Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
Umangikhuphukelaezulwini,ulapho;umangendlalaumbhedewamiesihogweni,bheka,ulapho AmaHubo139:8
Ngobaizindebezowesifazaneongaziwaziconsanjengezinyosi,nomlomowakheubushelelezi kunamafutha:Kodwaukuphelakwakhekuyababanjengomhlonyane,kubukhalinjengenkembaesika nhlangothizombiliIzinyawozakhezehlelaekufeni;izinyathelozakhezibambelelaesihogweni IzAga5:3-5
Ngakho-kengilalelenimanje,bantwana,nilaleleamazwiomlomowamiInhliziyoyenu mayingaphambukeliezindlelenizakhe,ningadukiemikhondweniyakhe.Ngokubauwisilephansi abaningiabalimele;yebo,amadodaamaningianamandlaabulewenguye.Indluyakheiyindlelaeya esihogweni,yehlelaemakamelweniokufaIzAga7:24-27
Owesifazaneoyisiwulauyaxokozela;uyisiwula,akaziluthoNgokubauhleziemnyangowendlu yakhe,esihlalweniezindawenieziphakemezomuzi,ukubizaabagibeliabahambangendlelayabo: Nomangubanioyisiwulamakaphambukelelapha;kephaongenakuqondauthikuye:Amanziebiwe amnandi,nesinkwaesidliwangasesesimnandiKephaakaziukuthiabafileyobalapho,nokuthi izivakashizakhezisekujulenikwesihogo.IzAga9:13-18
IsihogonokubhujiswakuphambikukaJehova;kakhulukangakananiizinhliziyozabantwanababantu? Indlelayokuphilaiphakemekwabahlakaniphileyo,ukuzebasukeesihogweniphansi.IzAga15:11,24
Ungagodliisiyalokumntwana,ngokubaumaumshayangenduku,akayikufa.Uyakumshaya ngenduku,wophuleumphefumulowakheesihogweniIzAga23:13-14
Isihogonokubhujiswaakusuthi,kanjalonamehloomuntuawasuthi.IzAga27:20
Isiprofetho
Ngakho-keisihogosandisile,savulaumlomowasongokungenakulinganiswa;inkazimuloyabo, nesixukusabo,nokuziqhenyakwabo,kanyenalowoojabulayo,kuyakwehlelakusoIsaya5:14
Isihogongaphansisiyanyakaziswangenxayakhoukukuhlangabezaekufikenikwakho;siyakuvusa abafileyongenxayakho,yebobonkeabakhulubomhlaba;siphakamiseonkeamakhosiezizwe ezihlalwenizawozobukhosi.Kephawenauyakwehliselwaesihogweni,emaphethelweniegodi.Isaya 14:9,15
Ngobanithe,Senzeisivumelwanonokufa,futhisivumelenenesihogo;laphoisishayoesikhukhula sidlula,asiyikufikakithi;ngobasenzeamangaabayisiphephelosethu,futhisizifihlengaphansi kwamanga;futhiisivumelwanosenunokufasiyakuchithwa,futhiisivumelwanosenunesihogo asiyikuma;laphoisishayoesikhukhulasidlula,khona-keniyonyathelwaphansiyiso.Isaya28:15,18
Wayaenkosiniuphetheamafutha,wandisaamakhaakho,wathumelaizithunywazakhokude, wazithobakwazekwabaseHayideseIsaya57:9
Ngenzaizizwezathuthumelangomsindowokuwakwakhe,laphongimphonsaphansiesihogweni kanyenabehlelaegodini;yonkeimithiyase-Edene,imithiekhethekilenenhlekakhulu yaseLebhanoni,yonkeephuzaamanzi,iyoduduzwaezindawenieziphansizomhlaba.Futhiyehlela
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
esihogwenikanyenayekulaboababulewengenkemba;nalaboababeyingaloyakhe,ababehlala emthunziniwakhephakathikwezizwe.Hezekeli31:16-17
Abanamandlaphakathikwamaqhawebayokhulumanayebephakathikwesihogokanyenabamsizayo: behlile,balelebengasokile,bebulewengenkemba.Abayikulalanabanamandlaabawileabangasokile, abehleleesihogweninezikhalizabozempi;futhibabekeizinkembazabophansikwamakhandaabo, kodwaububibabobuyobaphezukwamathamboabo,yizebabeyingebheyabanamandlaezweni labaphilayo.Hezekeli32:21,27
NomabembaeHayidese,isandlasamisiyakubakhiphakhona;nomabekhuphukelaezulwini, ngiyakubehlisakhona.Amose9:2
Wathi:“NgenxayokuhluphekakwamingamemezakuJehova,wangiphendula;ngisesiswinisesihogo ngamemeza,wenawezwaizwilami”Jona2:2
Yebo,ngokubauyaphambukangewayini,ungumuntuoziqhenyayo,akahlaliekhaya,owandisaisifiso sakhenjengendawoyabafileyo,unjengokufa,akasuthi,kephaubuthelakuyezonkeizizwe,abuthele kuyezonkeizizwe.Habakuki2:5
AmaVangelikanyenezEnzo
