uBawo Ubakhalimela Ababingeleli Bakhe

Ababingeleli bathethwa ngqo nangobukhali—umyalelo wabo ukhubekise abantu, ngoko ke imbeko iyasuswa. Kwandule kubekho ukungcatsha okufanayo ekhaya: asinaye sonke na uBawo omnye? UBawo wethu wayelingqina isifungo somtshato, kwaye uyakuthiya ukuqhawulwa kwaso.

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Ngoku, babingeleli, lo myalelo ngowenu.

Ukuba anithandi ukuphulaphula, nokuyibeka entliziyweni ukulizukisa igama lam, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ndiya kuthumela isiqalekiso phezu kwenu, ndizisiqalekise iintsikelelo zenu. Sendizisiqalekisile kakade, ngenxa yokuba ningayibeki entliziyweni. Ndiya kuyikhalimela imbewu yenu, ndininde ubulongwe ebusweni benu—ubulongwe bemithendeleko yenu—nize nothwalwa kunye nabo. Nothi ke nazi ukuba ndithume lo myalelo kuni, ukuze umnqophiso wam noLevi ume, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. “Umnqophiso wam naye wawububomi noxolo; ndamnika zona ukuze zibanjwe ngoloyiko, waza wandoyika, wangcangcazela phambi kwegama lam. Umyalelo oyinyaniso wawusemlonyeni wakhe, kungekho bugqwetha emilebeni yakhe. Wahamba nam ngoxolo nangokugqibelela, waza wabuyisa abaninzi esonweni. Imilebe yombingeleli igcina ukwazi, baze abantu bafune umyalelo emlonyeni wakhe, kuba usisithunywa sikaBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. Kodwa nina niphambukile endleleni, nabakhubekisa abaninzi ngomyalelo wenu; niwonakalisile umnqophiso kaLevi, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. Ngoko ke ndinenze nadeleka naba phantsi phambi kwabantu bonke, ngenxa yokuba ningazigcinanga iindlela zam, koko nakhetha ubuso emyalelweni wenu.”

Ukungathembeki Omnye Komnye NakuBawo

Asinaye na sonke uBawo mnye? Asinguye na uBawo mnye owasidalayo? Yini na ukuba singcatshane, siwuhlambele umnqophiso woobawo bethu? UYuda akathembekanga; into elisikizi yenziwe kwaSirayeli naseYerusalem. UYuda uyihlambele indawo engcwele kaBawo wethu, ayithandayo, waza wazeka intombi kathixo wasemzini. Wanga uBawo wethu angayinqumla ezintenteni zikaYakobi indoda ekwenzayo oku—nokuba ngubani na—nkqu nalowo uzisa umnikelo kuBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.

Nento yesibini niyayenza: nigubungela isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu ngeenyembezi, nilila nincwina, ngenxa yokuba engasawuhoyi umnikelo, engasawamkeli ngemvume esandleni senu. Niyabuza nisithi: “Yini na?” Ngenxa yokuba uBawo wethu waba lingqina phakathi kwakho nomfazi wobutsha bakho, lowo umngcatshileyo—nangona engumlingane wakho, umfazi wakho ngokomnqophiso. UBawo akakwenzanga na mnye nomkakho? Ngomzimba nangomoya, ungowakhe. Yintoni na ke ayifunayo? Abantwana abahlonela uThixo abaphuma kulo manyano lwenu. Ngoko wugcine umoya wakho; makungabikho namnye ongcatsha umfazi wobutsha bakhe.

“Kuba ndikuthiyile ukwahlukana,” utsho uBawo wethu, uBawo wakwaSirayeli, “nalowo ugubungela ingubo yakhe ngogonyamelo,” utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. Ngoko wugcine umoya wakho; ningabi ngabangathembekanga.

Nimdinisile uBawo wethu ngamazwi enu. Kanti niyabuza nisithi: “Simdinise ngantoni na?” Ngokuthi: “Bonke abenza okubi balungile emehlweni akhe, yaye uyakholiswa ngabo”—okanye nisithi: “Uphi na uBawo wobulungisa?”