UJehova uNkulunkulu wahlumisa emhlabathini imithi yonke ebukekayo , emihle, edliwayo, nomuthi wokuphila phakathi nensimu , nomuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi.

kepha ungadli kuwo umuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi , ngokuba mhla udla kuwo uyakufa nokufa. Ukudalwa kowesifazane

kepha uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nizidla, kuyakuvuleka amehlo enu , nibe njengoNkulunkulu, nikwazi okuhle nokubi.

UJehova uNkulunkulu wathi : Bheka, u-Adamu usenjengomunye wethu , uyakwazi okuhle nokubi ; kepha manje makangeluli isandla sakhe , athathe nakuwo umuthi wokuphila, adle, aphile kuze kube phakade.

Base bephendula oLabani noBetuweli , bethi: Le ndaba ivela kuJehova ; asinakusho lutho kuwe, noma okubi noma okuhle.

sokuthi awuyikusenzela okubi , njengokuba singakuthintanga, sikwenzele okuhle kodwa, sakumukisa ngokuthula; wena usubusiswe nguJehova.

UNkulunkulu wez a kuLabani umAramu ephusheni ebusuku , wathi kuye : Qaphela ukuba ungakhulumi kuJakobe okuhle noma okubi.

Kusemandleni esandla sami ukwenza okubi kuwe , kepha uNkulunkulu kayihlo ukhulumile kimi ebusuku obudlule , wathi: Qaphela ukuba ungakhulumi kuJakobe okubi noma okuhle.

Wathi uJakobe : Nkulunkulu kababa u-Abrahama, Nkulunkulu kababa u - Isaka, Jehova, wena owathi kimi: Buyela ezweni lakho nasezihlotsheni zakho, ngikwenzele okuhle,

Wathi wena : Impela ngiyakukwenzela okuhle , ngenze inzalo yakho ibe ngangesihlabathi solwandle esingebalwe ngobuningi.

Esephumile emzini , engakabi kude , uJosefa wathi encekwini yakhe : Suka ulandele lawo madoda ; nxa uwafica, yisho kuwo ukuthi : Niphindiseleni okuhle ngokubi na?

nithathe uyihlo nemizi yenu , nize kimi , nginiphe okuhle kwezwe laseGibithe, nize nidle amanoni ezwe.

Futhi ningakhathaleli impahla yenu , ngokuba okuhle kwezwe lonke laseGibithe kungokwenu.

UNkulunkulu wabenzela ababelethisi okuhle ; abantu banda, baba baningi kakhulu.

Ngase ngithi mina enhliziyweni yami : Woza, ngizakukulinga ngentokozo; mawubone okuhle nje. Kepha nalokho kwakuyize.

Kepha futhi ukuba abantu bonke badle , baphuze, babone okuhle kuwo wonke umshikashika wabo kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu nalokho.

UJetiro wathokoza ngakho konke okuhle uJehova akwenzile ku -Israyeli, ebophulile esandleni sabaseGibithe.

Noma umuntu efunga ngamawala ngomlomo wakhe ukwenza okubi nokuba ukwenza okuhle , noma yikuphi umuntu angaphahluka ngakho ngesifungo , kumsithele, lapho esekwazi woba necala kokunye kwalokho.

Fundani ukwenza okuhle , nifune ukwahlulela , niqondise abacindezeli , nahlulele izintandane, nimele umfelokazi.

Uma nivuma, nilalela, niyakudla okuhle kwezwe;

Silindela uk uthula, kepha okuhle akukho , nesikhathi sokuphulukiswa , kepha bheka, luvalo.

UMose wathi kuHobabi indodana kaRehuweli wakwaMidiyani , umukhwe kaMose: Siya endaweni ashilo ngay o uJehova , wathi: Ngiyakuninika yona. Woza wena , uhambe nathi , siyakukwenzela okuhle , ngokuba uJehova ukhulumile okuhle ngo-Israyeli.

Kuyakuthi uma uhamba nathi , yebo, kwenzeke ukuthi , noma yikuphi okuhle uJehova asenzela khona, khona lokho uyakukwenzela nawe.

Konke okuhle kwamanoni nakho konke okuhle kwewayini nokwamabele , ulibo lwalokho abanikela ngakho kuJehova ngikunikile khona.

Kuzo zonke izipho zenu niyakunikela ngayo yonke iminikelo yokuphakanyiswa kuJehova , konke okuhle kwayo , inxenye yayo engcwelisiweyo.

Ngalokho uyakusho kubo ukuthi : Nxa niphakamisa okuhle kwayo , kuyakubalelwa amaLevi njengokwanda kwesibuya nokwanda kwesikhamo sewayini.

Aniyikuthwala sono ngenxa yakho , lapho seniphakamisile okuhle kwakho , ningahlambalazi izinto ezingcwele zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba ningafi.

Noma uBalaki ebeyakunginika indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva negolide , anginakulidlula izwi likaJ ehova ngenhliziyo yami ukwenza okuhle noma okubi; akukhulumayo uJehova lokhu ngiyakukukhuluma, na?

Abancane benu enasho ukuthi bayakuba yimpango , nabantwana benu abangakwazi namuhla okuhle nokubi bayakungena khona, ngibanike lona , balidle.

