Thixo abayenzileyo, nangenxa yazo zonke izinto ezinzima aboni abangahloneli Thixo abazithethileyo ngaye. ISAHLUKO 2 1. Qaphelani yonke into eyenzekayo ezulwini, indlela ezingaguquki ngayo imijikelo yazo, kunye nezikhanyiso ezisezulwini, indlela eziphakama ngayo zonke kwaye zilungelelanise nganye ngexesha layo, kwaye zingaphambuki ngokuchasene nomyalelo wazo omiselweyo. 2. Khangelani umhlaba, nize niqaphele izinto ezenzeka kuwo ukususela ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni, indlela eziqinile ngayo, indlela ekungekho nanye kuzo izinto ezisemhlabeni eguqukayo ngayo, kodwa yonke imisebenzi kaThixo ibonakala kuni. 3. Khangela ihlobo nobusika, indlela umhlaba wonke ozele ngayo ngamanzi, namafu, umbethe, nemvula zilele phezu kwawo.
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ISAHLUKO 3 Jonga uze ubone indlela ebusika yonke imithi ibonakala ngathi ibunile kwaye ikhuphe onke amagqabi ayo, ngaphandle kwemithi elishumi elinesine, engalahli amagqabi ayo kodwa igcina amagqabi amadala ukusuka kwiminyaka emibini ukuya kwemithathu de kufike entsha.
ISAHLUKO 1 1. Amazwi entsikelelo kaEnoki, awabasikelela ngawo abanyuliweyo nabalungileyo, abaya kuphila ngomhla wembandezelo, xa bonke abangendawo nabangenabuthixo beza kususwa. 2. Waza wathetha umzekeliso wakhe wathi—UEnoki, indoda elilungisa, amehlo ayo avulwe nguThixo, wabona umbono woNgcwele emazulwini, endiwuboniswe ziingelosi, kwaye ndaziva yonke into kubo, kwaye ndaqonda kubo njengoko ndibonile, kodwa kungengenxa yesi sizukulwana, kodwa ngenxa yesizukulwana esikude esiza kuza. 3. Ndathi ngabanyuliweyo, ndaza ndathetha umzekeliso wam ngabo: Oyingcwele Omkhulu uya kuphuma ekhayeni lakhe, 4. UThixo ongunaphakade uya kunyathela emhlabeni, eNtabeni yaseSinayi, Abonakale evela enkampini yakhe, Abonakale ngamandla akhe amakhulu evela ezulwini lamazulu. 5. Bonke baya kungcangcazela, abalindi baya kungcangcazela, babanjwe luloyiko olukhulu nokungcangcazela, baye ekupheleni komhlaba. 6. Iintaba eziphakamileyo ziya kushukunyiswa, neenduli eziphakamileyo ziya kuthotywa, zinyibilike njenge-wax phambi komlilo. 7. Umhlaba uya kuqhekeka ngokupheleleyo, kwaye konke okusemhlabeni kuya kutshabalala, kwaye kuya kubakho isigwebo kubo bonke abantu. 8. Kodwa uya kwenza uxolo nabalungileyo. Uya kubakhusela abakhethiweyo, nenceba ibe phezu kwabo. Bonke baya kuba ngabakaThixo, Baphumelele, Babusiswe bonke. Uya kubanceda bonke, Ukukhanya kubonakale kubo, Aze enze uxolo nabo. 9. Kwaye khangela, uyeza kunye namawakawaka abangcwele bakhe, ukuze agwebe bonke, aze abatshabalalise bonke abangahloneli Thixo, aze agwebe bonke abantu ngenxa yemisebenzi yabo yokungahloneli
