Sigaba 56
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi, eKirtland, e-Ohio, mhlaka 15 iNhlaba, 1831. Lesi sembulo sekhuta Ezra Thayre ngekungatfobeli sembulo lesasiniketwe ngaphambilini (“lomyaleto” lokukhulunywa ngawo evesini 8), Joseph Smith lebekamtfolele sona, lesiyala Thayre ngalokuphatselene nalebekufanele akwente epulazini laFrederick G. Williams, lapho bekahlala khona. Lesi sembulo siphindze siyakuhocisa kubitwa kwaThayre kutsi ahambe aye eMissouri naThomas B, Marsh (buka sigaba 52:22).
1–2, LabaNgcwele kufanele batfwale siphambano sabo balandzele iNkhosi kute batfole insindziso; 3–13, INkhosi iyayaleta iphindze ihocise, nalabangalaleli bayesuswa; 14–17, Maye kulabo labacebile labangeke babasite labamphofu, futsi maye kulabo labamphofu labete tinhlitiyo letephukile; 18–20, Babusisiwe labamphofu labahlantekile enhlitiyweni, ngoba bayawudla lifa lemhlaba.
1 Lalelani, Awu nine bantfu labavuma libito lami, kusho iNkhosi Nkulunkulu wenu; ngoba bukani, intfukutselo yami yokhelekile kulabo labangihlubukako, futsi bayawuyati ingalo yami kanye nelulaka lwami, ngelilanga lekuhanjelwa nelentfukutselo etikwetive.
2 Futsi loyo longeke asitsatse siphambano sakhe angilandzele, agcine nemiyaleto yami, nguye loyo longeke asindziswe.
3 Bukani, mine, iNkhosi, ngiyayaleta; futsi loyo longeke atfobele uyawususwa ngesikhatsi sami lesifanele, emvakwekuyaleta nemyaleto sewephuliwe.
4 Ngaloko-ke mine, iNkhosi, ngiyayaleta ngiphindze ngihocise, ngekutsandza kwami, futsi konkhe loku kuyawuphendvulwa etikwetinhloko talabangihlubukako, kusho iNkhosi.
5 Ngaloko-ke, ngiyawuhocisa umyaleto lowaniketwa tinceku tami Thomas B. Marsh na-Ezra Thayre, futsi nginiketa umyaleto lomusha encekwini yami Thomas, kutsi itsatse luhambo lwayo ngekushesha iye eveni laseMissouri, nenceku yami Selah J, Griffin uyawuhamba nayo.
6 Ngoba buka, ngiyawuhocisa lomyaleto lowaniketwa tinceku tami Selah J. Griffin naNewel Knight, ngenca yekutsi bantfu labaseThompson banetinhloko letilukhuni, nekungihlubuka kwabo.
7 Ngaloko-ke, inceku yami Newel Knight ayisale nabo, futsi bonkhe labo labafise kuhamba bangahamba, labo labadzabukile phambi kwami, baholwe ngiyo kuya eveni lengilikhetsile.
8 Ngetulu kwaloko, ngicinisile ngitsi kini, inceku yami Ezra Thayre kufanele iphendvuke ekutichenyeni kwayo, nasebugovini bayo, itfobele umyaleto wekucala lengiwunike yona mayelana nendzawo lehlala kuyo.
9 Futsi uma itawukwenta loku, njengoba kungeke kube khona kwehlukana eveni, iyawukhetfwa kutsi iye eveni laseMissouri;
10 Kungenjalo itawuyitfola lemali leyikhokhile, iyishiye lendzawo, futsi itawususwa ebandleni lami, kusho iNkhosi Nkulunkulu wemabandla;
11 Nanoma lizulu nemhlaba kwendlula, lamavi lawa angeke endlule, kodvwa ayawugcwaliseka.
12 Futsi uma inceku yami Joseph Smith, lomNcane kumele iyikhokhe imali, buka, mine, iNkhosi, ngiyawuphindze ngiyomkhokhela yona eveni laseMissouri, kute labo layawutfola kubo batfole umvuzo futsi ngaloko labakwentako;
13 Ngoba bayawutfola ngekwaloko labakwentako, ngisho nasemaveni elifa labo.
14 Bukani, naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi kubantfu bami—ninetintfo letiningi lekufanele nitente nalekufanele niphendvuke kuto; ngoba bukani, tono tenu ngiyatati, futsi aticolelwa, ngoba nifuna kwenta intsandvo yenu.
15 Netinhlitiyo tenu atineliseki. Anilitfobeli liciniso, kodvwa nijatjuliswa kungalungi.
16 Maye kini bantfu labacebile, leningatsandzi kunika imphahla yenu kulabamphofu, ngoba ingcebo yenu itawuyona imimoya yenu, futsi loku kuyawuba kulila kwenu ngelilanga lekuhanjelwa, nelekwehlulelwa, nelentfukutselo: Sivuno sesendlulile, lihlobo liphelile nemoya wami awukasindziswa.
17 Maye kini bantfu labamphofu, tinhlitiyo tenu letingakephuki, imimoya yenu lengakadzabuki, netisu tenu letingakeneli, netandla tenu letingayekeli kutsatsa imphahla yalabanye bantfu, emehlo enu lagcwele umhobholo, leningafuni kusebenta ngetandla tenu!
18 Kodvwa babusisiwe labamphofu labahlantekile enhlitiyweni, labanetinhlitiyo letephukile nemimoya ledzabukile, ngoba bayawubona umbuso waNkulunkulu uta ngemandla nangeludvumo lolukhulu kutawubakhulula; ngoba inala yemhlaba iyawuba ngeyabo.
19 Ngoba bukani, iNkhosi iyawubuya, futsi inkhokhelo yayo iyawuba kuyo, iyawunika umvuzo kuwo wonkhe umuntfu, nalabamphofu bayawujabula;
20 Netitukulwane tabo tiyawudla lifa lemhlaba kusukela etitukulwaneni kuya etitukulwaneni, phakadze naphakadze. Manje sengiyagcina kukhuluma nani. Kunjalo nje. Amen.