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To The Word – Day 164

To The Word – Day 164

Job 15–17, Romans 11–13

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

UJobe 15

Inkulumo yesibili ka-Elifazi: uJobe uyazigabisa; akakho olungileyo; ababi bayakujeziswa

1Wayesethatha u-Elifazi umThemani, wathi:

2“Ohlakaniphileyo uyakuphendula

ngokwazi okungumoya nje,

agcwalise isisu ngomoya wasempumalanga, na?

3Aphikisane ngamazwi angasizi

lutho nangezinkulumo ezingenalusizo na?

4Yebo, uyachitha ukwesaba,

unciphisa ukuzindla phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

5Ngokuba ububi bakho buyafundisa umlomo wakho;

ukhetha ulimi lwabanobuqili.

6Ngumlomo wakho okulahlayo,

akusimi;

izindebe zakho ziyafakaza ngawe.

7Ungumuntu wokuqala owazalwayo na?

Wavela ngaphambi kwezintaba na?

8Uzwile imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu,

wazigodlela wedwa ukuhlakanipha na?

9Wazini esingayazi thina na?

Uqonda ntoni engekho kithina na?

10Kithina kukhona izimpunga namakhehla

amadala kunoyihlo.

11Zincane yini kuwe izinduduzo zikaNkulunkulu,

nezwi elikhulunywa kahle kuwe na?

12Umukiselwani yinhliziyo yakho na?

Kungani ukuba amehlo akho aphayizele,

13uphendulele kuNkulunkulu ukufutheka kwakho,

ukhiphe amazwi emlonyeni wakho na?

14Uyini umuntu ukuba abe ngohlambulukileyo,

nozelwe ngowesifazane ukuba alungisiswe, na?

15Bheka, nabangcwele bakhe akabethembi,

nezulu alihlambulukile emehlweni akhe;

16kakhulu kangakanani onengekayo nowonakeleyo,

umuntu ophuza ukona njengamanzi, na?

17“Ngiyakukwazisa, ungilalele;

ngiyakukulandisa engikubonileyo

18lokho izihlakaniphi ezikubonakalisile,

zikuthathe koyise, zingakufihlanga,

19zona ezaphiwa zodwa izwe,

kungadabulanga kuzo umfokazi ngokuthi:

20Umuntu omubi uyazibinya imihla yonke,

umumo weminyaka othukuselwe isidlwangudlwangu.

21Izwi lengebhe lisezindlebeni zakhe;

lapho ehlezi kahle,

uyakufikelwa ngumphangi.

22Akethembi ukuthi uyakubuya ebumnyameni;

uyalindelwa yinkemba.

23Uyazulazulela ukudla: kuphi na?

Uyazi ukuthi usuku lobumnyama selungasesandleni sakhe.

24Ukuhlupheka nosizi kuyamethusa;

kuyamahlula njengenkosi ezilungiselele impi,

25ngokuba waselulela isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu,

wazigabisa kuSomandla.

26Wamdumela ngentamo elukhuni,

nangamaqhubu adumbileyo amahawu akhe,

27ngokuba wasibekela ubuso bakhe ngamafutha akhe,

wenza umvingqi okhalweni lwakhe.

28Wahlala emizini ebiyakuchithwa,

nasezindlini ebezingahlalwa,

ezaziyakuba ngamanxiwa nje.

29Akayikuceba, nemfuyo yakhe ayiyikuma,

nokudla kwakhe akuyikukhothamela phansi.

30Akayikusuka ebumnyameni;

ilangabi liyakushisa amagatsha akhe,

amuke ngokuphefumula komlomo kaNkulunkulu.

31Makangethembi ezeni, ezikhohlisa,

ngokuba ize liyakuba ngumvuzo wakhe.

32Kuyakufezwa kungakabi yisikhathi,

negatsha lakhe alisayikuba luhlaza.

33Uyakuvuthulula igwanya lakhe njengomvini,

alahle imbali yakhe njengomnqumo.

