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3 Ngitsi ke, Nkulunkulu wabalahla yini bantfu bakhe? Akungabi njalo. Ngoba nami ngingumu Israeli, situkulwane saAbrahama, wasesiveni saka Benjamini. 2 Nkulunkulu akabalahlanga bantfu bakhe, labatikucala. uyati kutsi utsini umbhalo nga Elijah, kutsi wabancengela kanjani Israyeli kuNkulunkulu. 1 ''Nkhosi, babulele baprofethi bakho, bephule emalathi akho. Ngimi ngedvwa losele, bafuna imphilo yami.'' 5 Kodvwa itsini imphendvulo yaNkulunkulu kuye? ''Ngitilondvolotele tinkhulungwane letisikhombisa temadvodza langagobanga emadvolo kuBhali.'' 4 Noma kunjalo, nakulesi sikhatsi isekhona insali ngenca yekukhetsa kwemusa. 6 Kepha uma kungemusa, akusasiko ngemisebenti. Ngako umusa bewungeke usaba ngumusa. 7 Yini ke? Lentfo Israyeli lebekayifuna, akakutfolanga, kepha labakhetsiwe bayitfola, konkhe lokunye kwaciniswa. 8 Kunjengoba kubhaliwe: ''Nkulunkulu ubanike umoya wekubambonya, emehlo kute bangatowubona, netindlebe kute bangatokuva, kute kube ngunamuhla.'' 9 Davide wase utsi, ''litafula labo alibe sisefo nelugibe, kube silingo nekutiphindzisela kwabo. 10 Emehlo abo akabemunyama kute bangatobona, nemigogodla yabo ichubeke igobane.'' 11 Ngitsi, ''Bakhutjwe kungatsi batawukuwa yini?'' Akungabi njalo, kunaloko, ngekwehluleka kwabo, insindziso seyifikile kuBetive, kute babahlokolote batewuba nesikhwele. 12 Nyalo uma kuhluleka kwabo kungumcebo walomhlaba, futsi uma kuphuya kwabo kungumcebo webetive, sitawuba sikhulu kanganani siphetfo sabo? 13 Kepha nyalo ngikhuluma nani betive, futsi seloku ngingumuphostoli kubetive, ngiyawudvumisa umsebenti wami, 14 Mhlawumbe ngingabavusela sikhwele labo labafana nami ngekwenyama. Mhlawumbe sitawusindzisa labanye babo. 15 Ngoba nangabe kulahlwa kwabo kusho kubuyisana kwemhlaba, kuyoba yini kwemukeleka kwabo kepha imphilo lephuma ekufeni? 16 Uma titselo tekucala tigcinwa, kanjalo nekukhukhumuka kwenhlama. Uma timphandze tigcinwa, kanjalo nemagala. 17 Kepha uma lamanye emagala agamulwa, uma wena, ligala lemncumo wesiganga, ahlanganiswa emkhatsini wawo, futsi uma nihlephulelene nabo kulemphandze yemcebo wemncumo, 18 ungati khukhumeti etikwemagala. Kepha uma kwenteka utikhukhumeta, akusuwe losekela timphandze, kepha tiphandze letisekela wena. 19 Utawubese utsi, ''emagala agamulwa kute ngitawuhlunyeleliswa.'' 20 Loko kuliciniso. Ngenca yekungakholwa kwabo agamulwa, kepha usime wacina ngenca yekukholwa kwakho. Ungaticabangi usetulu, kepha bani nekwesaba. 21 Ngoba nangabe Nkulunkulu akazange awaphephise emagala emvelo, nawe angeke akuphephise. 22 Buka, ke, bumnene nesandla lesilukhuni saNkulunkulu: sandla lesilukhuni sachamuka kumaJuda lawa, kepha bumnene baNkulunkulu buta kuwe, uma uchubeka nebumnene bakhe. Nakungenjalo nawe utawuncunywa. 23 Nalabanye futsi, nabangachubeki nekungakholwa kwabo, batawuhlunyeleliwa. Ngobe Nkulunkulu uyakhona kubahlumelelisa futsi. 24 Ngobe nangabe najutjwa esihlahleni semncumo, ngalokuphambene nemvelo wahlumyeleliswa emncumeni wasekhaya, kakhulu kangakanani loku emagala emvelo, ahlunyeleliswe esihlahleni sawo semvelo? 25 Ngobe angifuni ningatjelwa, bamnaketfu, ngalemfihlakalo, kute ningatawuhlakanipha ngekucabanga kwenu: Labanye bema Israyeli behlelwa bulukhuni kute bonkhe betive bahlumeleliswe. 26 Kanjalo ke onkhe ema Israyeli ayawusindziswa, kanjengobe kubhaliwe: ''Ekhatsi eSiyoni uyawuphuma umkhululi. Utawususa konkhe konakala kuJakobe , 27 lesi kuyawuba sivumelwano sami kanye nabo, lapho ngiyawususa tono tabo.'' 28 Ngekwelivangeli, batitsa ngenca yakho. Kepha ngekwelikhetfo, bangulabatsandzekako ngenca yabokhokho babo. 29 Ngobe tipho nekubitwa nguNkulunkulu akushintjwa. 30 Empeleni nine animlalelanga Nkulunkulu, kepha nyalo nitfole umusa ngenca yekungalaleli . 31 Ngalokufanako, nyalo emaJuda bekangalaleli. Imiphumela bekungu kutsi ngemusa lokhonjisiwe kuwe bangahle bamtfola nyalo. 32 Ngoba Nkulunkulu uvale konkhe ekungalalelini kute akhone kutama akhombise umusa kuwowonkhe. 33 Maye, kujula kwemcebo kokubili kwenhlakanipho nekwelwati laNkulunkulu! Ngubani nje longaphenya kwehlulelwa, imfihlakalo yetindlel takhe! 34 ''Ngobe ngubani lobekati ingcondvo yeNkhosi nome ngubani lobekasangumeluleki wayo? 35 Nome ngubani wekucala lowase wanikaNkulunkulu lutfo, kutsi Nkulunkulu amubhadale?'' 36 Ngobe konkhe kuvela kuye kukhona ngaye kukhonela yena. Akube kuye ludvumo nini nanini Amen.