12 Amadodana kaEli ayengabantu ababi; ayengayazi iNkosi.
12 Amadodana ka-Eli ayengabantu abaxhwalileyo, ayengamnanzi uThixo.
beselihlalisa abantu ababili ababi maqondana laye ukuba bammangalele bathi: Wena uthuke uNkulunkulu kanye lenkosi. Beselimkhuphela phandle, limkhande ngamatshe aze afe.
Basebengena abantu ababili ababi, bahlala maqondana laye, bammangalela phambi kwabantu bathi: UNabothi uthuke uNkulunkulu kanye lenkosi. Basebemkhuphela ngaphandle komuzi, bamkhanda ngamatshe waze wafa.
Abapristi kabatshongo ukuthi: Ingaphi iNkosi na? Lalabo abaphatha umlayo kabangazanga. Ababusi baphambuka kimi, labaprofethi batshumayela ngoBali, balandela izithombe ezingasizi lutho.
Wayethonisa izindaba zabayanga labaswelayo; kwamlungela. Angithi yikho lokhu ukungazi mina na? kutsho iNkosi.
Balungele ukuqamba amanga; amanga akhulile kuleqiniso elizweni; basuka kokubi baye kokubi, minake kabangazi, kutsho iNkosi.
Bandisa ububi phezu kokubi, lenkohliso phezu kwenkohliso, bayala ukungazi mina, kutsho iNkosi.
Abapristi balo bawaphule umlayo wami, bangcolisa izinto zami ezingcwele; kabenzanga umahluko phakathi kwezinto ezingcwele lezingangcwele; futhi kabawufundisanga umahluko phakathi kwezinto ezingcolileyo lezingangcolanga, badelile amaSabatha ami; ngangcoliswa phakathi kwabo.
Bazakwenza lokhu ngoba bengamazanga uBaba lami;
Ukuphila okungapheliyo yilokhu ukuba bakwazi wena Nkulunkulu wedwa ongoweqiniso, loJesu Kristu omthumileyo.
Kodwa kalimazanga; mina ngiyamazi. Uba ngisithi kangimazi, ngizakuba ngumqambi wamanga njengani. Kodwa mina ngiyamazi, ngiyaligcina ilizwi lakhe.
ngoba kuthe bemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu, kabambonganga; ngakho ukucabanga kwabo konke kwaba yize, ingqondo zabo ezingaqondiyo zaba mnyama.
UKristu ulokuzwana ngaphi loBeliyali na? Ulesabelo bani okholwayo longakholwayo na?
ukuthi abantu abathile ababi bavelile phakathi kwenu, bayenga abalowomuzi besithi: Asihambe siyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu elingabaziyo;
lizakubuza ngalokhu, likuhlolisise. Uba kuliqiniso, uba kuqinisekile sibili ukuthi into enjalo eyisinengiso yenziwe phakathi kwenu,
Besathokoza kwasekufika abantu bomuzi, abantu ababi, bayizingelezela indlu, batshaya isivalo besithi kuleloxhegu elingumnikazindlu: Khupha lowomuntu ongene endlini yakho ukuze simenze umfazi.
Laso sonke lesosizukulwana safa, sambelwa kwabakibo; kwavela esinye emva kwaso esasingayazi iNkosi lomsebenzi eyayiwenzele uIsrayeli.
Kodwa amadoda amabi athi: Uzasisiza njani lumuntu na? Bamdelela, kabamnikanga sipho; kodwa yena wazithulela.
Cabanga kuhle ngokufanele ukwenze; ngoba inkosi yethu kanye lendlu yayo yonke izachitheka impela; lokhu ingumuntu omubi kangaka, umuntu okungeke kukhulunywe laye.
Umtshele ukuthi sengizakuyijezisa indlu yakhe kokuphela, ngoba kwathi esazi ukuthi amadodana akhe ayehlambaza uNkulunkulu, kawakhuzanga.
USamuweli wayengakayazi iNkosi, lelizwi leNkosi wayengakalambulelwa.