Akuphumi okuhle nokubi emlonyeni woPhezukonke na?

OPawulu, noSilvanu, noThimothewu kulo ibandla labaseTheselonika elikuNkulunkulu uBaba , naseNkosini uJesu Kristu : Makube kini umusa nokuthula. UPawulu ubonga ukuqala kwabo okuhle ekukholweni; wethemba ukukhethwa kwabo ngevangeli eliqinisileyo abalamukele

zingantshontshi, zibonakalise konke ukwethemba okuhle , ukuze zihlobise isifundiso sikaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu ezintweni zonke.

ukuze ukuhlanganyela kokukholwa kwakho kube nomsebenzi ekwazini konke okuhle okukithi kuKristu,

wakupha imana ehlane, oyihlo ababengalazi, ukuba akuthobise, akuvivinye, akwenzele okuhle ngasekugcineni,

Qaphela, uzwe onke lawa mazwi engikuyala ngawo ukuba kube kuhle kuwe nakubantwana bakho emva kwakho kuze kube phakade, lapho wenza okuhle nokulungile emehlweni kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.

wename ngakho konke okuhle uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunikile khona wena nendlu yakho, wena nomLevi, nomfokazi ophakathi kwakho. Okweshumi

UJehova uyakukwandisela okuhle: inzalo yesisu sakho, nenzalo yezinkomo zakho, nezithelo zomhlabathi wakho ezweni uJehov a alifungela oyihlo ukukunika lona.

Kuyakuthi njengalokho uJehova wayejabula ngani ukunenzela okuhle nokunandisa, kanjalo uJehova ajabule ngani ukwenza ukuba nibhubhe , niqothulwe, nisishulwe ezweni eningena kulo ukulidla.

uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akungenise ezweni oyihlo abalidlayo , ulidle; uyakukwenzela okuhle, akwandise ngaphezu kwawoyihlo.

Ngakho abahluphekayo ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu mababeke imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali othembekayo ngokwenza okuhle.

Bheka, manje sesisesandleni sakho ; okuhle nokulungile emehlweni akho ukuba ukwenze kithi, kwenze.

Akuphuthanga lutho kukho konke okuhle uJehova akukhuluma kh ona kuyo indlu ka-Israyeli; kwenziwa konke.

Uma nimshiya uJehova , nikhonze onkulunkulu babezizwe , uyakuphenduka, anenzele okubi, aniqede esenenzele okuhle.

Abenzanga umusa kuyo indlu kaJerubali onguGideyoni njengakho konke okuhle ayekwenzile ku-Israyeli.

Ake nikhulume ezindlebeni zabo bonke abantu baseShekemi, nithi: Yikuphi okuhle kini ukuba onke amadodana kaJerubali angabantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa anibuse nokuba nibuswe n gumuntu munye na ? Khumbulani ukuthi mina ngiyithambo lenu nenyama yenu.

Wayesethi uMika: Manje sengiyazi ukuthi uJehova uyakungenzela okuhle , lokhu nginomLevi ongumpristi wami.

Wayesethi u -Elkana umyeni wakhe kuye : Yenza okuhle emehlweni akho ; hlala uze umlumule ; uJehova makaqinise izwi lakhe kuphela . Owesifazane wayesehlala, wancelisa indodana yakhe waze wayilumula.

Uyakubona ukuhlupheka kwendlu yami kukho konke okuhle ayakwenzelwa khona u-Israyeli; akuyikubakho xhegu endlini yakho kuze kube phakade.

USamuweli wayesemtshela konke , akamfihlelanga lutho . Wathi: NguJehova; makenze okuhle emehlweni akhe.

Ngalokho abantu baseJabeshi bathi: Kusasa siyakuphumela kini, nenze kithi konke okuhle emehlweni enu.

USawule wathi : Masehle, silandele amaFilisti ebusuku , siwaphange kuze kuse, singashiyi noyedwa kuwo. Bathi: Yenza konke okuhle emehlweni akho. Umpristi wayesethi: Masisondele lapha kuNkulunkulu.

Wayesethi ku-Israyeli wonke: Buyelani nganhlanye nina, mina noJonathani indodana yami siyakubuyela nganhlanye . Abantu bathi kuSawule : Yenza okuhle emehlweni akho.

Kepha uSawule nabantu bayeka u-Agagi nezinhle nezikhulupheleyo zezimvu nezezinkabi, namawundlu, nakho konke okuhle; babengavumi ukukuqeda lokho; kodwa zonke izinto ezidelekileyo nezondileyo baziqeda nya. Ukungalaleli nokulahlwa kukaSawule

Kepha abantu bathatha kuyo impango , izimvu nezinkabi , okuhle kokuqalekisiweyo, ukuba bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho eGiligali.

UJonathani wakhuluma okuhle ngoDavide kuSawule uyise , wathi kuye : Inkosi mayingayoni inceku yayo uDavide, ngokuba akakonanga, nemisebenzi yakhe kuwe ilungile kakhulu;

Abantu bakaDavide bathi kuye : Bheka, nantu usuku uJehova asho ngalo kuwe ukuthi: Bheka, ngiyakunikela isitha sakho esandleni sakho, wenze kuso okuhle emehlweni akho . Wayesesuka uDavide , wasika ngasese umphetho wengubo kaSawule.

