Amazwi Okuthetha Egameni likaThixo

uElihu uthetha egameni likaThixo: imbandezelo luqeqesho, yindlebe evulwayo, yaye uYobhi ngesele etsalelwe endaweni ebanzi. Emva koko amazwi akhe ajika aye kummangaliso—imvula ehluziwe enkungwini, ukududuma, umbane ojolise kwinjongo yawo. UThixo mkhulu, yaye asimazi.

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Waqokela uElihu wathi: “Ndinyamezele kancinane, ndikubonise, kuba kusekho amazwi okuthetha egameni likaThixo. Ndoluzisa ukwazi kwam kude, ndinike ubulungisa kuMenzi wam. Kuba inene amazwi am asibubuxoki; omkhulu, ogqibeleleyo ngokwazi, unawe. Yabona, uThixo unamandla, kodwa akadeli; unamandla ngenkqu yengqondo. Akamsindisi ongendawo, kodwa unika ubulungisa kwabacinezelweyo. Akawasusi amehlo akhe kumalungisa; ubahlalisa nookumkani ezitroneni zabo ngonaphakade, baphakanyiswe. Ukuba babotshiwe ngemixokelelwane, bebanjiswe ngeentsontelo zokucinezelwa, wandula abaxelele izenzo zabo nezikreqo zabo, ukuba benze ngokukhukhumala. Uyayivula indlebe yabo ukuba iqeqeshwe, awise umthetho ukuba babuye esonweni. Ukuba bathe bamphulaphula bamkhonza, bagqiba imihla yabo ngempumelelo, neminyaka yabo idlule ngokumnandi. Kodwa ukuba abaphulaphuli, batshabalala likrele, bafe bengenakwazi. Abangamhloneliyo uThixo entliziyweni bagcina umsindo; abazibiki xa ebabopha. Umphefumlo wabo ufa ebuncinaneni, nobomi babo buphela phakathi kwamahenyukazi asezigodlweni. Uyabahlangula abacinezelweyo ngokucinezelwa kwabo, ayivule indlebe yabo ngembandezelo. Ngekwamkhuphile nawe emihlathini yembandezelo waya endaweni ebanzi, evulekileyo, engenakubandezeleka, itafile yakho yandlelwe izinto ezityebileyo. Kodwa wena ugcwele sisigwebo esifanele ongendawo; isigwebo nobulungisa bakubambile. Lumka ukuze ingqumbo ingakulukuhleli ekunyeliseni, nentlawulo enkulu ingakulahlekisi. Ingaba ukubika kwakho kungakukhupha embandezelweni, nokuba ngawo onke amandla akho na? Musa ukubulangazelela ubusuku, xa izizwe zinqunyulwa endaweni yazo. Lumka; musa ukutyekela esonweni, kuba usinyule esi kunembandezelo. Yabona, uThixo uphakeme ngamandla akhe; ngubani na umfundisi onjengaye?

“Ngubani na ommisele indlela yakhe, nokuba ngubani onokuthi: ‘Wenze ngobugwenxa’? Khumbula ukuwuphakamisa umsebenzi wakhe, abawuqambe ngengoma abantu. Bonke abantu bakhangele kuwo; uluntu luwubona kude. Yabona, uThixo mkhulu, asimazi; inani leminyaka yakhe alinakugqogqwa. Kuba uyawanyusa amathontsi amanzi; ayarhoxa abe yimvula evela enkungwini yakhe, ethululwayo ngamafu, athontsiza ngobuninzi phezu kwabantu. Ingaba ukho na onokukuqonda ukwendlaleka kwamafu, iindudumo zomnquba wakhe? Yabona, uyawuphangalalisa umbane wakhe ngeenxa zonke kuye, azigubungele iinzulu zolwandle. Kuba ngazo ulawula izizwe; anike ukudla ngendiphane. Uzizalisa izandla zakhe ngombane, awuyalele ukuba ubethe apho ekujoliswe khona. Isithonga sawo sixela ngaye; nkqu neenkomo ziyasiva isiphango esisondelayo.”