7. (a) Obani labo ‘ngokukholwa abanqoba imibuso’? (b) Obani labo okwathi ngokholo “basebenza ukulunga”?

⁷ Ngokholo singahlangabezana ngokuphumelelayo nanoma iluphi uvivinyo lobuqotho futhi singafeza noma yini evumelana nentando yaphezulu. (Funda amaHeberu 11:33, 34.) Ekubaleni ezinye izenzo zokholo, ngokusobala uPawulu wayecabanga ngabahluleli abangamaHeberu, amakhosi, nabaprofethi, ngoba wayesanda kubala lawomadoda. “Ngokukholwa” abahluleli abanjengoGideyoni noJefta “banqoba imibuso.’ Ngokufanayo neNkosi uDavide, eyanqoba amaFilisti, abakwaMowabi, abaseAsiriya, abakwaEdomi, nabanye. (2 Samuweli 8:1-14) Futhi ngokholo, abahluleli abalungile “basebenza ukulunga,” futhi iseluleko sokulunga sikaSamuweli nabanye abaprofethi sashukumisela okungenani abanye ukuba bagweme noma bayeke ububi.—1 Samuweli 12:20-25; Isaya 1:10-20.

10. Obani labo okwathi ngokholo “bacima amandla omlilo,” futhi yini ukholo olufanayo oluyosenza sikwazi ukuyenza?

¹⁰ Abangane bakaDaniyeli abangamaHeberu abagcina ubuqotho oShadiraki, noMeshaki, noAbediNego “bacima amandla omlilo.” Lapho besongelwa ngokufa esithandweni somlilo, batshela iNkosi uNebukadinesari ukuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabo wayebasindisa noma cha, babengenakubakhonza onkulunkulu benkosi yaseBabiloni noma bakhulekele isithombe eyayisimisile. UJehova akazange awucime umlilo walesosithando, kodwa waqiniseka ngokuthi wawungawalimazi amaHeberu amathathu. (Daniyeli 3:1-30) Ukholo olufanayo lusisiza ukuba silondoloze ubuqotho kuNkulunkulu kuze kube sekufeni okungase kwenzeke ngokubulawa yisitha.—IsAmbulo 2:10.

11. (a) Ngokholo, obani ‘abaphepha osikweni lwenkemba’? (b) Obani labo ‘abaphiwa amandla’ ngokholo? (c) Obani ‘ababa yiziqhwaga empini’ futhi “baxosha izimpi zabezizwe”?

¹¹ UDavide ‘waphepha osikweni lwenkemba’ lwamadoda eNkosi uSawule. (1 Samuweli 19:9-17) Abaprofethi uElija noElisha nabo baphepha ukufa ngenkemba. (1 AmaKhosi 19:1-3; 2 AmaKhosi 6:11-23) Kodwa obani ‘abaphiwa amandla ebuthakathakeni ngokukholwa’? Nokho, uGideyoni wayezibheka yena namadoda akhe njengababebuthakathaka kakhulu ukuba basindise uIsrayeli kwabakwaMidiyani. Kodwa ‘waphiwa amandla’ nguNkulunkulu, owamnika ukunqoba—futhi nokusho enamadoda angama-300 kuphela! (AbAhluleli 6:14-16; 7:2-7, 22) “Ebuthakathakeni” lapho izinwele zakhe zigundiwe, uSamsoni ‘waphiwa amandla’ nguJehova futhi wabulala amaFilisti amaningi. (AbAhluleli 16:19-21, 28-30; qhathanisa nabAhluleli 15:13-19.) Futhi mhlawumbe uPawulu wayecabanga ngeNkosi uHezekiya njengomunye ‘owaphiwa amandla’ ebuthakathakeni ngokwezempi nangokomzimba. (Isaya 37:1–38:22) Phakathi kwezinceku zikaNkulunkulu ‘ezaba yiziqhwaga empini’ kwakunguMahluleli uJefta neNkosi uDavide. (AbAhluleli 11:32, 33; 2 Samuweli 22:1, 2, 30-38) Futhi labo ‘abaxosha izimpi zabezizwe’ babehlanganisa uMahluleli uBaraki. (AbAhluleli 4:14-16) Zonke lezizenzo zobuqhawe kumelwe zisiqinisekise ukuthi ngokholo singahlangabezana ngokuphumelelayo nanoma iluphi uvivinyo lobuqotho bethu futhi singafeza noma yini esekuvumelaneni nentando kaJehova.