Kephaminangithikini:Yilowonalowoothukuthelelaumfowabongaphandlekwesizathuuyakuba necalalokwahlulelwa;nalowoothikumfowabo:‘Siwula,’uyakubanecalaemphakathini;nalowo othi:‘Siwula,’uyakubanecalalomlilowesihogo’Umaisolakholokunenelikukhubekisa,likhiphe, ulilahle;ngokubakungconokuweukubakubhubheelinyelamalunguakho,hhayiukubaumzimba wakhowonkeuphonsweesihogweniUmaisandlasakhosokunenesikukhubekisa,sinqume,usilahle; ngokubakungconokuweukubakubhubheelinyelamalunguakho,hhayiukubaumzimbawakho wonkeuphonsweesihogweni.Mathewu5:22,29-30
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
NaweKapernawume,ophakanyiselweezulwini,uyakwehliselwaesihogweni;ngokubauma imisebenziyamandlaeyenziwekuweyayenziweeSodoma,ngabelikhonananamuhlaMathewu 11:23
Namingithikuwe:WenaunguPetru,phezukwalelidwalangiyakwakhaibandlalami;amasango esihogoawayikulahlula.Mathewu16:18
Umaisolakholikukhubekisa,likhiphe,ulilahlekudenawe;kungconoungeneekuphileniuneso elilodwa,kunokubauphonsweesihogwenisomlilounamehloamabili.Mathewu18:9
Mayekini,babhalinabaFarisi,bazenzisi,ngokubanihambaulwandlenomhlabaukuzenenzeumuntu oyedwaophendukelaenkolweniyobuJuda,kuthilaphoesephenduke,nimenzeumntwanawesihogo ngokuphindwekabilikunani.Ninazinyoka,ninanzaloyezinyoka,ningabalekelakanjaniukulahlwa kwesihogona?Mathewu23:15,33
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
Umaisandlasakhosikukhubekisa,sinqume;kungconoungeneekuphileniuyisilimakunokuba nezandlazombiliuyeesihogweni,emlilweniongacimekiyo:Futhiumaunyawolwakho lukukhubekisa,lunqume;kungconoungeneekuphileniuyisilimakunokubaunezinyawoezimbili uphonsweesihogweni,emlilweniongacimekiyo:Futhiumaisolakholikukhubekisa,likhiphe; kungconoungeneembuswenikaNkulunkuluunesoelilodwa,kunokubaunamehloamabiliuphonswe esihogwenisomlilo:Marku9:43,45,47
NaweKapernawume,ophakanyiselweezulwini,uyakwehliselwaesihogweni.Luka10:15
Kodwangizonitshelakusengaphambiliukuthiubanienimelweukumesaba:Mesabenilowoothi esebuleleabenamandlaokuphonsaesihogweni;yebo,ngithikini:Mesabenilowo.Luka12:5
Futhiesihogweniwaphakamisaamehloakhe,esezinhlungwini,wabonau-Abrahamaekude, noLazaruesifubenisakheLuka16:23
Ngobaawuyikushiyaumphefumulowamiesihogweni,futhiawuyikuvumaoNgcwelewakhoabone ukubolaEbonalokhungaphambiliwakhulumangokuvukakukaKristu,ukuthiumphefumulowakhe awushiywangaesihogweni,nenyamayakheayikubonangaukubola.IzEnzo2:27,31
IzincwadikanyeneSambulo
Ulimiluwumlilo,izwelokungalungi;lunjaloulimiphakathikwezithozethu,lungcolisaumzimba wonke,luthungeleindlelayemvelo;luthungelwaesihogweni.Jakobe3:6
NgokubaumauNkulunkuluengayekangaizingelosiezona,kodwawaziphonsaesihogweni, wazinikelaemaketangeniobumnyama,ukubazigcinelweukwahlulelwa,2Petru2:4
Nginguyeophilayo,futhingangifile;futhi,bheka,ngiyaphilakuzekubephakade,Amen;futhi nginezihluthulelozesihogonezokufaIsAmbulo1:18
Ngabheka,bhekaihhashielimhlophe,nowayehleziphezukwaloigamalakhelalinguKufa,nesihogo samlandela.Banikwaamandlaphezukwengxenyeyesineyomhlaba,ukubulalangenkemba, nangendlala,nangokufa,nangezilwanezomhlaba.IsAmbulo6:8
Ulwandlelwakhiphaabafileyoababekulo;nokufanesihogokwakhiphaabafileyoababekukho; bahlulelwayilowonalowongokwemisebenziyakheUkufanesihogokwaphonswaechibinilomlilo LokhukungukufakwesibiliIsAmbulo20:13-14
I-Apocrypha
Izandlazamizizokumboza,ukuzeabantwanabakhobangasiboniisihogo2Esdras2:29
Mhlawumbeubungathikimi,‘Angikazengehleleekujuleni,’noma‘esihogweni,’futhiangikaze ngenyukengiyeezulwini”2Esdras4:8
Impandeyobubiivaliwekuwe,ubuthakathakakanyenenundulifihliwekuwe,futhiukonakala kubalekeleesihogweniukuzekukhohlakale:2Esdras8:53
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
Ngobauyashaya,abenomusa;uyaholelaphansiesihogweni,abuyeavuse;futhiakekhoongagwema isandlasakhe.(Tobit13:2)
Ngobaunamandlaokuphilanokufa:uholelaemasangweniesihogo,futhiuyavusafuthi UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni16:13
Kodwabalalaubuthongoobufanayongalobobusuku,okwakungabekezelelekingempela,futhi okwabafikelabephumaezinzulwinizesihogoesingenakugwenywa,UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni 17:14
Indlelayezoniyenziweyabasobalangamatshe,kodwaekugcinenikwayokukhonaumgodiwesihogo. (UmShumayeli21:10)
UmthandazokaJesuindodanakaSirakiNgizokubonga,NkosineNkosi,futhingikudumise, NkulunkuluMsindisiwami:Ngiyadumisaigamalakho:Ngobaungumvikelinomsiziwami,futhi ulondolozeumzimbawamiekubhujisweni,nasogibenilolimioluhlambalazayo,nasezindebeni eziqambaamanga,futhiubengumsiziwamiezithenizami:Futhiungikhulule,ngokwesihawusabo esikhulunobukhulubegamalakho,emazinywenialaboababelungeleukungidla,nasesandleni sabafunaimpiloyami,nasezinhluphekwenieziningienganginazo;Ekuminyaniswenikomlilo nxazonke,naphakathikomliloengingazangengiwuvuthele;Ekujulenikwesisusesihogo,olimini olungcolile,nasemazwiniamanga.Ngokumangalelwaenkosiningolimiolungalungileumphefumulo wamiwasondelaekufeni,impiloyamiyayiseduzenesihogongaphansiBangizungezilenxazonke, futhikwakungekhomuntuongangisiza:Ngafunausizolwabantu,kodwaalukho.Ngasengicabanga ngomusawakho,Jehova,nangezenzozakhozasendulo,ukuthiubakhululakanjanilaboabakulindele, futhiubasindiseezandlenizezitha.UmShumayeli51:1-8
OAnaniya,Azariya,noMishayeli,bonganiiNkosi:mdumiseninimphakamisengaphezukwakho konkekuzekubephakade:ngokubausikhululeesihogweni,wasisindisaesandlenisokufa, wasisindisaesithandwenisomlilonaselangabinielivuthayo;wasisindisanaphakathikomlilo Umthandazoka-Azariya1:66
U-Enoke
Ngalezozinsukuumhlabauyobuyiselalokhookuphathisiwekuwo,neShiyoliliyobuyiselalokho elikutholile,nesihogosiyobuyiselalokhoelikukweletayo.Enoke51:1
IzincwadiEzilahlekileZeBhayibheli
IVangelilikaNikodemu13
1ONkosiJesunoBaba,onguNkulunkulu,futhiuvukonokuphilakwabafileyo,sipheimvume yokumemezelaizimfihlakalozakho,esazibonangemvakokufa,eziphathelenenesiphambanosakho; ngobasifungilengegamalakho.
2Ngobawenqabeleizincekuzakhoukumemezelaizintoeziyimfihlo,ezenziwengamandlaakho aphezuluesihogweni
3Laphosibekwanobababethuekujulenikwesihogo,ebumnyameniobumnyama,ngokuzumayo kwavelaumbalawelangaonjengegolide,kanyenokukhanyaokukhanyayookunombalaonsomi okukhanyisaindawo.
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
4Ngalesosikhathi,u-Adamu,uyisewabobonkeabantu,kanyenabobonkeokhokhonabaprofethi, bajabulabathi,Lokhokukhanyakungumsunguliwokukhanyaokuphakade,othembiseukusiyisa ekukhanyeniokuphakade.
5U-Isayaumprofethiwamemeza,wathi,LokhukungukukhanyakukaBaba,neNdodana kaNkulunkulu,ngokwesiprofethosami,ngesikhathingisaphilaemhlabeni.
6IzwelakwaZebuloni,nezwelakwaNafetalingaphesheyakweJordani,abantuababehamba ebumnyameni,baboneukukhanyaokukhulu;futhikulaboababehlalaesifundenisethunzilokufa, ukukhanyasekuvelile.Manjeusefikile,futhiusikhanyiselethinaesasihleziekufeni.
7Kwathisonkesisajabulengokukhanyaokwasikhanyisela,ubabawethuuSimeyoniwezaphakathi kwethu,ehalaliselalonkeiqembu,wathi:“DumisaniiNkosiuJesuKristuiNdodanakaNkulunkulu.”
8Engamgonangisengumntwanaethempelini,ngishukunyiswanguMoyaoNgcwele,ngathikuye, futhingavuma:“Manjeamehloamiabonileinsindisoyakho,oyilungisilephambikobusobabantu bonke,ukukhanyakokukhanyisaabezizwenenkazimuloyabantubakhou-Israyeli.”
9Bonkeabangcweleababesekujulenikwesihogo,bezwalokhu,bajabulakakhulu
10Ngemvakwalokhokwaphumaumuntuofananoyedwaowayehlalayedwa,futhibonkebambuza ukuthi:“Ungubaniwena?”
