2. ISAHLUKO 1
UBenjamin, indodana yeshumi nambili
kaJakobe kanye noRaheli, ingane yomndeni,
uphenduka isazi sefilosofi kanye ne-
philanthropist.
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
ngamunywa nguBhiliha incekukazi yakhe.
4 Ngokuba uRaheli wahlala eyinyumba
iminyaka eyishumi nambili emva kokuzalwa
kukaJosefa; wakhuleka kuJehova ngokuzila
ukudla izinsuku eziyishumi nambili;
wakhulelwa, wangizala.
5 Ngoba ubaba wayemthanda kakhulu uRaheli,
futhi wathandazela ukuba abone amadodana
amabili evela kuye.
6 Ngakho ngabizwa ngokuthi uBhenjamini,
okungukuthi, indodana yezinsuku.
7 Lapho ngingena eGibithe kuJosefa,
umfowethu wangibona, wathi kimi:
"Bamtshelani ubaba lapho bengithengisa na?"
8 Ngase ngithi kuyo: Bafafaza ibhantshi lakho
ngegazi, balithumela, bathi: Yazi ukuthi lena
kuyijazi lendodana yakho.
9 Wathi kimi: "Kunjalo, mfowethu, lapho
bengihlubula ingubo yami, banginika ama-
Ishmayeli, banginika indwangu okhalweni,
bangibhaxabula, bathi ngigijime.
10 Kepha omunye walabo ababengishaye
ngenduku, ingonyama yamhlangabeza,
yambulala.
11 Ngakho labo ababekanye naye bethuka.
12 Ngakho-ke, nani, bantwana bami, thandani
iNkosi uNkulunkulu wezulu nomhlaba, futhi
nigcine imiyalelo Yayo, nilandele isibonelo
sendoda enhle nengcwele uJosefa.
13 Futhi ingqondo yenu mayibe sesimweni
esihle, njengoba nje ningazi; ngoba ogeza
ingqondo yakhe kahle ubona zonke izinto kahle.
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,
kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvikela!
16 Ngokuba lowo omesabayo uNkulunkulu
futhi othanda umakhelwane wakhe
akanakushaywa wumoya kaBeliyali, evikelwe
ukwesaba uNkulunkulu.
17 Futhi akanakubuswa amacebo abantu noma
izilwane, ngoba uJehova uyasizwa ngothando
analo kumakhelwane wakhe.
18 Ngoba uJosefa laye wamncenga ubaba
ukuthi abakhulekele abafowabo, ukuze iNkosi
ingababali njengesono loba yibuphi ububi
ababebenzile kuye.
19 UJakobe wamemeza kanje, wathi:
"Mntanami olungileyo, unqobile izibilini
zikayihlo uJakobe."
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
nezinceku zakhe.
22 Ngakho-ke, bantwana bami, niyakubona
ukuphela komuntu olungileyo?

3. 23 Ngakho yibani ngabalingisa ububele bakhe
ngengqondo enhle, ukuze nani nigqoke
imiqhele yenkazimulo.
24 Ngokuba umuntu omuhle akanaso iso
elimnyama; ngoba uhawukela abantu bonke
lanxa beyizoni.
25 Noma beceba ngenhloso embi. mayelana
naye ngokwenza okuhle uyanqoba okubi,
evikelekile nguNkulunkulu; futhi uthanda
olungileyo njengomphefumulo wakhe.
26 Uma umuntu edunyiswa, akanamhawu
ngaye; uma umuntu enothisa, akanamhawu;
uma umuntu eyiqhawe, uyamdumisa; umuntu
olungileyo uyamtusa; ompofu uhawukela;
uhawukela ababuthakathaka; kuNkulunkulu
uyahlabelela indumiso.
27 Olomusa womoya omuhle uyamthanda
njengomphefumulo wakhe.
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; nezilwane ziyonesaba.
30 Ngokuba lapho kukhona ukwesaba
imisebenzi emihle nokukhanya engqondweni,
ubumnyama buyabaleka kuye.
31 Ngokuba uma umuntu ehlukumeza
ongcwele, uyaphenduka; ngoba umuntu
ongcwele ulesihawu kumthuki wakhe, futhi
uyathula.
32 Uma umuntu ekhaphela olungileyo,
olungileyo uyakhuleka;
33 Ukuthambekela komuntu olungileyo akukho
emandleni enkohliso yomoya kaBeliyari,
ngokuba ingelosi yokuthula iyawuhola
umphefumulo wakhe.
34 Futhi akabheki izinto ezibolayo
ngokuhanjelwa, futhi akabutheli ndawonye
ingcebo ngesifiso senjabulo.
35 Kayithokozi ngentokozo, kamdabukisi
umakhelwane wakhe, kazisuthi ngokunethezeka,
kaphambuki ekuphakanyisweni kwamehlo,
ngoba iNkosi iyisabelo sakhe.
36 Ukuthambekela okuhle akwemukeli
inkazimulo noma ihlazo kubantu, futhi alazi
noma iyiphi inkohliso, noma amanga, noma
ukulwa noma ukuthuka; ngokuba iNkosi ihlala
kuyo futhi ikhanyisa umphefumulo wayo, futhi
ithokoza ngabo bonke abantu njalo.
37 Ingqondo enhle ayinazo izilimi ezimbili,
eyokubusisa, neyesiqalekiso, eyeyisa,
neyodumo, neyokudabuka, neyokujabula,
neyokuzola, neyokudideka, neyokuzenzisa,
neyeqiniso, neyobumpofu, neyengcebo; kodwa
linomqondo munye, ongaboliyo, ohlanzekileyo
kubo bonke.
38 Alinakubona kabili, alinakuzwa kabili;
ngokuba kukho konke akwenzayo, noma
akukhulumayo, noma akubonayo, uyazi ukuthi
uJehova ubheka umphefumulo wakhe.
39 Futhi uyawuhlanza umqondo wakhe ukuze
angalahlwa ngabantu kanjalo noNkulunkulu.
40 Kanjalo nemisebenzi kaBeliyari ikabili, futhi
akukho nokukodwa kuyo.
41 Ngakho-ke, bantwana bami, ngithi kini:
Balekeleni ububi bukaBeliyari; ngoba ubapha
inkemba labo abamlalelayo.
42 Futhi inkemba izala ububi obuyisikhombisa.
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.

