KwabaseRoma 11

11 ¹Ngakho ngiyabuza: uBaba wethu usilahlile yini isizwe sakhe? Lutho neze—nami ngingum-Israyeli, ozalweni luka-Abhrahama, esizweni sakwaBhenjamini. ²UBaba wethu akasilahlanga isizwe sakhe, ayesazi ngaphambili. Noma anazi yini lokho umBhalo okushoyo ngo-Eliya, ukuthi wakhala kanjani kuBaba wethu emelene no-Israyeli? ³“Baba, babulele abaprofethi bakho, badiliza ama-altare akho; yimi ngedwa engisele, futhi bafuna ukungibulala.”

⁴Impendulo kaNkulunkulu: “Ngizigcinele amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa angaguqanga amadolo kuBhali.” ^a a v4 UBhali kwakuyisithombe esiyinhloko samaKhanani, esasikhonzwa kabanzi kulo lonke elakwa-Israyeli ngezinsuku zika-Eliya.

⁵Kanjalo nakulesi sikhathi samanje kukhona insali, ekhethwe ngomusa. ⁶Kodwa uma kungomusa, akusekhona ngemisebenzi; uma kungenjalo, umusa ngeke usaba ngumusa.

⁷Pho-ke? U-Israyeli akazuzanga lokho akufunayo; abakhethiweyo bona bakuzuza, kodwa abanye benziwa lukhuni. ⁸Njengoba kulotshiwe: “UBaba wethu wabanika umoya obuthuntu, amehlo angaboniyo nezindlebe ezingezwayo, kuze kube namuhla.”

⁹Futhi uDavide uthi: “Itafula labo malibe lugibe, isicupho, isikhubekiso, nempindiselo kubo. ¹⁰Amehlo abo mafiphazwe ukuze bangaboni, ugobise imihlane yabo kuze kube phakade.”

¹¹Ngakho ngiyabuza: bakhubeka ukuze bawe baphele nya yini? Lutho neze! Kunalokho, ukwehluleka kwabo kwaletha insindiso kwabezizwe, ukuze kuvuswe umhawu ku-Israyeli. ¹²Uma isono sabo sicebisa izwe, nokwehluleka kwabo kucebisa abezizwe, kungakanani-ke ukubandakanywa kwabo ngokugcwele!

¹³Ngisho lokhu kini bezizwe: njengoba ngingumphostoli wabezizwe, ngiyayihlonipha inkonzo yami, ¹⁴nginethemba lokuthi ngandlela-thile ngingavusa umhawu kubantu bakithi ngisindise abanye babo. ¹⁵Uma ukulahlwa kwabo kwabuyisana nezwe, kuyakuletha ini ukwamukelwa kwabo ngaphandle kokuphila okuvela kwabafileyo? ¹⁶Uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama ingcwele; uma impande ingcwele, namagatsha angcwele. ¹⁷Uma amanye amagatsha ephuliwe, wena-ke, oyihlumela lomnqumo wasendle, waxhunyelelwa phakathi kwawo, wahlanganyela empandeni enonile yomnqumo, ¹⁸ungaziqhayisi ngamagatsha. Uma uziqhayisa, akuwena osekela impande—kodwa impande yiyo ekusekelayo. ¹⁹Khona-ke uyakuthi: “Amagatsha ephulwa ukuze mina ngixhunyelelwe.” ²⁰Kuyiqiniso. Ephulwa ngenxa yokuntula ukholo; wena umi ngokholo. Ungaziqhenyi, kunalokho yesaba. ²¹Ngokuba uma uBaba wethu engawahawukelanga amagatsha emvelo, naWe ngeke akuhawukele. ²²Ngakho bona umusa nobukhali bukaBaba wethu: ubukhali kwabawileyo, kodwa umusa kuwe—uma uhlala emuseni wakhe; uma kungenjalo nawe uyakunqunywa. ²³Futhi uma bengahlali ekuntuleni ukholo, nabo bayakuxhunyelelwa—uBaba wethu unamandla okubaxhumelela futhi. ²⁴Uma wena wanqunywa emnqunweni wasendle ngemvelo, waxhunyelelwa, ngokuphambene nemvelo, emnqunweni olinyiweyo, kungakanani-ke lawo magatsha emvelo ayakuxhunyelelwa emuva emnqunweni wawo siqu?

Wonke U-Israyeli Uyakusindiswa

²⁵Bazalwane, angithandi ukuba ningazi le mfihlakalo, ukuze ningabi nokuhlakanipha emehlweni enu: u-Israyeli wenziwe lukhuni nganxanye, kuze kungene isibalo esigcwele sabezizwe.

²⁶Kanjalo wonke u-Israyeli uyakusindiswa, njengoba kulotshiwe: “Umkhululi uyakuvela eZiyoni, asuse ububi kuJakobe, ^b b v26 UMkhululi ovela eZiyoni nguJesu—umsindisi uBaba wethu amthembisa ngo-Isaya, obuyisa abantu bakhe, basuke esonweni. ²⁷futhi lesi siyakuba yisivumelwano sami nabo, lapho ngisusa izono zabo.”

²⁸Ngokwevangeli, bazitha ngenxa yenu; ngokokukhethwa, bathandekayo ngenxa yokhokho. ²⁹Ngokuba izipho nobizo lukaBaba wethu akuhoxiswa. ³⁰Ngokuba njengoba nina nake naba ngabangamlaleli uBaba wethu, kodwa manje senizuze umusa ngokungalaleli kwabo, ³¹kanjalo nabo manje abalalelanga, ukuze ngomusa enawutholayo nina, nabo bazuze umusa manje. ³²Ngokuba uBaba wethu uvalele bonke ekungalalelini, ukuze abe nomusa kubo bonke.

³³Awu, ukujula kwengcebo nokuhlakanipha nolwazi lukaBaba wethu! Zingenakuhlolwa kangakanani izahlulelo zakhe nezindlela zakhe azinakulandeleka kangakanani! ³⁴“Ngokuba ngubani owaziyo ingqondo kaBaba wethu, noma ngubani owake waba ngumeluleki wakhe? ³⁵Noma ngubani oke wamnika isipho ukuze abuyiselwe?” ³⁶Ngokuba konke kuvela kuye, kukhona ngaye, kubuyela kuye. Makube kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen.