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UElihu Uthetha noYobhi

UElihu uxelela uYobhi ukuba naye uludongwe nje, akukho nto yakoyika. Impendulo yakhe kukuba uThixo uyathetha, emaphupheni nasentlungwini esililini sokugula, ukubuyisa umntu emhadini, aze umlamleli athi: mhlangule, ndifumene intlawulelo.

Isahluko 33.

“Kodwa ngoku, Yobhi, yiva amazwi am; phulaphula konke endikuthethayo. Yabona, ndiwuvulile umlomo wam; ulwimi lwam lwenza amazwi elwangeni lwam. Amazwi am aphuma entliziyweni ethe tye, imilebe yomlomo wam ithetha ngokunyaniseka oko ikwaziyo. UMoya kaThixo undenze, nomphefumlo woSomandla undiphilisa. Ndiphendule, ukuba unako; lungisa ityala lakho phambi kwam, uze ume. Yabona, ndinjengawe nam phambi koThixo; nam ndaqhwetshwa eludongweni. Ukundoyika makungakunkwantyisi, noxinezelelo lwam malungakucinezeli.

“Inene uthethile ndisiva—ndasiva kanye isandi samazwi akho. ‘Ndinyulu, ndingenalukreqo; ndihlambulukile, akukho bugwenxa kum. Kanti yena undisola; undibalela njengotshaba lwakhe. Ubeke iinyawo zam ezankamisweni; ulinda zonke iindlela zam.’

“Kodwa koku awulunganga, ndiyakuphendula, kuba uThixo mkhulu kunawuphi na umntu ofayo. Yini na ukuba uphikisane naye, kuba engawaphenduli amazwi omntu? Kuba uThixo uthetha ngenye indlela, aphinde ngenye, nangona kungekho okuqaphelayo. Ephupheni, embonweni wasebusuku, xa ubuthongo obukhulu busehlela abantu ngexa besozela ezililini zabo, aze azivule iindlebe zabo, azibethelele izilumkiso zakhe kubo, ukuze ambuyise umntu ekwenzeni okubi, amnqande indoda ekukhukhumaleni, abambe umphefumlo wabo emhadini, ubomi babo ekubhubheni ngekrele.

“Umntu ukwaohlwaywa ngentlungu esililini sakhe, ngokuqaqamba okungapheliyo emathanjeni akhe, ngangokuba ubomi bakhe busicaphukele isonka, umphefumlo wakhe ukudla okunconywayo. Inyama yakhe iyaphela, namathambo akhe, abekade efihliwe, aphume avele. Umphefumlo wakhe usondele emhadini, ubomi bakhe kwabazisa ukufa.

“Ukuba ukho isithunywa kuye, umlamli—omnye phakathi kwewaka—ukuba amxelele umntu okufaneleyo kuye, aze ambabale athi: ‘Mkhulule angehli emhadini; ndiyifumene intlawulelo,’ a a v24 Intlawulelo ehlangula umphefumlo emhadini ikhomba ngaphaya kwamazwi kaElihu, ibhekisa entlawulelweni uBawo wethu awayeya kuyinikela ngenye imini ngoYesu, lowo wanikela ngobomi bakhe ukuba abe yintlawulelo yabaninzi. ize inyama yakhe ibe ntsha ngaphezu kweyomntwana; abuyele emihleni yobutsha bakhe. Uthandaza kuThixo, aze umnquli akholeke kuye; umnquli abone ubuso bukaThixo ngemihlali, uThixo abuyisele ubulungisa kuloo mntu. Uyavuma phambi kwabanye athi: ‘Ndonile ndakugqwetha okwakulungile, kanti andibuyekezwanga ngako. Uwuhlangule umphefumlo wam ukuba ungehli emhadini, ndaye ndiya kukubona ukukhanya.’

“Yabona, uThixo uzenza zonke ezi zinto izihlandlo ezininzi nomntu, ukuze awubuyise umphefumlo wakhe emhadini, ukuze akhanyiselwe ngokukhanya kwabaphilayo.

“Beka indlebe, Yobhi; phulaphula kum. Yithi tu, ndize ndithethe. Ukuba unento onokuyithetha, ndiphendule; thetha, kuba ndingavuya ukukubona ugwetyelwe. Ukuba akunjalo, phulaphula kum; yithi tu, ndize ndikufundise ubulumko.”