ISAHLUKO 4 Kwakhona, qaphelani imihla yasehlotyeni indlela ilanga elingaphezulu ngayo emhlabeni xa lijongene nalo. Nifuna umthunzi nendawo yokukhosela ngenxa yobushushu belanga, nomhlaba utsha bubushushu obukhulayo, ngoko ke aninakunyathela emhlabeni, okanye edwaleni ngenxa yobushushu balo. ISAHLUKO 5 1. Jongani indlela imithi ezigquma ngayo ngamagqabi aluhlaza kwaye ivelisa iziqhamo: ngoko ke yimani niqaphele kwaye nazi ngayo yonke imisebenzi Yakhe, kwaye niqonde indlela Lowo uphila ngonaphakade awenze ngayo loo nto. 2. Yonke imisebenzi yakhe iyaqhubeka unyaka nonyaka ngonaphakade, nayo yonke imisebenzi abayifezayo ngenxa yakhe, kwaye imisebenzi yabo ayitshintshi, kodwa ngokwemiyalelo kaThixo, yenziwa njalo. 3. Kwaye khangela indlela ulwandle nemilambo efezekisa ngayo kwaye ingatshintshi imisebenzi yayo kwimiyalelo Yakhe. 4. Kodwa anizange nibe nokholo, anizange nenze imiyalelo yeNkosi, kodwa nijike nathetha amazwi aqatha nanekratshi ngemilomo yenu engcolileyo nxamnye nobukhulu bakhe. Owu, nina bantliziyo zilukhuni, aniyi kufumana xolo. 5. Ngenxa yoko niya kuzingcwalisa imihla yenu, Kwaye iminyaka yobomi benu iya kutshabalala, Kwaye iminyaka yokutshatyalaliswa kwenu iya kwandiswe ngokuqalekiswa okungunaphakade, kwaye aniyi kufumana nceba. 6. Ngaloo mihla niya kwenza amagama enu abe sisiqalekiso esingunaphakade kubo bonke abalungileyo, kwaye ngabo bonke abaqalekisayo, nabaqalekisayo, nabo 1
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bonke aboni nabangenabuthixo baya kuqalekisa ngani, kwaye kuni nina abangenabuthixo kuya kubakho isiqalekiso. Kwaye bonke ... baya kuvuya, kwaye kuya kubakho uxolelo lwezono, nayo yonke inceba noxolo nokunyamezela: Kuya kubakho usindiso kubo, ukukhanya okuhle. Kwaye kuni nonke aboni akuyi kubakho sindiso, kodwa kuni nonke kuya kuhlala isiqalekiso. 7. Kodwa kwabakhethiweyo kuya kubakho ukukhanya, uvuyo noxolo, Baya kulidla ilifa ilizwe. 8 Kwaye ke kuya kunikwa ubulumko kwabakhethiweyo, Kwaye bonke baya kuphila bangaphindi bone, Nokuba kungokungahloneli uThixo okanye ngokuzikhukhumeza: Kodwa abo balumkileyo baya kuthobeka. 9 Abayi kuphinda baphule umthetho, Abayi kuphinda bone yonke imihla yobomi babo, Abayi kufa ngumsindo kaThixo okanye ngumsindo, Kodwa baya kugqiba inani lemihla yobomi babo. Ubomi babo buya kwanda ngoxolo, Kwaye iminyaka yovuyo lwabo iya kwanda, Ngovuyo olungunaphakade noxolo, Yonke imihla yobomi babo.
6. Emva koko bangenamthetho.
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ISAHLUKO 8 1. UAzâzêl wafundisa amadoda ukwenza amakrele, neemela, neekhaka, neengubo zesifuba, waza wawazisa ngeentsimbi zomhlaba kunye nobugcisa bokuzisebenza, nezacholo, nezinto zokuhombisa, kunye nokusetyenziswa kwe-antimony, kunye nokuhombisa iinkophe, kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zamatye axabisekileyo, kunye nayo yonke imibala enemibala. 2. Kwavela ukungahloneli Thixo okuninzi, baza bahenyuza, balahlekiswa, bonakaliswa kuzo zonke iindlela zabo. USemjâzâ wafundisa ubugqi, nokusikwa kweengcambu, uArmârôs ukusombulula ubugqi, uBarâqîjâl, wafundisa iinkwenkwezi, uKôkabêl amaqela eenkwenkwezi, uEzêqêêl ulwazi lwamafu, uAraqiêl imiqondiso yomhlaba, uShamsiêl imiqondiso yelanga, noSariêl indlela yenyanga. Njengoko abantu babetshabalala, bakhala, kwaye isikhalo sabo senyuka saya ezulwini . . .
