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| 1. | Ngakho ngithi: UNkulunkulu ubalahlile yini abantu bakhe? Phinde ! Ngoba lami ngingumIsrayeli, enzalweni kaAbrahama, wesizwe sikaBhenjamini. |
| 2. | UNkulunkulu kabalahlanga abantu bakhe abazi ngaphambili. Kumbe kalazi yini kuElija ukuthi umbhalo uthini? Ukuthi walabhela njani kuNkulunkulu emelene loIsrayeli, esithi: |
| 3. | Nkosi, babulele abaprofethi bakho, badilizile amalathi akho; mina-ke ngisele ngedwa, sebedinga umphefumulo wami. |
| 4. | Kodwa impendulo kaNkulunkulu yathini kuye? Yathi: Ngizitshiyele amadoda azinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, angaguqanga ngedolo kuBhali. |
| 5. | Kunjalo-ke kukhona langalesisikhathi insali ngokukhetha komusa. |
| 6. | Kodwa uba kungomusa, kakusayi ngemisebenzi; uba kungenjalo umusa kawuseyiwo umusa. Kodwa aluba kusiya ngemisebenzi, akusengumusa; uba kungenjalo umsebenzi kawusengumsebenzi. |
| 7. | Pho-ke? UIsrayeli ayekudinga, lokhu kakutholanga, kodwa abakhethiweyo bakuthola, labanye benziwa baba lukhuni; |
| 8. | njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo obukhulu, amehlo ukuze bangaboni, lendlebe ukuze bangezwa, kuze kube lusuku lwalamuhla. |
| 9. | LoDavida uthi: Itafula labo libe ngumjibila lesifu, lesikhubekiso, lempindiselo kibo; |
| 10. | amehlo abo afiphazwe ukuze bangaboni, njalo ugobise umhlana wabo njalonjalo. |
| 11. | Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuze bawe yini? Phinde ! Kodwa ngesiphambeko sabo usindiso lufikile kwabezizwe, ukubavusela umona. |
| 12. | Kodwa uba isiphambeko sabo siyinotho yomhlaba, lokwehluleka kwabo kuyinotho yabezizwe, kakhulu kangakanani ukugcwala kwabo? |
| 13. | Ngoba ngikhuluma lani bezizwe, njengalokho mina ngingumphostoli wabezizwe; ngikhulisa inkonzo yami; |
| 14. | ukuthi mhlawumbe ngibavusele umona abe nyama yami, ngisindise abanye babo. |
| 15. | Ngoba uba ukulahlwa kwabo kuyikubuyiswa komhlaba, ku nga ba yini ukwemukelwa, ngaphandle kokuthi yimpilo evela kwabafileyo? |
| 16. | Njalo uba izithelo zokuqala zingcwele, lenhlama injalo; uba-ke impande ingcwele, lengatsha zinjalo. |
| 17. | Kodwa uba kwephulwe ezinye ingatsha, lawe ongumhlwathi weganga waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwazo, uhlanganyele lazo impande lamafutha omhlwathi, |
| 18. | ungazincomi phezu kwengatsha; kodwa uba uzincoma phezu kwazo, kayisuwe othwele impande, kodwa impande wena. |
| 19. | Uzakuthi-ke: Ingatsha zephulwa, ukuze mina ngixhunyelwe. |
| 20. | Kulungile; zephulwa ngokungakholwa, wena-ke umi ngokholo. Ungazikhukhumezi, kodwa yesaba; |
| 21. | ngoba uba uNkulunkulu engayekelanga ingatsha zemvelo, hlezi lawe kayikukuyekela. |
| 22. | Khangela-ke ububele lobukhali bukaNkulunkulu; ubukhali, kulabo abawayo; kodwa kuwe, ububele, uba uhlala ebubeleni; uba kungenjalo uzaqunywa lawe. |
| 23. | Lalabo futhi, uba bengahlali ekungakholweni, bazaxhunyelwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okubuya abaxhume. |
| 24. | Ngoba uba wena waqunywa emhlwathini weganga ngemvelo, wasuxhunyelelwa ngokuphambene lemvelo emhlwathini ohlanyelweyo, kakhulu kangakanani labo, aba zingatsha ngemvelo, bazaxhunyelelwa esihlahleni sakibo somhlwathi? |
| 25. | Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lingabi ngabangaziyo, bazalwane, ngalimfihlo, hlezi lizitshaye abahlakaniphileyo, ukuthi ubulukhuni sebehlele uIsrayeli nganxanye, kuze kungene ukugcwala kwabezizwe; |
| 26. | ngokunjalo-ke uIsrayeli wonke uzasindiswa; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Kuzavela eSiyoni uMkhululi, asuse ukungabi loNkulunkulu kuJakobe; |
| 27. | njalo yilesi isivumelwano sami kibo, lapho ngizasusa izono zabo. |
| 28. | Ngokwevangeli bayizitha ngenxa yenu; kodwa ngokukhetha bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yabobaba; |
| 29. | ngoba izipho zomusa lokubiza kukaNkulunkulu kakulakuphenduka. |
| 30. | Ngoba njengalokhu lani kade lingamlaleli uNkulunkulu, kodwa khathesi selihawukelwe ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabo; |
| 31. | ngokunjalo lalabo khathesi kabalalelanga, ukuze ngesihawu senu bahawukelwe labo; |
| 32. | ngoba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungalalelini, ukuze abe lesihawu kibo bonke. |
| 33. | Yeka ukujula kwenotho, kokubili yenhlakanipho leyolwazi lukaNkulunkulu ! Kakuphenyeki kangakanani ukwahlulela kwakhe, lendlela zakhe kazilandeleki ! |
| 34. | Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi? Kumbe ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo? |
| 35. | Kumbe ngubani owamnika kuqala, njalo kubuyiselwe kuye? |
| 36. | Ngoba konke kuvela kuye, ku ngaye, ku ya kuye; kabube kuye ubukhosi kuze kube nininini. Ameni. |
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