Ulandile namuhla ukuthi ungenzele okuhle , njengokuba, lapho uJehova ebenginikele esandleni sakho, awungibulalanga.

Kuyakuthi la pho uJehova esekwenzile enkosini yami njengakho konke okuhle akukhulumileyo ngawe, akubeke ube ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli,

akuyikuba yisikhubekiso kuwe, kungabi nesanya enhliziyweni yenkosi yami ukuthi uchithile igazi ngeze nokuthi inkosi yami izisindisile ; kepha lapho uJehova eseyenzele inkosi yami okuhle, khumbula incekukazi yakho.

Manje, Nkosi Jehova , wena unguNkulunkulu, namazwi akho ayiq iniso, uthembisile inceku yakho lokhu okuhle;

Qinani, masiziqinise ngenxa yabantu bakithi nangenxa yemizi kaNkulunkulu wethu; uJehova makenze okuhle emehlweni akhe.

U-Abisalomu akakhulumanga okuhle noma okubi , ngokuba u-Abisalomu wamzonda u-Amnoni, lokhu emphoqile udadewabo uTamari.

Yayisithi incekukazi yakho: Izwi lenkosi yami, inkosi, malibe ngelokuthula, ngokuba inkosi yami , inkosi, injengengelosi kaNkulunkulu ekuzweni okuhle nokubi; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho makabe nawe.

kepha uma esho kanje, ethi: Angithokozi ngawe, bheka, ngilapha, makenze kimi okuhle emehlweni akhe.

Mhlawumbe uJehova uyakubheka usizi lwami , angibuyisele okuhle ngokungithuka namuhla.

Yayisithi inkosi kubo : Okuhle emehlweni enu ngiyakukwenza . Inkosi yema ngaseceleni kwesango , bonke abantu baphuma ngamakhulu nangezinkulungwane.

Ihlebile inceku yakho enkosini yami , inkosi, kepha inkosi yami , inkosi, injengengelosi kaNkulunkulu; ngalokho yenza okuhle emehlweni akho.

Namuhla ngineminyaka engamashumi ayisihiyagalombili ; ngingahlukanisa okuhle nokubi yini ? Inceku yakho ingezwa ekudlayo nekuphuzayo na ? Ngingabe ngisalizwa izwi lamadoda ahlabelelayo nabesifazane abahlabelelayo na ? Inceku yakho isezakuba ngumthwalo wenkosi yami , inkosi, ngani na?

Mayibuyele emuva inceku yakho ukuba ngifele emzini wami ngasethuneni likababa nelikamame . Kepha bheka , inceku yakho uKimihamu mayiwele nenkosi yami, inkosi, wenze kuyo okuhle emehlweni akho.

Inkosi yathi : UKimihamu angawela nami , mina ngenze kuye okuhle emehlweni akho; konke okufunayo kimi ngiyakukwenzela khona.

Ngalokho yiphe inceku yakho inhliziyo elalelayo ukwahlulela abantu bakho ukuba ngahlukanise okuhle nokubi, ngokuba ngubani ongahlulela laba bantu bakho abakhulu kangaka na?

Makabongwe uJehova onike abantu bakhe u -Israyeli ukuphumula njengakho konke akushiloyo ; akuwanga izwi elilodwa lakho konke ukukhuluma kwakhe okuhle akusho ngesandla sikaMose inceku yakhe.

Ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili wabamukisa abantu , bayibusisa inkosi, baya ematendeni abo bejabula , bethokoza ngenhliziyo ngakho konke okuhle uJehova akwenzile kuDavide inceku yakhe naku-Israyeli abantu bakhe.

Wonke u -Israyeli uyakumlilela , ammbele, ngokuba nguyena yedwa wakwaJerobowamu oyakuya ethuneni , lokhu kufunyanwa kuye okuhle kuJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli endlini kaJerobowamu.

Inkosi yakwa -Israyeli yathi kuJehoshafati : Kusekhona umuntu munye , uMikhaya, indodana kaJimila , esingabuza ngaye kuJehova , kodwa ngiyamzonda, ngokuba akaprofethi okuhle ngami kepha okubi . Wathi uJehoshafati: Inkosi mayingasho njalo.

Isithunywa ebesihambile ukumbiza uMikhaya sakhuluma kuye , sathi: Bheka, amazwi abaprofethi mahle enkosini ngamlomo munye ; ngalokho izwi lakho malibe njengezwi lomunye wabo, ukhulume okuhle.

Yayisithi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli kuJehoshafati: Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi akayikuprofetha okuhle ngami, okubi kuphela.

Umphathi wendlu nomphathi womuzi kanye namalunga nabondli bathumela kuJehu, bathi: Siyizinceku zakho , siyakwenza konke oyakusitshela khona ; asiyikwenza muntu abe yinkosi; yenza okuhle emehlweni akho.

Ngiyacela, Jehova: ake ukhumbule ukuthi ngihambile phambi kwakho ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo , ngenzile okuhle emehlweni akho . Wayesekhala uHezekiya ngokukhala okukhulu.

