Danduluka Ngezwi Eliphezulu — Yixele Inxeba
Abantu bazila ukudla baze bakhalaze besithi uBawo wethu akabonanga. Uphendula ukuba bazile ukudla ngexa bexinzelela abasebenzi babo besilwa. Ukuzila akufunayo kukukhululwa kwemixokelelwane, ukwatshintshwa kwesonka, ukuziswa kwabangenamakhaya endlwini. Yenzani oko ukukhanya kwenu kuya kuqhambuka njengesifingo.
58 1“Danduluka ngezwi eliphezulu, ungancikivi; liphakamise ilizwi lakho njengesigodlo. Baxelele abantu bam ukreqo lwabo, nendlu kaYakobi izono zayo.
2“Kanti imihla ngemihla bayandiquqela, bayayoliswa kukwazi iindlela zam, njengohlanga olwenza okulungileyo lungakulahlanga ukusesikweni kukaBawo walo. Bandicela izigwebo zobulungisa; bayayoliswa kusondela kuBawo wethu. 3Yini na ukuba sizile ukudla, wena ungakubonanga? Yini na ukuba sizithobe, wena ungakhathali?’ Khangela—ngomhla wokuzila kwenu niphuthuma okunqwenelwa nini, nibaxinzelela phantsi bonke abasebenzi benu.
4“Khangela—nizila ukudla ngenxa yombambano nokulwa, nokubetha ngengqindi engendawo. Aninakuzila ukudla njengoko nisenza namhlanje, nilindele ukuba ilizwi lenu live ezulwini. 5Lolu hlobo lokuzila ukudla endilunyulayo na, umhla wokuba umntu azithobe? Kukugoba intloko njengengcongolo kuphela na, nokwandlala ingubo erhwexayo nothuthu phantsi kwakhe? Yiloo nto le niyibiza ngokuzila ukudla, umhla okholekileyo kuBawo wenu?
6“Asilolu na ukuzila ukudla endilunyulayo: ukukhulula imixokelelwane yenkohlakalo, ukuthukulula izintya zedyokhwe, ukukhulula abacudisiweyo, nokwaphula yonke idyokhwe? 7Asikokwabela abalambileyo isonka sakho na, ukuze uzise amahlwempu angenamakhaya endlwini yakho; wakubona oze, umambathise, ungazifihli kweyakho inyama negazi?
8“Khona ke ukukhanya kwakho kuya kuqhakaza njengesifingo, nokuphiliswa kwakho kuya kuhluma ngokukhawuleza; ubulungisa bakho buya kuhamba phambi kwakho, nozuko lwam luya kuba ngumlindi wakho wasemva.”
9Khona ke uya kubiza, ndiphendule; uya kukhala ucela uncedo, ndithi mna, ‘Ndilapha.’ Ukuba uthe wayisusa idyokhwe phakathi kwenu, nomnwe osolayo, nentetho engendawo,
10“ukuba uthe wazithululela abalambileyo, wawuhluthisa umphefumlo ocinezelekileyo, khona ke ukukhanya kwakho kuya kuphuma ebumnyameni, nobusuku bakho bube njengasemini. 11Ndiya kukukhokela amaxesha onke, ndikuhluthise kwiindawo ezitshileyo; ndiya kuwomeleza amathambo akho. Uya kuba njengomyezo onkcenkceshelweyo, njengomthombo wamanzi ongaze uphele. 12Abantu bakho baya kuwakha amanxuwa amandulo; uya kuziphakamisa iziseko zakudala. Uya kubizwa ngokuthi nguMvali weThuba, uMbuyisi weeziTrato zokuhlala. a a v12 'Ithuba' sisikhewu okanye umwewe odongeni lomzi; esi sibizo simzoba umntu owuvalayo lo monakalo abuye awomeleze iinqaba.
13“Ukuba uthe wanyamezela unyawo lwakho ukuba lungayaphuli isabatha, lungaphuthumi okunqwenelwa nguwe ngomhla wam ongcwele; ukuba uthe wayibiza isabatha ngokuthi yiyoliso, wawuzukisa umhla wam ongcwele; ukuba uthe wawuhlonela ngokungahambi ngeyakho indlela, ungaphuthumi okunqwenelwa nguwe, ungathethi amazwi angento, 14Uya kwandula uziyolise ngam, ndikukhwelise emimangweni yelizwe, ndikudlise ilifa likayihlo uYakobi — kuba umlomo kaBawo wakho uthethile.”
