UHabhakuki 2

2 ¹Ngizakuma endaweni yami yokulinda, ngizimise phezu kombhoshongo; ngizalinda ukuze ngibone ukuthi uzakuthini kimi, nokuthi ngizakuphendula ngithini ngesikhalazo sami.

²UBaba wethu wangiphendula wathi: “Bhala umbono; uwenze ucace ezibhebheni, ukuze noma ngubani owufundayo agijime ayokutshela abanye.”

Abazidlayo Nabathembekileyo

³Ngokuba umbono usalindile isikhathi sawo esimisiweyo; uphuthuma ekupheleni, ngeke uqambe amanga. Noma uphuza, lindela wona; uzakufika ngempela, ngeke ulibale. ⁴Bheka—umuntu ozidlayo akalungile enhliziyweni—kodwa olungileyo uzakuphila ngokholo lwakhe. ^a a v4 UPawulu uyaliqophela leli vesi izikhathi ezintathu ukusekela ivangeli — kwabaseRoma 1:17, kwabaseGalathiya 3:11, kumaHeberu 10:38. Olungileyo ophila ngokholo nguyena othemba isithembiso sikaBaba wethu ngisho noma umbono ubambezeleka. ⁵Ngaphezu kwalokho, iwayini liyakhohlisa; umuntu ozigqajayo ngeke aphumule. Uhahela njengethuna, futhi njengokufa akeneliseki; uqoqela zonke izizwe kuye, abuthele bonke abantu babe ngabakhe.

⁶Bonke laba abayikuthatha yini umbhinqo omelene naye, ngamaqhina okuhlekisa, bathi: “Maye kulowo oqongelela lokho okungesikwakhe—kuyoze kube nini?—futhi azithwese impahla ebanjwe njengesibambiso!” ⁷Ababolekisi bakho abayikuvuka ngokuzuma yini, bavuke nalabo abakwenza uthuthumele? Khona-ke uyakuba yimpango kubo. ⁸Ngoba uphangile izizwe eziningi, yonke insali yabantu izakuphanga wena—ngenxa yegazi labantu nangenxa yodlame olwenziwe emhlabeni, emizini nakubo bonke abahlala kuyo. ⁹Maye kulowo ogcwalisa indlu yakhe ngenzuzo embi, obeka isidleke sakhe phezulu ukuze aphunyuke esandleni senhlekelele! ¹⁰Ucebe ihlazo endlini yakho ngokuqeda abantu abaningi; ulahlekelwe ukuphila kwakho. ¹¹Ngokuba itshe liyakukhala lisodongeni, nomshayo wezingodo uyakuliphendula usezinkunzini. ¹²Maye kulowo owakha umuzi ngegazi, amise idolobha ngokungalungi! ¹³Akuveli yini kuBaba wamabutho asezulwini ukuthi abantu basebenzele umlilo nje kuphela, nokuthi izizwe zizikhandlele ize? ¹⁴Ngokuba umhlaba uyakugcwaliswa ngolwazi lwenkazimulo kaBaba wethu, njengamanzi esibekela ulwandle. ¹⁵Maye kulowo ophuzisa omakhelwane bakhe —uthulula ulaka lwakho baze badakwe—ukuze ubuke ubunqunu babo! ¹⁶Uyakugcwaliswa ngehlazo esikhundleni senkazimulo. Phuza, wena uqobo, udiyazele! Inkezo esesandleni sokunene sikaBaba wethu iyakufika kuwe, nehlazo liyakusibekela inkazimulo yakho. ¹⁷Ngokuba udlame olwenziwe eLebanoni luyakukumboza wena, nokubhujiswa kwezilwane zayo kuyakukwesabisa wena—ngenxa yegazi labantu nangenxa yodlame olwenziwe emhlabeni, emizini nakubo bonke abahlala kuyo. ¹⁸Sisizani isithombe lapho umbazi waso esibazile—umfanekiso obunjiweyo, umfundisi wamanga? Ngokuba umenzi waso uthemba umsebenzi wezandla zakhe lapho enza izithombe eziyize ezingakhulumiyo. ¹⁹Maye kulowo othi kugodo, “Vuka!” noma kulitshe elithulileyo, “Phakama!” Lingafundisa yini? Bheka—linanyekwe ngegolide nangesiliva, kodwa awukho nhlobo umoya ngaphakathi kulo. ²⁰Kodwa uBaba wethu usethempelini lakhe elingcwele; umhlaba wonke mawuthule phambi kwakhe.