3 kodwa uba umuntu ethanda uNkulunkulu, yena uyaziwa nguye.
3 Kodwa umuntu othanda uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uyamazi lowomuntu.
USolomoni wayithanda iNkosi, wahamba ngezimiso zikayise uDavida, kodwa laye wanikela imihlatshelo watshisa impepha endaweni eziphakemeyo zokukhonzela.
ngoba iNkosi iyayinanzelela indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izakubhubha.
Uba ulinga inhliziyo yami, uba ungihambela ebusuku, uba ungihlola, kawuyikufica ububi kimi; kangikhulumanga okubi.
UMose wathi eNkosini: Khangela, uthi kimi: Khupha lababantu; kodwa kawungitshengisanga ukuthi uzakuthuma ubani ukuba ahambe lami. Kodwa uthe: Ngiyakwazi ngebizo, futhi ufumene umusa emehlweni ami.
INkosi yathi kuMose: Ngizakwenza lalokhu okutshoyo, ngoba ufumene umusa emehlweni ami, ngiyakwazi ngebizo.
Ngingakakubumbi esiswini ngakwazi, ungakazalwa ngakwahlukanisa, ngakubeka umprofethi ezizweni.
Yini kuphela engilikhethileyo, ngalilondoloza ezizweni zonke zomhlaba; ngakhoke ngizalitshaya ngenxa yabo bonke ububi benu.
INkosi ilungile, iyinqaba osukwini lokuhlupheka; iyabakhumbula abaphephela kuyo,
Kubeng’khonake ngizakuthi kibo: Angizanga ngilazi; sukani kimi lina benzi bokubi.
Mina ngingumalusi olungileyo; ngiyazazi ezami, lezami ziyangazi,
Wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Simoni, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda na? UPetro wadabuka ngoba wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Uyangithanda na? Ngakho wathi kuye: Nkosi, uyakwazi konke, uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. UJesu wathi: Phana izimvu zami ukudla.
UNkulunkulu kabalahlanga abantu bakhe abazi ngaphambili. Kalazi yini ukuthi umbhalo uthini ngoElija ukuba esola uIsrayeli kuNkulunkulu,
Khathesi sibona esibukweni kaluvivi; kodwake lapho ubuso buzakubonana lobuso. Khathesi ngazi ingxenye; kodwa lapho ngizakwazi ngokupheleleyo, njengokuba kade ngisaziwa ngokupheleleyo nguNkulunkulu.
Kodwa kunjengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Lokho ilihlo elingakubonanga, lendlebe engakuzwanga, okunganakanwanga yingqondo yomuntu, uNkulunkulu ukulungisele abamthandayo.
kodwa khathesi njengalokhu selimazi uNkulunkulu, kumbe kangithi selisaziwa nguNkulunkulu, libuyelelani empini yemimoya yalumhlaba ebuthakathaka leyize na? Lithanda ukuphinda libe yizigqili zawo na?
Kodwa isisekelo esiqinileyo sikaNkulunkulu simi silaloluphawu lokuthi: INkosi iyabazi abangabayo; lokuthi: Ilowo lalowo ophatha ibizo leNkosi kahlukane lokungalungi.
Ubusisiwe umuntu obekezelayo ekulingweni; ngoba lapho esehloliwe uzakwamukeliswa umqhele wokuphila othenjiswe nguNkulunkulu kwabamthandayo.
Zwanini, bazalwane bami abathandekayo; uNkulunkulu kabakhethanga yini abayanga emhlabeni ukuba babe ngabanothileyo ngokukholwa lezindlalifa zombuso awuthembisayo kulabo abamthandayo na?
Yena liyamthanda lingambonanga, elithi lakhathesi lingamboni likholwe kuye, lithokoze ngentokozo enkulu engakhulumekiyo,
Thina siyathanda ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala.
Bathandekayo, asithandane, ngoba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; othandayo uzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi uyamazi uNkulunkulu.
uthi: Ngiyazi lapho wakhe khona, lapho kukhona isihlalo sobukhosi sikaSathane; kanti ubambelele ebizweni lami, kawuphikanga ukukholwa kwakho lasensukwini zikaAntipasi, ufakazi wami othembekileyo, owabulawelwa phakathi kwenu lapho uSathane ahlala khona.
ithi: Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, lothando, lokukholwa, lokubekezela kwakho, lokuthi imisebenzi yakho yokucina minengi kuleyokuqala.
Ngiyakwazi ukuhlupheka kwakho lobuyanga bakho — kanti wena unothile — lenhlamba yalabo abathi bangabaJuda, bona bengesibo, kodwa beyisinagoge likaSathane.