baguqa phambi kwakhe bahloma iinhloko phasi.
Kwathi nasele bayamile, u-Eliya wathi ku-Elitjha: “Akhese ungitjele, ufuna ngikwenzeleni ngaphambi kobana ngihlwithwe kuwe na?” U-Elitjha waphendula wathi: “Ngibawa bona isabelo sommoyakho esabelwa abafundi bomphorofidi kimi sibuyelelwe.”
Wabapha uMoyakho omuhle kobana ababonise begodu wangagodla imanakho kobana badle. Wabuye wabapha namanzi kobana basuse umrhawu.
Wena nabantu abakuwaba niyazibulalisa ngombana umtjhikatjhika lo mkhulu khulu, angeze wawenza uwedwa.
Akube ngiwo agweba abantu ngeenkhathi zoke. Akagwebe iindaba ezilula, kodwana ezimaphorodlha azilethe kuwe. Ngaleyondlela kuzakuba lula kuwe ngombana azakuphumuza.
Abalunge ngelanga lesithathu ngombana mina Somnini ngizakwehlela entabeni yeSinayi phambi kwabantu boke mhlokho.
Kwathi bona uSomnini ehlele esiqongolweni sentaba yeSinayi, wabizela uMosi kuye. Yeke uMosi wakhuphuka.
USomnini wehla ngelifu lapha uMosi agade alinde khona. Kwathi asathandaza,
Ngizakuthululela amanzi phezu kwenarha eyomileko, ngenze imisele ehlabathini eyomileko; ngizakuthululela uMoyami phezu kwabantwabakho neembusiso zami phezu kweenzukulwani zakho.
Nje-ke, abantu bakhe bakhumbula imihla yaphambilini, imihla kaMosi, bathi: “Uphi yena owabahlenga elwandle kanye nabelusi bomhlambakhe na? Uphi yena owabeka uMoyakhe oCwengileko phakathi kwabo,
“Kuzakuthi emuva kwalokho ngithululele uMoyami kibo boke abantu. Amadodanenu namadodakazenu azakuphorofida; abadala benu babhudange amabhudango; abatjha benu babone imibono.
Nje-ke uSomnini wehla ngelifu wakhuluma naye, wathatha nengcenye yommoyakhe wawuthela ebaphathini abamatjhumi alikhomba. Kuthe lokha ummoya wehlela phezu kwabo baphorofida. Ngemva kwalokho akhange asaphorofida.
Nje-ke uSomnini wehla ngesika yelifu wajama emnyango wetende lokuhlanganela, wafese wabiza u-Aroni noMiriyamu. Batjhidela-ke bobabili.
Yena ngikhuluma naye bunqopha, ubuso nobuso ingasi ngekulumo yokugwagwanisa. Iye, yena uyakwazi ukuzibonakalisa kwami. Kubayini-ke nina ningakhange nesabe ukuhleba incekwami uMosi na?”
USomnini wathi kuMosi: “Thatha uJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni okuyindoda enommoya, umbeke izandla
Kwathi lokha uMosi nakangena ngetendeni lokuhlanganela bona ayokukhuluma noSomnini, wezwa ilizwi likhuluma naye livela esisibekelweni somfaji wobufakazi hlangana namakerubhi amabili. Ngendlela leyo uSomnini bekakhuluma naye.
Akakho okhe waya ezulwini ngaphandle kwaloyo owehla avela ezulwini, iNdodana yoMuntu.
Watjho lokho ngoMoya oCwengileko ebebazamamukela abakholwa kuye ngombana uMoya bekangakanikelwa, ngebanga lokobana uJesu bekangakaphazimuliswa.
Kodwana nina anisisenyameni, nikuMoya ngombana uMoya kaZimu uhlala ngaphakathi kwenu. Umuntu onganaye uMoya kaKrestu akasuye wakaKrestu.
Asikamukeli ummoya wephasi kodwana samukele uMoya obuya kuZimu ukuze sizwisise lokho uZimu asiphe khona ngesihle.
Nje-ke nanyana ngubani owala lokhu akali umthetho womuntu kodwana wala uZimu, onguye oninikela uMoyakhe oCwengileko.
Nje-ke, njengombana senihlambulule imiphefumulwenu ngokuthobela iqiniso ukuze nibe nobudlelwano bethando lamambala kubazalwana benu, yeke thandanani omunye nomunye ngehliziyo epheleleko.
Ngibo labo abanganaMoya abaletha ukwahlukana.
UMoya kaSomnini uzakwehlela phezu kwakho, nawe ube semmoyeni wabaphorofidi bewutjhuguluke ube ngomunye umuntu.