34Ngokuba ibandla labangenaNkulunkulu liyakuba

yinyumba,

umlilo uqede amatende abathengwa ngemivuzo.

35Bakhulelwe ingozi, bazala ukona;

isisu sabo silungisela inkohliso.”

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UJobe 16

UJobe uphendula inkulumo yesibili ka-Elifazi: uyahlupheka engenacala; ezulwini kukhona ufakazi

1Wayesephendula uJobe, wathi:

2“Ngizwile izinto eziningi ezinjalo;

nina nonke ningabaduduzi ababi.

3Amazwi angumoya nje awayikuphela yini?

Ucunulwa yintoni ukuba uphendule na?

4Nami ngingakhuluma njengani;

uma imiphefumulo yenu ibisesikhundleni

somphefumulo wami,

bengiyakuhlanganisa amazwi ngani,

ngininikinele ikhanda lami.

5Benginganiqinisa ngomlomo,

induduzo yezindebe zami inidambise.

6“Noma ngikhuluma,

ubuhlungu bami abudanjiswanga;

noma ngiyeka,

kuyini okumuka kimi na?

7Kepha manje ungikhathazile,

uyichithile yonke indlu yami.

8Ungicindezele, kungubufakazi;

ukonda kwami kuyangivukela,

kufakaze ebusweni bami.

9Ulaka lwakhe luyangidwengula,

lungizingele;

uyangigedlela amazinyo;

isitha sami singicijisela amehlo aso.

10Bangikhamisela imilomo yabo,

bangimukula esihlathini ngenhlamba,

bangihlanganyela.

11UNkulunkulu uyanginikela kubantu abonakeleyo,

angiphonse esandleni sababi.

12Ngangihlezi kahle, wangichoboza;

wangibamba ngentamo,

wangiphahlaza;

wangimisa ngibe yisigcibisholo.

13Abacibishelayo bakhe bangihaqa;

uyaqhekeza izinso zami engenasihawu;

uchithela inyongo yami emhlabathini.

14Uyangidiliza nokudiliza futhifuthi,

angidumele njengeqhawe.

15“Ngithungile indwangu yamasaka phezu kwesikhumba sami.

ngingcolisile uphondo lwami othulini.

16Ubuso bami bubomvu ngokukhala;

ezinkosheni zami kukhona ithunzi lokufa,

17noma kungekho ubudlova ezandleni zami

nokukhuleka kwami kulungile.

18Mhlaba, ungathukusi igazi lami;

ukukhala kwami makungabi nandawo.

19Namanje bheka,

ufakazi wami usezulwini;

ummeli wami usezindaweni eziphakemeyo.

20Abangane bami bayangiklolodela;

iso lami liphophoza izinyembezi kuNkulunkulu

21ukuba amphikele umuntu kuNkulunkulu

nendodana yomuntu kumakhelwane wayo.

22Ngokuba iyingcosana iminyaka eyakubalwa,

ngingakahambi indlela engingayikubuya kuyo.

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UJobe 17

Ukuphela kwenkulumo kaJobe: ucela ukumelwa nguNkulunkulu; ulindela ukufa

1“Umoya wami usuchithekile, imihla yami iyacimeka;

okwami sekuyithuna nje.

2Impela kukhona abangiklolodelayo,

iso lami lisekucunuleni kwabo.

3Ake unginike isibambiso, ungimele;

ngubani oyakuxhawulana nami na?

4Ngokuba uvalile izinhliziyo zabo zingaqondi;

ngalokho awuyikubaphakamisa.

5Ochaka abangane bakhe ngenxa yesabelo,

amehlo abantwana bakhe ayakufiphala.

6Ungibeke isaga sabantu,

ngibe ngokhafulelwa ebusweni.

7Iso lami lifiphele ngosizi;

onke amalungu ami anjengethunzi.

8Abaqotho bayethuswa yilokho;

ongenacala uyavukela ongenaNkulunkulu.

