Esandleni sikaBawo

Amalungisa nezilumko asesandleni sikaThixo, kodwa kukho ukufa okunye okufikela wonke umntu, oko uMfundisi akubiza ngokuba bububi obuphantsi kwelanga. Ngoko yidla, usele, uthande umfazi wakho kuyo yonke imihla edlulayo akunika yona uBawo wethu, usebenze nzima ngelixa usenako. Ixesha nethuba liyabahlela bonke.

Isahluko 9.

Ndayinika intliziyo yam ekugocagoceni konke oku: amalungisa, nezilumko, nezenzo zabo zisesandleni sikaThixo. Nokuba luthando, nokuba yintiyo, akukho mntu owaziyo—konke kusahleli phambi kwabo. Into enye ibehlela bonke: sinye isihlo kwilungisa nakongendawo, kokulungileyo, kohlambulukileyo nakoyinqambi, kobingelelayo nakongabingeleliyo. Njengokulungileyo, kunjalo nakumoni; nofungayo isifungo, njengaloyika ukufunga. Bububi ke obu phakathi kwako konke okwenziwa phantsi kwelanga: sinye isihlo kubo bonke. Iintliziyo zabantu zizele bububi, ukubhuda kusentliziyweni yabo besaphila—emva koko baye kwabafileyo. Nabani na osaphilayo unethemba: inja ephilayo ilungile ngaphezu kwengonyama efileyo. Kuba abaphilileyo bayazi ukuba baya kufa, kodwa abafileyo abazi nto; abasenamvuzo, kuba isikhumbuzo sabo silityelwe. Uthando lwabo, nentiyo yabo, nomona wabo, sele kudakile; abasayi kuba nasabelo kwinto eyenziwa phantsi kwelanga.

Hamba, udle isonka sakho ngemihlali, usele iwayini yakho ngentliziyo echwayithileyo, kuba uThixo sele ezamkele izenzo zakho. Izambatho zakho mazihlale zimhlophe, nentloko yakho mayingasweli oli. ^a Yonwabela ubomi nomfazi omthandayo, yonke imihla edlulayo yobomi akunike yona uThixo phantsi kwelanga—yonke imihla yakho edlulayo—kuba sisabelo sakho eso ebomini nasekubulalekeni kwakho okusebenzayo phantsi kwelanga. Konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo ukukwenza, yenza ngamandla akho, kuba akukho msebenzi, nasicwangciso, nokwazi, nabulumko kwelabafileyo, apho uya khona.

Ndabuya ndabona phantsi kwelanga: ugqatso asilolwembaleki, nemfazwe ayiyoyabomeleleyo, nesonka asisesezilumko, nobutyebi abubobabo baziingqondi, nobabalo alubolwabanobuchule—ixesha nethuba kuyabehlela bonke. Akukho mntu walaziyo ixesha lakhe: njengeentlanzi ezibanjwa ngumnatha ombi, njengeentaka ezibanjwa ngumgibe, abantu bathiyelwa lixesha elibi elibehlela ngebhaqo.

Isilumko Esilityelweyo

Ndawubona nalo mzekeliso wobulumko phantsi kwelanga, waza waba mkhulu emehlweni am: Umzi omncinane onabantu abambalwa; kwafika ukumkani omkhulu kuwo, wawurhawula, wakha iinqaba ezinkulu zokuwuvingcela. Kwafunyanwa kuwo indoda eyihlwempu esisilumko, eyawusindisa umzi ngobulumko bayo, kodwa akukho bani owayikhumbulayo loo ndoda iyihlwempu. Ndathi: “Ubulumko bulungile ngaphezu kwamandla,” kanti ubulumko behlwempu budeliwe, namazwi alo awavakali. Amazwi athe cwaka ezilumko aviwa ngaphezu kokudanduluka komphathi phakathi kweziyatha. Ubulumko bulungile ngaphezu kwezikhali zemfazwe, kodwa umoni omnye wonakalisa okulungileyo okuninzi.