Ngalokho yaleza ukuba bangigawulele imisedari eLebanoni , izinceku zami zibe nezakho ; ngiyakukunika inkokhelo yezinceku zakho njengakho konke ongakusho, ngokuba wena uyazi ukuthi akukho muntu kithi ongagawula imithi njengamaSidoni.

UDavide wathi kulo lonke ibandla lakwa -Israyeli: Uma kukuhle kini , uma kuvela kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, masihlakazeke sithumele kubafowethu abasele ezweni lonke lakwa -Israyeli kanye nabapristi namaLevi emizini yabo enamadlelo ukuba babuthane kithi,

sibuyisele kithi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wethu , ngokuba asiwufunanga ezinsukwini zikaSawule.

Uma sithi asonanga, simenza umqambimanga, nezwi lakhe alikho kithi.

Uma sithi asinasono, siyazikhohlisa, neqiniso alikho kithi.

Baphuma kithi , kodwa babengesibo abakithi ; ngokuba uma bebengabakithi, babeyakuhlala nathi; kodwa baphuma, ukuze babonakaliswe ukuthi bonke abasibo abakithi.

Ogcina imiyalo yakhe uhlala kuye , naye uqobo uhlala kuye ; siyazi ngalokho ukuthi uhlala kithi ngaye uMoya asinike yena.

UNkulunkulu akazange abonwe muntu ; uma sithandana , uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi, nothando lwakhe luphelele kithi.

Ngalokho siyazi ukuthi sihlala kuye , naye kithi , ngokuba usiphile okukaMoya wakhe.

Ngalokho uthando luphelelisiwe kithi , ukuze sibe nesibindi ngosuku lokwahlulelwa, ngokuba njengalokhu enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kuleli zwe.

Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi ngalokho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathumela ezweni iNdodana yakhe ezelwe y odwa ukuba siphile ngayo.

Kepha lezo zinto zabehlela bona kube yisibonelo; kulotshelwe ukusiyala thina, osekufikile kithi ukugcina kwezikhathi.

Kepha lokho kwaba yizibonelo kithi , size singafisi okubi, njengalokho bona babekufisa.

Lokhu-ke, bazalwane, ngikuguqulele kimina naku -Apholo ngokulinganisa ngenxa yenu, ukuze nifunde kithi ukungeqisi kokulotshiweyo ukuba ningakhukhunyezwa, kungabi yilowo akhethe omunye kunomunye.

Kepha kalokhu uThimothewu esefikile kithi evela kini , esibikela izindaba ezinhle zokukholwa nothando lwenu , nokuthi nisikhumbula kahle njalo , nokuthi nilangazelela ukusibona , njengokuba nathi silangazelela ukubona nina,

Elokugcina-ke, bazalwane, siyaninxusa, siyaniyala ngeNkosi uJesu ukuba njengalokho nakwamukela kithi ukuthi nifanele ukuhamba nokumthokozisa kanjani uNkulunkulu , njengalokho nihamba kanjalo , manivame kakhulu kulokho.

Ngalokho abantu baseJabeshi bathi: Kusasa siyakuphumela kini, nenze kithi konke okuhle emehlweni enu.

Kepha uma bethi : Yenyukelani kithi , siyakwenyuka, ngokuba uJehova ubanikele esandleni sethu; lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kithi.

Abantu basekhandeni bamphendula uJonathani nodibi lwakhe , bathi: Khuphukelani kithi , siyakunifundisa indaba . UJonathani wayesethi odibini oluphethe izikhali zakhe : Khuphuka emva kwami , ngokuba uJehova ubanikele esandleni sakwa-Israyeli.

USawule wayesethi kubantu ababe naye : Balani manje, nibone ukuthi ngubani omukile kithi . Babala, bheka, uJonathani nodibi lwezikhali zakhe babengekho.

Uma bethi kithi : Hlalani size sifike kini , khona siyakuma endaweni yethu , singenyukeli kubo.

