"khumbula ukuthi izakhamuzi zasemzini wasesimeulue owawugudle ulwandle zabalekela ezintabeni ngokushesha lapho zibona amagagasi ehlehla, azilindanga aze abuya. ukusabela kwazo ngokushesha kwazisindisa. ukuze usinde osizini oluzayo, kudingeka ubalekele entabeni ngaphambi kokuba kwephuze. kanjani. umprofethi u--isaya waphefumulelwa ukuba alobe ngesimemo esishukumisayo esidluliselwa phakathi ‘nengxenye yokugcina yezinsuku,’ isikhathi esiphila kuso manje. sithi: “wozani sikhuphukele entabeni kajehova . . uzosifundisa izindlela zakhe, sihambe emikhondweni yakhe.”—isaya 2:2, 3. "kunomuzwa wokuba necala ogcwala enhliziyweni yami ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ngibona lawa mazwi kankulunkulu: “inkinga enkulu ngomuntu ukuthi akukho okunye akucabangayo ngaphandle komphumela sakhe namathemba akhe, nokuthi ayizithixo kuye. ngale ndlela uthando lomuntu ngonkulunkulu luyahlanzwa, okusho ukuthi, inhliziyo yomuntu iyanqotshwa” (“ukubuyisela impilo ejwayelekile yomuntu nokumhambisa endaweni emangalisayo okuphokophelwe kuyo” kwethi izwi livela lisenyameni). kube kuphela ngokwahlulelwa nokusolwa kaningi unkulunkulu ukuthi ekugcineni ngisangulukile futhi ngabona ukuthi lokho unkulunkulu akudingayo uthando lwesintu oluhlanzekile, olusemgomweni owodwa, nokuthi kulungile futhi kuzifanele zonke izidalwa ukuba zifune ukuthanda unkulunkulu nokuba zenze umsebenzi wazo. ngaphinde ngabona ukuthi lapho abantu bengasacindezelwa yisimiselo sekusasa labo futhi sebekwazi ukuphilela unkulunkulu, umsebenzi wokunqoba kubo uzothela izithelo. nokho, lapho ngisasebenza njengomholi, ngangingenzi mzamo wokufuna iqiniso; njalo ngangibuswa imicabango yisimiselo sekusasa lami. ngenxa yalokhu, ngangibhekana njalo nokucwengwa kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuthi ngibe nombono ophambene, futhi lokhu akubanga nokulahlekelwa empilweni yami nje kuphela, kodwa kwaphinde kwalimaza nomsebenzi wami endlini kankulunkulu. nokho, unkulunkulu akazange abhekane nami ngokusekelwe eziphambekweni zami. wanginika amathuba amaningi okuphenduka. kwaba nokwahlulelwa nokusolwa kanye nokucwengwa okunzima okuvela emazwini kankulunkulu, ukondliwa, ukududuzwa, ukusekelwa, kanye nokweluswa okuvela emazwini akhe, umoya ongcwele ungihola, ungikhanyisela, futhi ungikhanyisela indlela kaningi—kwaba kuphela ngalezi zinto lapho ngakwazi isinyathelo ngesinyathelo ukukhululeka ogibeni lukasathane, ngingalahlekelwa yindlela yami, futhi ngihambe endleleni efanele ekuphileni. lapho ngizindla ngensindiso kankulunkulu kimi, isikhathi esedlule sicace kakhulu.