ISIYALO SOKUNAKA
“Enginitshela khona ebumnyameni, kukhulumeni ekukhanyeni: futhi lokho enikuzwa endlebeni, kushumayeleni phezu kwezindlu.”
NgokukaMathewu 10:27
Ngezinye izikhathi uNkulunkulu usidlulisa esiyalweni sobumnyama ukuze asifundise ukumnaka. Izinyoni eziculayo zifundiswa ukucula ebumnyameni, futhi sibekwa ethunzini lesandla sikaNkulunkulu size sifunde ukumuzwa. "Lokho enginitshela khona ebumnyameni" — qaphela lapho uNkulunkulu ekubeka ebumnyameni, futhi lapho usulapho vala umlomo wakho. Ingabe manje usebumnyameni ezimweni zakho, noma ekuphileni kwakho noNkulunkulu? Khona-ke thula. Uma uvula umlomo wakho ebumnyameni, uyokhuluma ngesimo sengqondo esingalungile: ubumnyama yisikhathi sokulalela. Ungakhulumi nabanye abantu ngakho; ungafundi izincwadi ukuze uthole isizathu sobumnyama, kodwa lalela futhi unake. Uma ukhuluma nabanye abantu, awukwazi ukuzwa lokho uNkulunkulu akushoyo. Lapho usebumnyameni, lalela, futhi uNkulunkulu uyokunikeza umlayezo oyigugu kakhulu ozowudlulisela komunye umuntu lapho ungena ekukhanyeni.
Ngemva kwaso sonke isikhathi sobumnyama kufika ingxube yenjabulo nokuthotshiswa (uma kukhona injabulo kuphela, ngiyangabaza ukuthi simzwile uNkulunkulu ngempela), injabulo yokuzwa uNkulunkulu ekhuluma, kodwa ikakhulu ukuthotshiswa — Yeka isikhathi eside engisithathe ukuzwa lokho! Yeka indlela ebengiphuza ngayo ukuqonda lokho! Nokho uNkulunkulu ubekusho zonke lezi zinsuku namasonto. Manje ukunika isipho sokuthotshiswa esiletha ukuthamba kwenhliziyo okuyohlale kulalela uNkulunkulu manje.