Manje, Jehova, wena unguNkulunkulu, ukhulumile lokho okuhle encekwini yakho;

Qinani, masiziqinise ngenxa yabantu bakithi nangenxa yemizi kaNkulunkulu wethu; uJehova makenze okuhle emehlweni akhe.

U-Orinani wathi kuDavide : Zithathele yona; inkosi yami, inkosi, mayenze okuhle emehlweni ayo ; bheka, ngiyakupha izinkabi zibe ngezeminikelo yokushiswa, nezibhulo zibe yizinkuni , nokolweni abe ngumnikelo wempuphu; ngikunika konke.

Lapho okuhle kwanda , nabakudlayo bayanda ; kulusizo luni kumninikh o ngaphandle kokuba akubone ngamehlo akhe na?

Uyakudla amangqanga nezinyosi aze azi ukwala okubi, akhethe okuhle.

Ngokuba umntwana engakazi ukwala okubi nokukhetha okuhle , izwe okhathazwa ngamakhosi omabili alo liyakushiywa.

U-Asa wenza okuhle nokulungile emehlweni kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe.

Inkosi yakwa -Israyeli yathi kuJehoshafati : Kusekhona umuntu munye esingabuza ngaye kuJehova , kodwa ngiyamzonda , ngokuba akazange aprofethe okuhle ngami, kepha okubi njalo; nguMikhaya indodana kaJimila. Wathi uJehoshafati: Inkosi mayingasho njalo.

Isithunywa ebesihambile ukumbiza uMikhaya sakhuluma kuye, sathi: Bheka, amazwi abaprofethi mahle enkosini ngamlomo munye ; ngalokho izwi lakho malibe njengelinye labo, ukhulume okuhle.

Yayisithi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli kuJehoshafati: Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi akayikuprofetha okuhle ngami, okubi kuphela, na?

Bammbela emzini kaDavide phakathi kwamakhosi , ngokuba wayenze okuhle kwa-Israyeli, nakuNkulunkulu, nasendlini yakhe.

Wenze njalo uHezekiya kwaJuda wonke ; wenza okuhle nokulungile nokuthembekile phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe.

Kepha uHezekiya akabuyiselanga okuhle okwenzelwe yena , ngokuba inhliziyo yakhe yayikhukhumele ; ngalokho kwaba khona ulaka phezu kwakhe, naphezu kukaJuda, naphezu kweJerusalema.

U-Israyeli ukulahlile okuhle; isitha siyakumxosha.

Ngase ngibabaza intokozo , ngokuba umuntu a kanakho okuhle phansi kwelanga kunokudla , nokuphuza, nokujabula; lokhu kuyakuhlala kuye emshikashikeni wakhe ezinsukwini zokuphila kwakhe aziphiweyo nguNkulunkulu phansi kwelanga.

Thabathani amazwi , nibuyele kuJehova , nithi kuye : Susa konke okubi , wamukele okuhle, sinikele ngemilomo yethu njengangezinkunzi.

Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunezikhali zokulwa , ngokuba oyedwa owonayo angachitha okuhle okuningi.

Okuhle kuwe nakubafowenu ukuba nikwenze ngesiliva negolide eliseleyo , kwenzeni ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu wenu.

Ngalokho ninganiki amadodana abo amadodakazi enu , futhi ningathatheli amadodana enu amadod akazi abo, ningafuni ukuthula kwabo nenhlalakahle yabo kuze kube phakade , ukuze nibe namandla , nidle okuhle kwezwe , nilishiye libe yifa labantwana benu kuze kube phakade.

Bathatha imizi ebiyelweyo nezwe elivundileyo , badla izindlu ezigcwele okuhle konke: imithombo embiweyo, nezivini, neminqumo, nemithi eminingi yokudliwa; badla-ke, basutha, bakhuluphala, benama ngobuhle bakho obukhulu.

Inkosi yathi kuHamani: Isiliva liyanikwa wena, nesizwe futhi, ukuba wenze kuso okuhle emehlweni akho.

Ngokuba uMoridekayi , umJuda, wayelama inkosi u -Ahashiveroshi ngobukhulu, emkhulu phakathi kwabaJuda , ethokozelwa ngaba fowabo abaningi, efuna okuhle kwesizwe sakubo , ekhuluma ukuthula kuyo yonke inzalo yabo.

Khumbula ukuthi ukuphila kwami kungumoya ; iso lami aliyikubuye libone okuhle.

Imihla yami iyashesha kunesigijimi; iyabaleka ingabonanga okuhle.

Omunye ufa enomphefumulo onomunyu, engazange adle okuhle.

Mawujwayelane naye, ube nokuthula; ngalokho okuhle kuyakufika kuwe.

Uyayidla inyumba engazaliyo; akenzeli umfelokazi okuhle.

Lapho ngabheka okuhle , kwafika okubi ; ngalindela ukukhanya , kwafika ubumnyama.

Masizikhethele okulungileyo, sazi phakathi kwethu okuhle.

Baningi abathi : Ngubani oyakusibonisa okuhle na ? Jehova, phakamisa ukukhanya kobuso bakho phezu kwethu.

ngizakuhlabelela kuJehova, ngokuba ungenzele okuhle.

Isiwula sithi enhliziyweni yaso: Akakho uNkulunkulu. Yonakele, iyanengeka imisebenzi yabo; akakho owenza okuhle.

