ISAHLUKO 1
UBenjamin, indodana yeshumi nambili kaJakobe kanye noRaheli, ingane yomndeni, uphenduka isazi sefilosofi kanye nephilanthropist.
1 Ikhophi yamazwi kaBenjamini ayala ngawo amadodana akhe ukuba ayigcine, esephile iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili nanhlanu.
2 Wabanga, wathi: "Njengokuba u-Isaka azalelwa u-Abrahama esemdala, nami nginjalo kuJakobe."
3 Futhi njengoba uRaheli umame wafa ekubeletheni kwami, ngangingenabisi; ngakho ngamunywanguBhilihaincekukaziyakhe.
4 Ngokuba uRaheli wahlala eyinyumba iminyaka eyishumi nambili emva kokuzalwa kukaJosefa; wakhuleka kuJehova ngokuzila ukudla izinsuku eziyishumi nambili; wakhulelwa,wangizala.
5NgobaubabawayemthandakakhuluuRaheli, futhi wathandazela ukuba abone amadodana amabilievelakuye.
6 Ngakho ngabizwa ngokuthi uBhenjamini, okungukuthi,indodanayezinsuku.
7 Lapho ngingena eGibithe kuJosefa, umfowethu wangibona, wathi kimi: "Bamtshelaniubabalaphobengithengisana?"
8 Ngase ngithi kuyo: Bafafaza ibhantshi lakho ngegazi, balithumela, bathi: Yazi ukuthi lena kuyijazilendodanayakho.
9 Wathi kimi: "Kunjalo, mfowethu, lapho bengihlubula ingubo yami, banginika amaIshmayeli, banginika indwangu okhalweni, bangibhaxabula,bathingigijime.
10 Kepha omunye walabo ababengishaye ngenduku, ingonyama yamhlangabeza, yambulala.
11Ngakholaboababekanyenayebethuka.
12 Ngakho-ke, nani, bantwana bami, thandani iNkosi uNkulunkulu wezulu nomhlaba, futhi nigcine imiyalelo Yayo, nilandele isibonelo sendodaenhlenengcweleuJosefa.
13 Futhi ingqondo yenu mayibe sesimweni esihle, njengoba nje ningazi; ngoba ogeza ingqondoyakhekahleubonazonkeizintokahle.
14 Mesabe uJehova, uthande umakhelwane wakho; futhi noma imimoya yamaBheliyali ifuna ukunihlupha ngabo bonke ububi, nokho ngeke ibe namandla phezu kwenu, njengoba ingazange ibe nayo phezu kukaJosefa umfowethu.
15 Bangaki abantu ababefisa ukumbulala, kodwauNkulunkuluwamvikela!
16 Ngokuba lowo omesabayo uNkulunkulu futhi othanda umakhelwane wakhe akanakushaywa wumoya kaBeliyali, evikelwe ukwesabauNkulunkulu.
17 Futhi akanakubuswa amacebo abantu noma izilwane, ngoba uJehova uyasizwa ngothando analokumakhelwanewakhe.
18 Ngoba uJosefa laye wamncenga ubaba ukuthi abakhulekele abafowabo, ukuze iNkosi ingababali njengesono loba yibuphi ububi ababebenzilekuye
19 UJakobe wamemeza kanje, wathi: "Mntanami olungileyo, unqobile izibilini zikayihlouJakobe."
20 Wamgona, wamanga amahora amabili, wathi:
21 Kuwe kuyogcwaliseka isiphrofetho sasezulwini mayelana neMvana kaNkulunkulu, kanye noMsindisi womhlaba, nokuthi ongenacala uyonikelwa ngenxa yabantu abangenamthetho, futhi ongenasono uyofela abantu abangamesabi uNkulunkulu ngegazi lesivumelwano. , ukuze kusindiswe abezizwe no-Israyeli, futhi uyobhubhisa uBeliyari nezincekuzakhe.
22 Ngakho-ke, bantwana bami, niyakubona ukuphelakomuntuolungileyo?
23 Ngakho yibani ngabalingisa ububele bakhe ngengqondo enhle, ukuze nani nigqoke imiqheleyenkazimulo.
24 Ngokuba umuntu omuhle akanaso iso elimnyama; ngoba uhawukela abantu bonke lanxabeyizoni.
25 Noma beceba ngenhloso embi. mayelana naye ngokwenza okuhle uyanqoba okubi, evikelekile nguNkulunkulu; futhi uthanda olungileyonjengomphefumulowakhe.
26 Uma umuntu edunyiswa, akanamhawu ngaye; uma umuntu enothisa, akanamhawu; uma umuntu eyiqhawe, uyamdumisa; umuntu olungileyo uyamtusa; ompofu uhawukela; uhawukela ababuthakathaka; kuNkulunkulu uyahlabelelaindumiso.
