Ihlumela Elivela Esiphundwini sikaJese
Esiqwini esinqunyiweyo kuhluma ihlumela, elingahluleli ngalokho okubonwa amehlo alo kodwa ngobulungiswa kwabathobekileyo. Isilwane esizingelayo nesizingelwayo kulala ndawonye, nomntwana udlala ephephile emgodini wenyoka, ngoba umhlaba ugcwele ukwazi uBaba wethu.
11 1Kuyophuma ihlumela esiphundwini sikaJese; empandeni zakhe iGatsha liyothela izithelo. a a v1 UPawulu ubiza uJesu ngempande kaJese izizwe ezithemba kuyo — Roma 15:12; IsAmbulo 5:5; IsAmbulo 22:16. 2UMoya kaBaba wethu uyohlala phezu kwakhe—uMoya wokuhlakanipha nokuqonda, uMoya weseluleko namandla, uMoya wolwazi nokwesaba uBaba wethu, 3uyothokoza ekwesabeni uBaba wethu. Ngeke ahlulele ngalokho akubonayo ngamehlo akhe, noma anqume ngalokho akuzwayo ngezindlebe zakhe, 4kodwa uyokwahlulela abampofu ngokulunga, anqumele ngobuqotho abathobekileyo bomhlaba. Uyoshaya umhlaba ngenduku yomlomo wakhe, abulale ababi ngomoya wezindebe zakhe. 5Ukulunga kuyoba yibhande elibhince ukhalo lwakhe, nokuthembeka kube yibhande elisinqeni sakhe. 6Impisi iyohlala newundlu, ingwe ibuthise nembuzi, ithole nengonyama nenkomo ekhuluphele kanyekanye— umntwana omncane abe ngumalusi wazo. 7Inkomazi nebhere kuyokudla, amazinyane azo abuthise kanyekanye, ingonyama idle utshani njengenkabi. 8Umntwana osancela uyodlala emgodini wemfezi, nomntwana olunyuliweyo afake isandla sakhe emgodini wenhlangwana. 9Ngeke kulimaze noma kubhubhise kuyo yonke intaba yami engcwele, ngokuba umhlaba uyogcwala ulwazi lukaBaba wethu njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle.
10Ngalolo suku impande kaJese iyoma njengophawu ezizweni; izizwe ziyomfuna, nendawo yakhe yokuphumula iyokhazimula. b b v10 UPawulu ucaphuna leli vesi ngoJesu—impande kaJese ephakamayo ukuze abuse izizwe, okuthi abezizwe babeke ithemba labo kuye (KwabaseRoma 15:12). 11Ngalolo suku iNkosi uBaba uyokwelula isandla sakhe ngokwesibili ukuze abuyise insali yabantu bakhe abasele— e-Asiriya, eGibhithe, ePhatrosi, eKushe, e-Elamu, eShinari, eHamati, naseziqhingini zolwandle. 12Uyophakamisela izizwe uphawu, abuthe abadingisiweyo bakwa-Israyeli; aqoqe abahlakazekileyo bakwaJuda emagumbini amane omhlaba. 13Umona wakwa-Efrayimi uyonyamalala, nezitha zakwaJuda zinqunywe; u-Efrayimi ngeke abe nomhawu ngoJuda, noJuda ngeke abe yisitha ku-Efrayimi. 14Bayohlasela emathambekeni amaFilisti ngasentshonalanga; bakhuthuze ndawonye abantu basempumalanga. Bayothumba u-Edomi noMowabi, nama-Amoni abe ngaphansi kwabo. 15UBaba wethu uyobhubhisa nya ingalo yoLwandle lwaseGibhithe; ngomoya oshisayo uyozamazisa isandla sakhe phezu koMfula iYufrathe. Uyowuhlukanisa ube yimifudlana eyisikhombisa ukuze abantu bawuwele benezicathulo. c c v15 ULwandle lwaseGibhithe luwuLwandle Olubomvu; izingalo zalo ezisenyakatho zihlanganisa iTheku laseSuwezi neTheku lase-Akhaba. 16Kuyoba khona umgwaqo omkhulu wensali yabantu bakhe abasasele e-Asiriya, njengoba kwaba njalo kwa-Israyeli ngosuku abenyuka ngalo bevela ezweni laseGibhithe.
