nibeke amadoda amabili , abantu ababi , phambi kwakhe , afakaze ngaye ngokuthi: U thukile uNkulunkulu nenkosi , bese nimkh iphela ngaphandle , nimkhande ngamatshe, afe.

Lawo madoda amabili , abantu ababi , angena, ahlala phambi kwakhe ; bafakaza labo bantu ababi ngaye, bathi: Yena uNaboti uthukile uNkulunkulu nenkosi. Base bemkhiphela ngaphandle komuzi , bamkhanda ngamatshe , wafa.

Ngiyakumisela abantu bami u -Israyeli indawo , ngibatshale ukuba bahlale endaweni yabo , bangabe besanyakaziswa ; futhi abantu ababi abasayikubachitha njengakuqala,

Kepha abantu ababi bathi : Uyakusisindisa kanjani lowo na ? Bamdelela, abamnikanga isipho. Kepha wathula.

Amadodana ka-Eli ayengabantu ababi; ayengamazi uJehova.

Uyakugcina izinyaw o zabathembekileyo bakhe , kepha ababi bayakuthuliswa ebumnyameni , ngokuba akukho muntu oyakwahlula ngamandla.

Kwabuthana kuye amayiyane , abantu ababi , aziqinisa ukulwa noRehobowamu indodana kaSolomoni , uRehobowamu esemusha, inhliziyo isathambile, engenakumelana nawo.

UJehu, indodana kaHanani umboni , waphuma ukumhlangabeza , wathi enkosini uJehoshafati: Usiza yini ababi , uthanda abamzondayo uJehova na ? Ngalokho intukuthelo iphezu kwakho ivela kuJehova.

Kepha abantu ababi nabakhohlisi bazakuqhubekela phambili ebubini , bedukisa, bedukiswa.

Izandla zakho zazingaboshiwe , nezinyawo zakho zazingafakwanga emaketangeni; wawa njengomuntu owayo phambi kwabantu ababi . Bonke abantu baphinda bemkhalela.

kakhulu kangakanani, lapho abantu ababi bebulele umuntu olungileyo endlini yakhe embhedeni wakhe , angiyikubiza igazi lakhe esandleni senu , nginisuse emhlabeni, na?

Ngiyakumisela abantu bami u -Israyeli indawo, ngibatshale ukuba bahlale endaweni yabo , bangabe besanyakaziswa ; futhi abantu ababi abasayikubahlupha njengakuqala,

Besajabulisa izinhliziyo zabo, bheka, abantu bomuzi, abantu ababi, bahaqa indlu nxazonke, bangqongqotha emnyango ; basho kum ninindlu, ixhegu, bathi: Khipha lowo muntu owangena endlini yakho ukuba simazi.

Ngalokho khiphani labo bantu , abantu ababi , abaseGibeya, ukuba sibabulale, sixoshe ububi kwa -Israyeli. Kepha uBenjamini kavumanga ukulalela izwi labafowabo, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

Ekuseni imihla ngemihla ngiyakubaqeda bonke ababi bomhlaba , ukuze nginqume emzini kaJehova bonke abenzi bokubi.

Izoni maziphele emhlabeni, kungabe kusaba khona ababi. Mbonge uJehova, mphefumulo wami. Haleluya!

Kokheleka umlilo eviyweni labo; ilangabi lashisa laqeda ababi.

Ababi bangibekele ugibe, kepha angiduki eziyalezweni zakho.

Uyabalahla bonke ababi bomhlaba njengendiva; ngalokho ngiyathand a ubufakazi bakho.

Ababi bahlalele ukungibhubhisa, kepha ngiyaqaphela ubufakazi bakho.

Ngokuba bhekani , ababi bawunsala umnsalo wabo , babeka imicibisholo yabo entanjeni ukuba bacibishele ebumnyameni abaqotho ngenhliziyo.

Sengathi ungabulala ababi , Nkulunkulu; ngalokho sukani kimi nina bantu begazi.

Ababi mabawele emanetheni abo, mina ngidlule kuwo.

UJehova uyalondoloza bonke abamthandayo , kepha ababi bonke uyakubabhubhisa.

UJehova uyaphakamisa abathobekileyo ; ababi uyabawisa phansi emhlabathini.

kubo ababi abangilimazayo, kuzo izitha zokuphila kwami ezingihaqileyo.

Ababi abanjalo, kepha banjengamakhoba aphephethwa ngumoya.

Ngalokho ababi abayikuma ekwahlulelweni , nezoni ebandleni labalungileyo.

Jehova, mawungangijabhisi, ngokuba ng iyakubiza; mabajabhiswe ababi , bathuliswe endaweni yabafileyo.

Ababi bahosha inkemba , bansale umnsalo wab o ukuba bamwise phansi ohluphekileyo nompofu, babulale abandlela ilungile.

Ngokuba ababi bayakubhubha; izitha zikaJehova zinjengobuhle bamadlelo: ziyakunyamalala, zinyamalale njengentuthu.

Lindela uJehova , ulonde indlela yakhe ; uzakukuphakamisa, udle ifa lomhlaba, ubukele lapho ababi bechithwa khona.

