Mababuthe konke ukudla kwale minyaka emihle ezayo, banqwabele phansi kwesandla sikaFaro amabele emizini, abe ngukudla, bawalonde.

UJosefa waqongelela amabele angangesihlabathi solwandle , okuningi kakhulu, waze wayeka ukubala, ngokuba kwakungenakubalwa. Indlala

Amazwe onke afika kuJosefa eGibithe ukuyothenga amabele , ngokuba indlala yayinzima emhlabeni wonke.

UJakobe esezwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibithe , uJakobe wathi emadodaneni akhe: Nibukanelani na?

Wathi: Bhekani, ngizwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibithe ; yehlani, niye lapho, nisithengele khona, ukuze siphile, singafi.

Base behla abafowabo bakaJosefa abayishumi , baya kuthenga amabele eGibithe.

Kwathi sebeqedile amabele ababewathengile eGibithe , uyise wathi kubo: Buyelani, nisithengele ukudlana.

Kuyise wathuma kanje : izimbongolo eziyishumi, zithwesiwe izinto ezinhle zaseGibithe, nezimbongolokazi eziyishumi , zithwesiwe amabele , nesinkwa, nomphako kayise endleleni.

Ngathi: Ngiyakukhwela esundwini, ngibambe amagatsha alo. Amabele akho mawabe ngamahlukuzo omvini, nephunga lokuphefumula kwakho njengama- apula,

Sengathi nga unjengomfoweth u owancela amabele kamame ! Uma bengikufumana phandle, bengiyakukwanga ngingadelelwa muntu.

Sinodadewethu omncane, kanawo amabele; siyakwenza njani ngodadewethu ecelwa na?

Uma kuvela umlilo, uvuthe emeveni kuze kushe izinhlanga zamabele, noma amabele angakavunwa, noma insimu, othungele umlilo uyakukhokha impela.

Uma unikela ngomnikelo wempuphu wolibo kuJehova , wonikela ngezikhwebu zamabele ezosiwe ngomlilo , amabele agquliweyo ezikhwebu ezintsha, ube ngumnikelo wempuphu wolibo lwakho,

ngiyakuninika imvula yezwe lakini ngesikhathi sayo , imvula yokuqala nemvula yamuva, ukuba ubuthe amabele akho , newayini lakho, namafutha akho.

Siyakuyidla inzalo yezinkomo zakho , nezithelo zomhlabathi wakho , uze ubhujiswe, singakushiyeli amabele , noma iwayini , noma amafutha , noma isanda sezinkomo zakho, noma amazinyane ezimvu zakho, aze akuqede.

Amabele akho amabili anjengezixhumu ezimbili ezingamawele ensephe.

Amasimu achithekile , umhlabathi u yalila, ngokuba amabele achithiwe ; iwayini elisha lishile, amafutha ayawuma.

Imbewu iyabola phansi kwamagade ayo ; izingobo zichithakele , izinqolobane zidiliziwe, ngokuba amabele omile.

Ngokuba babekhona abathi : Thina namadodana ethu namadodakazi ethu sibaningi; masithole amabele ukuba sidle, siphile.

Babe khona nabathi : Sibambisile ngamasimu ethu , nangezivini zethu , nangezindlu zethu; masithole amabele ngenxa yendlala.

wanisa phezu kwabo imana kube ngukudla, wabapha amabele ezulu;

Uyindluzelekazi ethandayo negogokazi elihle ; amabele akhe mawakudelise ngesikhathi sonke, weqiwe njalo luthando lwakhe.

Ogodla amabele, abantu bayamqalekisa, kepha isibusiso siyakuba sekhanda lothengisa ngawo.

Amabele akho amabili anjengezixhumu ezimbil i ezingamawele ensephe , ezidla phakathi kweminduze.

Kuyakuba njengomvuni ovuna amabele asem i nengalo yakhe evuna izikhwebu, kube njengokukha izikhwebu esiGodini samaRefa.

Amabele esinkwa ayacolwa na ? Cha, ngokuba awabhulwa nokubhulwa njalo; nakuba eqhuba isondo lengqukumbane namahhashi alo phezu kwawo, awacolisiswa.

UJehova ufungile ngesandla sakhe sokunen e nangengalo yamandla akhe, wathi: Impela angisayikuzinika izitha zakh o amabele akho abe ngukudla kwazo; abezizwe abayikuliphuza iwayini lakho olikhandlekeleyo,

Bathi konina: Aphi amabele newayini? lapho bedangala njengababulawayo ezigcawini zomuzi, imiphefumulo yabo ithululelwe ezifubeni zawonina.

Wande njengehlumela lasendle ; wanda, wakhula, wabukeka nokubukeka ; amabele akho aphuhla , izinwele zakho zazimilile , kepha wawunqunu , wawuze.

Babefeba eGibithe, bafeba ebusheni babo ; bapotozwa khona amabele abo , zacindezelwa khona izingono zobuntombi babo.

Uyakuyiphuza, uyikhame, ugedle izindengezi zayo , uklebhule amabele akho, ngokuba mina ngikukhulumile, isho iNkosi uJehova.

Ngiyakunisindisa kukho konke ukungcola kwenu , ngibize amabele, ngiwandise, ngingabeki indlala phezu kwenu.

Kepha akazanga ukuthi yimin a engamnika amabele , newayini elisha , namafutha, ngamandisela isiliva negolide abenza ngakho uBali.

Ngalokho ngiyakubuye ngithabathe amabele ami ngesikhathi sawo , newayini lami elisha ngenkathi yalo , ngisuse uboya bami bezimvu nefilakisi lami lokusibekela ubunqunu bakhe.

Umhlaba uyakuphendula amabele , newayini elisha , namafutha, khona kuphendule uJizreyeli.

U-Efrayimi uyisithole esifundisiweyo , esithanda ukubhula amabele ; kepha mina ngiyekile intamo yaso enhle ; sengiyakumbophela u -Efrayimi, uJuda alime, uJakobe azidubele.

UJehova waphendula , wathi kubantu bakhe : Bhekani, ngiyakunithumela amabele, newayini, namafutha, nisuthe ngakho , ngingabe ngisanenza inhlamba phakathi kwabezizwe.

Izibuya ziyakugcwala amabele , nezikhongozelo ziyakuchichima iwayini namafutha.

Yeka ubuhle balo ! Yeka ukubukeka kwalo ! Amabele abo ayakuhlumisa izinsizwa zalo, newayini elisha izintombi zalo.

ombenge yakhe yokwela isesandleni sakhe; uzakushanelisisa isibuya sakhe, abuthele amabele enqolobaneni yakhe ; kepha amakhoba uzakuwashisa ngomlilo ongacimekiyo. Ukubhapathizwa kukaJesu (Mark. 1:9; Luk. 3:21)

Kodwa wathi : Qha, funa nithi , nxa nibutha ukhula , nisiphule amabele kanye nalo.

Yekani kukhule kokubili ndawonye , kuze kuvunwe; ngesikhathi sokuvuna ngiyakuthi kwabavunayo: Buthani kuqala ukhula, nilubophe izinyanda ukuba lushiswe, nibuthele amabele engotsheni yami.

Ngokuba kulotshiwe emthethweni kaMose ukuthi : Ungayifaki inkabi isifonyo, nxa ibhula amabele. Konje uNkulunkulu ukhathalela izinkabi na?