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6:1 Kwathi emva koko, ukumkani wathumela ixhego laseAtene ukuba libanyanzela
AmaYuda ukuba amke emithethweni yooyise, angalandeli umthetho wooyise
imithetho kaThixo:
6:2 nokungcolisa itempile eseYerusalem, nokuthi yitempile
kaJupiter Olympius; nokuba eGarizim, kaJupiter uMkhuseli we
abasemzini, njengoko babenqwenela abemiyo kuloo ndawo.
6:3 ukufika kobo bubi kwaba kubi, kubi, ebantwini;
6:4 Kuba itempile yazala zizidubedube nokudubadubeka kwabantu beentlanga ababethe
wadibana namahenyukazi, kwaye wayenento yokwenza nabafazi ngaphakathi kwisekethe ye
iindawo ezingcwele, nangaphandle kwezo zingenise izinto ezingekho mthethweni.
6:5 Isibingelelo eso sazala zizinto ezihlambelayo, owalelayo umthetho.
6:6 Ke bekungavumelekile ukuba umntu ayigcine isabatha, nokuzila ukudla kwakudala;
okanye azenze athi tu ukuba ungumYuda.
6:7 Kwathi, ngomhla wokuzalwa kokumkani inyanga nenyanga, zazisiwa
bukrakra bokudla kwimibingelelo; kwaye xa ukuzila kukaBacchus
agcinwa, amaYuda anyanzelwa ukuba enze umngcelele ukuya kuBhaki.
ethwele ivy.
6:8 Kwaphuma umthetho kwimizi ekufuphi neentlanga.
ngecebo likaPtolemee, ngokuchasene namaYuda, ukuba bafanele
gcinani kwaezo fashoni, nibe nesabelo kwimibingelelo yabo;
6:9 Kwaye nabani na ongavumiyo ukuxelisa isimilo seentlanga
kufuneka abulawe. Inokuba indoda yayibona intlupheko yangoku.
6:10 Kuba kwaziswa abafazi ababini ababeluse abantwana babo;
abathe ke bakuba bewujikelezile umzi, bawurhawula abantwana
amabele abo, bawaphosa eludongeni entloko.
6:11 Bambi ke babalekela ndawonye emiqolombeni ekufuphi, ukuba bayigcine
Ngomhla wesabatha ngasese, bafunyanwa nguFilipu, batsha bonke
kunye, ngokuba baye benza isazela sokuzinceda ngenxa yabo
imbeko yolona suku lungcwele.
6:12 Ndiyabavuselela ke abo bayifundayo le ncwadi, ukuba bangatyhafi
ngenxa yezi ntlekele, kodwa ukuba bagwebe ezo zohlwayo ukuba zingabikho
ngenxa yentshabalalo, kodwa ukohlwaywa kwesizwe sethu.
6:13 Kuba ngumqondiso wokulunga kwakhe okukhulu, xa bengekho abenzi bobubi
wabandezeleka ixesha elide, kodwa ngoko nangoko wohlwaywa.
6:14 Kuba kungabi njengakwezinye iintlanga, ezo iNkosi yazeka kade umsindo kubo
bohlwaywe bade bafikelele kwinzaliseko yezono zabo, enjenjalo yena
unathi,
6:15 hleze athi, efikelele encotsheni yesono, andule ukuthabatha
impindezelo yethu.
6:16 kungoko engayihluthiyo inceba yakhe kuthi;
Obavelela ububi, Akabashiyi abantu bakhe.
6:17 Oku ke makube sisilumkiso kuthi. Kwaye ngoku siza
yiza ekubhengezeni lo mbandela ngamazwi ambalwa.
6:18 UElazare, omnye wakubabhali, indoda enkulu, eyindoda eyalupheleyo.
ubuso obuthandekayo, kwanyanzeleka ukuba awuvule umlomo wakhe, adle
inyama yehagu.
6:19 Ke yena, enyula ukufa ngokubekekileyo, kunokuba aphile ngokudyobheka
isikizi elinjalo, walitshica, weza ngokwakhe kubo
intuthumbo,
6:20 Njengoko bamelwe kukufika, basuke bathanda ukucanda abanjalo
izinto, njengoko kungavumelekileyo ukuba kukhangwe ukuthanda ubomi.
6:21 Ke bona abo babephethe umthendeleko ongendawo, besenzela amaxhego
bathi ke baqhelana nendoda leyo, bamthabathela bucala, bambongoza
azise inyama yomnikelo wakhe, njengoko kuvumelekileyo ukuba ayisebenzise;
enze ngokungathi uyidlile inyama ethatyathwe kwidini eliyalelwa ngu
ikumkani;
6:22 ukuze ngokwenjenjalo abe ahlangulwe ekufeni, nakwabadala
ubuhlobo nabo bufumana inkoliseko.
6:23 Waqala ke ukuqonda ngokuqiqa, njengoko kwaba yiminyaka yakhe, nomphefumlo wakhe
ubungangamela beminyaka yakhe yamandulo, nobungangamela bezimvi zakhe;
apho kwafika khona, kunye neyona mfundo yakhe inyanisekileyo ukusuka emntwaneni, okanye kanye
umthetho ongcwele owenziwe wanikelwa nguThixo: ngoko waphendula ngokunjalo, wathi,
wabamisela ukuba bamthumele kwaoko engcwabeni.
6:24 Wathi, akufanelekanga nangayiphi na indlela ukuwexuka, ngaloo ndlela
Abantu abaninzi abaselula banokucinga ukuba uElazare, ekubeni wayeneminyaka emashumi asibhozo ubudala
kwaye abalishumi, ngoku babeye kunqulo olungaqhelekanga;
6:25 Kwaye ngoko ngokuhanahanisa kwam, kwaye bafuna ukuphila ixesha elifutshane
okomzuzwana, kufuneka ukhohliswe ndim, kwaye ndifumana ibala kumdala wam
dala, ube lisikizi.
6:26 Kuba ndingade ndihlangulwe okwangoku;
Andisinde esandleni soSomandla;
akaphili, akafi.
6:27 Ngoko ke, ngoku ukuguqula ngobudoda obu bomi, Ndiya kuzibonakalisa ngokwam
enye njengoko iminyaka yam ifuna,
6:28 Kwaye ushiye umzekelo ophawulekayo kwabaselula ukufa ngokuzithandela kunye
ngenkalipho kwimithetho ebekekileyo nengcwele. Uthe akuba etshilo
La mazwi, wemka kwaoko waya kwintuthumbo;
6:29 Bathi ke abo bamkhokelayo, ekuguqulweni kokulunga, bake bambeka kancinane ngenxa engaphambili
kwintiyo, ngenxa yokuba amazwi akhankanywe ngasentla aqhubeka, njengoko babecinga,
kwingqondo ephelelwe lithemba.
6:30 Uthe ke, eza kufa yimivumbo, wancwina, wathi, Injalo
zibonakaliseni eNkosini, onolwazi olungcwele, ukuba mna
ukuba ndikhululwe ekufeni, ngoku ndithwele iintlungu emzimbeni
ndityatyulwe;
ngokuba ndiyamoyika.
6:31 Wafa ngokunjalo lo mntu, eshiya ukufa kwakhe kube ngumfuziselo wendoda elinene
inkalipho, nesikhumbuzo sokulunga, kungekuphela kulutsha, kodwa kubo bonke
isizwe sakhe.