Kwabaseroma 9:6-15 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

6. Akusikho okungathi izwi likaNkulunkulu liphuthile. Ngokuba asibo bonke abavela ku-Israyeli abangabakwa-Israyeli;

7. nakuba beyinzalo ka-Abrahama, bonke abasibo abantwana, kodwa kuthiwa: “Ngo-Isaka iyakubizwa inzalo yakho.”

8. Lokhu kungukuthi akusibo abantwana benyama abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu labo, kodwa abantwana besithembiso bathiwa inzalo.

9. Ngokuba lingelesithembiso leli zwi lokuthi: “Ngalesi sikhathi ngizakufika; khona uSara uzakuba nendodana.”

10. Akuyilokhu kuphela, kodwa kwaba njalo nakuRebeka ekhulelisiwe ngoyedwa, u-Isaka, ukhokho wethu;

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

12. kungabi ngemisebenzi, kodwa kube ngaye obizayo, kwashiwo kuye ukuthi:“Omkhulu uyakukhonza omncane,”

13. njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi:“UJakobe ngamthanda,kepha u-Esawu ngamzonda.”

14. Ngakho siyakuthini na? Kukhona yini ukungalungi kuNkulunkulu na? Qha nakanye.

15. Ngokuba kuMose uthi:“Ngizakumhawukela engimhawukelayo,ngimzwele engimzwelayo.”

Kwabaseroma 9