9Kepha olungileyo ubambelela endleleni yakhe;

onezandla ezihlanzekileyo ude eqina njalo.

10Nokho buyani nonke phela, nize;

kodwa angiyikuthola phakathi kwenu ohlakaniphileyo.

11Imihla yami isidlulile,

amasu ami anqunyiwe

kanye nemicabango yami yenhliziyo.

12Ubusuku babenza imini,

bathi:

‘Ukukhanya kuseduze nobumnyama.’

13Uma ngithemba ukuthi indawo yabafileyo iyindlu yami,

ngendlalele ukhukho lwami ebumnyameni,

14ngibize ukubola ngokuthi ubaba

nezimpethu ngokuthi umame nodadewethu,

15liphi, pho, ithemba lami na?

Yebo, ithemba lami,

ngubani oyakulibona na?

16Liyakwehlela emigoqweni yendawo yabafileyo,

lapho kuyakuba khona ukuphumula othulini kanyekanye.”

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Insali ka-Israyeli yasindiswa

1Ngalokho ngithi: UNkulunkulu usilahlile isizwe sakhe na? Qha nakanye, ngokuba nami ngingumIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abrahama, wesizwe sakwaBenjamini. 2UNkulunkulu akasilahlanga isizwe sakhe ayesazi ngaphambili. Kumbe anazi yini ukuthi umbhalo uthini ngo-Eliya ukuba umangalela u-Israyeli kuNkulunkulu ngokuthi: 3“Nkosi, bababulele abaprofethi bakho, badilizile ama-altare akho, mina ngisele ngedwa, sebefuna ukungibulala nami,” na? 4Kepha impendulo kaNkulunkulu ithini kuye na? Ithi: “Ngizishiyele amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa angaguqanga ngamadolo kuBali.” 5Kanjalo kukhona nangalesi sikhathi samanje insali ngokokukhetha komusa; 6kepha uma kuya ngomusa, akusayi ngemisebenzi; uma kungenjalo, umusa awuseyiwo umusa.

7Kunjani, pho? Lokho u-Israyeli akufunayo akakufumananga, kepha abakhethiweyo bakufumana, abanye benziwa baba lukhuni, 8njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi:

“UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo,

amehlo okungaboni,

nezindlebe zokungezwa,

kuze kube lusuku lwanamuhla.”

9NoDavide uthi:

“Itafula labo malibe yisihibe nogibe,

nesikhubekiso nempindiselo kubo,

10kufiphazwe amehlo abo ukuba angaboni,

ugobe umhlane wabo njalo.”

Ngokungakholwa kuka-Israyeli insindiso yafika kwabezizwe

11Ngakho ngithi: Bakhubeka ukuba bawe na? Qha nakanye; kepha ngesiphambeko sabo insindiso ifikile kwabezizwe ukubavusela umhawu. 12Kepha uma isiphambeko sabo siyingcebo yezwe, nokuncipha kwabo kuyingcebo yabezizwe, pho, kakhulu kangakanani ukuphelela kwabo.

13Ngikhuluma kini nina bezizwe. Njengokuba mina ngingumphostoli wabezizwe, ngidumisa ukukhonza kwami 14ukuba mhlawumbe ngingabavusela umhawu abenyama yami, ngisindise abanye kubo. 15Ngokuba uma ukulahlwa kwabo kungukubuyiswa kwezwe, ukwamukelwa kwabo kungaba yini, uma kungesikho ukuphila kwabafileyo na? 16Uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama injalo; uma impande ingcwele, namagatsha anjalo.

17Kepha uma kwaphulwa amanye amagatsha, wena-ke ongumnqumo wasendle wafakelwa phakathi kwawo, wahlanganyela nawo impande yamafutha yomnqumo, 18ungazigabisi phezu kwamagatsha; kepha uma uzigabisa, akusuwe othwele impande, kepha yimpande ethwele wena. 19Uzakuthi-ke wena: “Amagatsha aphulwa ukuba mina ngifakelwe.” 20Kulungile; aphulwa ngokungakholwa, wena-ke umi ngokukholwa. Ungazikhukhumezi, kepha yesaba; 21ngokuba uma uNkulunkulu engayekanga amagatsha emvelo, nawe angeze akuyeka.

