Sigaba 99
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi kuJohn Murdock, mhlaka 29 iNgci, 1832, eHiram, e-Ohio. Sikhatsi lesingetulu kwemnyaka, John Murdock bekashumayela livangeli ngesikhatsi bantfwana bakhe—bete unina emvakwekushona kwemkakhe, Julia Clapp, ngaMabasa 1831—bahlala naleminye imindeni e-Ohio.
1–8, John Murdock ubitelwa kumemetela livangeli, futsi labo labamemukelako bemukela iNkhosi futsi batawutfola umusa.
1 Bukani, naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi encekwini yami John Murdock—ubitiwe kutsi uye emaveni lasemphumalanga uhambele likhaya nelikhaya, sigodzi nesigodzi, lidolobha nelidolobha, kute umemetele livangeli lami laphakadze kubantfu bakhona, kuloko kuhlushwa nebubi.
2 Labo labakwemukelako bemukela mine, futsi uyawukuba nemandla ekushumayela livi lami ngesibonakaliso saMoya loNgcwele wami.
3 Futsi labo labakwemukela njengemtfwana, bemukela umbuso wami; futsi babusisiwe labo, ngoba bayawutfola umusa.
4 Futsi loyo lokulahlako uyawulahlwa nguBabe nendlu yakhe; futsi uyawuhlanta tinyawo takho etindzaweni letifihlakele endleleni njengebufakazi lobumelene nabo.
5 Bukani, nibone, ngiyeta masinyane kutawukwehlulela, kutawujezisa bonkhe ngetento tabo letimbi labantentile ngekumelana nami, njengoba kubhaliwe ngami emculwini.
6 Manje, ngicinisile ngitsi kuwe, akukafaneli kutsi uhambe ngaphambi kwekutsi bantfwana bakho baniketwe tidzingeko, futsi batfunyelwe ngekunakekelwa kumbhishobhi waseSiyoni.
7 Futsi emvakweminyaka lembalwa, uma ufisa kimi, ungahamba nawe uye eveni lelihle, kute ube nelifa lakho;
8 Kungenjalo uyawuchubeka nekumemetela livangeli lami ute utsatfwe. Amen.