IDutheronomi 30

30 ¹Kuyothi lapho zonke lezi zinto zikwehlela—isibusiso nesiqalekiso engikubeke phambi kwakho—uzikhumbule phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe lapho uBaba wakho akuxoshele khona, ²bese ubuyela kuBaba wakho ulalele izwi lakhe kukho konke engikuyala ngakho namuhla, wena nabantwana bakho, ngenhliziyo yakho yonke nangomphefumulo wakho wonke, ³khona-ke uBaba wakho uyokubuyisa ekuthunjweni, inhliziyo yakhe iyophendukela kuwe ngesihawu, abuye akubuthe futhi kuzo zonke izizwe lapho uBaba wakho akuhlakazele khona. ⁴Noma uhlakazwe wayiswa emikhawulweni yamazulu, uBaba wakho uyokubutha khona lapho, akuthathe khona lapho. ⁵uBaba wakho uyokungenisa ezweni oyise abalidla ifa; uyolidla ifa, akubusise akwandise kunoyise. ⁶uBaba wakho uyosoka inhliziyo yakho nenhliziyo yenzalo yakho, ukuze umthande uBaba wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke nangomphefumulo wakho wonke, ukuze uphile. ^a a v6 uBaba wethu uthembisa ukuwenza yena ngokwakhe umsebenzi wangaphakathi — eguqula inhliziyo ukuze abantwana bakhe bakwazi ukumthanda ngempela. Lokhu kuwukuguqulwa kwenhliziyo okugcwaliswa yisivumelwano esisha, lapho uMoya ebhala uthando phakathi kwethu. ⁷uBaba wakho uyokwehlisela zonke lezi ziqalekiso phezu kwezitha zakho naphezu kwalabo abakuzondayo bakuxosha. ⁸Uyobuye ulalele izwi likaBaba wakho, wenze yonke imiyalo yakhe engikuyala ngayo namuhla. ⁹uBaba wakho uyokubusisa ngokuchichima kuwo wonke umsebenzi wezandla zakho, nasesithelweni sesizalo sakho, nasesithelweni semfuyo yakho, nasesithelweni somhlaba wakho, kube kuhle. Ngokuba uBaba wakho uyobuye athokoze ngawe kube kuhle, njengoba athokoza ngawoyise, ¹⁰lapho ulalela izwi likaBaba wakho, ugcina imiyalo yakhe nezimiso zakhe ezilotshwe kule Ncwadi yoMthetho, uphendukele kuBaba wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke nangomphefumulo wakho wonke.

Kuseduze Kunalokho Okucabangayo

¹¹Lo myalo engikuyala ngawo namuhla awunzima kakhulu kuwe, futhi awukho kude kakhulu. ¹²Awukho ezulwini, ukuze uthi: “Ngubani oyokwenyukela ezulwini ngenxa yethu, awuthathe, awulethe kithi, ukuze siwuzwe siwenze na?” ¹³Futhi awukho ngaphesheya kolwandle, ukuze uthi: “Ngubani oyosiwelela ulwandle ngenxa yethu, awulethe kithi, ukuze siwuzwe siwenze na?” ¹⁴Ngokuba izwi liseduze kakhulu nawe, lisemlonyeni wakho nasenhliziyweni yakho, ukuze ulenze. ^b b v14 UPawulu uthatha leli vesi ukuze achaze ivangeli ngokwalo — izwi lokholo eliseduze nathi, elisemlonyeni nasenhliziyweni yethu, esithemba ngalo kuJesu futhi sisindiswe. ¹⁵Bheka, namuhla ngibeke phambi kwakho ukuphila nokuhle, ukufa nokubi. ¹⁶Uma ulalela imiyalo kaBaba wakho namuhla—umthande, uhambe ngezindlela zakhe, ugcine imiyalo yakhe, izimiso zakhe, nezimiselo zakhe—uyophila, wande, akubusise ezweni ongena kulo ukuze ulidle ifa. ¹⁷Kodwa uma inhliziyo yakho iphambuka, yenqabe ukulalela, uyengwe ukuba ukhothamele abanye onkulunkulu ubakhonze, ¹⁸ngiyakutshela namuhla: uyobhubha nokubhubha, ungahlali isikhathi eside ezweni oweqa iJordani ukuze ungene kulo ulidle ifa. ¹⁹Namuhla ngibiza amazulu nomhlaba ukuba kube ofakazi abakubhekene nawe: ngibeke ukuphila nokufa phambi kwakho, isibusiso nesiqalekiso. Khetha ukuphila, ukuze uphile wena nabantwana bakho, ²⁰uthande uBaba wakho, ulalele izwi lakhe, unamathele kuye, ngokuba unguye ukuphila kwakho nobude bezinsuku zakho, ukuze uhlale ezweni uBaba wakho afunga ngalo koyihlomkhulu, u-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, ukuba alibanike.