11Waphendulawathi:“Ngiyizwilomemezaehlane,uJohaneuMbhapathizinomprofethi woPhezukonke,owahambangaphambikokufikakwakheukuzolungisaindlelayakhe,ukunikeza abantubakheulwazilwensindisokubeukuthethelelwakwezono”
12MinaJohane,laphongibonauJesuezakimi,eshukunyiswanguMoyaoNgcwele,ngathi:Bhekani iWundlulikaNkulunkulu,bhekanielisusaizonozomhlaba.
13NgambhapathizaemfuleniiJordani,ngabonauMoyaoNgcweleehlelaphezukwakhengesimo sejuba,ngezwaizwilivelaezulwini,lithi:“LouyiNdodanayamiethandekayo,engithokozilengayo.”
14Manjengesikhathingihambaphambikwakhe,ngehlelelaphaukuzonazisa,ukuthiiNdodana kaNkulunkuluizosivakashelangokulandelayo,futhi,njengokusaokuvelaphezulu,kuzofikakithi, esisebumnyameninasethunzinilokufa.
IVangelilikaNikodemu14
1Kodwalaphoumuntuwokuqalaubabawethuu-Adamuezwalezizinto,ukuthiuJesu wabhapathizwaeJordani,wabizaindodanayakhe,uSeti,wathi:
2Tshelaamadodanaakho,okhokhonabaprofethi,konkeowakuzwakuMikayeli,ingelosienkulu, laphongikuthumaemasangweniePharadesi,ukuyocelauNkulunkuluukubaangigcobeikhandalapho ngigula.
3USeti,esondelakubokhokhonabaprofethi,wathi,MinaSeti,laphongithandazakuNkulunkulu emasangweniePharadesi,ngabonaingelosiyeNkosi,uMikayeliwabonakalakimiethi,Ngithunywe kuwengivelaeNkosini;ngimiselweukubusaimizimbayabantu.
4NgiyakutshelaSethi,ungamkhulekeliuNkulunkulungezinyembezi,futhiumnxuseleamafutha omuthiwesiheukuzeugcobeuyihlou-Adamungenxayobuhlungubekhandalakhe;
5Ngobaawukwaziukukutholanganomaiyiphiindlelakuzekubeusukulokugcinanezikhathi, okungukuthi,kuzekudluleiminyakaeyizinkulungwaneezinhlanunamakhuluamahlanu
6Khona-keuKristu,iNdodanakaNkulunkuluenesihawuesikhulu,uzozaemhlabeniukuzovusa umzimbaka-Adamu,futhingesikhathiesifanayoukuzovusaimizimbayabafileyo,futhilaphoefika uzobhapathizwaeJordani:
7Khona-kengamafuthaesihawusakheuyogcobabonkelaboabakholwakuye;futhiamafutha esihawusakheayoqhubekaezizukulwaneniezizayo,kulaboabazozalwangamanzinangoMoya oNgcweleekuphileniokuphakade.
8FuthilaphongalesosikhathiiNdodanakaNkulunkuluenesihawuesikhulu,uKristuJesu,izokwehla emhlabeni,izokwethulaubabawethuu-AdamuePharadesi,emthiniwesihawu.
9KwathibonkeobabanabaprofethibezwazonkelezizintokuSeti,bajabulakakhulu.
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
IVangelilikaNikodemu15
1Ngesikhathibonkeabangcwelebejabula,bhekauSathane,isikhulunendunayokufa,wathienkosini yesihogo,
2LungiselelaukwamukelauJesuwaseNazarethangokwakhe,owazigqajangokuthiuyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu,kodwawayengumuntuowesabaukufa,wathi,Umphefumulowamiulusizikuzekube sekufeni
3Ngaphandlekwalokhowenzaamanxebaamaningikiminakwabanyeabaningi;ngobalabo engabaphefumulanezinyonganalaboengibahluphayongamademoniamaningana,wabaphulukisa ngezwilakhe;yebo,nalaboengabalethakuwebefile,ubathathangenkani
4KulokhuisikhulusesihogosaphendulakuSathane,sathi,Ngubanilesosikhuluesinamandla kangaka,kodwafuthiumuntuowesabaukufa?
5Ngobabonkeababusibomhlababangaphansikwamandlaami,owabathobangamandlaakho
6Kodwaumaenamandlakangakangesimosakhesobuntu,ngiyaqinisekisakuwengeqiniso,ukuthi unamandlaonkengesimosakhesobuNkulunkulu,futhiakekhoumuntuongamelananamandlaakhe
7Ngakho-kelaphoethiwesabaukufa,wahlelaukukubamba,futhikuzobakubikuwekuzekube phakade.
8USathanewaphendula,wathienkosiniyesihogo:Kunganiuboniseukungabaza,wesaba ukwamukelalowoJesuwaseNazaretha,isithasakhonesami?
9Mina-ke,ngamlingafuthingavusaabantubakithiabadalaamaJudangentshisekonentukuthelo ngokumelenenaye?