Baphambukile bonke , bonakele bonke ; akakho owenza okuhle , akakho noyedwa.

Ngithi kuJehova : Wena uyiNkosi yami ; anginakho okuhle ngaphandle kwakho.

Impela okuhle nomusa kuyakungilandel a imihla yonke yokuphila kwami ; ngiyakuhlala endlini kaJehova kuze kube phakade.

Yeka, uma bengingathembanga ukubo na okuhle kukaJehova ezweni labaphilayo!

Ngumuphi umuntu othanda ukuphila, ofisa izinsuku zokuba abone okuhle na?

Deda kukho okubi, wenze okuhle; funa ukuthula, ukujonge.

Deda kokubi, wenze okuhle, uyakuhlala kuze kube phakade.

Ngabindela impela, ngathula nakukho okuhle; kwavuswa ubuhlungu bami.

Lenzele iSiyoni okuhle ngokomusa wakho , uzakhe izingange zaseJerusalema.

Isiwula sithi enhliziyweni yaso : Akakho uNkulunkulu , iziphambeko zabo zimbi, ziyanengeka; akakho owenza okuhle.

Baphambukile bonke , bonakele bonke ; akakho owenza okuhle , akakho noyedwa.

Uyayenzela okuhle, kungabi ngokubi, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe.

Ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu uyilanga nesihlangu ; uJehova uyakupha umusa nodumo; akayikubenqabela okuhle abahamba ngobuqotho.

Yebo, uJehova uyakuveza okuhle; izwe lethu liyakuthela izithelo zalo.

Yenzele okuhle inceku yakho ukuba ngiphile, ngigcine izwi lakho.

Uyenzele inceku yakho okuhle, Jehova, ngokwezwi lakho.

Ngifundise ukuqonda okuhle nokwazi, ngokuba ngikholwa yimiyalo yakho.

Umuhle wena, futhi wenza okuhle; ngifundise izimiso zakho.

Ngenxa yendlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu ngiyakukufunela okuhle.

Jehova, yenza okuhle kubo abalungileyo nabaqotho ezinhliziyweni zabo.

Ungagodleli abaninikho okuhle , lapho kusemandleni esandla sakho ukukwenza.

Izindebe zolungileyo ziyakwazi okuhle , kepha umlomo wababi okuphambeneyo.

Umuntu onesihawu wenzela okuhle umphefumulo wakhe , kepha ononya uhlupha inyama yakhe.

Ofuna okuhle ufuna okwamukelekayo, kepha ofuna okubi, kuyakumehlela.

Umuntu uyadla okuhle ngesithelo somlomo wakhe , kepha umphefumulo wabambuluzayo uyadla ubudlwangudlwangu.

Angithi bayaduka abaceba okubi na ? Umusa neqiniso kuyakuba ngokwabaqamba okuhle.

Onakekela izwi uyakufumana okuhle, nowethembayo kuJehova ubusisiwe.

Ophindisela okuhle ngokubi, ububi abuyikusuka endlini yakhe.

Onenhliziyo ephambeneyo akafumani okuhle; onolimi oluyisigwegwe uwela engozini.

Ofumana umfazi uthola okuhle; uzuzile isisa kuJehova.

Ozuza ukuqonda uthanda umphefumulo wakhe ; ogcina ingqondo uyakufumana okuhle.

Ngaphenya enhliziyweni yami ukuba ngiyakuthokozisa kanjani umzimba wami ngewayini , inhliziyo ingihole nokho ngokuhlakanipha , nokuba ngibambe ubuwula, ngize ngibone ukuthi kuyini okuhle kumadodana abantu ukuba akwenze phansi kwezulu ezinsukwini zonke zokuphila kwawo.

Akukho okuhle kumuntu kunalokhu kokuba adle , aphuze, abonise umphefumulo wakhe okuhle emshikashikeni wakhe , kepha nalokho ngakubona ukuthi kuvela esandleni sikaNkulunkulu.

Ngiyazi ukuthi akukho okuhle kubo kunokuba bathokoze , bazenzele okumnandi besekhona.

Bheka, engikubonile mina ukuthi kuhle futhi kumnandi kumuntu kungukudla, nokuphuza, nokubona okuhle kuwo wonke umshikashika wakhe awushikashikayo phansi kwelanga zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe uNkulunkulu amnika zona; ngokuba lokhu kuyisabelo sakhe.

Yebo, noma ephila iminyaka eyinkulungwane ephindwa kabili , engaboni okuhle, abayi bonke endaweni inye na?

Ngokuba ngubani okwaziyo okuhle okuyakuba ngokomuntu ekuhambeni kwakhe zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwakhe okuyize aziqedayo njengesithunzi na? Ngubani ongatshela umuntu okuyakuba semva kwakhe phansi kwelanga na?

Usizi lungcono kunokuhleka , ngokuba ngokudabuka kobus o inhliziyo yenzelwa okuhle.

Ngokuba akukho muntu emhlabeni olungileyo kangaka ukuba enze okuhle, angoni.

wathi: Ngiyacela, Jehova: ake ukhumbule ukuthi ngihambile phambi kwakho ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo , ngenzile okuhle emehlweni akho. Wayesekhala uHezekiya ngokukhala okukhulu.

