8, 9. Yini emaJuda lamanyenti lokwadzingeka ayente ngetinhlitiyo tawo?

⁸ Umcondvo wemavi latsi ‘inhlitiyo lengakasoki’ siwutfola kuloko Nkulunkulu lacela emaJuda kutsi akwente: “Susani lijwabu letinhlitiyo tenu, nitinikele kuye ngalokuphelele, nine madvodza akaJuda nesive saseJerusalema. Ngaphandle kwaloko lulaka lwami lutawucitseka luvutse . . . ngenca yebubi lenibentile.” Kodvwa bubi labebabentile bebusuka kuphi? Bebusuka etinhlitiyweni tabo. (Fundza Makho 7:20-23.) Asebentisa Jeremiya, Nkulunkulu wawutfola umtfombo webubi bemaJuda. Bewanenkhani futsi avukela etinhlitiyweni tawo. Indlela labewenta ngayo tintfo nemicabango yawo, beyingamjabulisi. (Fundza Jeremiya 5:23, 24; 7:24-26.) Nkulunkulu wawatjela: “Tisokeni nine kuJehova, susani lijwabu letinhlitiyo tenu.”—Jer. 4:4; 18:11, 12, NW.

⁹ Ngako-ke, emaJuda angesikhatsi saJeremiya abedzinga kwelashwa tinhlitiyo tawo letingumfanekiso—‘kusokwa kwenhlitiyo’—njengobe nalabo bangesikhatsi saMosi benta. (Dut. 10:16; 30:6) ‘Kususa lijwabu letinhlitiyo tawo’ bekusho kususa loko lobekwenta tinhlitiyo tawo tingaphili—imicabango yawo, tifiso nobe tintfo lebetiwenta angayilaleli imiyalo yaNkulunkulu.—Imis. 7:51.

11, 12. (a) Yini leyenta ngamunye wetfu kudzingeke ahlole inhlitiyo yakhe? (b) Yini Nkulunkulu langeke ayente?

¹¹ Jehova ufuna kutsi sonkhe sibe nebudlelwane lobuhle naye futsi semukelwe nguye. Mayelana nalabo labalungile, Jeremiya watsi: “Simakadze, longuSomandla, wena lohlola lolungile, uphenye inhlitiyo nengcondvo.” (Jer. 20:12) Nangabe Somandla ahlola inhlitiyo yalabo labalungile, akukafaneli yini natsi sitihlole ngekwetsembeka? (Fundza Tihlabelelo 11:5.) Nasenta njalo, singase sibone simo sengcondvo, umgomo nobe imiva lejulile ledzinga kunakwa kitsi. Singaphindze sibone intfo letsite leyenta inhlitiyo yetfu ibe butsakatsaka, kube shengatsi ‘lijwabu lenhlitiyo yetfu’ lesibonako kutsi kufanele lisuswe. Loko kungasho kwelapha inhlitiyo yetfu lengumfanekiso. Nangabe uyavuma kutsi kutawuba kahle kuhlola inhlitiyo yakho lengumfanekiso, yini longahle uyibuke? Ungatenta njani tingucuko letidzingekako?—Jer. 4:4.