27 Olomusa womoya omuhle uyamthanda njengomphefumulowakhe.
28 Ngakho-ke uma nani ninengqondo enhle, ababi bayakuba nokuthula nani, neziwula zinihloniphe, ziphendukele kokuhle; nabahahayo abagcini ngokuyeka ukunxanela kwabo, kepha banike abahluphekayo izinto zokuhaha.
29 Uma nenza kahle, nemimoya engcolileyo iyakunibalekela;nezilwaneziyonesaba.
30 Ngokuba lapho kukhona ukwesaba imisebenzi emihle nokukhanya engqondweni, ubumnyamabuyabalekakuye.
31 Ngokuba uma umuntu ehlukumeza ongcwele, uyaphenduka; ngoba umuntu ongcwele ulesihawu kumthuki wakhe, futhi uyathula.
32 Uma umuntu ekhaphela olungileyo, olungileyouyakhuleka;
33Ukuthambekelakomuntuolungileyoakukho emandleni enkohliso yomoya kaBeliyari, ngokuba ingelosi yokuthula iyawuhola umphefumulowakhe.
34 Futhi akabheki izinto ezibolayo ngokuhanjelwa, futhi akabutheli ndawonye ingcebongesifisosenjabulo.
35 Kayithokozi ngentokozo, kamdabukisi umakhelwanewakhe,kazisuthingokunethezeka, kaphambuki ekuphakanyisweni kwamehlo, ngobaiNkosiiyisabelosakhe.
36 Ukuthambekela okuhle akwemukeli inkazimulo noma ihlazo kubantu, futhi alazi noma iyiphi inkohliso, noma amanga, noma ukulwa noma ukuthuka; ngokuba iNkosi ihlala kuyofuthiikhanyisaumphefumulowayo,futhi ithokozangabobonkeabantunjalo.
37 Ingqondo enhle ayinazo izilimi ezimbili, eyokubusisa, neyesiqalekiso, eyeyisa, neyodumo, neyokudabuka, neyokujabula, neyokuzola, neyokudideka, neyokuzenzisa, neyeqiniso, neyobumpofu, neyengcebo; kodwa linomqondo munye, ongaboliyo, ohlanzekileyo kubobonke.
38 Alinakubona kabili, alinakuzwa kabili; ngokuba kukho konke akwenzayo, noma akukhulumayo, noma akubonayo, uyazi ukuthi uJehovaubhekaumphefumulowakhe.
39 Futhi uyawuhlanza umqondo wakhe ukuze angalahlwangabantukanjalonoNkulunkulu.
40KanjalonemisebenzikaBeliyariikabili,futhi akukhonokukodwakuyo.
41 Ngakho-ke, bantwana bami, ngithi kini: Balekeleni ububi bukaBeliyari; ngoba ubapha inkembalaboabamlalelayo.
42Futhiinkembaizalaububiobuyisikhombisa. Okokuqala ingqondo ithatha ngoBeliyari, futhi okokuqala kuba nokuchithwa kwegazi; okwesibili incithakalo; okwesithathu, usizi; okwesine, ukudingiswa; okwesihlanu, indlala; okwesithupha, ukwethuka; okwesikhombisa, ukubhujiswa.
43 Ngalokho uKayini wanikelwa nguNkulunkulu ekuphindiseleni okuyisikhombisa, ngokuba iminyaka eyikhulu uJehova wehlisela inhlupheko eyodwa phezu kwakhe.
44Kwathieseneminyakaengamakhuluamabili ubudala waqala ukuhlupheka, futhi ngonyaka wamakhuluayisishiyagalolunyewabhujiswa.
45 Ngokuba ngenxa ka-Abela umfowabo wahlulelwa kukho konke okubi, kepha uLameka wahlulelwa ngokuphindwe kamashumi ayisikhombisa aphindwe kasikhombisa.
46 Ngokuba labo abanjengoKayini ngomona nangokuzonda abafowabo bayojeziswa kuze kubephakade.
ISAHLUKO 2
Ivesi 3 liqukethe isibonelo esimangalisayo sobukhazikhazi-nokhoukugqamakwezifenqo zalabaokhokhobasendulo.
1Kephanina,bantwanabami,balekelaniububi, nomhawu,nenzondoyabazalwane,ninamathele ebuhleninaseluthandweni.
2 Onengqondo ehlanzekileyo othandweni akabheki owesifazane ngokuphinga; ngokuba akanakho ukungcola enhliziyweni yakhe, ngokuba uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlezi phezu kwakhe.
3 Ngoba njengoba ilanga lingangcoliswa ngokukhanya phezu komquba lodaka, kodwa liyabuna futhi lixotshe iphunga elibi; kanjalo nenhliziyo ehlanzekileyo, nakuba izungezwe ukungcola komhlaba, kunalokho iyawahlanza, ayingcoli.
