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7:1 Kwathi ke, kwathatyathwa abazalwana abasixhenxe kunye nonina.
waza wanyanzelwa ngukumkani ukuba angcamle inyama yehagu nomthetho
batyakatywa ngezikatsi nangemivumbo.
7:2 Wathi ke omnye wababethetha kuqala, Wocela ntoni na?
ufunde kuthi? sikulungele ukufa, kunokuba sityeshele imithetho ye
oobawo bethu.
7:3 Waza ukumkani, equmbile, wathi makwenziwe iipani neepani
shushu:
7:4 Akuba eshushu kwaoko, wathi makanqanyulwe ulwimi lwakhe
owathetha kuqala, wanqumla amalungu omzimba wakhe, abaseleyo
Abazalwana bakhe nonina bekhangele.
7:5 Uthe ke, akuba eqaqadeke ngokunjalo kuwo onke amalungu akhe, wathi makabekho
ukanti udla ubomi, ukuba ubekwe emlilweni, ugcadwe ngepani;
umphunga wepani wawuyindawo elungileyo ethe saa, babongoza omnye
omnye kunye nomama ukuba afe ngobudoda, esithi,
7:6 INkosi uYehova iyasikhangela, yaye ngokwenyaniso inentuthuzelo kuthi, njengoMoses
Engomeni yakhe, eyangqinayo ebusweni babo, waxela, esithi, Naye
Uya kuthuthuzelwa ngabakhonzi bakhe.
7:7 Akuba efile owokuqala emva kweli nani, bamzisa nowesibini
bamenze intlekisa, bamhlube ulusu lwakhe
nentloko ke ineenwele, zisithi kuye, Wodla na, ungekabikho
Ubethwa kumalungu onke omzimba wakho?
7:8 Waphendula ke yena ngolwimi lwakhe, wathi, Hayi. Kungoko naye
wafumana intuthumbo elandelayo ngokulungeleleneyo, njengoko wenzayo owokuqala.
7:9 Uthe ke akuba efuthekile, wathi, Ufun’ ukuvutha kuthi
kobu bomi, kodwa uKumkani wehlabathi uya kusivusa;
abathe bayifela imithetho yakhe, besa ebomini obungunaphakade.
7:10 Emva kwakhe kwenziwa intlekisa nowesithathu;
wakhupha ulwimi lwakhe, kwaye oko kanye ngokukhawuleza, esolula izandla zakhe
ngobudoda.
7:11 wathi, Ezi zinto bendinazo ziphuma emazulwini; nangenxa yemithetho yakhe I
badelile; kwaye ke ndithembe ukubuya ndiwamkele kuye.
7:12 Wada wamangaliswa ukumkani, kwanabo babenaye
isibindi somfana, kuba akazange azikhathalele iintlungu.
7:13 Ke kaloku, akuba efile naye lo, bamthuthumbisa, bamngxwelerha nowesine
ngendlela efanayo.
7:14 Uthe ke xa eza kufa, wathi, Kulungile ukubulawa
sithembele ebantwini, sithembele kuThixo ukuba abuye avuswe nguye;
wena, akuyi kuba navuko lwabafileyo.
7:15 Bamzisa nowesihlanu emveni koko, bamginya;
7:16 Waza wakhangela kukumkani, wathi, Unegunya phezu kwabantu, wena
wonakele, wena yenza unothanda; kanti ningacingi ukuba yeyethu
uhlanga lushiyiwe nguThixo;
7:17 Hlala okwethutyana, ubone amandla akhe amakhulu, ukuba uya kukuthuthumbisa;
nembewu yakho.
7:18 Baza ke emva kwakhe kweza nowesithandathu, obeza kufa, bathi, Yiba
asikhohliswa ngaphandle kwesizathu;
bonile kuThixo wethu; ngenxa yoko benzelwa imisebenzi ebalulekileyo
thina.
7:19 Ke wena usazamela impindezelo noThixo, ukuba nguwe wedwa
uya kusinda umsulwa.
7:20 Ke kaloku unina ubebabalekile ngaphezu kwabo bonke, ebekekekekile;
ngokuba wabona oonyana bakhe abasixhenxe bebulewe, ngasihlandlo sinye
Wawuthwala ngenkalipho, ngenxa yethemba awayenalo
eNkosini.
7:21 Waye ebavuselela ke bonke ngabanye, bethetha ngezakomawabo iintetho, ezele lulwimi
imimoya ekhaliphile; kwaye uxhokonxa iingcinga zakhe zobufazi nendoda
isisu, wathi kubo.
