AmaRoma
11:1 Ngoko ke ndithi, UThixo ubagibile na abantu bakhe? Makube lee oko. Kuba nam ndingowam
UmSirayeli, wembewu ka-Abraham, wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin.
11:2 UThixo akabagibanga bona abantu bakhe, abebazi ngenxa engaphambili. Awazi ukuba yintoni na
Sithini na isibhalo ngoEliya? ukuba uthethelela uThixo
USirayeli uthi,
11:3 Nkosi, abaprofeti bakho ababulele, nezibingelelo zakho azichithile; kwaye nam
ndisele ndedwa, afuna umphefumlo wam;
11:4 Lithini na ke ilizwi likaThixo kuye? ndizigcinele mna
amadoda angamawaka asixhenxe, angaguqanga ngamadolo kuBhahali.
11:5 Ngokunjalo ke ngoko, nakweli xesha lakalokunje, kukho amasalela ngokoko
unyulo lobabalo.
11:6 Ukuba ke kungobabalo, akusengamisebenzi; okanye ubabalo alungebi saba ngalo
ubabalo. Ukuba ke kungokwasemisebenzini, akuselubabalo;
akusekho msebenzi.
11:7 Kuthiweni na ngoko? USirayeli akakufumananga oko abekufuna; kodwa i
abanyuliweyo bakufumana, bathi ke abanye baqaqadekiswa.
11:8 njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, UThixo ubanike umoya wobuthongo;
amehlo okuba bangaboni, neendlebe ukuba bangeva;)
namhlanje.
11:9 Wathi ke uDavide, Isithebe sabo masibe ngumgibe, nesirhintyelo, nesirhintyelo.
Isikhubekiso, nembuyekezo kubo;
11:10 Makenziwe abe mnyama amehlo abo, ukuba bangaboni;
umva njalo.
11:11 Ndithi ngoko, Bakhubeka ukuze bawe na? Thixo : kodwa
Ngesiphoso sabo, usindiso lwafika kuzo iintlanga, ukuze
bakhweletisa.
11:12 Ke ukuba isiphoso sabo siba bubutyebi behlabathi, nokuncipha
kubo ubutyebi beentlanga; Kobeka phi na ke inzaliseko yazo?
11:13 Kuba ndithetha kuni, zintlanga, okunene mna ndingumpostile* wabo
Zintlanga, ndiyaluzukisa uzuko lwam;
11:14 ukuba ndingade ndibakhweletise abenyama yam, ndibakhweletise abenyama yam
inokusindisa ezinye zazo.
11:15 Kuba xa ukulahlwa kwabo kuluxolelaniso lwehlabathi, kothini na?
Ngaba ukwamkelwa kwabo kuya kuba bubomi obuphuma kwabafileyo na?
11:16 Ukuba ke intlahlela ingcwele, ikwanjalo nentlama; ukuba ke ingcambu ingcwele.
angcwele, akwanjalo namasebe.
11:17 Ke ukuba inxenye yamasebe yavuthululwa, uthi ke wena, ungumnquma wasendle
umthi wamiliselwa phakathi kwabo, waba nesabelo kunye nabo ezingcanjini
nokutyeba komnquma;
11:18 Musani ukuwaqhayisela amasebe; Ke ukuba uthe waqhayisa, akukuthwasi;
ingcambu, kodwa yingcambu wena.
11:19 Uya kuthi ngoko, Axhuzulwa amasebe, ukuze ndibe mna
igxunyekwe.
11:20 Ke; aqhuzulwa ngenxa yokungakholwa, ke wena umi apho
ukholo. musa ukukratsha, yoyika;
11:21 Kuba, xa uThixo angawaconganga awasemvelweni amasebe, lumkani, hleze naye angawacongi
hayi wena.
11:22 Khawububone ke ububele nobukhali bukaThixo;
ubungqongqo; kodwa kuwe, ububele, ukuba uthe wahlala kobo bubele;
okanye wogawulwa nawe lo.
11:23 Nabo ke, ukuba abathanga bahlale ekungakholweni, bomiliselwa;
kuba uThixo unako ukubuya abamilisele.
11:24 Kuba, xa wagawulwa kumnquma wasendle ngokwemvelo, waza
wamiliselwa ngokunxamnye nemvelo kumnquma olungileyo: kobeka phi na ke?
baya kuthi abo bangamasebe ngokwemvelo, bamiliselwe kowawo amasebe
umthi womnquma?
11:25 Kuba andithandi, bazalwana, ukuba ningayazi le mfihlelo;
hleze nizicingele ukuba niziingqondi; ukuba ubumfama ngokuyinxenye
yenzeka kuSirayeli, yada yangena inzaliseko yeentlanga.
11:26 aze ngokunjalo ke wonke uSirayeli asindiswe, njengokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uya kuphuma
eZiyon uMhlanguli, akususe kwaYakobi ukungahloneli Thixo;
11:27 Nguwo ke lo umnqophiso wam nabo, Xa ndithe ndazisusa izono zabo.
11:28 Okunene ngokweendaba ezilungileyo, baziintshaba ngenxa yenu;
ngalo unyulo, baziintanda ngenxa yoobawo.
11:29 Kuba azinabuyambo izibabalo ezi, nobizo olu lukaThixo.
11:30 Kuba, njengokuba nani benifudula ningamvi uThixo, nizuzane ngoku
inceba ngenxa yokungakholwa kwabo;
11:31 kwangokunjalo, nabo aba ababanga namvo ngoku, ukuze ngenxa yenceba yakho babekhona
kananjalo unokufumana inceba.
11:32 Kuba uThixo ubavalele ndawonye entsweleni-kuva bonke, ukuze abenzele inceba
phezu kwabo bonke.
11:33 Hayi, ubunzulu bobutyebi nobobulumko nobokwazi kukaThixo! Njani
ayiphengululeki imigwebo yakhe, aziphengululeki iindlela zakhe!
11:34 Kuba ngubani na oyaziyo ingqiqo yeNkosi? okanye ngubani owakhe
umcebisi?
11:35 nokuba ngubani na owayinikayo ngenxa engaphambili, kwaza kwabuyekezwa kuye;
kwakhona?
11:36 Ngokuba ziphuma kuyo ke, zikho ngayo, zikholo yona, zonke ezo zinto
luzuko ngonaphakade. Amen.