Ngokuba ababi bazakuchithwa , kepha abalindela uJehova bazakudla ifa lomhlaba.

Vuka, Jehova, ungisindise, Nkulunkulu wami, ngokuba zonke izitha zami uzishayile emhlathini, amazinyo ababi uwaphulile.

Ababi bahlubuka kwasesizalweni, abaqamba amanga baduka kwasesiswini.

Bamukiswa njengokumukiswa k omusi; njengokuncibilika kwengcina phambi komlilo ababi bachithwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

Bheka, laba bayibo ababi; bazinza njalo; bandisa imfuyo.

Ngokuba esandleni seNkosi kukhona isitsha; iwayini liyakhephuza; sigcwele ngeliqungiweyo, yona iyathulula ngaso ; impela bonke ababi emhlabeni bayakuyimunca inhleze yalo, bayiphuze.

Ngokuba usuku lunye emagcekeni akho luhle kunezinye eziyizinkulungwane. Ngiyakhetha ukulinda emnyango wendlu kaNkulunkulu wami kunokuhlala ematendeni ababi.

Noma ababi behluma njengotshani , nezigangi noma ziqhakaza zonke , kuyenzeka ukuba babhujiswe kuze kube phakade.

Jehova, koze kube nini ababi, koze kube nini ababi bethaba na?

Ababi bayakubuyela endaweni yabafileyo , bonke abezizwe abakhohlwa uNkulunkulu.

Ujezisile abezizwe , wabhubhisa ababi; igama labo ulesulile kuze kub e phakade naphakade.

Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho , nemizamo yakho , nokubekezela kwakho , nokuthi kawunakubamela ababi ; wabavivinya abazisho ukuthi bangabaphostoli bengesibo, wabafumana beqamba amanga;

Ithemba labalungileyo liyakuba yintokozo , kepha abakwethembayo ababi kuyakubhubha.

Olungileyo akayikunyakaziswa kuze kube phakade , kepha ababi abayikuhlala ezweni.

Olungileyo akayikwehlelwa nangokukodwa okubi , kepha ababi bayakugcwala ububi.

Amazwi ababi aqamekela igazi, kepha umlomo wabaqotho uyabophula.

Ababi bayachithwa, bangabikho, kepha indlu yabalungileyo iyakuma.

Ababi bakhothama phambi kwabalungileyo, namashinga ngasemasangweni abalungileyo.

Amehlo kaJehova asezindaweni zonke; aqaphela ababi nabahle.

Inkosi ehlakaniphileyo iyahlakaza ababi , iphindisele phezu kwabo ukushinga kwabo.

Olungileyo uyaqaphela indlu yomubi; ababi bayachithelwa ebubini.

Ungabi namhawu ngabantu ababi, ungafisi ukuba nabo.

Ngokuba olungileyo angawa kasikhombisa , abesebuye avuke, kepha ababi bayakukhubeka ngobubi.

Ababi bayabaleka , noma kungekho obaxoshayo , kepha abalungileyo banesibindi njengengonyama.

Lapho ababi bevuka , umuntu uyaca sha, kepha ngokubhubha kwabo abalungileyo bayanda.

Abashiya umthetho badumisa ababi, kepha abagcina umthetho balwa nabo.

Abantu ababi abaqondi ukwahlulela , kepha abafuna uJehova baqonda konke.

Kepha ababi bayakunqunywa ezweni , nabambuluzayo bayakusishulwa kulo.

Kepha abaJuda benomhawu bathatha kumabhukudwane abalisa abathile ababi, besusa isiyaluyalu phakathi kwabantu , baxokozelisa umuzi; bahlasela indlu kaJasoni befuna ukubakhiphela kubantu;

baze bathatha amaduku nezindwangu emzimbeni wakhe , bazibeka phezu kwabagulayo; zase zisuka kubo izifo, nomoya ababi baphuma.

Kepha nabathile abayizanusi kubaJuda , abayizinzulane, balokotha ukuphatha igama leNkosi uJesu phezu kwabakhwelwe ngomoya ababi, bathi: Ngiyanifungisa uJesu amshumayelayo uPawulu.

Khona abesehamba , azithathele abanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kunaye, bangene bahlale lapho, ukugcina kwalowo muntu kube kubi kunokwakuqala.

Ngalowo mzuzu yayiphulukisa abaningi e zifweni nasebuhlungwini nakomoya ababi; nezimpumputhe eziningi yazipha ukubona.

nabesifazane abathile ababephulukiswe kubo omoya ababi nasezifweni : uMariya obizwa ngokuthi uMagdalena , okwakuphume kuye amademoni ayisikhombisa,

Abesehamba-ke, abuye nabanye omoya abayisikhombisa ababi kunaye , bangene bahlale khona ; kuthi ukugcina kwalowo muntu kuba kubi kunokuqala. Kuyakuba njalo nakulesi sizukulwane esibi. Izihlobo eziyizo zikaJesu (Mark. 3:31; Luk. 8:19)

Kuyakuba njalo ekupheleni kwezwe; kuyakuphuma izingelosi, zahlukanise ababi nabalungileyo,

Bathi kuye: Uzakubabhubhisa kabi labo ababi, isivini sakhe sinikwe abanye abalimi abayakumnika izithelo ngezikhathi zazo.