4. 44 Kwathi eseneminyaka engamakhulu amabili
ubudala waqala ukuhlupheka, futhi ngonyaka
wamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye wabhujiswa.
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
kube phakade.
ISAHLUKO 2
Ivesi 3 liqukethe isibonelo esimangalisayo
sobukhazikhazi - nokho ukugqama kwezifenqo
zalaba okhokho basendulo.
1 Kepha nina, bantwana bami, balekelani ububi,
nomhawu, nenzondo yabazalwane, ninamathele
ebuhleni naseluthandweni.
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
liyoba nenkazimulo kunelokuqala.
6 Futhi izizwe eziyishumi nambili ziyobuthelwa
ndawonye lapho, kanye nabo bonke abeZizwe,
kuze kufike oPhezukonke aze athumele
insindiso Yakhe ngokuhanjelwa ngumprofethi
ozelwe yedwa.
7 Futhi iyongena ethempelini lokuqala, futhi
lapho iNkosi iyophathwa ngokucasuka, futhi
iyophakanyiswa esihlahleni.
8 Iveyili lethempeli liyodatshulwa, futhi uMoya
kaNkulunkulu uyodlulela kwabezizwe
njengomlilo othululwayo.
9 Uyokwenyuka eHayidese, adlule emhlabeni,
aye ezulwini.
10 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakuba-phansi kangakanani
emhlabeni, nenkazimulo yakhe ezulwini.
11 Kwathi uJosefa eseGibhithe, ngalangazelela
ukubona isimo sakhe nesimo sobuso bakhe;
futhi ngemikhuleko kaJakobe ubaba ngambona,
ephapheme emini, ngisho umzimba wakhe
wonke njengoba ayenjalo.
12 Eseshilo lokho wathi kubo: "Yazini-ke,
bantwana bami, ukuthi ngiyafa."
13 Ngakho gcinani iqiniso, kube yilowo nalowo
kumakhelwane wakhe, nigcine umthetho
weNkosi nemiyalo yayo.
14 Ngenxa yalezi zinto nginishiya esikhundleni
sefa.
15 Ngakho-ke nani zinikeni abantwana benu
babe yimpahla yaphakade; ngokuba benze njalo
o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.
16 Ngoba konke lokhu basinika ilifa, besithi:
Gcina imilayo kaNkulunkulu, ize iNkosi iveze
insindiso yayo kubo bonke abezizwe.
17 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi niyobona u-Enoke,
uNowa, noShemi, no-Abrahama, no-Isaka,
noJakobe, besukuma ngakwesokunene bejabula.
18 Khona nathi siyakusukuma, kube yilowo
nalowo phezu kwesizwe sakithi, sikhulekele
iNkosi yezulu, eyavela emhlabeni isesimweni
somuntu othobekile.

5. 19 Futhi bonke abakholwa kuye emhlabeni
bayakujabula kanye naye.
20 Khona-ke bonke bayakuvuka, abanye
enkazimulweni, abanye ehlazweni.
21 INkosi izakwahlulela u-Israyeli kuqala,
ngenxa yokungalungi kwabo; ngokuba lapho
ebonakala njengoNkulunkulu enyameni
ukubakhulula abamkholwanga.
22 Khona-ke Uyokwahlulela bonke abeZizwe,
bonke abangazange baMkholwa ngenkathi
Ebonakala emhlabeni.
23 Uyakumlahla u-Israyeli ngabakhethiweyo
bezizwe, njengalokho wamsola u-Esawu
ngabakwaMidiyani abakhohlisa abafowabo,
bawela ebufebeni nasekukhonzeni izithombe;
bahlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu, baba
ngabantwana ngesabelo sabamesabayo uJehova.
24 Ngakho-ke uma nina, bantwana bami,
nihamba ebungcweleni njengokwemithetho
yeNkosi, niyophinde nihlale nami
ngokulondeka, futhi wonke u-Israyeli
uyobuthelwa eNkosini.
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, ekhanyisela abezizwe ngolwazi olusha.
27 Kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe uyakuba
semasinagogeni abezizwe naphakathi
kwababusi babo, njengomculo emlonyeni wabo
bonke.
28 Futhi uyolotshwa ezincwadini ezingcwele,
kokubili umsebenzi wakhe kanye nezwi lakhe,
futhi uyoba ngokhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu kuze
kube phakade.
29 Futhi ngabo iyohamba iye le emuva
njengoJakobe ubaba, ithi: Uyogcwalisa lokho
okushodayo esizweni sakho.
30 Esetshilo lezizinto welula inyawo zakhe.
31 Wafa ebuthongweni obuhle lobuhle.
32 Amadodana akhe enza njengokuwayala
kwakhe, asithatha isidumbu sakhe, asimbela
eHebroni koyise.
33 Isibalo sezinsuku zokuhamba kwakhe
sasiyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili
nanhlanu.