Isahluko 17
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Isiprofetho ngeDamaseku. “IDamaseku liyakususwa, lingabe lisaba ngumuzi, libe yinxiwa nencithakalo
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eshiyiwe kuze kube phakade, neyakuba ngeyemihlambi ebuthisa khona, ingesatshiswa muntu.
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Inqaba iyakuphela kwa-Efrayimi, nombuso eDamaseku, nensali e-Aramu, kube njengodumo lwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli,” usho uJehova Sebawoti.
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“Kuyakuthi ngalolo suku udumo luka Jakobe lube buthakathaka, kuzace ukukhuluphala kwenyama yakhe.
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Kuyakuba njengomvuni ovuna amabele asemi nengalo yakhe evuna izikhwebu, kube njengokukha izikhwebu esiGodini samaRefa.
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Kepha umkhothozo uyakusala khona njengokushaywa kweminqumo: izithelo ezimbili noma ezintathu enhlokweni phezulu, ezine noma eziyisihlanu emagatsheni omuthi,” usho uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
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Ngalolo suku abantu bayakumbheka uMenzi wabo, namehlo abo ayakumbuka oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
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Abayikubheka ama-altare abo, umsebenzi wezandla zabo, bangabuki okwenziwe yiminwe yabo, o-Ashera nama-altare empepho.
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Ngalolo suku imizi yabo enamandla iyakuba njengezindawo ezishiyiweyo zasehlathini nezaseziqongweni zezintaba abazishiya phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli zibe yincithakalo.
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Ngokuba ukhohliwe uNkulunkulu wokusindiswa kwakho, awukhumbulanga idwala lamandla akho; ngalokho noma utshala izithombo ezimnandi, uhlwanyele amahlumela angaziwayo,
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ngosuku lokutshala kwakho, lapho ubiyela, nangokusa kokuhlwanyela kwakho, lapho wenza ukuba kuqhakaze, ukuvuna kuyakubaleka ngosuku losizi nolobuhlungu obungenakupholiswa.
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Wo kukho ukuhlokoma kwezizwe eziningi ezihlokoma njengokuhlokoma kwezilwandle, nomsindo wokuxokozela kwabezizwe abaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi.
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Izizwe ziyaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi, kodwa uyakuzisola, zibalekele kude, zixoshwe njengamakhoba asezintabeni phambi komoya, nothuli olushwilayo phambi kwesiphepho.
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Ngesikhathi sokuhlwa, bheka, yingebhe; kungakasi azisekho. Yilesi esiyisabelo sabasiphangayo, nenkatho yabasamukayo.