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UAriyeli, uMzi kaDavide

IYerusalem ingqingwa ide ilizwi layo lisebeze luphuma eluthulini, baze abahlaseli bayo banyamalale njengephupha lokudla elishiya umntu elambile. Bahlonela uBawo ngemilebe yabo lo gama iintliziyo zabo zikude, ngoko ubulumko babo buyaphela. Kodwa izithulu ziya kuva.

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Yeha, Ariyeli, Ariyeli, umzi awamisa kuwo iinkampu uDavide! Yongeza umnyaka emnyakeni; makajikeleze amatheko. Kodwa ndiya kuyicinezela uAriyeli, kuze kubekho ukulila nesimbonono; iya kuba kum njengeziko lesibingelelo. Ndiya kumisa iinkampu nxazonke kuwe; ndikungqinge ngodonga, ndimise imisebenzi yokukungqinga. Uya kuthotywa phantsi; uya kuthetha usemhlabeni, amazwi akho asibeke phantsi eluthulini. Ilizwi lakho liya kuphuma emhlabeni njengelomshologu, nentetho yakho iya kusebeza iphuma eluthulini. Kodwa ingxokolo yeentshaba zakho iya kuba njengothuli oluncinane, nengxokolo yabangenanceba njengomququ ophephethwayo. Kuya kwenzeka ngephanyazo, ngebhaqo. Uya kuvelelwa nguBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ngendudumo nangenyikima nangokugquma okukhulu, ngomoya ovuthuzayo nangesiphango nangelangatye lomlilo odlayo. Ingxokolo yazo zonke iintlanga ezilwa noAriyeli, bonke abalwa naye nemboniselo yakhe, nabamcinezelayo, iya kuba njengephupha, umbono wasebusuku. Kuya kuba njengandoda elambileyo ephupha ukuba iyadla, ize iphaphame ingekahluthi; okanye njengandoda enxaniweyo ephupha ukuba iyasela, ize iphaphame ityhafile, inxano layo lingadambanga. Iya kuba njalo ingxokolo yazo zonke iintlanga ezilwa neNtaba yeZiyon. Mangalani nithi nqa; zenzeni iimfama nibe ziimfama! Banxilile, kodwa kungekhona ngewayini; bayawexuza, kodwa kungekhona sisiselo esinxilisayo. Kuba uBawo wethu unithululele umoya wobuthongo obukhulu; uwavalile amehlo enu, abaprofeti, wazigubungela iintloko zenu, ababoni. Wonke umbono kuni unjengamazwi encwadi etywiniweyo. Xa bethe bayinika lowo unokulesa, besithi: “Khawuyilese le ncwadi,” athi: “Andikwazi; itywiniwe.” Xa incwadi inikwa lowo ungakwaziyo ukulesa, kusithiwa: “Khawuyilese le ncwadi,” athi: “Andikwazi ukulesa.”

Watsho uBawo oyiNkosi: “Ngenxa yokuba aba bantu besondela ngomlomo wabo, bendibeke ngemilebe yabo, kodwa intliziyo yabo ikude lee kum; ukundoyika kwabo kungumthetho ofundiswe ngabantu, ngako oko, khangela, ndiya kuphinda ndenze izimanga kwaba bantu, isimanga phezu kwesimanga; ubulumko bezilumko zabo buya kutshabalala, nengqondo yeengqondi zabo iya kunyamalala.” Yeha, abo bazifihla banzulu ukuze bamfihlele uBawo wethu amacebo abo, abenza izenzo zabo ebumnyameni, abathi: “Ngubani na osibonayo? Ngubani na osaziyo?”

Hayi indlela enizijika ngayo izinto! Umbumbi makaphathwe njengodongwe lwakhe na— ngokungathi into eyenziweyo ingathi kowayenzayo: “Akandenzanga,” nokuba into ebunjiweyo ingathi kolowo wayibumbayo: “Akazi nto”?

Akuseyixesha elincinane na, lize iLebhanon iguqulwe ibe yintsimi echumileyo, nentsimi echumileyo ithelwe njengehlathi? Ngaloo mini izithulu ziya kuweva amazwi encwadi, aze esithokothokweni nasebumnyameni amehlo emfama abone. Abathobekileyo baya kuba nemihlali emitsha ngoBawo wethu, aze amahlwempu phakathi kwabantu avuyele oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, uBawo wethu. Kuba ongenanceba akasayi kubakho, aze umgxeki aphele; bonke abaphikele ububi baya kunqanyulwa, abo bathi ngelizwi bamenze umntu abe ngumoni, ababekela umgibe lowo uthethelela ubulungisa esangweni, baze ngeempikiswano ezililize bamtyekise olilungisa. a a v21 Isango lomzi laliyindlu yamatyala yamandulo, apho kwakuviwa khona iimbambano zomthetho, kunikwe nesigwebo.

Ngoko ke utsho uBawo wethu, owamkhulula uAbraham, ngendlu kaYakobi: “UYakobi akasayi kudana, nobuso bakhe abusayi kujika umbala. Kuba xa ebona abantwana bakhe, umsebenzi wezandla zam phakathi kwabo, baya kuligcina igama lam lingcwele; baya kumngcwalisa oyiNgcwele kaYakobi, baze bankwantyiswe nguBawo wethu. b b v23 Xa uBawo wethu ebona abantwana bakhe — ababunjwe zezakhe izandla — igama lakhe liyazukiswa. Ukubuyiselwa kuqala xa abantwana abenzileyo bebuyela kuye. Abo babhadula emoyeni baya kuzuza ingqondo, nabo bakrokrayo baya kwamkela imfundiso.”