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1. Kwaye kwenzeka ukuba xa abantwana babantu babesanda ngaloo mihla bazalelwe iintombi ezintle nezintle. 2. Zaza iingelosi, abantwana bezulu, zababona, zabanqwenela, zathi omnye komnye: ‘Yizani, masizikhethele abafazi phakathi kwabantwana babantu, sizale abantwana.’ 3. USemjâzâ, owayeyinkokeli yabo, wathi kubo: ‘Ndiyoyika ukuba aniyi kuvuma ukwenza esi senzo, kwaye ndim ndedwa oza kuhlawula isohlwayo sesono esikhulu.’ 4. Bamphendula bonke bathi: 'Masifunge sonke, size sonke sizibophe ngezifungo ezifanayo zokungawushiyi lo mgaqo kodwa siwenze lo mbandela.' 5. Emva koko bafunga bonke kunye baza bazibophelela ngezifungo ezifanayo kuyo. 6. Kwaye bonke babengamakhulu amabini; abehla ngemihla kaYaredi encotsheni yeNtaba iHermon, baza bayibiza ngokuba yiNtaba iHermon, kuba babefungile baza bazibophelela ngezifungo ezifanayo kuyo. 7. Ngawo la amagama eenkokeli zabo: nguSêmîazâz, inkokeli yabo: uArakîba, uRâmêêl, uKôkabîêl, uTâmîêl, uRâmîêl, uDânêl, uÊzêqêêl, uBarâqîjâl, uAsâêl, iArmârôs, i-Anânêl, iBatânêl, Samsâpêl, Satarêl, Tûrêl, Jômjâêl, Sariêl. 8. Aba ziinkosi zabo zamashumi.
1. Emva koko uMikayeli, u-Uriel, uRafayeli, noGabriyeli bajonga phantsi besezulwini baza babona igazi elininzi liphalala emhlabeni, kwaye konke ukungabi namthetho kwenziwa emhlabeni. 2. Bathi omnye komnye: ‘Umhlaba ongenabemi uyakhala ilizwi lokukhala kwawo lifikelela emasangweni ezulu.’ 3. Ngoku ke kuni, bangcwele basezulwini, imiphefumlo yabantu yenza ityala labo, isithi, "Zisani ityala lethu phambi koPhezukonke." 4. Bathi kwiNkosi yamaphakade: ‘Nkosi yeenkosi, Thixo woothixo, Kumkani wookumkani, noThixo wamaphakade, itrone yozuko lwakho ihleli kuzo zonke izizukulwana zamaphakade, kwaye igama lakho lingcwele, lizukile, libongwe ngonaphakade! 5. Nguwe odale zonke izinto, kwaye unegunya phezu kwezinto zonke; kwaye zonke izinto zize kwaye zivulekile emehlweni akho, kwaye ubona zonke izinto, kwaye akukho nto inokusithela kuwe. 6. Uyabona oko u-Azâzêl akwenzileyo, ofundise bonke ububi emhlabeni waza watyhila iimfihlo ezingunaphakade ezazigcinwe ezulwini, abantu ababezama ukuzifunda: 7. NoSemjâzâ, oye wamnika igunya lokulawula amaqabane akhe. 8. Baye baya kwiintombi zabantu emhlabeni, balala nabafazi, bazingcolisa, baza batyhila kubo zonke iintlobo zezono. 9. Kwaye abafazi bazale iingxilimbela, kwaye ngaloo ndlela wonke umhlaba uzaliswe ligazi nokungalungi. 10. Ngoku ke, khangela, imiphefumlo yabo bafileyo iyalila kwaye icela uncedo kumasango ezulu, kwaye izililo zabo zinyukile: kwaye azinakuphela ngenxa yezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezenziwa emhlabeni. 11. Uyazi zonke izinto ngaphambi kokuba zenzeke, kwaye uyazibona ezi zinto kwaye uya kuzinyamezela, kwaye awusixeleli ukuba senze ntoni kuzo ngalezi zinto.