7:22 Andikwazi ukuba ungene njani esizalweni sam; kuba andikunikanga moya
abubomi, akuba ndim owabumba amalungu enu nonke;
7:23 Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uMdali wehlabathi, owabumba isizukulwana sika
umntu, waza wafumanisa ingqalo yazo zonke izinto, kwathanda kweyakhe
Inceba ininike umphefumlo, nibuye nidle ubomi, kwanjengokuba anikukhathaleli oko ngokwenu
ngenxa yemithetho yakhe.
7:24 Ngoku uAntiochus, ecinga ukuba udelekile, kwaye ekrokra ukuba u
akubangakho nje ukuthetha okutshabhisayo, ngoxa omncinane wayesaphila
Wamvuselela ngamazwi, kodwa kananjalo ubemthembise ngezifungo ukuba uya kuzenza
ungumntu osisityebi nowonwabileyo, ukuba ebenokujika kwimithetho yakhe
ootata; nokuba angamthabatha abe ngumhlobo wakhe, amthembe
ngemicimbi.
7:25 Akavuma umfana lowo ukumphulaphula, ukumkani
wabiza unina, wamyala ukuba acebise umfana lowo
ukusindisa ubomi bakhe.
7:26 Uthe ke, eyivuselela ngamazwi amaninzi, wayithembisa ukuba iya kuyigcina
uya kumcebisa unyana wakhe.
7:27 Waqubuda kuye, Ehlekisa ngomntu okhohlakeleyo, ehlekisa.
wathetha ngolwimi lwakowabo ngolu hlobo; Owu nyana wam, yiba nosizi
Mna, owakuzalayo iinyanga ezisithoba esizalweni sam, ndakunika ezinje zantathu
Wakondla, wakunyusela kweli phakade, wakugqiba
wanyamezela iingxaki zemfundo.
7:28 ndiyakukhunga, nyana wam, ulikhangele izulu nomhlaba, nento yonke ekhoyo
Ikuyo; niqonde ukuba uThixo wabenza ngezinto ezingekhoyo; kwaye
ngokunjalo noluntu lwenziwa ngokunjalo.
7:29 Musa ukumoyika lowo uthuthumbisayo; kodwa, ubafanele abazalwana bakho, ubathabathe kuwe.
ukufa ukuze ndibuye ndikwamkele ngenceba kubazalwana bakho.
7:30 Isathetha loo mazwi, yathi indodana, Hlalani na?
kuwe? Andiyi kuwuthobela umyalelo wokumkani;
umyalelo owanikwa oobawo ngoMoses.
7:31 Wena ke, ungunozala wobubi bonke kumaHebhere;
awuyi kusinda ezandleni zikaThixo.
7:32 Kuba sibandezeleka ngenxa yezono zethu;
7:33 Kwaye nangona iNkosi ehleliyo ukuba sicaphukele okwethutyana ngenxa yethu
Ukuthethiswa nokuthethisa, Wophinda abuyele kwawakhe
abakhonzi.
7:34 Ke wena, mntundini ungendawo, musani ukuziphakamisa;
Uphakamisile isandla sakho, kungekho sizathu, ungazikhukhumeziyo ngenxa yethemba elingenakucikideka
ngokuchasene nabakhonzi bakaThixo.
7:35 Kuba akukabikho usinde ekugwetyweni koSomandla, obonayo
zonke izinto.
7:36 Kuba abazalwana bethu abakhe bava ubunzima ngoku omzuzwana, bafile ngoku
Umnqophiso kaThixo wobomi obungunaphakade: ke wena ngomgwebo wobomi
UThixo uya kulohlwaya ngokusesikweni ngenxa yekratshi lakho.
7:37 Mna ke, njengabazalwana bam, ndiwunikela umphefumlo wam nobomi bam ngenxa yemithetho yethu
bobawo, bekhunga kuThixo, ukuba akhawuleze asenzele inceba
isizwe; nokuze umvume ngeentuthumbo nangezibetho, ukuba yena
nguThixo yedwa;
7:38 Ingqumbo kaSomandla iphezu kwam nabazalwana bam.
eziswe ngokusesikweni phezu kwesizwe sethu, inokuphela.
7:39 Ke kaloku ukumkani wavutha ngumsindo, wamnika okubi ngakumbi kunabo bonke abanye
wayithatha kabuhlungu into yokuba wayesenziwa intlekisa.
7:40 Wafa ke lo mntu egqibelele, ekholose ngeNkosi yonke.
7:41 Ekugqibeleni kwabo bonke oonyana, wafa unina.
7:42 Makwanele ngoku ukuthetha ngawo umthendeleko wezithixo.
kunye neentuthumbo ezigqithisileyo.