10Ngalolaumkhontongenxayokuhluphekakwakhe;Ngaxubainyongoneviniga,ngayalaukuba ayiphuze;Ngalungisaisiphambanosokumbethela,nezipikilizokumbhobozaizandlanezinyawouIbis;futhimanjeukufakwakhesekuseduze,ngizomlethalapha,ngaphansikwakhonakimi.
11Isikhulusesihogosaphendulasathi,“Ungitshelilemanjeukuthiwangithathaabafileyongamandla”
12Laboabagcinwelaphabazebaphilefuthiemhlabeni,basuswalapha,hhayingamandlaabo,kodwa ngemithandazoeyenziwakuNkulunkulu,futhiuNkulunkuluwaboonamandlaonkewabasusakimi.
13Pho,ungubanilowoJesuwaseNazarethaowangisusaabafileyongezwilakhengaphandle kokuthandazakuNkulunkulu?
14MhlawumbenguyenalowoowangithathauLazaru,ngemvakwezinsukuezineefile,wabeesenuka futhiebolile,futhienganginayenjengomuntuofile,kodwawamvusangamandlaakhe
15USathaneephendula,ephendulaenkosiniyesihogo,Nguyekanyelowomuntu,uJesu waseNazaretha
16Kwathiinkosiyesihogoisizwile,yathikuye:Ngiyakufungisangamandlaakhonawami,ukuthi ungamlethikimi.
17Ngobalaphongizwangamandlaezwilakhe,ngathuthumelangokwesaba,futhibonkeabantubami ababibaphazamisekangasikhathisinye;
18FuthiasikwazangaukubophauLazaru,kodwawazishayaisifuba,futhinazozonkeizibonakaliso zobubi,wasukakithingokushesha;futhiumhlabathi,laphoisidumbusikaLazarusasilelekhona, wamkhiphaephilangokushesha.
19FuthisengiyazimanjeukuthiunguNkulunkuluuMninimandlaonkeowayengenzaizintoezinjalo, onamandlaembusweniwakhe,futhionamandlaemvelweniyakheyobuntu,onguMsindisiwesintu.
20Ngakho-keningamlethilomuntulapha,ngobauzokhululabonkelaboengibabophileetilongweni ngenxayokungakholwa,futhiababoshwengezibophozezonozabo,futhiuzobaholelaekuphileni okuphakade.
IVangelilikaNikodemu16
1KwathiuSathanenenkosiyesihogobexoxakanjekomunyenomunye,ngokuzumayokwezwakala izwielinjengelokudumakwezulukanyenokuvunguzakomoya,lithi:Phakamisaniamasangoenu, ninazikhulu;phakamani,ninamasangoaphakade,iNkosiyenkazimuloingene.
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
2Laphoisikhulusesihogosizwalokhu,sathikuSathane:“Sukakimi,uphumeezindawenizami zokuhlala;umauyiqhaweelinamandla,yilwaneNkosiyenkazimulo.Kodwaunaninaye?”
3Wamxoshaezindawenizakhezokuhlala.
4Isikhulusathiezikhulwinizasoezingalungile:“Valaniamasangoethusionya,niwaqinise ngemigoqoyensimbi,nilwengesibindi,funasithunjwe.”
5Kodwalapholonkeiqembulabangcwelelikuzwalokhu,lakhulumangezwielikhululentukuthelo enkosiniyesihogo:
6VulaamasangoakhoukuzeiNkosiyenkazimuloingene.
7FuthiumprofethiongcweleuDavide,wamemezaethi,Angiprofethangayiningempela ngisesemhlabeningithi,OsengathiabantubangadumisaiNkosingobuhlebayo,nangemisebenzi yayoemangalisayokubantwanababantu.
8Ngobauphuleamasangoethusi,wanqumaimigoqoyensimbiphakathiUbasusilengenxayobubi babo,futhingenxayokungalungikwabobayahlushwa.
9Ngemvakwalokhuomunyeumprofethi,okungukuthi,u-Isayaongcwele,wakhulumangendlela efanayokubobonkeabangcwele,angizangeyiningiprofethekahlekiningisaphilaemhlabeni?
10Abafileyobayakuphila,bavukefuthiabasemathuneniabo,bajabuleabasemhlabeni,ngokuba amazoloavelakuJehovaayakubasindisa
11Ngathikwenyeindawo:“Okufa,kuphiukunqobakwakho?”Okufa,kuphiukunqotshwa kwakho?”
12Kwathibonkeabangcwelesebezwilelezizintoezikhulunywangu-Isaya,bathienkosiniyesihogo: Vulaamasangoakhomanje,ususeimigoqoyakhoyensimbi;ngobamanjeusuzoboshwa,ungabi namandla
13Kwasekubakhonaizwielikhulu,njengezwilokuduma,lithi:“Phakamisaniamasangoenu,nina zikhulu,niphakanyiswe,ninamasangoesihogo,iNkosiyenkazimuloingene”
14Inkosiyesihogo,izwaizwielifanayo,yamemezasengathiibingazi,NgubanilowoNkosi yenkazimulo?