ISAHLUKO 7 1. Bonke abanye kunye nabo bazithathela abafazi, ngamnye wazikhethela omnye, baqala ukungena kubo bazingcolisa ngabo, babafundisa amakhubalo, imilingo, nokusika iingcambu, baza baqhelana nezityalo. 2. Bamitha, bazala iingxilimbela ezinkulu, ubude bazo babuziimitha ezimakhulu mathathu. 3. Owadla yonke into efunyenwe ngabantu. Xa abantu babengasakwazi ukubaxhasa, 4. Izigebenga zajika zaza zadla uluntu. 5. Baqala ukona iintaka, izilwanyana, izilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo, neentlanzi, badlana inyama, basela negazi. 2
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imihla yobutsha babo nokwaluphala kwabo baya kuyigqiba ngoxolo. 18 Kwaye ke umhlaba wonke uya kulinywa ngobulungisa, kwaye wonke uya kutyalwa ngemithi kwaye uzale yintsikelelo. 19. Kuya kutyalwa kuyo yonke imithi enqwenelekayo, batyale izidiliya kuyo; umdiliya abawutyalileyo uya kuvelisa iwayini eninzi, kwaye yonke imbewu ehlwayelwe kuwo iya kuthwala iwaka, kwaye umlinganiselo ngamnye weminquma uya kuvelisa iikhava ezilishumi zeoyile. 20. Uze ucoce umhlaba kuyo yonke ingcinezelo, nakubungendawo bonke, nakuso sonke isono, nakubungendawo bonke; kwaye konke ukungcola okwenziwe emhlabeni kutshabalalise emhlabeni. 21. Bonke abantwana babantu baya kuba ngamalungisa, zonke iintlanga ziya kundinqula, zindidumise, zonke ziya kundinqula. Umhlaba uya kuhlanjululwa kuko konke ukungcola, nakuzo zonke izono, nakuzo zonke isohlwayo, nakuzo zonke iintlungu, kwaye andisayi kuphinda ndibathumele kuwo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, nangonaphakade.
1. Waza wathi oPhezukonke, oyiNgcwele nomkhulu, wathetha, wathumela u-Uriyeli kunyana kaLameki, wathi kuye: 2. Yiya kuNowa uze uthi kuye egameni lam “Zifihle!” uze umtyhilele isiphelo esisondelayo: ukuba wonke umhlaba uza kutshatyalaliswa, kwaye uza kuza unogumbe phezu komhlaba wonke, aze atshabalalise konke okukuwo. 3. Ngoku ke mxelele ukuba aphunyuke aze imbewu yakhe igcinwe kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi. 4. Kwakhona iNkosi yathi kuRafayeli: 'Mbophe uAzazêl izandla neenyawo, umlahle ebumnyameni; uze uvule isithuba entlango, eseDûdâêl, umlahle apho.' 5. Uze umbeke phezu kwakhe amatye arhabaxa narhabaxa, umgqume ngobumnyama, ahlale apho ngonaphakade, umgqume ubuso bakhe ukuze angaboni ukukhanya. 6. Kwaye ngomhla womgwebo omkhulu uya kuphoswa emlilweni. Aphilise umhlaba owonakaliswe zizithunywa zezulu, avakalise ukuphiliswa komhlaba, ukuze baphilise isibetho, kwaye bonke abantwana babantu bangatshabalali ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo abazityhileyo nabazifundise oonyana babo. 8. Kwaye wonke umhlaba wonakele ngemisebenzi eyafundiswa ngu-Azâzêl: makanike zonke izono kuye. 9. Kwaye iNkosi yathi kuGabriyeli: “Phumani nxamnye nabaphangi nabangengooyise, kunye nabantwana bobuhenyu; nitshabalalise abantwana bobuhenyu kunye nabantwana babalindi phakathi kwabantu, nibathumelele ngaphandle; bathumele omnye komnye ukuze batshabalalise omnye komnye emfazweni; kuba abayi kuba nemihla emininzi.” 