13 Bonkhe laba bafa bakholiwe bangakakwemukeli loko lababetsenjiswe kona, kodvwa bakubona bakwemukela kusekhashane, bavuma kutsi lapha emhlabeni babafokati netihambi.
Abrahama wahlala eveni lemaFilisti sikhatsi lesidze.
“Ngisihambi nemchamuki la emkhatsini wenu. Ngicela ningitsengisele indzawo yekungcwaba, khona ngitewungcwaba lesidvumbu semkami.”
Abrahama wafa asamdzala kakhulu asenelisekile emphilweni; walandzela bokhokho bakhe.
Jakobe wamphendvula watsi: “Iminyaka yami yekuzulazula seyili-130. Leminyaka lembalwa inebulukhuni emphilweni yami. Noko ngisengakabi mdzala ngefika eminyakeni yabokhokho ekuzulazuleni kwabo.”
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Manje sengitawufa, kodvwa Nkulunkulu utawuba nani, aphindze anibuyisele eveni labokhokho benu.
Bukhosi bungeke busuke esandleni saJuda. Titukulwane takhe tiyawubusa njalonjalo, tive tiyakwetfula kuye timlalele.
“Simakadze, ngilindzele insindziso yakho.
Tonkhe leti tive taka-Israyeli letili-12. Ngiwo lawa-ke emavi lakhulunywa nguyise asabavalelisa bonkhe ngamunye ngulowo amnika sibusiso lesifanele yena.
Watsi kube Jakobe acedze kuwayala emadvodzana akhe, wabuyela walala wafa, walandzela bokhokho bakhe.
Josefa wakhuluma kubomnakabo, watsi: “Sengitakufa; kodvwa ngiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu utawuba nani anikhiphe kulelive, anibuyisele eveni labetsembisa lona bo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe.”
Kodvwa mine ngiyati kutsi uMhlengi wami uyaphila, nekutsi ekugcineni utakuma etikwalomhlaba.
Ngisihambi lapha emhlabeni, ungangifihleli imiyalo yakho.
Hhawu, Simakadze! Lalela umkhuleko wami, ubeke indlebe yakho ekuncuseni kwami, ungatitibi tinyembeti tekukhala kwami. Ngobe mine ngingumfokati lokhosele kuwe, ngisihambi njengabokhokho bami bonkhe.
Watala indvodzana, Mosi wayetsa libito watsi nguGeshomu, ngobe abetsi: “Ngisihambi kulelive.”
“ ‘Indzawo aniyiwuyitsengisa siphelane, ngobe phela lelive ngelami, nine nitihambi nebacashi bami.
Hobabi waphendvula watsi: “Cha, ngingeke ngihambe nani; sengibuyela eveni lakitsi nasesiveni sakitsi.”
“Ngiyambona, noko, hhayi nyalo; ngibuke kuye, noko, akekho edvute. Inkhanyeti iyawuvela kuJakobe, intfonga yebukhosi iyawumila ka-Israyeli, uyawupitjita tinhloko tesive sakaMowabi, tinkhakhayi tawo onkhe emadvodza akaShethi.
Ngobe ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Banyenti baprofethi nebantfu labalungile lababefisa kubona loku lenikubonako, kodvwa abazange bakubone; futsi babefisa kuva loku lenikuvako, kodvwa abazange bakuve.”
Isaya wakusho loko ngobe wabona inkhatimulo yeNkhosi, wase ukhuluma ngayo.
Uyihlo Abrahama wajabulela kubona lilanga lami. Walubona, wajabula.”
Waba neliciniso leliphelele kutsi Nkulunkulu unawo emandla ekukwenta loko labekwetsembisile.
Sisindziswe sisetsembeni; kodvwa nasikubona loko lesikwetsembako, akusesilo litsemba. Ngobe ngubani longahle etsembe intfo lasayibonile?
Tsine asibheki lokubonakalako kodvwa lokungabonakali, ngobe loko lokubonakalako kwesikhashana nje, kepha loko lokungabonakali kwaphakadze.
Ngako-ke ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi sinelitsemba, ngobe siyati kutsi nasisekuwo lomtimba sisekhashane nalelikhaya leliseNkhosini.
Ngako-ke anisesito tihambi nemihambima, kodvwa nyalo seningumndeni munye nalabangcwele, senibendlu yaNkulunkulu.
Labo labakhuluma kanje, bakubeka ebaleni kutsi bafuna live labo lemdzabo.
Ngekukholwa Abrahama, nakavivinywa, wanikela nga-Isaka kutsi abe ngumhlatjelo. Nome Abrahama abesatemukele leto tetsembiso, kodvwa abetimisele kunikela ngayo yona leyo ndvodzana yakhe yekuphela.
Ngekukholwa Mosi wesuka eGibhithe, angesabi kutfukutsela kwenkhosi yakhona; wacinisela kwaba shangatsi uyambona longabonwa.
Bonkhe laba, bemukeleka ngekukholwa kwabo, kodvwa abazange bakwemukele lababetsenjiswe kona,
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPhetro, umphostoli waJesu Khristu; iya kulabakhetsiwe lababakhoseli labasakatekele ePhontusi, naseGalathiya, naseKhaphadosiya, nase-Asiya, naseBhithiniya.
Nanimbita ngekutsi nguBabe, lowo lowehlulela ngaphandle kwekukhetsa buso bemuntfu, ehlulele ngekwemisebenti yemuntfu, hambani ngekwesaba kulesikhatsi nisetihambi kulomhlaba.
Batsandzekako, ngiyanincenga, njengobe nitihambi nalabendlulako kulomhlaba, kutsi nitikhweshele tinkhanuko tenyama letilwa nemphefumulo.
Ngaloko-ke siyawukwati kutsi sibeliciniso nasembikwaNkulunkulu siyawuba nesibindzi kunembeza wetfu,