15UDavidewaphendulainkosanayesihogo,wathi,Ngiyawaqondaamazwialelozwi,ngoba ngiwakhulumengomoyawakhe.Manje,njengobangishilongenhla,ngithikuwe,iNkosienamandla nenamandla,iNkosienamandlaempini:uyiNkosiyenkazimulo,futhiuyiNkosiezulwini nasemhlabeni;
16Ubhekephansiukuzeezweukububulakweziboshwa,nokukhululalaboabamiselweukufa.
17Manje,wenankosiyesihogoengcolilenenukakabi,vulaamasangoakho,ukuzeiNkosi yenkazimuloingene;ngobaiyiNkosiyezulunomhlaba.
18NgesikhathiuDavideesholokhu,iNkosienamandlayabonakalangesimosomuntu,yakhanyisa lezozindawoezazikadezisebumnyameningaphambili,
19Waphulaizibophoezazingenakugqashulwangaphambili;futhingamandlaakhe angenakunqotshwawavakashelalaboababehleziebumnyameniobukhulungobubi,nasethunzini lokufangesono.
IVangelilikaNikodemu17
1UkufaOkubikanyenezikhuluzayoezinonyabezwalezizinto,babanjwaukwesabaemibusweni yaboeminingana,laphobebonaukukhanyakokukhanya, 2FuthiuKristungokwakhewabonakalangokuzumayoezindawenizabozokuhlala;ngakho-ke bamemezabathi,Siboshwenguwe;kubonakalasengathiuhloseukusenzasididekephambikweNkosi.
3Ungubaniwena,ongenasoisibonakalisosokubola,kodwalowombonookhanyayoowubufakazi obugcwelebobukhulubakho,kodwaokubonakalasengathiawukunaki?
4Ungubaniwena,unamandlafuthiubuthakathakakangaka,umkhulukangakafuthiumncane kangaka,ungumuntuomubikodwanokhouyisoshalesigabasokuqala,ongaholangesimosenceku njengesoshaelivamile?
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
5INkosiyenkazimulo,efilefuthiephila,nakubawakewabulawaesiphambanweni?
6Wenaowalalaethuneniefile,wehlelakithiuphila,futhiekufenikwakhozonkeizidalwa zathuthumela,nezinkanyezizonkezanyakaziswa,manjeusunenkululekoyakhophakathi kwabafileyo,futhiuphazamisaamabuthoethu?
7Ungubaniwena,okhululaizithunjwaezaziboshwengamaketangayisonosokuqala,futhiuziletha enkululekweniyazoyangaphambili
8Ungubaniwena,osabalalisaukukhanyaokukhazimulayokangakanokukhanyaokukhuluphezu kwalaboabenziweizimpumputhengobumnyamabesono?
9Ngendlelaefanayowonkeamabuthoamademoniabanjwaukwesabaokufanayo,futhingokwesaba okukhulukakhuluamemezaathi,
10Kuvelaphi,JesuKristu,ukuthiungumuntuonamandlakangakafuthiokhazimulayongobukhulu, okhanyakangangokuthiawunabala,futhiomsulwakangangokuthiawunacala?Ngobalelozwe elingaphansilomhlaba,elalingaphansikwethukuzekubemanje,futhilaphosatholakhonaintela, alikazelisithumeleleumuntuofilekangakangaphambili,alikazelisithumeleleiziphoezinjengalezi ezikhulwinizesihogo.
11Ngakho-keungubaniwena,ongenangesibindikangakaphakathikwezindawozethuzokuhlala, futhiongagcininjengokungesabiukusongelangezijezisoezinkulukakhulu,kodwafuthiuzama ukusindisabonkeabanyeemaketangeniesibabambekuwo?
12MhlawumbeunguJesulowo,uSathaneasandakukhulumangayeenkosiniyethu,ukuthingokufa kwesiphambanousuzokwamukelaamandlaokufa.
13Khona-keiNkosiyenkazimuloyanyathelaukufa,yabambainkosanayesihogo,yamphucawonke amandlaayo,yathathaubabawethuwasemhlabeniu-Adamuwayanayeenkazimulweniyakhe
IVangelilikaNikodemu18
1IsikhulusesihogosambambauSathane,sathikuyengesibonakalisoesikhulu:“Owenasikhulu sokubhujiswa,umbhaliwokunqotshwanokuxoshwakukaBelzebule,inhlambayezingelosi zikaNkulunkulufuthionyanyekayoyibobonkeabantuabalungileyo!Yinieyakwenzawafuna ukwenzakanjalo?”
2UbungabethelaiNkosiyenkazimuloesiphambanweni,futhingokubhubhisakwayo,usenzele izithembisozezinzuzoezinkulukakhulu,kodwanjengesiwulabesingaziukuthiungubani
3NgobabhekanimanjeukuthiuJesuwaseNazaretha,ngokukhanyakobunkulunkulubakhe obukhazimulayo,uxoshawonkeamandlaasabekayoobumnyamanokufa;
4Udilizileamajeleethukusukelaphezulukuyaphansi,waxoshabonkeabathunjiwe,wakhulula bonkeababeboshiwe,nabobonkeababevameukububulangenxayokucindezelekakwabomanje sebesithukile,futhisesizonqotshwayimithandazoyabo
5Imibusoyethuengengcweleiyanqotshwa,futhiakukhongxenyeyesintuesiselengaphansikwethu, kodwangakolunyeuhlangothi,bonkebayasiphikisangesibindi;
6Nakuba,ngaphambili,abafileyobabengakazebalokothebaziphathekabingathi,futhi,njengoba babeyiziboshwa,babengenakukwaziukujabulanganomayisiphiisikhathi.