22Bheka-ke ububele nobukhali bukaNkulunkulu; ubukhali kulabo abawayo kepha kuwe ububele bukaNkulunkulu, uma uhlala ebubeleni; uma kungenjalo, uzakunqunywa nawe. 23Nalabo uma bengahlali ekungakholweni, bayakufakelwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unamandla okubafakela futhi. 24Ngokuba uma wena wanqunywa emnqumweni ongowasendle ngemvelo, wafakelwa emnqumweni omuhle ngokuphambene nemvelo, ikakhulu labo abangabemvelo bayakufakelwa emnqumweni wakubo.

Ngokukholwa kwabezizwe abakwa-Israyeli bayakubuyiswa

25Ngokuba angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningayazi le mfihlakalo, funa nizishaye abahlakaniphileyo, ukuthi inxenye ka-Israyeli yehlelwe ngubulukhuni, kuze kungene abezizwe ngokupheleleyo; 26kanjalo u-Israyeli wonke uyakusindiswa, njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi:

“Kuyakuvela eSiyoni uMhlangulisi,

asuse ukungalungi kuJakobe.

27Yilesi isivumelwano sami nabo,

lapho ngisusa izono zabo.”

28Ngokwevangeli bayizitha ngenxa yenu, kepha ngokukhethwa bangabathandiweyo ngenxa yawokhokho, 29ngokuba izipho zomusa nokubiza kukaNkulunkulu akaguquki kukho. 30Ngokuba njengalokho nina kade ningamlaleli uNkulunkulu, kepha manje nihawukelwe ngenxa yokungalaleli kwabo, 31kanjalo nalaba kalokhu abalalelanga, ukuze ngomusa enenzelwe wona nabo bahawukelwe manje. 32Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ubavalele bonke ekungalalelini ukuze abahawukele bonke. 33Yeka ukujula kwengcebo, nokuhlakanipha, nokwazi kukaNkulunkulu! Yeka izahlulelo zakhe ezingaphenyekiyo, nezindlela zakhe ezingaqondakaliyo! 34Ngokuba

“ngubani owawazi umqondo weNkosi na?

Nokuba ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo na?”

35Noma

“ngubani owaqala ukuyipha

ukuba kubuyiselwe kuye na?”

36Ngokuba konke kuvela kuye, kukhona ngaye, kuya kuye; makube kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade. Amen.

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Ukuhamba okungcwele

1Ngakho ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe ngumnikelo ophilileyo, ongcwele, othandeka kuNkulunkulu, kube ngukukhonza kwenu kokuqonda; 2ningalingisi leli zwe, kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo.

Ukuthobeka

3Ngokuba ngomusa engiwuphiweyo ngisho kulowo nalowo phakathi kwenu ukuthi angacabangi athi mkhulu kunalokho afanele ukukucabanga, kodwa acabange kube ngokuqonda, njengalokho uNkulunkulu abele lowo nalowo isilinganiso sokukholwa. 4Ngokuba njengalokhu sinezitho eziningi emzimbeni munye, kepha izitho zonke azinamsebenzi munye, 5kanjalo thina esibaningi simzimba munye kuKristu, kepha ngabanye siyizitho, omunye esomunye. 6Sinezipho zomusa ezahlukileyo ngokomusa esiwuphiweyo; uma singesokuprofetha, asiprofethe ngesilinganiso sokukholwa; 7uma singesokukhonza, kube senkonzweni; ofundisayo, kube sekufundiseni, 8oyalayo, ekuyaleni; owabayo, enze ngobuqotho; oholayo, ngenkuthalo; ohawukelayo, ngentokozo.