10. Kwaye akukho sicelo abasenzayo kuwe, abaya kusinikwa kooyise ngenxa yabo; kuba banethemba lokuphila ubomi obungunaphakade, nokuba ngamnye kubo uya kuphila iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu. 11. INkosi yathi kuMikayeli: ‘Hamba, ubophe uSemjâz kunye namaqabane akhe, abaye bazihlanganisa nabafazi, bazingcolisa ngabo bonke ukungcola kwabo.’ 12. Xa oonyana babo bebulelene, baze babone ukutshatyalaliswa kwabathandekayo babo, babophe ngokuqinileyo izizukulwana ezingamashumi asixhenxe kwiintlambo zomhlaba, kude kube yimini yomgwebo wabo nowokupheliswa kwabo, kude kube ngumhla womgwebo ongunaphakade naphakade. 13. Ngaloo mihla baya kutsalelwa enzonzobileni yomlilo, nakwintuthumbo, nakwintolongo apho baya kuvalelwa khona ngonaphakade. 14. Nabani na oya kugwetywa aze atshatyalaliswe, ukususela ngoko uya kubotshelelwa kunye nabo kude kube sekupheleni kwezizukulwana ngezizukulwana. 15. Kwaye utshabalalise yonke imimoya yabangendawo nabantwana babaLindi, kuba babenze ububi ebantwini. 16. Bulala bonke ububi ebusweni bomhlaba, kwaye yonke imisebenzi emibi mayiphele: kwaye makuvele isityalo sobulungisa nenyaniso: kwaye siya kuba yintsikelelo; imisebenzi yobulungisa nenyaniso iya kutyalwa enyanisweni nangovuyo ngonaphakade. 17 Kwaye ke bonke abalungileyo baya kusinda, baphile bade bazale amawakawaka abantwana, kwaye yonke
ISAHLUKO 11 1. Ngaloo mihla ndiya kuvula amagumbi okugcina iintsikelelo asezulwini, ukuze ndiwathumele emhlabeni phezu komsebenzi nomsebenzi wabantwana babantu. 2. Kwaye inyaniso noxolo ziya kuhlanganiswa kunye kuyo yonke imihla yehlabathi nakwizizukulwana zabantu. ISAHLUKO 12 1. Ngaphambi kwezi zinto uEnoki wayefihliwe, kwaye akukho namnye kubantwana babantu owayesazi apho wayefihliwe khona, nalapho wayehlala khona, kunye noko kwenzeka kuye. 2. Kwaye imisebenzi yakhe yayinxulumene nabalindi, kwaye imihla yakhe yayikunye nabangcwele. 3. Mna, uEnoki, ndandimbonga iNkosi yobukhosi noKumkani wexesha elingenammiselo, kwaye khangela! Abalindi bandibiza ngokuba nguEnoki umbhali, bathi kum: 4. 'Enoki, wena mbhali wobulungisa, hamba, uxelele abalindi bezulu, abashiye izulu eliphezulu, indawo engcwele engunaphakade, bazingcolise ngabafazi, benze njengoko abantwana bomhlaba besenza, bazithathela abafazi: "Niye natshabalalisa umhlaba kakhulu; 5. Kwaye awuyi kuba noxolo okanye uxolelo lwesono; kwaye njengoko bevuya ngabantwana babo, 6. Baya kubona ukubulawa kwabathandekayo babo, kwaye baya kulilela ukutshatyalaliswa kwabantwana babo, bathandaze ngonaphakade, kodwa awuyi kufumana inceba noxolo. ISAHLUKO 13 1. UEnoki waya wathi: “Azazêl, awuyi kuba noxolo; kuphumile isigwebo esinzima kuwe, ukuze sikubophe. 2. Kwaye awuyi kuvunyelwa okanye unikwe isicelo, ngenxa yokungalungi okufundisileyo, nangenxa yayo yonke imisebenzi yokungahloneli Thixo nokungalungi nesono osibonise ebantwini. 3
