Ukubuyela kuBaba wethu
Ivulwa yingoma yabantu yokubuya, ngoba wasidabula futhi uyosiphulukisa, kodwa uBaba wethu uphendula ngokuthi uthando lwabo lungamafu asekuseni ashabalala emini. Akufunayo uthando lwesivumelwano nokumazi, hhayi umhlatshelo. Bese kuba ngabapristi ababulala abahambi.
6 1Wozani, asibuyele kuBaba wethu, ngokuba usidabulile ukuze asiphilise; usishayile phansi, uyakusibophela izilonda zethu. a a v1 Ukulimaza kukaBaba wethu akulona izwi lokugcina — udabula kuphela ukuze aphilise, ushaya kuphela ukuze abophe. Lokhu kuyala kuhloselwe ukubuyisa abantwana bakhe ekhaya. 2Emva kwezinsuku ezimbili uyakusivuselela; ngosuku lwesithathu uyakusivusa ukuze siphile phambi kwakhe. b b v2 Ukuvuswa ngosuku lwesithathu kukhomba phambili kuJesu, owavuswa ngosuku lwesithathu ukuze siphile phambi kukaBaba wethu (1 Korinte 15:4). 3Masazi, masiqhubeke ukuze simazi uBaba wethu. Uphuma ngokuqinisekile njengokusa; uyakuza kithi njengemvula, njengemvula yasentwasahlobo enisela umhlaba.
4“Ngingenzani ngawe, Efrayimi? Ngingenzani ngawe, Juda? Uthando lwakho lunjengefu lasekuseni, njengamazolo anyamalala ekuseni. 5Ngalokho ngibanqumile ngabaprofethi; ngibabulele ngamazwi omlomo wami, nokwahlulela kwami kuphuma njengokukhanya. 6Ngokuba ngifisa uthando lwesivumelwano, hhayi umhlatshelo, nokumazi uBaba wethu kunokunikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa. c c v6 UJesu waliphinda lelivesi kabili — “Ngifuna umusa, hhayi umhlatshelo” (Mathewu 9:13; 12:7) — ukuze abonise ukuthi uBaba wethu ulangazelela ukwaziwa nokuthandwa, hhayi nje ukukhonzwa ngeminikelo. 7Kodwa njengo-Adamu baphula isivumelwano; lapho bangiphatha ngokungathembeki. 8IGileyadi ingumuzi wabenzi bobubi, ophawulwe ngezinyathelo ezinegazi. 9Njengoba abaphangi bemlalela isisulu, kanjalo iqembu labapristi liyabulala endleleni eya eShekemu; yebo, benza amacala ahlazisayo. 10Endlini ka-Israyeli ngibone into eyesabekayo: ubufebe buka-Efrayimi bukhona lapho; u-Israyeli ungcolisiwe.
11“Nawe futhi, Juda, kumiselwe ukuvuna, lapho ngibuyisa inhlanhla yabantwana bami.”
