16 Ngiyakuzonda* ukubona abantu bedivosa,”+ kutsho uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, “njalo ngiyamzonda umuntu olesihluku,”* kutsho uJehova wamabutho. “Ngakho lindani izingqondo zenu futhi lingabi ngamaqili.+

19 Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi umkakhe uJosefa wayelungile njalo engafuni ukumchaya ebantwini, wayesefuna ukumdivosa ngudlu.+

3 AbaFarisi basebemlanda befuna ukumlinga bafika bambuza bathi: “Kusemthethweni yini ukuthi indoda idivose umkayo ngaloba yisiphi isizatho?”+ 4 Wabaphendula wathi: “Alikaze likubale yini ukuthi owabadalayo ekuqaleni wenza owesilisa lowesifazana,+ 5 wasesithi: ‘Ngenxa yalokho indoda izatshiya uyise lonina inamathele kumkayo futhi bobabili bazakuba nyamanye’?+ 6 Yikho kabasebabili kodwa sebenyamanye. Ngakho lokho uNkulunkulu asekuhlanganisile* akungabi lomuntu okwehlukanisayo.”+ 7 Bona bathi kuye: “Pho kungani uMosi wathi indoda kumele iphe umkayo incwadi yokumdivosa imxotshe?”+ 8 UJesu wathi kubo: “UMosi walivumela ukuthi lidivose amakhosikazi enu+ ngoba lilenhliziyo ezilukhuni, kodwa kwakungenjalo ekuqaleni.+