uBaba Wahlulela Inzondo Yasendulo Yase-Edomi
U-Edomi, entabeni yaseSeyiri, wagcina inzondo yasendulo wanikela u-Israyeli enkembeni ngosuku lwenhlekelele, wabe esethi amazwe amabili ayesekhishwe abantu angawakhe. UBaba wethu uphendula ngokuthi u-Edomi nguye oyakuba yize, futhi kuze kube phakade.
35 1Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lathi:
2Ndodana yomuntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho entabeni yaseSeyiri, uprofethe ngokumelene nayo. 3Uthi kuyo: Nakhu okushiwo yiNkosi uBaba: “Bheka, ngimelene nawe, ntaba yaseSeyiri. Ngiyakwelulela isandla sami kuwe, ngikwenze incithakalo nehlane. 4Ngiyakuwenza amadolobha akho abe ngamanxiwa, wena ube yincithakalo. Khona-ke uyakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba.
5Ngokuba waba nenzondo yasendulo, wanikela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli enkembeni ngesikhathi senhlekelele yabo, ngesikhathi sokujeziswa kwabo kokugcina,” 6ngakho-ke kuphila kwami, kusho iNkosi uBaba, ngiyakukunikela ekuchithweni kwegazi, negazi liyakukujaha. Njengoba ungakuzondanga ukuchitheka kwegazi, igazi liyakukujaha. 7“Ngiyakwenza intaba yaseSeyiri ibe yincithakalo nehlane, nginqume kuyo bonke abangena nabaphuma. 8Ngiyakugcwalisa izintaba zayo ngababuleweyo; emagqumeni akho, ezigodini, nakuzo zonke izihosha zakho, kuyakuwa labo ababulewe ngenkemba. 9Ngiyakukwenza ube yincithakalo kuze kube phakade; amadolobha akho ayakuhlala engenamuntu. Khona-ke uyakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba.
10Ngokuba wathi: ‘Lezi zizwe zombili, lawa mazwe womabili ayakuba ngawami; siyakuwathatha’ — nakuba uBaba wethu wayelapho,” 11ngakho-ke, kuphila kwami, kusho iNkosi uBaba, ngiyakukuphatha ngokufanele intukuthelo yakho nomona wakho, owabukhombisa ekuzondeni kwakho u-Israyeli, ngizazise phakathi kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli lapho ngikwahlulela.
12Khona-ke uyakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba. Ngikuzwile konke ukudelela kwakho okumelene nezintaba zakwa-Israyeli, uthi: “Zichithekile, sinikwe zona ukuba sizidle.” 13Wazikhukhumeza ngomlomo wakho umelene nami, wandisa amazwi akho umelene nami; ngakuzwa. 14Nakhu okushiwo yiNkosi uBaba: Lapho umhlaba wonke uthokoza, ngiyakukwenza ube yincithakalo. 15Njengoba wathokoza ngenxa yokuthi ifa lendlu yakwa-Israyeli laliyincithakalo, ngokunjalo ngiyakwenza kuwe. Uyakuba yincithakalo, ntaba yaseSeyiri, nalo lonke i-Edomi, lonke lona. Khona-ke bayakwazi ukuthi nginguBaba.