7OSathane,wenankosiyabobonkeababi,uyisewababinabalahliwe,kunganiuzamalokhu kuxhaphaza,njengobaiziboshwazethukuzekubemanjebezingenalonhloboithembalokusindiswa nokuphila?
8Kodwamanjeakekhonoyedwakubookewabubula,futhiakukhonokuncaneukubonakala kwezinyembeziebuswenibabo.
9OnkosiSathane,wenamlindiomkhuluwezifundazesihogo,zonkeizinzuzozakhoozitholile ngomuthiowenqatshelwe,kanyenokulahlekelwayiPharadesi,manjeusulahlekelweyizinkuni zesiphambano;
10Injabuloyakhoyaphelangalesosikhathi,laphoubethelauJesuKristuiNkosiyenkazimulo esiphambanweni.
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
11Wenzeokuphambenenenzuzoyakhoneyami,njengobauzobonanjengamanjengalezozinhlupho ezinkulukanyenezijezisoezingenamkhawuloosuzobhekananazo.
12OSathane,nkosiyabobonkeububi,umsunguliwokufa,nomthombowakhokonkeukuziqhenya, bekufaneleuqaleuphenyengamacalaamabikaJesuwaseNazaretha,beseutholaukuthi wayengenacalaelifaneleukufa.
13Kunganiunesibindi,ngaphandlekwesizathunomaubulungisa,sokumbethelaesiphambanweni, wehliselaphansiumuntuongenacalanolungileezindawenizethu,ngaleyondlelawalahlekelwa yizonizonke,abantuababinabangalungileemhlabeniwonke?
14NgesikhathiisikhulusesihogosikhulumakanjenoSathane,iNkosiyenkazimuloyathi kuBelzebule,isikhulusesihogo,Sathane,isikhulusizobangaphansikokubusakwakhokuzekube phakade,esikhundlenisika-Adamunamadodanaakhealungile,angawami.
IVangelilikaNikodemu19
1UJesuwaseeselulaisandlasakhe,wathi,Wozanikimi,nonkeninabangcwelebami,enadalwa ngomfanekisowami,enalahlwangomuthiwesitheloesinqatshelwe,nangodevelinokufa;
2Philamanjengokhunilwesiphambanosami;udeveli,umbusiwalelizwe,unqotshiwe,futhiukufa kunqotshiwe
3Khona-kebonkeabangcwelebahlanganiswandawonyengaphansikwesandlasikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke;iNkosiuJesuyabambaisandlasika-Adamuyathikuye:Ukuthulamakubekuwe, nakuyoyonkeinzaloyakhoelungileyo,eyami.
4U-Adamu,ewelaezinyawenizikaJesu,wakhulumanaye,ngezinyembezi,ngolimioluthobekile, nangezwielikhulu,ethi,
5Ngizakuphakamisa,Nkosi,ngobaungiphakamisile,futhiawuzangewenzeizithazamizijabule ngamiNkosiNkulunkuluwami,ngakhalakuwe,futhiungiphilisile
6Jehova,ungikhuphulileumphefumulowamiethuneni,wangigcinangiphila,ukuzengingayi egodini.
7HlabelelanikuJehova,ninanonkebangcwelebakhe,nibongengokukhumbulaubungcwelebakhe, ngokubaintukutheloyakheihlalaisikhashananje;ukuphilakusemuseniwakhe.
8Ngendlelaefanayobonkeabangcwele,bakhothamaezinyawenizikaJesu,bathingezwielilodwa: “Ufikile,Mhlengiwomhlaba,futhiusuqedilekonkeowakubikezelangomthethonangabaprofethi bakhoabangcwele.”
9Uhlengeabaphilayongesiphambanosakho,wehlelakithi,ukuzengokufakwesiphambano usikhululeesihogweni,nangamandlaakhoekufeni.
10O,Nkosi,njengobaubekeizibonakalisozenkazimuloyakhoezulwini,futhiwamisaisibonakaliso sokuhlengwakwakho,ngishonesiphambanosakhoemhlabeni!Ngakho-ke,Nkosi,beka isibonakalisosokunqobakwesiphambanosakhoesihogweni,ukuzeukufakungasasebenzi.
11Khona-keiNkosiyelulaisandlasayo,yenzauphawulwesiphambanophezukuka-Adamu, naphezukwabobonkeabangcwelebayo.
12Wabambau-Adamungesandlasakhesokunene,wenyukaesukaesihogweni,futhibonke abangcwelebakaNkulunkulubamlandela
13Khona-keumprofethiwasebukhosiniuDavidewamemezangesibindi,wathi,OhlabelelaniiNkosi ingomaentsha,ngobayenzeizintoezimangalisayo;isandlasayosokunenenengaloyayoengcwele kumtholeleukunqoba.