Kwase kwen yuka abaseZifi , baya kuSawule eGibeya , bathi: UDavide akacashi yini kithi ezinqabeni zaseHoreshi entabeni yaseHakhila elingaseningizimu kwasehlane na?

babe lugange kithi ubusuku nemini, sonke isikhathi sinabo salusa izimvu.

Kwathi abantu bengena ekamu , amalunga akwa -Israyeli athi : UJehova usibulaleleni phambi kwamaFilisti na ? Masithathe umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova eShilo , siwulethe kithi , ufike phakathi kwethu , usisindise esandleni sezitha zethu.

Base bethuma umphongolo kaNkulunkulu e -Ekroni. Kwathi ekufikeni komphongolo kaNkulunkulu e -Ekroni abase -Ekroni bakhala bathi : Balethile umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli kithi ukuba usibulale thina nabantu bakithi.

Abantu base -Ashidodi sebebona ukuthi kunjalo bathi : Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli awuyikuhlala kithi , ngokuba isandla sakhe silukhuni phezu kwethu naphezu kukaDagoni unkulunkulu wethu.

Base bethi u -Eliyakimi indodana kaHilikiya noShebina noJowa kuRabi Shake: Ake ukhulume ezincekwini zakho ngesi -Aramu, ngokuba siy aluzwa, ungakhulumi kithi ngolimi lwabaJuda ezindlebeni zabantu abasogangeni.

Zathi kuye : Kwakhuphuka umuntu ukuba asihlangabeze, wathi kithi : Hambani, nibuyele enkosini enithumileyo , nithi kuyo: Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Kungokuba kungekho Nkulunkulu kwa -Israyeli ukuba uthume ukubuza kuBali Zebubi unkulunkulu wase-Ekroni na? Ngalokho umbhede okhuphukele kuwo awuyikwehlika kuwo, kepha uyakufa nokufa.

Ake sixhume odongeni ikamelo phezulu , simbekele khona umbhede , netafula, nesihlalo, nothi lwesibani; kuyakuthi lapho eza kithi , aphambukele khona.

Wathi endodeni yakhe: Bheka, manje sengiyazi ukuthi ungumuntu ongcwele kaNkulunkulu, odlula kithi njalonjalo.

ngenxa yeqiniso elihlala kithi neliyakuba nathi kuze kube phakade.

okuhle okubekiwe kuwe ukulonde ngoMoya oNgcwele ohlala kithi.

Ngokuba njengalokho izinhlupheko zikaKristu zivamile kithi , kanjalo nokududuzeka kwethu kuvamile ngoKristu.

kungesikho ukuthi singaba namandla ngokwethu okucabanga ngotho ukuthi luvela kithi, kodwa amandla ethu avela kuNkulunkulu,

Kepha le ngcebo sinayo ezitsheni zebumba , ukuze ubukhulu b amandla obukhulu kakhulu bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, bungabi ngobuvela kithi.

ngokuba uNkulunkulu ekuKristu wenza ukuba izwe libuyisane naye , engababaleli iziphambeko zabo, ebeka kithi izwi lokubuyisana.

aninyinyekile kithi, kodwa ninyinyekile ezinhliziyweni zenu;

ukuba ningasheshi ninyak aziswe engqondweni yenu , ningethuswa noma ngomoya, noma ngezwi, noma ngencwadi ngokungathi ivela kithi , sengathi usuku lukaKristu selufikile.

UDavide wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe zonke ezazinaye eJerusalema : Sukani, sibaleke, ngokuba, uma singenzi njalo, akuyikuphunyuka muntu kithi phambi kuka-Abisalomu; sheshani, nimuke, funa asifice masinyane, asehlisele okubi, awuchithe umuzi ngosiko lwenkemba.

Wayesethi uDavide ku-Abishayi: Manje uSheba indodana kaBikri uyakwenza okubi kakhulu kithi kuno -Abisalomu; thatha wena izinceku zenkosi yakho , umxoshe, funa azitholele imizi ebiyelweyo, asiphunyuke.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bathi kuJehova : Sonile; yenza kithi okuthandayo; kepha ake usophule kuphela namuhla.

