Emsebenzini noThixo – Usuku 9

₂₂“Kufuneka nisibekele bucala isishumi – oko kukuthi isahlulo seshumi kuyo yonke imveliso yakho yamasimi minyaka le. ₂₃Ngoko ke wosithatha isishumi eso, uye naso kulaa ndawo inyulwe *nguNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ukuze lizinze khona igama lakhe, usityele khona phambi kwakhe – noba yingqolowa, iwayini entsha, amafutha omnquma, okanye amazibulo enkomo noba ngawegusha. Le nto ke noyenza khon' ukuze nifunde ukuhlala nimhlonela uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu.

₄₂“Mawoo, nina baFarasi! Ninikela kuThixo ngesishumi semifuno enjengetyeleba nenxina neminye, kanti niyabutyeshela ubulungisa nokumthanda uThixo. Benimelwe kakade kukuzenza ezi zinto, kodwa nezinye ningazityesheli.

₄₁UYesu waya kuhlala phantsi *endlwini kaThixo malunga nesikhongozeli-mali, wasibukela isihlwele sifaka imali kwisikhongozeli apho. Izityebi ezininzi zazinikela kakhulu. ₄₂Ke kwafika mhlolokazi uthile ulihlwempu, wafaka iimalana zambini, ezixabiso limalunga nesenti. ₄₃UYesu wababizela kuye abafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Ndithi kuni, inene, lo mhlolokazi ulihlwempu unikele ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafake imali kwisikhongozeli. ₄₄Kuba bonke abanye banikele bekhupha kwintabalala yabo, kanti yena eswele nje, uzibhokoxile, wanikela konke abenako.”

₆Nize nikhumbule ukuba ohlwayela kancinane uvuna kancinane, ohlwayela kakhulu avune isivuno esikhulu. ₇Elowo ke makanikele kangangoko agqibe ngako, engenasikrokro, engaziva enyanzelekile, kuba uThixo uthanda umntu opha ngobubele. ₈Kaloku unako uThixo ukunipha nangaphezu kweemfuneko zenu, ukuze nisoloko nanele kwiimeko zonke, nibe nako ukuhlangabezana nayo yonke imisebenzi emihle, ₉njengoko zitshoyo *neziBhalo ukuthi: