Sigaba 51
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi, eThompson, e-Ohio, mhlaka 20 iNkhwekhweti, 1831. Ngalesi sikhatsi labaNgcwele labebatfutsa besuka etifundzeni letingasemphumalanga bacala kufika e-Ohio, futsi kwaba nesidzingo sekwenta emalungiselelo lacinisekisa kubatfolela tindzawo tekuhlala. Ngoba lomsebenti ikakhulukati wawucondzene nesikhundla sembhishobhi, umBhishobhi Edward Partridge wafuna umyaleto ngaloludzaba, wase umPhrofethi ubuta eNkhosini.
1–8, Edward Partridge ukhetfwa kutsi alawule kuphatsa nemphahla; 9–12, LabaNgcwele kufanele betsembeke lomunye kulomunye; 13–15, Kufanele babe nendlu yengcebo yembhishobhi futsi bahlele imphahla ngekwemtsetfo weNkhosi; 16–20, I-Ohio kufanele kube yindzawo yekuhlanganyela kwesikhashana.
1 Ngilaleleni, kusho iNkhosi Nkulunkulu wenu, ngitawukhuluma encekwini yami Edward Partridge, ngitawumnika imiyalo; ngoba kunesidzingo sekutsi anikwe imiyalo yekutsi batawuhlelwa kanjani laba bantfu.
2 Ngoba kunesidzingo sekutsi bahlelwe ngekwemitsetfo yami; uma kungenjalo, batawususwa.
3 Ngaloko-ke, inceku yami Edward Partridge, nalabo lekabakhetsile, lengitfokota kakhulu ngabo, akanike laba bantfu tincenye tabo, wonkhe umuntfu ngalokulinganako ngekwemndeni wakhe, ngekwetimo takhe nangekwetifiso takhe kanye nangekwetidzingo takhe.
4 Futsi inceku yami Edward Partridge, uma iyawunika umuntfu incenye yakhe, ayimunike lokubhaliwe lokutawucinisekisa kuye incenye yakhe, kutsi iyawuba yakhe, ngisho lelilungelo nalelifa ebandleni, ate one futsi angabe asatsatfwa njengalofanele ngelivi lelibandla, ngekwemitsetfo netivumelwano telibandla, kutsi abe ngewelibandla.
5 Uma ona futsi angasatsatfwa njengalofanele kutsi abe ngewelibandla, angeke abe nemandla ekufuna leyo ncenye layinikele kumbhishobhi kute kuzuze labamphofu nalabeswele belibandla lami; ngako-ke, angeke asigcine sipho, kodvwa uyawuba nelilungelo lekutfola kuphela leyo ncenye laniketwe yona ngalokusemtsetfweni.
6 Ngaleyo ndlela tonkhe tintfo tiyawucinisekiswa, ngalokuhambisana nemitsetfo yelive.
7 Futsi loko lokukwalabantfu akuniketwe laba bantfu.
8 Mayelana nemali lesele kulabantfu—akubekhona sitfunywa lesikhetselwe labantfu, kutsi sitsatse lemali sibatfolele kudla netembatfo, ngekwetidzingo talaba bantfu.
9 Futsi wonkhe umuntfu akatsembeke lomunye kulomunye, balingane, baphindze batfole ngalokufanako, kute nibe munye, njengoba nginiyaletile.
10 Loko lokukwalabantfu akungatsatfwa kunikwe labo lababalelinye ligala lelibandla.
11 Ngaloko-ke, uma lelinye ligala lelibandla lifuna kutfola imali kuleligala lelibandla, aliphindze likhokhe kuleligala lelibandla njengoba bayawuvumelana;
12 Futsi loku kuyawukwentiwa ngembhishobhi noma ngesitfunywa, lesitawukhetfwa ngelivi lelibandla.
13 Ngetulu kwaloko, umbhishobhi akamise indlu yengcebo yaleligala lelibandla; bese kutsi konkhe lokuyimali nalokukudla, lokungetulu kwalokudzingekile kwetidzingo talabantfu, kugcinwe etandleni tembhishobhi.
14 Naye ngalokunjalo akatigcinele ngekwetidzingo takhe, nangekwetidzingo temndeni wakhe, njengoba uyawube abekelwe kwenta lomsebenti.
15 Ngaleyo ndlela nginika kulaba bantfu lilungelo lekutihlela ngekwemitsetfo yami.
16 Futsi nginikela kubo lendzawo kwesikhashana, ngite mine, iNkhosi, ngibalungiselele ngalenye indlela, ngibayale kutsi bahambe kulendzawo;
17 Futsi lihora nelilanga alikaniketwa kubo, ngaloko-ke abachubeke nemphilo kulendzawo njengalabatawuhlala iminyaka, loku kuyawuba nemphumela lomuhle kubo.
18 Bukani, loku kuyawuba sibonelo encekwini yami Edward Partridge, nakuletinye tindzawo, kuwo onkhe emagala emabandla.
19 Futsi loyo lotfolakala angumholi lowetsembekile, lolungile nalohlakaniphile uyawungena ekujabuleni kweNkhosi yakhe, atfole lifa lekuphila lokuphakadze.
20 Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini, nginguJesu Khristu, lotawubuya masinyane, ngelihora leningalicabangi. Kunjalo nje. Amen.