UManowa wayesemncenga uJehova, wathi: O Nkosi, umuntu kaNkulunkulu owamthumayo ake abuyele kithi, asifundise ukuthi siyakwenzani kumntwana ozakuzalwa.

Njengokuba impumalanga yahlukene nentshonalanga , udedisile kangaka kithi iziphambeko zethu.

Bheka, njengamehlo ezinceku ekuzo izandla zamakhosi azo , namehlo encekukazi ekuso isandla senkosikazi yayo , kanjalo amehlo ethu akuye uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, aze abe nomusa kithi.

Niyacabanga yini ukuthi umbhalo usho ngeze ukuthi : Umoya awuhlalisa kithi unxanela ngokomhawu, na?

Madoda, bazalwane, madodana ohlanga luka -Abrahama, nabaphakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kithi.

Kwathi-ke izixuku zikubona l okho akwenzile uPawulu , zaphakamisa izwi lazo, zathi ngesiLikawoniya: Onkulunkulu befana nabantu behlele kithi.

Njengalokho sizwile ukuthi abanye abavela kithi banikhathazile ngamazwi, benyakazisa imiphefumulo esingabayalelanga khona,

kwaba kuhle kithi sesinhliziyonye ukuthuma kini amadoda akhethiweyo kanye nabathandiweyo bethu oBarnaba noPawulu,

ukuze zifune uNkulunkulu, ingabe zingamuzwa, zimfumane; ingani kakude kulowo nalowo kithi.

kuqalela embhapathizweni kaJohane kwaze kwaba lusuku akhushulwa ngalo kithi, kumelwe ukuba enye kuwo ibe ngufakazi kanye nathi ngokuvuka kwakhe.

yena wafika kithi , wathatha uqhotho lukaPawulu , wazibopha izinyawo nezandla, wathi: Usho njalo uMoya oNgcwele , uthi: U muntu olungolwakhe lolu qhotho abaJuda bazakumbopha kanje eJerusalema , bamkhaphele ezandleni zabezizwe.

Ngakho yenza lokhu esikusho kuwe : Kukhona kithi amadoda amane azibophile ngesifungo;

Madoda, bazalwane, ake ngikhulume kini ngokusobala ngokhokho uDavide ukuthi wafa , nokuthi wembelwa , nokuthi ithuna lakhe lisekhona kithi nanamuhla.

Kepha iLida laliseduze neJopha ; ngakho-ke abafundi sebezwile ukuthi uPetru ukhona lapho , bathuma kuye amadoda amabili emnceng a ethi : Ungalibali ukuza kithi.

Ngalokho-ke nathi , lokhu sinefu elingaka lawofakazi elisihaqileyo, masilahle konke okusindayo nesono esithandela kangaka kithi , sigijime ngokubekezela kulokhu kuncintisana esikumiselweyo,

awuvamisa kithi ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda,

Kepha yena onamandla okwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esikucelayo nesikuqondayo ngokwamandla asebenza kithi,

Yenzani lokhu, njengokuba nazi isikhathi ukuthi sekuyihora lokuba nivuke ebuthongweni; ngokuba manje insindiso isisondele kithi kunaleso sikhathi esaqala ukukholwa ngaso.

Yilowo nalowo kithi makathokozise umakhelwane, kube kuhle, aze akheke,

Ngakho abanye kubo abafundi bakhe base bekhuluma bodwa, bethi: Kuyini lokho akushoyo kithi ukuthi: Kusezakuba yisikhashana ningabe nisangibona , kubuye kube yisikhashana ningibone, nokuthi: Ngokuba ngiya kuBaba, na?

usithethelele izono zethu , ngokuba nathi sibathethelela bonke abanecala kithi; ungasingenisi ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule kokubi.