4 Futhi ngikholwa ukuthi ziyoba khona futhi izenzo ezimbi phakathi kwenu, kusukela emazwini ka-Enoke olungileyo: ukuthi niyofeba nobufebe baseSodoma, futhi niyobhubha, nonke ngaphandle kwabambalwa, futhi niyovuselela izenzo ezingcolile nabesifazane. ; nombuso weNkosi awuyikuba phakathi kwenu, ngokuba uyakuwususa masinyane.
5 Nokho ithempeli likaNkulunkulu liyoba yingxenye yakho, futhi ithempeli lokugcina liyobanenkazimulokunelokuqala.
6Futhiizizweeziyishuminambiliziyobuthelwa ndawonye lapho, kanye nabo bonke abeZizwe, kuze kufike oPhezukonke aze athumele insindiso Yakhe ngokuhanjelwa ngumprofethi ozelweyedwa.
7 Futhi iyongena ethempelini lokuqala, futhi lapho iNkosi iyophathwa ngokucasuka, futhi iyophakanyiswaesihlahleni.
8Iveyililethempeliliyodatshulwa,futhiuMoya kaNkulunkulu uyodlulela kwabezizwe njengomliloothululwayo.
9 Uyokwenyuka eHayidese, adlule emhlabeni, ayeezulwini.
10Ngiyaziukuthiuyakuba-phansikangakanani emhlabeni,nenkazimuloyakheezulwini.
11KwathiuJosefaeseGibhithe,ngalangazelela ukubona isimo sakhe nesimo sobuso bakhe; futhingemikhulekokaJakobeubabangambona, ephapheme emini, ngisho umzimba wakhe wonkenjengobaayenjalo.
12 Eseshilo lokho wathi kubo: "Yazini-ke, bantwanabami,ukuthingiyafa."
13Ngakhogcinaniiqiniso,kubeyilowonalowo kumakhelwane wakhe, nigcine umthetho weNkosinemiyaloyayo.
14Ngenxayalezizintonginishiyaesikhundleni sefa.
15 Ngakho-ke nani zinikeni abantwana benu babeyimpahlayaphakade;ngokubabenzenjalo o-Abrahama,no-Isaka,noJakobe.
16 Ngoba konke lokhu basinika ilifa, besithi: Gcina imilayo kaNkulunkulu, ize iNkosi iveze insindisoyayokubobonkeabezizwe.
17 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi niyobona u-Enoke, uNowa, noShemi, no-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe,besukumangakwesokunenebejabula.
18 Khona nathi siyakusukuma, kube yilowo nalowo phezu kwesizwe sakithi, sikhulekele iNkosi yezulu, eyavela emhlabeni isesimweni somuntuothobekile.
19 Futhi bonke abakholwa kuye emhlabeni bayakujabulakanyenaye.
20 Khona-ke bonke bayakuvuka, abanye enkazimulweni,abanyeehlazweni.
21 INkosi izakwahlulela u-Israyeli kuqala, ngenxa yokungalungi kwabo; ngokuba lapho ebonakala njengoNkulunkulu enyameni ukubakhululaabamkholwanga.
22 Khona-ke Uyokwahlulela bonke abeZizwe, bonke abangazange baMkholwa ngenkathi Ebonakalaemhlabeni.
23 Uyakumlahla u-Israyeli ngabakhethiweyo bezizwe, njengalokho wamsola u-Esawu ngabakwaMidiyani abakhohlisa abafowabo, bawela ebufebeni nasekukhonzeni izithombe; bahlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu, baba ngabantwanangesabelosabamesabayouJehova.
24 Ngakho-ke uma nina, bantwana bami, nihamba ebungcweleni njengokwemithetho yeNkosi, niyophinde nihlale nami ngokulondeka, futhi wonke u-Israyeli uyobuthelwaeNkosini.
25 Futhi kangisayikubizwa ngokuthi impisi ephangayo ngenxa yencithakalo yenu, kodwa isisebenzi seNkosi esabela ukudla abenza okuhle.
26 “Ekugcineni kwezinsuku kuyakuvela othandiweyo weNkosi, owesizwe sakwaJuda noLevi, owenza intando yakhe emlonyeni wakhe,ekhanyiselaabezizwengolwaziolusha.
27 Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe uyakuba semasinagogeni abezizwe naphakathi kwababusibabo,njengomculoemlonyeniwabo bonke.
28 Futhi uyolotshwa ezincwadini ezingcwele, kokubili umsebenzi wakhe kanye nezwi lakhe, futhiuyobangokhethiweyokaNkulunkulukuze kubephakade.
29 Futhi ngabo iyohamba iye le emuva njengoJakobe ubaba, ithi: Uyogcwalisa lokho okushodayoesizwenisakho.
30Esetshilolezizintowelulainyawozakhe.
31Wafaebuthongweniobuhlelobuhle.
32 Amadodana akhe enza njengokuwayala kwakhe, asithatha isidumbu sakhe, asimbela eHebronikoyise.
33 Isibalo sezinsuku zokuhamba kwakhe sasiyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili nanhlanu.