KwabaseRoma 9:19-33

Ngakho-ke nizakuthi kimi: “Kungani pho esasithola sinecala na? Ngokuba ngubani ongamelana naye na?” Maye, muntu ndini! Ungubani-ke wena ukuba uqagulisane noNkulunkulu na? Okubunjiweyo kungasho yini kumbumbi ukuthi: “Wangenzelani ngaba njena na?” Kambe umbumbi akanamandla yini ukuba esigaxeni esisodwa sebumba enze isitsha esihloniphekayo nesinye esingahloniphekiyo na? Uma uNkulunkulu ebethanda ukubonakalisa ulaka lwakhe nokuveza amandla akhe, ababekezelela labo ababemiselwe ulaka lwakhe, ukuba babhujiswe, ukuze abonakalise ingcebo yenkazimulo yakhe ezitsheni zomusa ayezilungisele inkazimulo ngaphambilini, asibizayo nathi phakathi kwabo, hhayi kubaJuda kuphela, kodwa nakubo abezizwe. Njengalokhu esho nakuHoziya ethi: “Ngiyakubiza abangesiso isizwe sami, ngokuthi yisizwe sami; nalowo ongathandiwe, ngokuthi uthandiwe; Lokhu kuyokwenzeka endaweni lapho kwathiwa kubo: ‘Anisibo abantu bami,’ lapho bayakubizwa ngokuthi: ‘Abantwana bakaNkulunkulu ophilayo.’ ” U-Izaya wamemeza ngo-Israyeli, wathi: “Nakuba isibalo sabantu bakwa-Israyeli singangesihlabathi solwandle, yinsali eyakusindiswa, ngokuba iNkosi iyakufeza izwi layo emhlabeni; iyakuliphelelisa futhi ikhawuleze.” Nanjengalokhu u-Izaya washo phambilini wathi: “Ukuba iNkosi Yamabandla ibingasishiyelanga ulibo, besiyakuba njengeSodoma, sibe njengeGomora.” Pho sesiyakuthini na? Siyakuthi abezizwe abangakufunisisanga ukulunga bafumene ukulunga, ukulunga okutholakala ngokukholwa. Kepha u-Israyeli, owayelandela umthetho wokulunga, akafinyelelanga kuwo. Kungani na? Kungenxa yokuthi babengawulandeli ngokukholwa, kodwa kungemisebenzi; baqhuzuka etsheni lokuqhuzula, njengalokhu kulotshiwe ukuthi