Nangaphezu kwakho konke lokho kubekiwe umhosha omkhulu phakathi kwethu nani ukuba abafuna ukusuka lapha baye kini bangekwenze , nabalapho bangaweleli kithi.

kunjalo noHerode futhi ngokuba umbuyisele kithi ; bheka-ke, akenzanga lutho afanele ukufa ngalo.

Bathi omunye komunye: Inhliziyo yethu ibingavuthi yini phakathi kwethu , lapho ekhuluma kithi endleleni, nalapho esivulela imibhalo, na?

Lo akusiye umbazi , indodana kaMariya , nomfowabo kaJakobe , noJose, noJuda, noSimoni, na? Nawodadewabo abakho yini lapha kithi na ? Base bekhubeka ngaye.

Nawodadewabo abakho yini bonke lapha kithi na ? Pho, lo ukuthathaphi konke lokhu na?

Kwakukhona-ke kithi izelamani eziyisikhombisa : owokuqala waganwa , wafa; engenanzalo washiya umkakhe kumfowabo.

wathi: Ngonile ukuba ngikhaphele igazi elingenacala . Bona bathi : Kuyini lokho kithi na? Zibonele wena.

usithethelele amacala ethu , njengalokhu nathi sibathethelel a abanecala kithi;

Leli alisilo izwi esalikhuluma kuwe eGibithe , sithi: S iyeke, sikhonze abaseGibithe, na? Ngokuba bekuyakuba ngcono kithi ukubakhonza abaseGibithe kunokuba sifele ehlane.

Bathi kuMose : Khuluma wena kithi, sizwe; kepha uNkulunkulu makangakhulumi kithi, funa sife.

Izinceku zakho aziphiwanga tshani ; nokho bathi kithi : Bumbani izitini . Futhi bheka, izinceku zakho ziyashaywa, kepha icala likubantu bakho.

Izinduna zethu mazime phambi kwebandla lonke ; bonke abasemizini yethu abathathe abesifazane babezizwe mabeze ngesikhathi esinqunyiweyo , benamalunga emizi ngemizi nabahluleli ba yo, ize ibuye kithi intukuthelo evuthayo kaNkulunkulu wethu kule ndaba.

Makwazeke enkosini ukuthi abaJuda abakhuphuka kuwe sebefikile kithi eJerusalema; bayawakha umuzi ohlubukileyo nonengekayo ; sebeyakuqeda izingange, bahlanganise izisekelo.

Babuyisela impendulo kithi , bathi: Thina siyizinceku zikaNkulunkulu wezulu nomhlaba, sakha indlu ekade yakhiwa sekudlule iminyaka eminingi, eyakhiwa yinkosi enkulu yakwa-Israyeli, yaqedwa.

Ngalokho uma kukuhle enkosini , makucingwe endlini yengcebo yenkosi elapho eBabele ukuba kunjalo yini ukuthi uKoresi inkosi wakhipha isimemezelo soku ba kwakhiwe le ndlu kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema ; inkosi mayithume kithi inhloso yayo ngalokho.

phambukani endlel eni, nichezuke emkhondweni , nimdedisele kithi oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

Jehova, yiba nomusa kithi, sihlalela wena. Yiba yingalo yethu ekuseni njalo, nokusindiswa kwethu ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka.

Base be thi o-Eliyakimi noShebina noJowa kuRabi Shake : Ake ukhulume ezincekwini zakho ngesi -Aramu, ngokuba siyaluzwa , ungakhulumi kithi ngolimi lwabaJuda ezindlebeni zabantu abasogangeni.

Kwakungekho owalibiza igama lakho , owazivusela ukubambelela kuwe , ngokuba wabusitheza ubuso bakho kithi, wasiqeda ngenxa yobubi bethu.

Nangiphendula nathi: Okukhulumileyo kuhle kithi ukukwenza.

Athatha ngezan dla zawo ezithelweni zezwe , azehlisela kithi , asibuyisela izwi, athi: Yizwe elihle uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu asinika lona.

