UBhilidad Uthetha Kwakhona
UBhilidad uyacaphuka kukubalwa njengeenkomo, aphendule ngomfanekiso omiselweyo wesiphelo sabangendawo: isibane esicinyiweyo, umgibe esithendeni, kungasali nanzala iphilayo. Wonke umfanekiso uhlela phezu kwendoda esand' ukungcwaba abantwana bayo.
18 1Waphendula ke uBhilidad umShuhi, wathi: 2“Koda kube nini na ukhangela amazwi? Yiba nengqiqo, size sithethe ke. 3Kungani na ukuba siphathwe njengeenkomo, sibalwa njengeziyatha emehlweni akho? 4Wena uzikrazula ube ziingceba ngomsindo wakho—ngaba umhlaba mawushiywe ngenxa yakho, nokuba iliwa lisuswe endaweni yalo na? 5Ewe, ukukhanya kongendawo kuyacinywa, nelangatye lomlilo wakhe liyafiphala. 6Ukukhanya kuyafiphala ententeni yakhe, nesibane esiphezu kwakhe siyacima. 7Amanyathela akhe omeleleyo anqunyulwa, namacebo akhe aziphosa phantsi. 8Iinyawo zakhe zimqhubela emnatheni, ahambe angene ngqo eluthangweni lwawo. 9Umgibe umbamba ngesithende; isibatha simbamba siqinile. 10Intsontelo ifihlelwe emhlabeni, nomgibe ulindile endleleni yakhe. 11Iinkwantyiso ziyamothusa ngeenxa zonke, zimsukela ezithendeni zakhe. 12Amandla akhe aphelile yindlala, nentlekele ilungele ukuwa kwakhe. 13Idla amathanga olusu lwakhe; owamazibulo wokufa adla amalungu akhe. a a v13 “Owamazibulo wokufa” yintetho yembongi yesifo esibulalayo, esikhohlakeleyo — isixhobo sokufa esinobungozi obukhulu. 14Ukhutshwa enkoselweni yentente yakhe, aqhutyelwe kukumkani weenkwantyiso. 15Umlilo uhlala ententeni yakhe, engasayiyo eyakhe; isulfure evutha isasazwa phezu kwekhaya lakhe. 16Iingcambu zakhe ziyoma ngezantsi, namasebe akhe ome ngasentla. 17Isikhumbuzo sakhe siyaphela emhlabeni, akanagama ezitratweni. 18Uqhutyelwa ekukhanyeni aye ebumnyameni, agxothwe ehlabathini. 19Akashiyi mbewu nazizukulwana phakathi kwabantu bakhe, akusali namnye apho wayehleli khona. 20Abo basentshonalanga bamangaliswa yintlekele yakhe, nabo basempumalanga babanjwe kukunkwantya. 21Inene kunjalo ukuhla kwemizi yabangendawo, indawo yalowo ungamaziyo uThixo.”
