Ngokukaluka 16:4-12 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

4. Ngiyakwazi engiyakukwenza ukuba bangamukele ezindlini zabo, nxa ngikhishwa ebuphathini.’

5. “Wababiza ngabanye abanamacala enkosini yakhe, wathi kowokuqala: ‘Unecala elingakanani enkosini yami na?’

6. “Wathi: ‘Amabhati* ayikhulu amafutha.’“Wayesethi kuye: ‘Thatha incwadi yakho, usheshe uhlale phansi, ulobe amashumi ayisihlanu.’

7. “Khona wathi komunye: ‘Wena-ke unecala elingakanani na?’“Wathi: ‘Izilinganiso eziyikhulu zikakolweni.’“Wathi kuye: ‘Thatha incwadi yakho, ulobe amashumi ayisishiyagalombili.’

8. “Inkosi yambabaza umphathi ongalungile ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha, ngokuba abantwana balesi sikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni sabo kunabantwana bokukhanya.

9. Nami ngithi kini: Zenzeleni nina abahlobo ngokukaMamona* ongalungile, ukuze kuthi, nxa kuphelile, banamukele ezindlini eziphakade.

10. “Othembekile kokuncinyane uthembekile nakokukhulu; ongalungile kokuncinyane kalungile nakokukhulu.

11. Ngakho uma beningathembeki kokukaMamona* ongalungile, ubani oyakuniphathisa okuyikhonakhona na?

12. Futhi uma beningathembeki kokomunye, ubani oyakuninika okungokwenu na?

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