Sitsheleni okuzayo ngesikhathi esizayo, sazi ukuthi ningonkulunkulu; yebo, yenzani okuhle noma okubi, simangale, sikubone kanyekanye.

Niyichithelani imali kukho okungesiso isinkwa , nenzuzo yenu kukho okunganelisiyo, na? Ngilaleleni nokungilalela , nidle okuhle , umphefumulo wenu ujabule ngamanoni.

Yebo, abantu bami bayiziwula , abangazi; bangabantwana abayiziphukuphuku, abanakuqonda; bahlakaniphele ukwenza okubi , kepha ukwenza okuhle kabakwazi.

Ububi benu buchezukisile lokhu, nezono zenu zinenqabele okuhle.

Ngokuba nabafowenu nendlu kayihlo nabo bakukhohlisile, nabo bamemeza kakhulu emva kwakho; ungabethembi, noma bekhuluma okuhle kuwe. Ukumenyezelwa kokubhujiswa

UmKushe angasiguqula isikhumba sakhe , nengwe amabala ayo, na? Khona ningenza okuhle nina enifundisiwe ukwenza okubi.

UJehova wathi kimi: Ungabakhulekeli laba bantu ukuba baphiwe okuhle.

Umlahlile nokumlahla uJuda na ? Umphefumulo wakho unengiwe yiSiyoni na? Usishayeleni, singabi nakuphulukiswa , na? Sihlalela ukuthula , kepha okuhle akukho; nesikhathi sokuphulukiswa, kepha luvalo.

Uyakuba njengesihlahla esiyize ehlane , angaboni ukuthi kuyeza okuhle , uyakuhlala ezindaweni ezishileyo ehlane , ezweni likasawoti elingahlalwa muntu.

uma senza okubi emehlwe ni ami , singalilaleli izwi lami , ngiyakubuya kukho okuhle ebengisho ukuthi ngiyakusenzela khona.

Okuhle kuyakuphindiselwa ngokubi na ? lokhu bembele umphefumulo wami umgodi. Khumbula ukuthi ngema phambi kobuso bakh o ukukhuluma okuhle ngabo nokukubuyisa ukufutheka kwakho kubo.

Kepha mina, bhekani, ngisesandleni senu; yenzani kimi okuhle nokulungile emehlweni enu.

ngalokho usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Bhekani, ngiyakumhambela uShemaya waseNehelamu nenzalo yakhe ; akayikuba namuntu oyakuhlala phakathi kwalaba bantu, angaboni okuhle engiyakwenzela khona abantu bami , usho uJehova, ngokuba ukhulume ukuhlubuka kuJehova.

Bayakufika, bahlabelele ngokujabul a ekuphakameni kwaseSiyoni , bagobhozele kukho okuhle kukaJehova , yebo, emabeleni, nasewayinini, nasemafutheni, nakuwo amazinyane e zimvu nawezinkomo , umphefumulo wabo ube njengensimu eniselweyo, bangabe besaba nosizi futhi.

Ngiyakwenza nabo isivumelwano esiphakade , ukuze ngingabuyi ekubalandeleni, ngibenzele okuhle, ngibeke ezinhliziyweni zabo ukungesaba, ukuze bangasuki kimi.

Ngiyakuthokoza ngabo , ngibenzele okuhle , ngibatshale ngeqiniso kuleli zwe ngayo yonke inhliziyo yami nangawo wonke umphefumulo wami.

Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Njengalokhu ngehlisele phezu kwalaba bantu konke lokhu okubi , kanjalo ngiyakubehlisela konke okuhle engikukhulume kubo.

Umuzi uyakuba yigama lokujabula kimi, nelodumo, nelendumiso ngaphambi kwezizwe zonke zomhlaba eziyakuzwa konke okuhle engibenzela kh ona, zesabe, zithuthumele ngakho konke okuhle nangakho konke ukuthula engiwenzela khona.

IJerusalema liyakhumbula ezinsukwin i zokuhlupheka kwalo nezinsizi zal o konke okuhle okwakukhona ezinsukwini zasendulo ; lapho abantu balo bewela esandleni sezitha , kungekho olisizayo , abamelene nalo balibona , bahleka ukuchithwa kwalo.

Ngasemuva abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bayakubuya , bamfune uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo noDavide inkosi yabo , babuyele kuJehova benovalo nakukho okuhle kwakhe ngezinsuku ezizayo.

Funani okuhle, hhayi okubi, ukuze niphile, abe nani uJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti kanjalo, njengalokhu nisho.

Zondani okubi , nithande okuhle , nimise uk wahlulela esangweni ; mhlawumbe uJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti uyakuba nomus a kuyo insali yakwaJosefa.

nina enizonda okuhle , nithanda okubi , enebula kubo isikhumba sabo , nenyama yabo emathanjeni abo,

Ukutshelile, muntu, okuhle; uJehova ufunani kuwe , kungabi ngukwenza ukulunga kuphela nokuthanda umusa , uhambe noNkulunkulu wakho ngokuthobeka, na?