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3. Ndaya ndathetha nabo bonke kunye, baza bonke boyika, baza babanjwa luloyiko nokungcangcazela. 4. Bandicela ukuba ndibabhalele isicelo sokuba bafumane uxolelo, baze basifunde isicelo sabo phambi kweNkosi yezulu. 5. Kuba ukususela ngoko babengenakukwazi ukuthetha naye okanye ukuphakamisela amehlo abo ezulwini ngenxa yehlazo lezono zabo ababegwetyelwe zona. 6. Emva koko ndabhala isicelo sabo, nomthandazo malunga nemimoya yabo kunye nezenzo zabo ngabanye kunye nezicelo zabo zokuba baxolelwe kwaye baphile imihla emininzi. 7. Ndahamba ndaza ndahlala phantsi emanzini aseDan, kwilizwe lakwaDan, emazantsi entshona yeHermon, ndafunda isicelo sabo ndada ndalala. 8. Ndaphupha iphupha, ndabona imibono yesohlwayo, ndaza ndabona ilizwi lindixelela ukuba ndibaxelele oonyana basezulwini, ndibakhalimele. 9. Ndathi ndakuvuka, ndafika kubo, bonke behleli ndawonye, belila e-'Abelsjâîl, ephakathi kweLebhanon neSênêsêr, ubuso babo bugqunyiwe. 10. Ndaza ndabaxelela yonke imibono endandiyibonile ebuthongweni, ndaza ndaqala ukuthetha amazwi obulungisa, ndaza ndabakhalimela abalindi basezulwini.
10. Ndangena kwiilwimi zomlilo ndaza ndasondela endlwini enkulu eyakhiwe ngeekristale: iindonga zendlu zazifana nomgangatho odibeneyo owenziwe ngeekristale, kwaye isiseko sayo sasiyikristale. 11. Uphahla lwayo lwalufana nendlela yeenkwenkwezi nemibane, kwaye phakathi kwazo kwakukho iikherubhi ezivuthayo, kwaye isibhakabhaka sazo sasicwebezela njengamanzi. 12. Umlilo ovuthayo wawujikeleze iindonga, kwaye amasango awo ayevutha umlilo. 13. Ndangena kuloo ndlu, yayishushu njengomlilo kwaye ibanda njengomkhenkce; kwakungekho mnandi wobomi kuyo: uloyiko lwandigubungela, kwaye ukungcangcazela kwandibamba. 14. Njengoko ndandingcangcazela ndingcangcazela, ndawa ngobuso bam. 15. Ndabona umbono, kwaye khangela, kwakukho indlu yesibini, enkulu kuneyokuqala, kwaye yonke isango yayivulekile phambi kwam, kwaye yayakhiwe ngamalangatye omlilo. 16. Kwaye kuzo zonke iinkalo yayibalasele ngobuqaqawuli, ubukhulu, nobubanzi kangangokuba andinakukwazi ukukuchazela ubuhle bayo nobubanzi bayo. 17. Umgangatho wayo wawungumlilo, kwaye ngaphezulu kwayo kwakukho imibane kunye nendlela yeenkwenkwezi, kwaye uphahla lwayo lwalungumlilo ovuthayo. 18. Ndabona apho itrone iphakamileyo, imbonakalo yayo yayinjengekristale, namavili ayo enjengelanga elikhanyayo, kwakukho nombono weekherubhi. 19. Ngaphantsi kwetrone kwaphuma imilambo yomlilo ovuthayo kangangokuba andizange ndikwazi ukuyijonga. 20. Uzuko olukhulu lwaluhleli phezu kwayo, nesambatho sakhe sasikhanya ngaphezu kwelanga kwaye sasimhlophe ngaphezu kwalo naliphi na ikhephu. 21. Akukho nanye yezingelosi eyayinokungena ize ibone ubuso bakhe ngenxa yobungangamsha nozuko kwaye akukho nyama yayinokumbona. 22. Umlilo ovuthayo wawumjikelezile, nomlilo omkhulu wawumi phambi kwakhe, kungekho mntu wayenokumsondela: ishumi lamawaka eliphindwe kalishumi lamawaka lalimi phambi kwakhe, kodwa wayengadingi mcebisi. 23. Abangcwele kakhulu ababekufutshane naye abazange baphume ebusuku okanye bamshiye. 24. Kwada kwaba ngoko ndandiguqe ngobuso, ndingcangcazela; iNkosi yandibiza ngomlomo wayo, yathi kum: 'Yiza apha, Enoki, uve ilizwi lam.' 25. Omnye wabangcwele weza kum, wandivusa, wandiphakamisa ndasondela emnyango. Ndaqubuda ubuso bam phantsi.