14INkosiyazisileinsindisoyayo,yavezaukulungakwayoemehlweniezizwe.
15Isixukusonkesabangcwelesaphendulasathi:“Loludumomalubengolwabangcwelebakhebonke, Amen,DumisaniiNkosi.”
16Ngemvakwalokho,umprofethiuHabakukiwamemezawathi,“Waphumangenxayokusindiswa kwabantubakho,ngenxayokusindiswakwabantubakho.”
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28
17Bonkeabangcwelebathi:“UbusisiweozayoegamenileNkosi,ngokubaiNkosiisikhanyiseleLo unguNkulunkuluwethukuzekubephakadenaphakade;uyakubusaphezukwethukuzekubephakade, Amen.”
18Kanjalobonkeabaprofethibakhulumaizintoezingcwelezokudumisayena,balandelaiNkosi
IVangelilikaNikodemu20
1INkosiyabeisibambau-Adamungesandla,yamnikelakuMikayeliingelosienkulu;yabaholela eParadesi,egcweleumusanenkazimulo;
2Amadodaamabiliasendulokakhuluahlangananabo,abuzwangabangcwele,Ningobaninina, eningakafikinathiesihogweni,futhienibekeimizimbayenuePharadesi?
3Omunyewabowaphendulawathi,Ngingu-Enoke,owahunyushwangezwilikaNkulunkulu:futhilo muntuonami,ngu-EliyawaseThishibi,owahunyushwaenqoleniyomlilo
4Besilaphakuzekubemanje,futhiasikazesikunambitheukufa,kodwamanjesesizobuyaekufikeni koMphikukristu,sihlomengezibonakalisonezimangalisozaphezulu,ukuzesilwenayeempini,futhi sibulawenguyeeJerusalema,futhisithathwesiphilafuthiemafwini,ngemvakwezinsukuezintathu nengxenye.
5Kwathiu-Enokeongcweleno-Eliyabesaxoxangalokhu,bhekakwafikaenyeindodaesesimweni esidabukisayoithweleuphawulwesiphambanoemahlombeayo.
6Kwathibonkeabangcwelebembona,bathikuye:“Ungubaniwena?”Ngobaubusobakhobufana nobesela;kunganiuthwalaisiphambanoemahlombeakho?”
7Waphendulawathi:“Nishokahle,ngokubangangiyiselaelenzazonkeizinhlobozobubiemhlabeni.”
8AmaJudaangibethelakanyenoJesu;futhingabonaizintoezimangalisayoezenzekaekudalweni ekubethelwenikweNkosiuJesu.
9FuthingangimkholwaukuthiunguMdaliwazozonkeizinto,futhiunguMninimandlaonke;futhi ngathandazakuye,ngithi,Nkosi,ngikhumbule,laphoufikaembusweniwakho.
10Wasengilalelamasinyaneumthandazowami,wathikimi:Ngiqinisilengithikuwe,lamuhla uzakubalamieParadisi
11Wanginikalesisibonakalisosesiphambanoethi,Thathalokhu,uyeeParadesi;futhiumaingelosi engumgciniweParadesiingafuniukukwamukela,mboniseisibonakalisosesiphambano,beseuthi kuye:UJesuKristuosebethelweesiphambanwenimanje,ungithumilelaphakuwe
12Laphongenzalokhu,futhingitshelaingelosiengumlindiwePharadesizonkelezizinto,futhi yazizwa,yavulaamasangongokushesha,yangethula,yangibekangakwesokudlaePharadesi, 13Ethi,Hlalanilaphaisikhashana,kuzekufikeu-Adamu,uyisewesintusonke,kanyenawowonke amadodanaakhe,ayizincekuezingcwelenezilungileyozikaJesuKristu,owabethelwa esiphambanweni
14Laphobezwakonkelokhukulandisaokuvelaesela,bonkeobabamkhulubathingazwilinye, “MawubongwewenaNkulunkuluuSomandla,uYisewobuhleobuphakade,noYisewobubele, oboniseumusaonjalokulaboababeyizonikuye,futhiwabalethaesihenisePharadesi,futhiwababeka phakathikokudlakwakhookukhulunokomoya,empilweniengokomoyanengcwele.Amen.
Wehlelaesihogweni,ngosukulwesithathuwavukakwabafileyo;KusukelaeSivumelwaneni Sabaphostoli
NgobaiNkosiithi,“Niyakubanjengezimvuphakathikwezimpisi.”UPetruwaphendulawathi, “Kuthiwaniumaizimpisizidwengulaizimvu?”UJesuwathikuPetru,“Ningazesabiizimvungemva kokufa:Futhiningabesabiabanibulalayo,futhingemvakwalokhoningasenaluthoabangalwenzakini; kodwayesabanilowongemvakokufakwenuonamandlaokuphonsakokubiliumphefumulo nomzimbaesihogwenisomlilo.”2ClementkwabaseKorinte3:2
Ningabesabiababulalaumzimbakodwabengenakuwubulalaumphefumulo,kodwayesabanilowo onamandlaokubhubhisaumphefumulonomzimbaesihogweniMathewu10:28