Kuyakuthi ngaleso sikhathi ngicwaninge iJerusalema ngezibani , ngihambele abantu abajiyile enhleseni yabo , abathi e zinhliziyweni zabo : UJehova akenzi okuhle, akenzi nokubi.

Phinda umemeze , uthi: Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti , uthi: Imizi yami isayakuchichima okuhle, uJehova abuye aliduduze iSiyoni , abuye alikhethe iJerusalema. Umbono ngezimpondo ezine nabakhandi bensimbi

kanjalo ngibuye ngahlosa kulezi zinsuku ukwenzela iJerusalema nendlu yakwaJuda okuhle; ningesabi.

Ngakho-ke uma nina enibabi naz i ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, kakhulu uYihlo osezulwini uzakubapha okuhle abacela kuye.

Pho-ke, umuntu udlula imvu kangakanani. Ngakho-ke kuvunyelwe ukwenza okuhle ngesabatha.

Nzalo yezinyoka , ningakhuluma kanjani okuhle nibabi na ? Ngokuba umlomo ukhuluma ngokuchichima kwenhliziyo.

Umuntu omuhle ukhipha okuhle engcebeni yakhe enhle ; nomuntu omubi ukhipha okubi engcebeni yakhe embi.

Wayesethi kubo: Kuvunyelwe ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi yini , ukusindisa umuntu noma ukumbulala na? Kepha bathula.

Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo ; nanini, uma nithanda , ningabenzela okuhle: kepha mina aninami njalo.

UJesu wathi kubo : Ngiyanibuza ukuthi kuvunyelwe ngesabatha ukwenza okuhle noma okubi yini, ukusindisa umuntu noma ukumbulala, na?

Kepha ngithi kini enizwayo : Thandani izitha zenu , nenze okuhle kwabanizondayo,

Ngakho uma nenza okuhle kwabenza okuhle kini , ninakubongwa kuni na? Ngokuba nezoni zenza khona lokho.

Kepha thandani izitha zen u, nenze okuhle , nitsheleke, ningadikibali; nomvuzo wenu uyakuba mkhulu, nibe ngabantwana boPhezukonke, ngokuba umnene yena kwabangabongiyo nababi.

Umuntu omuhle uveza okuhle emfuyweni enhle yenhliziyo , nomubi uveza okubi emfuyweni embi ; ngokuba umlomo wakhe ukhuluma ngokuchichima kwenhliziyo.

Kepha u -Abrahama wathi : Ndodana, khumbula ukuba wamukela okuhle kwakho usesekuphileni noLazaru kanjalo okubi ; kodwa manje uyaduduzwa yena lapha, wena uyahlushwa.

Wayesethi kubo : Ababusi bezizwe bazenza amakhosi phezu kwazo , neziphathimandla zazo zithiwa abazenzela okuhle.

UNathanayeli wathi kuye: Kungase kuvele okuhle eNazaretha na? UFiliphu wathi kuye: Woza ubone.

Nokho akayekanga ukuzifakazela ngokwenza okuhle , waninika imvula yasezulwini nezikhathi zenala , egcwalisa izinhliziyo zenu ngokuhle nangokujabula.

Yena esebiziwe, uTertulu waqala ukumbeka icala, ethi: Lokho ukuthi ngenxa yakho sitholile ukuthula okukhulu nangokubonelela kwakho lesi sizwe senzelwe okuhle okuningi

labo abafuna ngokukhuthazela ekwenzeni okuhle inkazimulo nodumo nokungabhubhi bothola ukuphila okuphakade;

kepha inkazimulo nodumo nokuthula kubo bonke abenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi.

Kungabi ngukuthi , njengalokhu sihlanjalazwayo nanjengalokhu abanye bathi siyasho ukuthi asenze okubi , ukuze kuvele okuhle na ? Ukulahlwa kwabo kubafanele. AbaJuda banesono njengabanye

bonke baphambukile , baphenduke imbuqa bonkana ; akakho owenza okuhle, akakho noyedwa.

Pho, okuhle kwaba ngukufa kimi na ? Qha nakanye ; kepha isono , ukuba sibonakale ukuthi siyisono , sangibangela ukufa ngakho okuhle , ukuze isono ngawo umyalo sibe ngesonayo kakhulu. Ubugqila bomuntu phansi komthetho

Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi kimi, kungukuthi enyameni yami, akuhlali okuhle; ngokuba intando ikhona kimi, kodwa ukwenza okuhle akukho,

ngokuba okuhle engikuthandayo angikwenzi , kodwa okubi engingakuthandiyo lokho ngiyakwenza.

Ngalokho ngifumana kimina engithanda ukwenza okuhle umthetho wokuthi kukhona okubi kimi,

ngokuba bengakazalwa, bengakenzi okuhle nokubi , ukuze icebo likaNkulunkulu eliya ngokukhetha lime,

ningalingisi leli zwe , kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo. Ukuthobeka

Ningaphindiseli muntu okubi ngokubi ; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke;

Ngokuba ababusi abesabeki kwabenza okuhle , kodwa kwabenza okubi . Kepha uyathanda yini ukungesabi amandla ombuso na ? Yenza okuhle , uyakubongwa yiwo;

Ngalokho okuhle kwenu makungahlanjalazwa.

Kepha nxa ngiyala ngalokho , anginibongi ukuthi nibuthana kungekukho okuhle kepha kukho okubi.