Uthando nokuphathana kahle

9Uthando malungabi nakuzenzisa; nenyanye okubi, nibambelele kokuhle; 10thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane; ekwazisaneni nandulelane; 11ekukhuthaleni ningenqeni, nivuthe emoyeni, nikhonze iNkosi; 12ethembeni nithokoze; osizini nibekezele; ekukhulekeni niqinisele njalo; 13hlanganyelani nabangcwele ekusweleni kwabo, nikhuthalele ukungenisa izihambi.

14Babusiseni abanizingelayo; busisani, ningaqalekisi. 15Thokozani nabathokozayo, nikhale nabakhalayo. 16Manibe nhliziyonye; ningazindli okuphakemeyo, kodwa yaneliswani ngokuphansi. Ningazishayi abahlakaniphileyo.

17Ningaphindiseli muntu okubi ngokubi; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke; 18uma kungenzeka, ngokwenu hlalisanani ngokuthula nabantu bonke; 19ningaziphindiseli nina bathandwa, kodwa dedelani ulaka, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Ngokwami ukuphindisela, ngiyakubuyisela mina,” isho iNkosi. 20Kepha:

“Uma isitha sakho silambile, siphe sidle;

uma somile, siphuzise,

ngokuba ngokwenza lokho

uyakube ufumbela amalahle avuthayo ekhanda laso.”

21Unganqotshwa ngokubi, kodwa nqoba okubi ngokuhle.

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Ngokulalela amakhosi

1Akube yilowo nalowo azithobe phansi kwamandla ombuso, ngokuba akukho mandla ombuso angaveli kuNkulunkulu; lawa akhona amiswe nguNkulunkulu. 2Ngakho-ke omelana namandla ombuso umelana nesimiso sikaNkulunkulu; kepha abamelana nakho bayakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa. 3Ngokuba ababusi abesabeki kwabenza okuhle, kodwa kwabenza okubi. Kepha uyathanda yini ukungesabi amandla ombuso na? Yenza okuhle, uyakubongwa yiwo; 4ngokuba uyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu, kube kuhle kuwe. Kepha uma wenza okubi, yesaba; ngokuba awuyiphatheli ize inkemba; ngokuba uyisikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu, umphindiseli wokwehlisela ulaka kowenza okubi. 5Ngalokho kuswelekile ukuwuthobela, kungabi kuphela ngenxa yolaka kodwa nangenxa kanembeza.

6Ngokuba ngenxa yalokho nikhipha intela; ngokuba bayizikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu ezikhuthalela khona lokho. 7Nikani bonke okubafaneleyo: intela kofanele intela, inkokhiso kofanele inkokhiso, ukwesaba kofanele ukwesatshwa, udumo kofanele udumo.

Ukuthanda abazalwane

8Ningabi nacala lani nakubani, kuphela elokuthandana; ngokuba othanda omunye uwugcwalisile umthetho. 9Ngokuba lokhu ukuthi: “Ungaphingi, ungabulali, ungebi, ungafisi,” noma ukhona omunye umyalelo, kuyahlanganiswa kuleli zwi elithi: “Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena.” 10Uthando alwenzi okubi kumakhelwane; ngakho-ke uthando lungukugcwaliseka komthetho.

Ukuhamba ekukhanyeni

11Yenzani lokhu, njengokuba nazi isikhathi ukuthi sekuyihora lokuba nivuke ebuthongweni; ngokuba manje insindiso isisondele kithi kunaleso sikhathi esaqala ukukholwa ngaso. 12Ubusuku sebuyaphela, imini isisondele. Ngakho-ke asilahle imisebenzi yobumnyama, sihlome izikhali zokukhanya. 13Asihambe ngokufaneleyo njengasemini, kungabi ngokuminza nokudakwa, kungabi ngobufebe namanyala, kungabi ngokuxabana nomhawu; 14kodwa yembathani iNkosi uJesu Kristu, ninganakekeli inyama kuvuswe izinkanuko.

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