Lezo zinceku zaphuma , zaya ezindleleni , zabutha bonke ezabafumanayo , ababi nabahle; indlu yomshado yagcwala abahleziyo ekudleni.

Awuyikuthutha indaba yamanga , ungafaki isandla sakho kubo ababi , ube ngufakazi wamanga.

Kepha uyakwahlulela abampofu ngokulunga , anqume ngokufaneleyo abathobileyo bomhlaba , awushaye umhlaba ngentonga yomlomo wakhe , abulale ababi ngokuphefumula kwezindebe zakhe.

Ababi banjengolwandle olunyakazisiweyo , ngokuba alunakuphumula , namanzi alo akhipha udaka nobishi.

abathetha ababi ngenxa yemivuzo, basuse ukulunga kwabalungileyo!

Abaningi bayakuzihlanza, bazenze mhlophe, bacwengisiswe, kepha ababi bayakwenza kabi , kodwa akayikuqonda noyedwa omubi ; nokho abahlakaniphileyo bayakuqonda.

Usho kanje uJehova ngabakhelwane bonke bami ababi , abalithinta ifa lami engabanika lona abantu bami u -Israyeli, uthi: Bheka, ngiyakubasiphula ezweni lakubo, ngiyisiphule indlu yakwaJuda phakathi kwabo.

Laba bantu ababi abala ukuzwa amazwi ami , abahamba ngobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo , balandela abanye onkulunkulu ukuba babakhonze , bakhuleke kubo, bayakuba njengaleli bhande elingasenamsebenzi.

Bheka, isivunguvungu sikaJehov a esinokufutheka siphumile ; isivunguvungu esiyisikhwishikhwishi sehlele phezu kwamakhanda ababi.

Umsindo uyakufinyelela emkhawulweni womhlaba , ngokuba uJehova uyamelana nezizwe ; uyahlulela inyama yonke , kepha ababi uy akubanikela enkembeni, usho uJehova.

Ulungisa kahle kanjan i indlela yakho ukufuna uthando ! Ngalokho nabesifazane ababi ubafundisile izindlela zakho.

Bheka, isivunguvungu sikaJehova ! Ukufutheka kwakhe kuphumile , isivunguvungu esichithayo; siyakwehlela phezu kwamakhanda ababi.

Ngokuba phakathi kwabantu bami kufunyanwa ababi , baqamekela njengabacuphayo nabalinda izinyoni, babeke ugibe, babambe abantu.

Izifutho ziyafutha , kepha emlilweni kuphuma umthofu kuphela ; impela bancibilikisela ize nje, ngokuba ababi abakhishwa.

Kuhle yini kuwe ukuba ucindezele , ulahle umsebenzi wezandla zakho , ukhanye phezu kwamasu ababi, na?

Ngokuba uyabazi abantu ababi; lapho ebona ukona, akayikukunaka na?

Kepha amehlo ababi ayakufiphala ; abayikuba nandawo yokuphephela ; ithemba labo liyakuba ngukuphuma komphefumulo.

Ngizwile izinto eziningi ezinjalo; nina nonke ningabaduduzi ababi.

Ababi baphilelani, baze babe badala, yebo, bakhule emandleni, na?

Kepha nguye owayegcwalisa izindlu zabo ngokuhle . Amasu ababi akude nami.

Sengathi uJobe angavivinywa kuze kube sekupheleni, ngokuba uphendula njengabantu ababi.

ohamba ngokwazana nabenza okubi, ahambisane nabantu ababi, na?

ukuba ubambe amagumbi omhlaba, ababi bathintithwe kuwo, na?

Ababi sebenqatshelwe ukukhanya kwabo, nengalo ephakemeyo yaphuliwe.

Bheka bonke abaziphakamisayo , ubehlise phansi , unyathele ababi ezindaweni zabo.

Niyakunyathela phansi ababi , ngokuba bayakuba luthuli phansi kwamathe ezinyawo zenu ngosuku engilwenzayo, usho uJehova Sebawoti.

Wayesekhuluma kuyo inhlangano , wathi: Ake nisuke ematendeni alaba bantu ababi, ningathinti lutho olwabo, funa niqedwe ngezono zabo zonke.

Ngiyakuqothula abantu nezilwane, ngiqothule izinyoni zezulu nezinhlanzi zaselwandle, ngikhubekise ababi, nginqume abantu ebusweni bomhlaba, usho uJehova.

Kanjalo ngabona ukuthi ababi bembelwa, ababengenile bephuma endaweni engcwele, bababazeka emzini lapho kade benza okunjalo; nalokho kuyize.

Kukhona okuyize okwenziwa emhlabeni kokuthi kukhona abalungileyo abehlelwa ngokomsebenzi wababi , nokuthi kukhona ababi abehlelwa ngokomsebenzi wabalungileyo; ngathi: Nalokho kuyize.