AmaRoma
11:1 Ngakho ngithi: UNkulunkulu ubalahlile abantu bakhe? UNkulunkulu akakuvumeli. Ngoba nami ngingu
umIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abrahama, wesizwe sakwaBenjamini.
11:2 UNkulunkulu akabalahlanga abantu bakhe ayebazi ngaphambili. Angazi ukuthi yini
umbhalo uthini ngoEliya? ukuthi uncenga kanjani kuNkulunkulu
Israyeli, wathi,
11:3 Nkosi, bababulele abaprofethi bakho, futhi badilizile ama-altare akho; nami
ngisele ngedwa, badinga umphefumulo wami.
11:4 Kodwa ithini impendulo kaNkulunkulu kuye? ngizigodlile
amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, abangaguqanga ngedolo kuBhali.
11:5 Kanjalo-ke nalesi sikhathi samanje kukhona insali ngokomthetho
ukhetho lomusa.
11:6 Futhi uma ngomusa, khona-ke akuseyimisebenzi;
umusa. Kepha uma kuvela ngemisebenzi, akuseyiwo umusa; uma kungenjalo, sebenzani
awusekho umsebenzi.
11:7 Kuyini pho? U-Israyeli akakutholanga lokho abekufuna; kodwa i
abakhethiweyo bakutholile, kodwa abanye baphuphuthekiswa.
11:8 Njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: UNkulunkulu ubanikile umoya wobuthongo;
amehlo ukuze bangaboni, nezindlebe ukuze bangezwa;) ukuze
namuhla.
11:9 UDavida wasesithi: Itafula labo malibe ngumjibila, logibe, logibe.
isikhubekiso, nembuyiselo kubo;
11:10 Vumela amehlo abo kube mnyama, ukuze bangaboni, futhi ukhothame zabo
emuva njalo.
11:11 Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuze bawe? UNkulunkulu kakuvumi: kodwa
kunalokho ngesiphambeko sabo insindiso ifikile kwabezizwe, ukuze
ngibavusele umona.
11:12 Manje uma ukuwa kwabo kuyingcebo yezwe, futhi ukuncipha
kubo ingcebo yabezizwe; kakhulu kangakanani ukugcwala kwazo?
11:13 Ngoba ngikhuluma kini bezizwe, njengoba nje mina ngingumphostoli we
Bezizwe, ngiphakamisa ihhovisi lami:
11:14 uma mhlawumbe ngibavusela umona abenyama yami, futhi
ingase isindise ezinye zazo.
11:15 Ngokuba uma ukulahlwa kwabo kungukubuyisana kwezwe, yini?
Ukwemukelwa kwabo kungaba, kodwa ukuphila kwabafileyo?
11:16 Ngokuba uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama ingcwele; uma impande ingcwele.
angcwele, anjalo namagatsha.
11:17 Futhi uma amanye amagatsha ephulwa, futhi wena, ekubeni umnqumo wasendle
umuthi waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwabo, wahlanganyela nabo empandeni
namafutha omnqumo;
11:18 Ungaqhoshi phezu kwamagatsha. Kepha uma uzincoma, awuwezwa
impande, kodwa impande nguwe.
11:19 Uyakuthi-ke: Amagatsha aphulwa, ukuze mina ngibe
kuxhunywe phakathi.
11:20 Awu; ngenxa yokungakholwa aphulwa, wena umi khona
ukholo. Ungazikhukhumezi, kodwa yesaba;
11:21 Ngoba uma uNkulunkulu angayekanga amagatsha emvelo, funa futhi awayeke
hhayi wena.
11:22 Ngakho bheka ububele nobukhali bukaNkulunkulu;
ubunzima; kodwa kuwe, umusa, uma uqhubeka ebuhleni bakhe.
kungenjalo nawe uyakunqunywa.
11:23 Futhi nabo, uma bengahlali ekungakholweni, bayoxhunyelelwa.
ngokuba uNkulunkulu unamandla okubuye abaxhume.
11:24 Ngoba uma wena wagawulwa emnqumweni wasendle ngokwemvelo, futhi
waxhunyelelwa ngokuphambene nemvelo emthini womnqumo omuhle: kangakanani-ke
lawa angamagatsha emvelo, axhunyelelwe kowawo
isihlahla somnqumo?
11:25 Ngokuba angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba nibe ningayazi le mfihlakalo.
funa nizishaye abahlakaniphileyo; ukuthi ubumpumputhe ngokwengxenye
kwenzeka ku-Israyeli, kwaze kwangena ukugcwala kwabezizwe.
11:26 Futhi ngakho wonke u-Israyeli uyakusindiswa, njengoba nje kulotshiwe: "Kuyakuphuma
weSiyoni uMkhululi, futhi uyosusa ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu kuJakobe.
11:27 Ngoba lokhu kuyisivumelwano sami kubo, lapho ngiyosusa izono zabo.
11:28 Ngokuqondene nevangeli, bayizitha ngenxa yenu;
ngokukhethwa, bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yawoyise.
11:29 Ngokuba izipho nokubiza kukaNkulunkulu akukho ukuphenduka.
11:30 Ngoba njengoba nani ezikhathini ezidlule beningakholwa nguNkulunkulu, nokho manje senizuzile
isihawu ngokungakholwa kwabo.
11:31 Ngokunjalo nalaba kalokhu kabakholwanga, ukuthi ngesihawu sakho bakholwa
futhi angathola isihawu.
11:32 Ngoba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungakholwani, ukuze abe nesihe
phezu kwakho konke.
11:33 O ukujula kwengcebo nokuhlakanipha nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu! Kanjani
aziphenyeki izahlulelo zakhe, nezindlela zakhe aziphenyeki!
11:34 Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi? kumbe okade engowakhe
umeluleki?
11:35 Noma ngubani owamnika kuqala, futhi kuyovuzwa kuye
futhi?
11:36 Ngokuba kuvela kuye, futhi ngaye, futhi kuye, zonke izinto zivela kuye
inkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen.