40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 30

₁“Manje lo myalo ungowenu bapristi. ₂Uma ningezwa, uma ningakubeki enhliziyweni ukunika igama lami udumo,” usho uJehova Sebawoti, “ngiyakuthuma kini isiqalekiso, ngiqalekise izibusiso zenu, yebo, sengiziqalekisile, ngokuba anikubeki enhliziyweni.

₃“Bhekani, ngiyakusongela inzalo yenu ngenxa yenu, ngithele umquba ebusweni benu, umquba wemikhosi yenu, nisuselwe kuwo. ₄Niyakwazi ukuthi ngithumile kini lo myalo ukuba isivumelwano sami noLevi sime,” usho uJehova Sebawoti. ₅“Isivumelwano sami naye sasingukuphila nokuthula, ngamnika khona ukuba esabe; wangesaba, waphela amandla phambi kwegama lami. ₆Umthetho weqiniso wawusemlonyeni wakhe, nobubi babungatholwa ezindebeni zakhe; wahamba nami ngokuthula nangobuqotho, wabuyisa abaningi ebubini.

₇“Ngokuba izindebe zompristi ziyakugcina ukwazi, kufunwe umthetho emlonyeni wakhe, ngokuba uyisithunywa sikaJehova Sebawoti. ₈Kepha nichezukile endleleni, nikhubekisile abaningi emthethweni; nisonakalisile isivumelwano sikaLevi,” usho uJehova Sebawoti. ₉“Ngalokho mina nginenzile naba ngabadelelekileyo nabathotshisiweyo phambi kwabantu bonke njengokuba ningazigcinanga izindlela zami, kepha nikhethe ubuso emthethweni.

₃Ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu engimkhonzayo kusukela kokhokho ngonembeza omhlophe, njengalokhu ngikukhumbula ngokungaphezi emikhulekweni yami ubusuku nemini, ₄ngilangazelela ukukubona, ngikhumbula izinyembezi zakho, ukuze ngigcwaliswe ngentokozo, ₅ngikhunjuzwe ukukholwa okungenakuzenzisa okukuwe, okwahlala kuqala kunyokokhulu uLowisi nakunyoko uYunisi, yebo, ngiyethemba, nakuwena. ₆Ngaleso sizathu ngiyakukhumbuza ukuba uvuse isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu esikhona kuwe ngokubeka izandla zami. ₇Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akasiphanga umoya wobugwala, kepha owamandla, nowothando, nowokuzikhuza.

₈Ngalokho ungabi namahloni ngobufakazi ngeNkosi yethu nangami, isiboshwa sayo, kodwa hlanganyela ukuhluphekela ivangeli ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ₉owasisindisa, wasibiza ngobizo olungcwele, kungengokwemisebenzi yethu kepha ngokwelakhe icebo nomusa, esawuphiwa kuKristu Jesu zingakabikho izikhathi, ₁₀kepha osubonakalisiwe manje ngokubonakala koMsindisi wethu uKristu Jesu, owachitha ukufa, walethela ekukhanyeni ukuphila nokungabhubhi ngevangeli, ₁₁engamiselwa lona ukuba ngibe ngummemezeli, nomphostoli, nomfundisi; ₁₂ngaleso sizathu ngiyahlupheka nangalokhu, kepha anginamahloni, ngokuba ngiyamazi engikholwa nguye, ngiyethemba ukuthi unamandla okulonda lokho engikubekile kuye, kuze kube yilolo suku.

₁₃Isibonelo samazwi aphilayo masibe yilawo owawezwa kimi ngokukholwa nangothando olukuKristu Jesu; ₁₄okuhle okubekiwe kuwe ukulonde ngoMoya oNgcwele ohlala kithi.