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5:1 Hambani manje, nina abacebile, nikhale futhi nihhewule ngenxa yosizi oluzayo
phezu kwakho.
5:2 Ingcebo yakho yonakele, nezingubo zakho zidliwe ngamabhu.
5:3 Igolide lenu nesiliva kugqwalile; nokugqwala kwazo kuyakuba a
bafakaze ngani, badle inyama yenu njengomlilo. Ninakho
baqongelela ingcebo ngezinsuku zokugcina.
5:4 Bhekani, inkokhelo yezisebenzi ezivune amasimu enu;
ophakathi kwenu egodliwe ngenkohliso, uyamemeza;
abavuniweyo bangene ezindlebeni zeNkosi yamabandla.
5:5 Niphile ubumnandi emhlabeni, futhi nizitika. ninakho
zondla izinhliziyo zenu njengasosukwini lokuhlaba.
5:6 Nilahlile, nambulala olungileyo; futhi akamelani nani.
5:7 Ngakho bekezelani, bazalwane, kuze kufike iNkosi. Bheka, i
Umlimi uyalindela isithelo somhlaba esiyigugu, bese ehlala isikhathi eside
ukubekezela kwakho, aze athole imvula yokuqala leyamuva.
5:8 Bekezela nani; niqinise izinhliziyo zenu, ngokuba khona kweNkosi
isondela.
5:9 Ningagqubutheleni, bazalwane, funa nilahlwe;
umahluleli umi phambi komnyango.
5:10 Thathani, bazalwane bami, abaprofethi, abakhuluma egameni leNkosi
Nkosi, yisibonelo sokuhlupheka nokubekezela.
5:11 Bheka, sithi bayajabula labo abakhuthazelayo. Nizwile ngokubekezela
kaJobe, futhi nibonile isiphetho seNkosi; ukuthi iNkosi kakhulu
olozwelo, lolesihawu.
5:12 Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, bazalwane bami, ningafungi, noma ngezulu, noma
ngomhlaba, nanganoma yisiphi esinye isifungo; futhi
Cha wakho, cha; funa niwele ekwahlulelweni.
5:13 Ingabe ukhona phakathi kwenu ohluphekayo? akakhuleke. Ingabe kukhona okujabulisayo? akacule
amahubo.
5:14 Kukhona ogulayo phakathi kwenu? makabize amalunga ebandla; futhi
kabakhuleke phezu kwakhe, bamgcobe ngamafutha ebizweni leNkosi.
5:15 Futhi umkhuleko wokholo uyosindisa ogulayo, futhi iNkosi uyomvusa
yena phezulu; uma enzile izono, uyakuthethelelwa.
5:16 Vumani izono omunye komunye, futhi nithandazelane, ukuze nina
angaphulukiswa. Umkhuleko oqotho wolungileyo uyasebenza
kakhulu.
5:17 U-Eliya wayengumuntu ngaphansi izinkanuko njengathi, futhi wathandaza
ngobuqotho ukuze lingani, futhi kalizange line emhlabeni ngasemgwaqweni
isikhathi seminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha.
5:18 Futhi wathandaza futhi, futhi izulu lanika imvula, futhi umhlaba waletha
khipha isithelo sakhe.
5:19 Bazalwane, uma omunye kini eduka eqinisweni, omunye ambuyise;
5:20 Kwazise, ukuthi lowo oguqula isoni ekudukeni kwaso
indlela iyakusindisa umphefumulo ekufeni, isithelise izono eziningi.