UJehova uNkulunkulu wethu wakhuluma kithi eHorebe , wathi: Sekuyisikhathi eside nihlale kule ntaba;

UJehova wasiyala ukwenza zonke le zo zimiso , simesabe uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu , kube kuhle kithi njalo , ukuba asiphe siphile njenganamuhla.

Kuyakuba ngukulunga kithi, uma sigcina ukwenza yonke le miyalo phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, njengalokho esiyalile.

Enkulu yayisithi kwencane : Ubaba usemdala ; akukho ndoda ezweni engangena kithi njengokwenza komhlaba wonke.

U-Abimeleki wayesembiza u -Abrahama, wathi kuye : Wenzeni kithi na ? Ngoneni kuwe ukuba ungilethele mina nombuso wami icala elingaka na ? Wenze kimi okungafanele ukwenziwa.

Niyakuhlala kithi; izwe liyakuba sebusweni benu ; yakhani, nithengiselane, nifuye kulo.

Imihlambi yabo , nempahla yabo , nezinkomo zabo akuyikuba ng okwethu na? Masibavumele kuphela, bakhe kithi.

Lowo muntu, inkosi yezwe, wayesethi kithi: Ngalokhu ngiyokwazi ukuthi ningabaqotho: shiyani kimi omunye wabafowenu, niphathele indlala yezindlu zenu ukudla, nimuke,

Yayisithi kithi inceku yakho ubaba : Niyazi ukuthi umkami wangizalela amadodana amabili.

Masimazi, sijonge ukumazi uJehova ; ukuphuma kwakhe kuqinisekile njengokusa; uyakufika kithi njengemvula , njengemvula yamuva enethisa umhlaba.

Ake usibuzele kuJehova , ngokuba uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele usihlasele; mhlawumbe uJehova angenza kithi njengazo zonke izimangaliso zakhe ukuba akhuphuke, asuke kithi.

Zase zithi izikhulu nabo bonke abantu kubo abapristi nakubo abaprofethi : Lo muntu akafanele ukufa , ngokuba ukhulume kithi egameni likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.

Ngokuba ngalokho uthumile kithi eBabele , wathi: Kuse kude ; yakhani izindlu, nihlale kuzo; tshalani amasimu, nidle izithelo zawo.

Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ningazikhohlisi ngokuthi: AmaKaledi ayakusuka nokusuka kithi; ngokuba awayikusuka.

Bathi kuJeremiya: UJehova makabe ngufakazi oqinisileyo nothembekileyo ngathi, uma singenzi njengamazwi onke uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ayakukuthuma nawo kithi.

Noma lilihle , noma lilibi , siyakulilandela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu esikuthuma kuye ukub a kube kuhle kithi, lapho sililalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.

Izwi olikhulume kithi egameni likaJehova asiyikulilalela.

Ngalokho bhincani izindwa ngu zamasaka , nikhale, nihewule, ngokuba ulaka oluvuthayo lukaJehova alubuyanga kithi.

Kuyakuthi lapho nisho nithi: UJehova uNkulunkulu wenu wenzeleni kithi konke lok hu na ? usho kubo ukuthi : Njengalokho ningishiyile , nakhonza onkulunkulu babezizwe ezweni lakini , kanjalo niyakukhonza abezizwe ezweni elingesilo elenu.

Nokho bathi kuNkulunkulu: Suka kithi, asifuni ukwazi izindlela zakho.

Amadoda aseGibeyoni athumela kuJoshuwa ekamu laseGiligali , athi: Ungayekethisi isandla sakho ezincekwini zakho ; shesha ukhuphukele kithi usisindise, usisize, ngokuba onke amakhosi ama -Amori akhile ezintabeni asihlanganyele.

Ububi basePeyori buncane yini kithi esingakazihlambululi kubo kuze kube namuhla, noma inhlangano kaJehova yehlelwa yisifo,

Kepha uma izwe lefa lenu lingcolile , welani, niye ezweni lefa likaJehova , lapho lihlala khona itabernakele likaJehova , nibe nefa phakathi kwethu ; kepha ningahlubuki uJehova , ningahlubuki futhi kithi ngokuzakhela i -altare ngaphandle kwe-altare likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.

