Amacebo Amelene Nomsebenzi kaBaba
Izimemo ezine zokuhlangana ethafeni lase-Ono, incwadi yomgunyathi ekhuluma ngokuvukela, umprofethi oqashiwe omnxusa ukuba acashe ethempelini — uNehemiya uyakwenqaba konke futhi uqhubeka nokwakha. Udonga luqedwa ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amahlanu nambili, futhi izizwe ziphelelwa yisibindi, zibona isandla sikaBaba wethu kukho.
6 1USanibhalati, uThobiya, uGeshemi umArabhu, nezinye izitha zethu bezwa ukuthi ngangiluvusile udonga kungasasali sikhala—noma ngangingakayimisi iminyango emasangweni. 2USanibhalati noGeshemi bathumela izwi bathi: “Woza, sihlangane komunye wemizana esethafeni lase-Ono”—kodwa babehlose ukungilimaza.
3Ngakho ngathumela izithunywa kubo ngathi: “Ngenza umsebenzi omkhulu, angikwazi ukwehla. Kungani umsebenzi ume ngiwushiye ngehlele kini na?”
4Bangithumelela lo mbiko ofanayo izikhathi ezine, njalonjalo ngabaphendula ngempendulo efanayo. 5USanibhalati wathumela inceku yakhe kimi ngale ndlela okwesihlanu, iphethe incwadi evulekile esandleni sayo. 6Yayifundeka kanje: Kukhulunywa phakathi kwezizwe—noGeshemi uyakusho—ukuthi wena namaJuda nicebe ukuvukela umbuso; yingakho wakha udonga, futhi usuzoba yinkosi yabo, njengoba le mibiko isho.
7Uze wamisa nabaprofethi ukuba bamemezele ngawe eJerusalema bethi, ‘Kukhona inkosi kwaJuda!’ Manje lokhu kuzofinyelela enkosini. Ngakho woza, sixoxe ngakho.
8Ngaphendula ngathi: Akukho lutho kulokho okushoyo olwenzekile—uyakuqamba nje engqondweni yakho. 9Bonke babezama ukusesabisa, bethi, “Izandla zabo zizokwehla amandla emsebenzini, ngeke uqedwe.” Kodwa manje, Baba wami, qinisa izandla zami.
10Ngaya endlini kaShemaya indodana kaDelaya, indodana kaMehetabheli, owayevalelwe. Wathi, “Masihlangane endlini kaNkulunkulu, ngaphakathi ethempelini, sivale iminyango yethempeli—bayeza ukuzokubulala, beza ebusuku ukuzokubulala.”
11Kodwa ngathi, “Kungabaleka umuntu onjengami na? Kungangena ethempelini umuntu onjengami ukuze asinde na? Ngeke ngingene.” 12Ngabona ukuthi uBaba wethu wayengamthumanga—wayekhuluma lesi siprofetho ngokumelene nami ngoba uThobiya noSanibhalati bamqasha. 13Wayeqashelwe ukungethusa ukuze ngone, ukuze bangenzele igama elibi bangihlazise. 14Khumbula, Baba wami, uThobiya noSanibhalati ngenxa yale misebenzi yabo, kanye noNowadiya umprofethikazi nabanye abaprofethi ababezama ukungesabisa.
UBaba Uluqeda Udonga
15Ngakho udonga lwaqedwa ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nanhlanu lwenyanga u-Eluli, ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amahlanu nambili. a a v15 U-Eluli uyinyanga yesithupha yekhalenda yesiHebheru, eyela ekupheleni kwehlobo (cishe ngo-Agasti–Septhemba). 16Kwathi lapho zonke izitha zethu zizwa, nazo zonke izizwe ezisizungezile zibona, zethuka kakhulu emehlweni azo, ngokuba zazi ukuthi uBaba wethu uwenzile lo msebenzi. 17Ngezinsuku lezo futhi, izikhulu zakwaJuda zathumela izincwadi eziningi kuThobiya, nezincwadi zikaThobiya zaziqhubeka zibuyela kuzo. 18Abaningi kwaJuda babeboshwe kuye ngesifungo, ngokuba wayengumkhwenyana kaShekaniya indodana ka-Ara, nendodana yakhe uJehohanani yayithathe indodakazi kaMeshulamu indodana kaBherekiya. 19Babelokhu bengitshela ngemisebenzi yakhe emihle, bebuye bamtshele uThobiya amazwi ami. UThobiya wayethumela izincwadi ukuze angesabise.
