ISambulo 9

9 ¹Ingelosi yesihlanu yashaya icilongo, ngabona inkanyezi iwela emhlabeni ivela ezulwini, yanikwa ukhiye womgodi wakwalasha. ²Yavula umgodi wakwalasha, kwenyuka intuthu njengentuthu yesithando esikhulu; ilanga nomoya kwenziwa kwaba mnyama ngentuthu yalowo mgodi. ³Entuthwini kwaphuma izinkumbi zeza emhlabeni, zanikwa amandla njengawofezela bomhlaba. ⁴Zatshelwa ukuba zingalimazi utshani bomhlaba, nazo zonke izimila eziluhlaza, nazo zonke izihlahla—kodwa kuphela abantu abangenalo uphawu lukaBaba wethu emabunzini abo. ^a a v4 Uphawu lubeka uphawu kulabo abangabakaBaba wethu — kona kanye ukuphawulwa kwezinceku zakhe okuchazwe esahlukweni sesikhombisa. ⁵Azivunyelwanga ukuzibulala, kodwa ukuzihlupha izinyanga eziyisihlanu—ukuhlupheka okunjengokutshuzwa ngufezela lapho eluma umuntu. ⁶Ngalezo zinsuku abantu bayakufuna ukufa bangakutholi, bayakulangazelela ukufa, kodwa ukufa kuyakubabalekela.

⁷Izinkumbi zazifana namahhashi alungiselelwe impi; emakhanda azo kwakukhona okunjengemiqhele yegolide, nobuso bazo babunjengobuso babantu. ⁸Zazinezinwele ezinjengezinwele zabesifazane, namazinyo azo ayenjengamazinyo amabhubesi. ⁹Zazinezivikelo zesifuba ezinjengensimbi, nomsindo wamaphiko azo wawunjengomsindo wamahhashi amaningi nezinqola ezigijimela empini. ¹⁰Imisila yazo yayifana nofezela inezinti ezihlabayo; kuyo kwakukhona amandla okulimaza abantu izinyanga eziyisihlanu. ¹¹Inkosi yazo iyingelosi yakwalasha—ngesiHeberu iMbubhiso, ngesiGreki uApholiyoni. ^b b v11 Omabili lawo magama asho ukuthi "uMbhubhisi."

¹²Usizi lokuqala seludlulile; bheka, kusasele ezinye izinsizi ezimbili eziseza emva kwalezi zinto.

¹³Khona ingelosi yesithupha yashaya icilongo layo, ngezwa izwi livela ezimpondweni ezine ze-altare legolide eliphambi kukaBaba wethu, ¹⁴litshela ingelosi yesithupha enecilongo, lithi: “Khulula izingelosi ezine eziboshiwe emfuleni omkhulu i-Ewufrathe.”

¹⁵Izingelosi ezine ezazilungiselelwe lelo hora, nalolo suku, nalezo nyanga, nalowo nyaka zakhululwa ukuze zibulale ingxenye yesithathu yabantu. ¹⁶Isibalo samabutho amahhashi sasiyizigidi ezingamakhulu amabili; ngasizwa isibalo sawo. ¹⁷Ngawabona kanje amahhashi embonweni nabawagibeli bawo: izivikelo zesifuba zazinombala womlilo, newesafire, nesibabule; amakhanda amahhashi ayenjengamakhanda amabhubesi, emilonyeni yawo kwaphuma umlilo, nentuthu, nesibabule. ¹⁸Lezi zinhlupho ezintathu zabulala ingxenye yesithathu yabantu—umlilo, nentuthu, nesibabule okwaphuma emilonyeni yawo. ¹⁹Amandla amahhashi asemilonyeni yawo nasemisileni yawo—imisila yawo, njengezinyoka, inamakhanda, futhi ngayo ayalimaza.

²⁰Abaseleyo babantu, abangabulawanga yilezi zinhlupho, basala bala ukuphenduka kulokho izandla zabo ezakwenzayo—bakhonza amademoni nezithombe zegolide, nezesiliva, nezethusi, nezamatshe, nezemithi, ezingeboni, ezingezwa, ezingahambi. ²¹Futhi abazange baphenduke ekubulaleni kwabo, nasemilingweni yabo, nasebufebeni babo, nasekwebeni kwabo.