Sathi-ke: Kuyakuthi lapho besho kanjalo kithi nakuzo izizukulwane zethu ngesikhathi esizayo , sisho ukuthi : Bhekani isifanekiso se -altare likaJehova abalenzayo obaba , lingabi ngeleminikelo yokushiswa nelemihlatshelo ; lingufakazi phakathi kwethu nani.

Wayesethi uJoshuwa kubo abantu bonke : Bhekani, leli tshe liyakuba ngufakazi ngathi, ngokuba lizwile onke amazwi kaJehova awak huluma kithi; ngalokho liyakuba ngufakazi ngani, funa nimphike uNkulunkulu wenu.

Amalunga ethu nabo bonke abakhileyo ezweni lakithi bakhuluma kithi , bathi: Phathani ezandleni zenu umphako wendlela , niye nibahlangabeze , nithi kubo: Siyizinceku zenu; manenze isivumelwano nathi.

Bheka, manje sesisesandleni sakho ; okuhle nokulungile emehlweni akho ukuba ukwenze kithi, kwenze.

Manje ake ninxuse kuNkulunkulu ukuba abe nomusa kithi ; njengokuba ninokunjalo ezandleni zenu, uyakunamukela na? usho uJehova Sebawoti.

Kwathi lapho abaJuda ababehlala eceleni kwabo sebefika , bathi kithi kayishumi, bevela ezindaweni zonke: Buyelani kithi.

Kwathi izitha zethu sezizwile ukuthi kwazeke kithi nokuthi uNkulunkulu wayeshafisile icebo labo , sabuyela sonke ogangeni , kwaba yilowo nalowo emsebenzini wakhe.

Noma kuyiphi indawo lap ho nizwa khona ukubethwa kwecilongo , buthanani khona, nize kithi; uNkulunkulu wethu uyakusilwela.

Mina nabafowethu , nezinceku zami , nabalindi abangilandelayo , kwakungekho kithi owakhumula izingubo zakhe ; yilowo nalowo wayenesikhali esandleni sakhe.

AbaJuda nababusi , abantu abayikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu , badla etafuleni lami, kanye nabafika kithi bevela kwabezizwe abasizungezayo.

Ngathi kubo : Thina njengamandla esinawo sihlengile abafowethu abaJuda ababethengiselwe abezizwe ; seniyakuthengisa ngabafowenu , bathengiselwe kithi, na? Bathula, abafumananga zwi.

Yisho kubantu ukuthi : Zingcweliseleni olwangakusasa, niyakudla inyama, lokhu nikhalile ezindlebeni zikaJehova ngokuthi : Ngubani oyakusipha inyama ukuba sidle , ngokuba kwakukuhle kithi eGibithe , ngalokho uJehova uyakuninika inyama, nize nidle.

UJehova usilethelani kuleli zwe , siwe ngenkemba na ? Omkethu nabancane bethu bayakuba yimpango; bekungengcono yini kithi ukubuyela eGibithe na?

Kodwa ningahlubuki kuJehova, futhi ningesabi abantu balelo zwe ; ngokuba bayisinkwa kithi ; umthunzi wabo usukile phezu kwabo , kodwa uJehova unathi; ningabesabi.

Abantu bafika kuMose , bathi: Sonile, ngokuba sikhulume kabi ngoJehova nangawe; khuleka kuJehova ukuba asuse izinyoka kithi . UMose wabakhulekela abantu.

Kanti amazwi ami nezimiso zami engayala ngakho izinceku zami abaprofethi akubaficanga yini oyihlo , baze baphenduka , bathi: Njengalokho uJehova Sebawoti ebehlosa ukwenza kithi njengezindlela zethu nemisebenzi yethu , wenze kanjalo kithina, na? Umbono ngezinkweli zamahhashi