Ningakhohliswa; ukujwayelana nababi konakalisa ukuziphatha okuhle.

Ngokuba thina sonke simelwe ukubonakaliswa phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKristu , ukuze yilowo nalowo amukele njengalokho akwenzileyo esesemzimbeni, noma okuhle noma okubi. Ubukhulu benkonzo yokubuyisana

ngokuba sinakekela okuhle , kungesemehlweni eNkosi kuphela kodwa nasemehlweni abantu.

Kepha masingakhathali ekwenzeni okuhle, ngokuba siyakuvuna ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, uma singadangali.

Owebayo angabe eseba , kepha kunalokho akhuthale asebenze okuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe nokokwabela osweleyo.

nazi ukuthi konke okuhle yilowo nalowo akwenzayo , uzakukwamukela okunjalo eNkosini, noma eyinceku noma engokhululekileyo.

Kepha ngiphakathi kokubili; nginesifiso sokumuka ngibe noKristu, ngokuba yikhona okuhle kakhulu;

Elokugcina, bazalwane, konke okuyiqiniso, konke okuhloniphekayo, konke okulungileyo, konke okumhlophe, konke okuthandekayo, konke okutusekayo, noma kukhona okuhle, noma kukhona okubongekayo, zindlani ngalokho;

Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho ophindisela omunye okubi ngokubi ; kepha jongani njalo ukwenza okuhle, omunye komunye nakubo bonke.

vivinyani konke, nibambisise okuhle;

Ngenxa yalokho siyanikhulekela njalo , ukuze uNkulunkulu wethu anenze nibe ngabafanele ukubizwa kwenu , agcwalise ngamandla konke okuhle enikuthandayo nomsebenzi wokukholwa,

Kepha nina bazalwane, ningadinwa ngukwenza okuhle.

Lo myalo ngiwuthwesa wena mntanami Thimothewu njengeziprofetho ezandulelayo ngawe, ukuze ulwe ukulwa okuhle ngazo,

Yilwa ukulwa okuhle kokukholwa , ubambelele ekuphileni okuphakade owabizelwa kukho, wavuma ukuvuma okuhle phambi kofakazi abaningi.

Ngiyakuyala phambi kukaNkulunkulu ophilisa konke , naphambi kukaKristu Jesu owavuma ukuvuma okuhle phambi kukaPontiyu Pilatu,

benze okuhle, bacebe ngemisebenzi emihle, baphane, babelane,

okuhle okubekiwe kuwe ukulonde ngoMoya oNgcwele ohlala kithi.

nabangenaluthando, nabahlebi, nabangazithibi, nabangenabumnene, nabangathandi okuhle,

Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile ibanga, ngigcinile ukukholwa;

kepha ophatha kahle izihambi , othanda okuhle , oqondileyo, olungileyo, ongcwele, ozithibayo,

Kepha ukudla okuqinileyo kun gokwabakhulileyo, abathi ngokujwayela ukuwusebenzisa umqondo , sebenawo osulungele ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi.

Kepha siyethemba ngani bathandekayo okuhle kunalokho , ngisho okuqondene nokusindiswa, noma sikhuluma kanje.

Abesifazane bamukeliswa abafileyo babo bevusiwe ; abanye bahlushwa , kabavuma ukukhululwa, ukuze bathole ukuvuka okuhle;

ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayesibonele okuhle kunalokho , ukuze bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.

Kepha maningakhohlwa ukwenza okuhle nokuphana , ngokuba iminikelo enjalo uNkulunkulu uthokoziswa yiyo.

makaniphelelise kukho konke okuhle , ukuze nenze intando yakhe , esebenza phakathi kwethu khona lokho okuthokozisayo emehlweni akhe ngoJesu Kristu ; makube kuye inkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade . Amen.

Ngakho owaziyo ukwenza okuhle engakwenzi kuyisono kuye.

nokuba kungababusi njengokuba bethunywa yiyo , ukuze bajezise abenza okubi, babonge abenza okuhle,

ngokuba injalo intando kaNkulunkulu ukuba ngokwenza okuhle nithulise ukungazi kwabantu abayiziwula

Ngokuba kuludumo luni, uma nibekezela nishaywa lapho nonile na? Kepha uma nibekezela lapho nenze okuhle nihlushwa , lokho kuyabongeka kuNkulunkulu.

njengalokho uSara wamlalela u -Abrahama embiza ngokuthi inkosi , eningabantwana bakhe , uma nenza okuhle , ningesatshiswa nokukodwa okwesabisayo.

adede ebubini, enze okuhle, afune ukuthula, akujonge,

Pho, ubani onganilimaza, uma nishisekela okuhle na?

kodwa kube ngobumnene nang okwesaba, nibe nonembeza omuhle , ukuze kuthi kulokho abanihleba ngakho bajabhiswe labo abathuka ukuhamba kwenu okuhle kuKristu.

Ngokuba kuhle ukuhlupheka ngokwenza okuhle , uma kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, kunokwenza okubi.

Sithandwa, ungalandeli okubi kodwa okuhle . Owenza okuhle ungokaNkulunkulu; owenza okubi akambonanga uNkulunkulu.