KubaseRoma
11 Ngako ngiyabuta ngitsi: Nkulunkulu wabalahla yini bantfu bakhe?+ Cha! Nami ngingum-Israyeli, ngiyintalelwane* ya-Abrahama futsi ngiwesive sakaBhenjamini. 2 Nkulunkulu akabalahlanga bantfu bakhe lebekabati kwasekucaleni.+ Anikwati yini loko lokushiwo ngumbhalo nga-Elija ngesikhatsi akhonona kuNkulunkulu ngema-Israyeli? 3 Watsi: “Jehova,* bababulele baphrofethi bakho, bawabhidlitile nema-al’thare akho, sengimi kuphela losele futsi nyalo sebafuna kungibulala.”+ 4 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wamphendvula watsini? Watsi: “Ngisenebantfu labangu-7 000 lengitigcinele bona, lokubantfu labangazange sebaguce ngemadvolo bakhonte Bhali.”+ 5 Ngendlela lefanako, kulesikhatsi sanyalo basekhona labasele+ labakhetfwe ngenca yemusa lomkhulu waNkulunkulu. 6 Nangabe loku kube ngenca yemusa lomkhulu+ waNkulunkulu, kusho kutsi akuyi ngemisebenti;+ ngale kwaloko kungasho kutsi umusa lomkhulu waNkulunkulu awusasiwo.
7 Singatsini-ke? Yona lentfo ema-Israyeli lebekayifuna ngekutimisela akazange ayitfole, kodvwa labo labakhetsiwe bayitfola.+ Tingcondvo tabo bonkhe lalabanye taba lukhuni,+ 8 njengobe nje kubhaliwe kwatsiwa: “Nkulunkulu ubente baba njengebantfu labasebutfongweni lobukhulu,+ emehlo abo akaboni, netindlebe tabo ativa kuze kube ngulamuhla.”+ 9 NaDavide watsi: “Shengatsi emadzili abo angaba lugibe kubo, abe sitsiyo, nentfo lebabangela kukhubeka, futsi abe sijeziso. 10 Akube mnyama emehlweni abo kuze bangaboni, futsi bente bagobe emacolo abo ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.”+
11 Ngako ngiyabuta ngitsi: Ema-Israyeli akhubeka futsi awa angasavuki yini? Cha! Kodvwa ngekwephula kwawo umtsetfo, bantfu betive basindziswa, kuze wona entiwe abe nesikhwele.+ 12 Nangabe ngekwephula kwawo umtsetfo live labusiswa, futsi kuncipha kwawo kwenta bantfu betive+ batfola tibusiso, kakhulu kangakanani-ke naseliphelele linani lawo?
13 Ngikhuluma nani nine bantfu betive. Njengobe ngingumphostoli kubantfu betive,+ ngiyawungcwelisa umsebenti wami,+ 14 kuze ngibone kutsi ngingakhona yini kwenta bantfu* bakitsi babe nesikhwele futsi ngisindzise labanye babo. 15 Ngobe nangabe kulahlwa+ kwabo kwente live labuyisana naNkulunkulu, kwemukelwa kwabo ngeke yini kusho kuvuswa ekufeni? 16 Ngetulu kwaloko, nangabe litsantana lenhlama lelitsatfwa njengelekucala lingcwele, yonkhe lelenye inhlama isuke ingcwele; nangabe timphandze tingcwele, nemagala asuke angcwele.
17 Kodvwa nangabe lamanye emagala ajutjwa kwase kutsi wena nanobe ungumncumo wesiganga wahlunyeleliswa emkhatsini walalamanye wase uyazuza etimphandzeni letikhuluphele talomncumo, 18 ungawabukeli phansi* lamagala. Nangabe uwabukela phansi,*+ khumbula kutsi akusiwe losimise timphandze kodvwa timphandze ngito letikusimisile. 19 Ngako utawutsi: “Emagala ajutjwa kuze mine ngihlunyeleliswe.”+ 20 Loko kuliciniso! Wona ajutjwa+ ngenca yekuba bete kukholwa, kepha wena usime ngenca yekukholwa.+ Ungatigabatisi, kodvwa yesaba. 21 Njengobe Nkulunkulu angazange awayekele emagala lebekavele akhona, nawe ngeke akuyekele. 22 Cabangisisa ngemusa waNkulunkulu+ nesijeziso lesivela kuye. Labo labawa bajeziswa,+ kodvwa wena utfola umusa waNkulunkulu, kuphela nje nangabe uchubeka wenta tintfo letitawenta utfole umusa wakhe; ngale kwaloko nawe utawujutjwa. 23 Nangabe banekukholwa, batawuhlunyeleliswa,+ ngobe Nkulunkulu angakhona kuphindze abahlumelelise. 24 Ngobe nangabe wena wajutjwa emncumeni wesiganga futsi wahlunyeleliswa emncumeni wasekhaya ngendlela lephambene nemvelo, angeke yini lamagala lebekavele akhona aphindze ahlunyeleliswe, abuyiselwe esihlahleni sawo semncumo?
25 Bazalwane, ngifuna niyati lemfihlo lengcwele+ kuze ningacabangi kutsi nihlakaniphile. Lemfihlo ikutsi lamanye ema-Israyeli ala kulalela, futsi loku kutawenteka kuze kube ngulapho sekungene linani leliphelele lebantfu betive. 26 Ngaleyo ndlela onkhe ema-Israyeli+ atawusindziswa. Kunjengobe nje kubhaliwe kwatsiwa: “Umsindzisi* utawuvela eSiyoni,+ ente bonkhe bantfwana baJakobe bashiye imikhuba yabo lemibi. 27 Lesi sivumelwane lengitasenta nabo+ nangisusa tono tabo.”+ 28 Kuliciniso kutsi ngekungatemukeli tindzaba letimnandzi baba titsa naNkulunkulu kuze kuzuze nine, kodvwa ngekukhetfwa nguye baba ngulabatsandzekako kuye ngenca yabokhokho babo.+ 29 Ngobe Nkulunkulu ngeke atisole ngekupha kwakhe nangekukhetsa labo labakhetsile. 30 Njengobe nani nake nangamlaleli Nkulunkulu,+ kodvwa nyalo senikhonjiswe sihawu+ ngenca yekungalaleli kwabo,+ 31 ngendlela lefanako, kungalaleli kwabo sekunente nakhonjiswa sihawu, kuze nabo bakhonjiswe sihawu. 32 Ngobe Nkulunkulu ubavumele bonkhe kutsi babe tigcili tekungalaleli+ kuze bonkhe abakhombise sihawu.+
33 Maye tinyenti tibusiso letivela kuNkulunkulu, futsi kuhlakanipha kwakhe nelwati lwakhe kujule kakhulu! Kwehlulela kwakhe akuphenyeki, netindlela takhe ngeke size siticondze! 34 “Ngubani lowati imicabango yaJehova,* futsi ngubani longaba ngumeluleki wakhe?”+ 35 “Ngubani locale wamnika lokutsite, kuze naye atombhadala?”+ 36 Ngobe tonkhe tintfo tivela kuye, tikhona ngaye futsi tikhonela yena. Ludvumo aluye kuye kuze kube phakadze. Amen.