Buyelani kuBawo wethu
Ingoma yabantu yokubuya iyavula, kuba usikrazule ukuze asiphilise, kodwa uBawo wethu uphendula esithi uthando lwabo lulifu lwakusasa olunyamalalayo emini emaqanda. Into ayinqwenelayo luthando lomnqophiso nokumazi, kungekhona umbingelelo. Emva koko ababingeleli ababulala abahambi.
6 1Yizani, masibuyele kuBawo wethu, kuba usikrazule ukuze asiphilise; usibethile, uya kuwabopha amanxeba ethu. a a v1 Ukwenzakalisa kukaBawo wethu akusoze kube lilizwi lokugqibela — ukrazula kuphela ukuze aphilise, abethe kuphela ukuze abophe. Olu qeqesho lujolise ekubuyiseni abantwana bakhe ekhaya. 2Emva kweentsuku ezimbini uya kusiphilisa; ngomhla wesithathu uya kusivusa, ukuze siphile phambi kwakhe. b b v2 Ukuvuswa ngomhla wesithathu kubhekisa phambili kuYesu, owavuswa ngomhla wesithathu ukuze sibe nokuphila phambi kuBawo wethu (1 Korinte 15:4). 3Masazi, masizabalazele ukwazi uBawo wethu. Ukuvela kwakhe kuqinisekile njengentsasa; uya kuza kuthi njengemvula, njengemvula yasentwasahlobo enyakamisa umhlaba.
4“Ndingathini na ngawe, Efrayim? Ndingathini na ngawe, Yuda? Uthando lwakho lunjengelifu lakusasa, njengombethe otshabalala kwakusasa. 5Ngoko ke ndibaxabele ngabaprofeti; ndibabulele ngamazwi omlomo wam, umgwebo wam uphuma njengokukhanya. 6Kuba ndinqwenela inceba, kungekhona umbingelelo; ukwazi uBawo wethu kunamadini anyukayo. c c v6 UYesu wasicaphula kabini esi ndinyana — “Ndinqwenela inceba, kungekhona umbingelelo” (Mateyu 9:13; 12:7) — ebonisa ukuba uBawo wethu ulangazelela ukwaziwa nokuthandwa, kungekhona nje ukukhonzwa ngeminikelo. 7Kodwa njengo-Adam baphula umnqophiso; apho bangathembekanga kum. 8IGiliyadi ngumzi wabenzi bobubi, onamanyathelo egazi. 9Njengezihange ezilalele umntu, ngokunjalo iqela lababingeleli liyabulala endleleni eya eShekem; ewe, benza amanyala. 10Endlwini kaSirayeli ndibone into enyanyekayo: khona kukho ubuhenyu bukaEfrayim; uSirayeli ungcolile.
11“Nakuwe, Yuda, kumiswe isivuno, xa ndibuyisa isimo sabantwana bam.”
