U-Eliyabe umfowabo omkhulu wezwa lapho ekhuluma kubantu ; intukuthelo ka -Eliyabe yamvuthela uDavide, wathi: Wehleleni na? Uzishiye kubani leziya zimvu ezingengakanani ehlane na ? Mina ngiyakwazi ukuziphakamisa kwakho nobubi benhliziyo yakho , ngokuba wehlile ukuba ubuke impi.

Kungenxa yezono zabaprofethi balo nobubi babapristi bal o ababechitha igazi labalungileyo phakathi kwalo.

wathi: O wena ogcwele inkohliso yonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuziphambukisa izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na?

nezono zabo nobubi babo angisoze ngakukhumbula futhi.

kepha kalokhu nani manilahle konke lokho, ulaka, nokuthukuthela, nobubi, nokuhlambalaza, nokukhuluma amahlazo aphuma emlonyeni wenu;

begcwele konke ukungalungi , nokonakala, nesangabe, nobubi; begcwele umhawu, nokubulala, nokuphikisana, nenkohliso, nobuqili, nokuhleba;

Kanjalo nani ngaphandle nibonakala kubantu nilungile, kanti ngaphakathi nigcwele ukuzenzisa nobubi.

Sonke saba njengongcolileyo, nokulunga kwethu konke kwakunjengengubo enindiweyo; sabuna sonke njengeqabunga , nobubi bethu basisusa njengomoya.

ububi babo nobubi bawoyise kanyekanye , usho uJehova, abashisa impepho ezintabeni, bangihlambalaza emagqumeni; ngiyakulinganisa kuqala umvuzo wabo ezifubeni zabo.

Ngalokho, nkosi, masamukeleke kuwe isiluleko sami , unqamule izono zakho ngokulunga , nobubi bakho ngokuba nomusa kwabampofu ; mhlawumbe kungelulwa ukuthula kwakho.

Umphefumulo owonayo uyakufa; indodana ayiyikuthwala ukona kukayise, uyise angathwali ukona kwendodana; ukulunga kolungileyo kuyakuba phezu kwakhe, nobubi bomubi buyakuba phezu kwakhe.

Kepha wena ndodana yomuntu , yisho kubantwana babantu bakho , uthi: Ukulunga kolungileyo akuyikumophula ngosuku lwesiphambeko sakhe , nobubi-ke bomubi akayikuwa ngabo ngosuku lokubuya kwakhe ebubini bakhe, nolungileyo akanakuphila ngakho ngosuku lokona kwakhe.

Ngokuba amehlo ami akuzo zonke izindlela zabo ; abasithele ebusweni bami, nobubi babo abufihlekile emehlweni ami.

Nikhohliwe yini ububi bukayihlo , nobubi bamakhosi akwaJuda , nobubi bamakhosikazi awo , nobubi benu , nobubi bawomkenu ababebenza ezweni lakwaJuda nasezitaladini zaseJerusalema, na?

Umthetho weqiniso wawusemlonyeni wakhe , nobubi babungatholwa ezindebeni zakhe ; wahamba nami ngokuthula nangobuqotho , wabuyisa abaningi ebubini.

Ngokuba kukhona umuntu omshikashika wakhe wenziwe ngokuhlakanipha, nangokwazi, nangekhono, kepha nokho uyakuwunikez a kumuntu ongawushikashikanga kube yisabelo sakhe . Nalokho kuyize nobubi obukhulu.

Akukho muntu onamandla phezu komoya ukuba awuthiye , futhi akakho obusa phezu kosuku loku fa; ukukhululwa akukho empini , nobubi abunakukhulula umninibo.