2 KaPhethro 2

2 ¹Kwavela abaprofethi bamanga phakathi kwabantu, njengoba nabafundisi bamanga beyakuvela phakathi kwenu. Bayakungenisa ngasese izimfundiso zamanga ezibhubhisayo, baze bayiphike iNkosi eyabathenga, bazilethele ukubhujiswa okusheshayo. ^a a v1 “INkosi eyabathenga” nguJesu, owakhokhela inkululeko yabo ngegazi lakhe siqu — okwenza ukumphika kwabo kube buhlungu nakakhulu. ²Abaningi bayakulandela inkanuko yabo, futhi ngenxa yabo indlela yeqiniso iyakunyundelwa. ³Ngomhobholo wabo bayakunixhaphaza ngamazwi aqanjiwe. Ukwahlulelwa kwabo, okwanqunywa kudala, akulibali; ukubhujiswa kwabo akulele.

⁴Ngokuba uma uBaba wethu engazange azihawukele izingelosi ezona, kodwa waziphonsa emgodini ojulile kakhulu wobumnyama, zibotshwe ngamaketanga ebumnyameni, zigcinelwe ukwahlulelwa; ^b b v4 IThartaru yindawo yokuvalelwa yezingelosi eziwileyo — yigama elihlukile kulelo elivamile lesihogo, eliqamba itilongo lapho imimoya ehlubukayo ilinde khona ukwahlulelwa. ⁵uma engazange alihawukele izwe lasendulo, kodwa wavikela uNowa, ummemezeli wokulunga, kanye nabanye abayisikhombisa, lapho eletha uzamcolo ezweni lababi; ⁶futhi uma walahla iSodoma neGomora, ewashintsha amadolobha awo aba ngumlotha, njengesibonelo salokho okulindele ababi; ⁷futhi uma wamsindisa uLoti olungileyo, owayedinwe ukuziphatha okulihlazo kwabantu abangenamthetho. ⁸Lowo muntu olungileyo, owayehlala phakathi kwabo, wayehlutshwa imihla ngemihla emphefumulweni wakhe olungileyo yizenzo ezingenamthetho azibonayo nazizwayo, ⁹khona-ke uBaba wethu uyakwazi ukukhulula abaqotho ezilingweni, nokugcina ababi ngaphansi kwesijeziso kuze kufike usuku lokwahlulelwa. ¹⁰Ikakhulukazi labo abaphishekela izinkanuko ezonakele zenyama nabadelela igunya—abanesibindi, abazidlayo, abangesabi ukunyundela izidalwa zasezulwini. ¹¹Kanti izingelosi, ezinamandla amakhulu negunya, azilethi ukwahlulelwa kokunyundela ngakubo phambi kukaBaba wethu. ¹²Kodwa laba bantu, njengezilwane ezingenangqondo ezazalelwe ngokwemvelo ukuba zibanjwe zibhujiswe, bathuka lokho abangakuqondi, bayakubhujiswa ekubhujisweni kwabo, ¹³behlupheka ngokubi njengenkokhelo yokwenza okubi. Bakubala njengenjabulo ukuzitika emini libalele. Bangamachashaza namabala, bezitika ngezinkohliso zabo besadla nani. ¹⁴Amehlo abo agcwele ubufebe, abayeki ukona, behuga imiphefumulo engaqinile, izinhliziyo zabo zifundiselwe umhobholo—bantwana abaqalekisiweyo! ¹⁵Beshiya indlela eqondile, baduka, belandela indlela kaBalamu indodana kaBeyori, owayethanda inkokhelo yokwenza okubi. ^c c v15 UBalamu wayengumprofethi oqashwayo owayephishekela imali kunokwethembeka, wasolwa yimbongolo yakhe siqu — indaba yakhe iphelele kuseNumeri 22–24. ¹⁶Kodwa wasolwa ngenxa yokwenza kwakhe okubi: imbongolo eyisimungulu yakhuluma ngezwi lomuntu yamisa ubuhlanya bomprofethi.

¹⁷Laba bayimithombo eyomileyo, inkungu eqhutshwa yisiphepho—ubumnyama obukhulu bubagcinelwe. ¹⁸Ngamazwi akhukhumele angenalutho bahuga ngezinkanuko zenyama labo abasand' ukuphunyuka kwabantu abaphila ekudukeni. ¹⁹Babathembisa inkululeko, kanti bona ngokwabo bayizigqila zokonakala—ngokuba noma yini enqoba umuntu iyamgqilaza.

²⁰Ngokuba uma, sebephunyukile ekonakaleni kwezwe ngokwazi iNkosi yethu noMsindisi uJesu Khristu, baphinde babhajwe kukho futhi banqotshwe, isiphetho sabo sibi kunesiqalo sabo. ²¹Kwakungcono kubo ukuba babengayazi nhlobo indlela yokulunga kunokuba bayazi bese befulathela umyalo ongcwele abawuphiwe. ²²Kwenzekile kubo isaga esiyiqiniso esithi: “Inja ibuyela emahlanzweni ayo,” nokuthi: “Ingulube egeziwe ibuyela ukuyozibhuquza odakeni.”