KwabaseRoma 11:1-10

Ngalokho-ke ngithi: ngabe uNkulunkulu usilahlile yini isizwe sakhe na? Qha nakanye, ngokuba nami ngingumIsrayeli, wenzalo ka-Abhrahama, wesizwe sakwaBhenjamini. UNkulunkulu akasilahlile isizwe sakhe ayesazi phambilini. Kanti anazi yini ukuthi uthini umbhalo ngo-Eliya lapho enxusa uNkulunkulu emelene no-Israyeli na? Uthi: “Nkosi, bababulele abaphrofethi bakho, badiliza ama-althare akho; kusele mina ngedwa, sebefuna ukungibulala nami.” Kepha ithini impendulo kaNkulunkulu kuye na? Ithi: “Ngizishiyele amadoda ayizi-7 000 angazange amkhothamele uBhali.” Kanjalo nangalesi sikhathi samanje ikhona insali ekhethwe ngokomusa. Kepha uma kungokomusa, akusayi ngemisebenzi; ngokuba uma kungenjalo, umusa awuseyiwo umusa. Pho kwenzekani na? Lokhu u-Israyeli akufunayo akakufumananga, kodwa kwatholwa ngabakhethiweyo, abanye benziwa baba lukhuni, njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi: “UNkulunkulu wabanika umoya wobuthongo obunzulu, namehlo okungaboni, nezindlebe ezingezwa, kuze kube lusuku lwanamuhla.” NoDavide uthi: “Itafula labo malibe yisihibe nogibe, nesikhubekiso nempindiselo kubo; amehlo abo mawafiphazwe ukuze angaboni; kuthi umhlane wabo uqhothe njalo.”