ISAHLUKO 14 1. Incwadi yamazwi obulungisa, kunye nokukhalinyelwa kwabalindi abangunaphakade ngokwemiyalelo yoNgcwele Omkhulu kuloo mbono. 2. Ndabona ebuthongweni bam into endiya kuyithetha ngoku ngolwimi lwenyama nangomoya womlomo wam: into uSomandla ayinike abantu ukuba bathethe ngayo baze bayiqonde ngentliziyo. 3. Njengoko edale waza wanika umntu amandla okuqonda ilizwi lobulumko, ngokunjalo undidalile nam waza wandinika amandla okukhalimela abalindi, abantwana basezulwini. 4. Ndibhale isicelo sakho, kwaye embonweni wam kwabonakala ngolu hlobo, ukuba isicelo sakho asiyi kunikwa kuwe yonke imihla engunaphakade, kwaye isigwebo sigqityiwe kuwe: ewe, isicelo sakho asiyi kwamkelwa kuwe. 5. Ukususela ngoku awuyi kunyuka uye ezulwini ngonaphakade, kwaye umiselwe ukuba ubotshelelwe kuyo yonke imihla yehlabathi. 6. Kwaye ukuba ngaphambili nibone ukutshatyalaliswa koonyana benu abathandekayo kwaye aniyi kuba nomdla kubo, kodwa baya kuwa phambi kwenu ngekrele. 7. Kwaye isicelo sakho ngenxa yabo asiyi kwamkelwa, okanye ngokwakho: nokuba ulila, uthandaza, uthethe onke amazwi aqulethwe kumbhalo endiwubhalileyo. 8. Kwaye ndaboniswa umbono ngolu hlobo: Khangela, embonweni amafu andimema kwaye inkungu yandibiza, kwaye ukuhamba kweenkwenkwezi kunye nemibane kwandikhawulezisa, kwaye imimoya embonweni yandibangela ukuba ndibhabhe kwaye yandiphakamisa, yandithwala yaya ezulwini. 9. Ndangena ndaza ndasondela eludongeni olwakhiwe ngeekristale kwaye lujikelezwe ziilwimi zomlilo, lwaqala ukundoyikisa.
ISAHLUKO 15 1. Waphendula wathi kum, ndaza ndaliva ilizwi lakhe: “Musa ukoyika, Enoki, wena mntu ulilungisa nombhali wobulungisa; sondela apha, uve ilizwi lam.” 2. Hamba ke, uthi kubaLindi basezulwini, abakuthumileyo ukuba ubathethelele: "Ufanele uthethelele" abantu, kungekhona abantu ngenxa yakho: 3. Kutheni na nishiye izulu eliphezulu, elingcwele, nelingunaphakade, nalala nabafazi, nazingcolisa 4
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ngeentombi zabantu, nazithathela abafazi, nazenza njengabantwana bomhlaba, nazala iingxilimbela njengabantwana benu? 4. Nangona ningcwele, ningabantu abangokomoya, niphila ubomi obungunaphakade, nizingcolisile ngegazi labafazi, nazalela abantwana ngegazi lenyama, naza, njengabantwana babantu, nakhanuka inyama negazi njengabo bafayo nabatshabalalayo. 5. Ngenxa yoko ndibanikile abafazi, ukuze babamithise, bazale abantwana ngabo, ukuze bangabi nanto yakwenza nabo emhlabeni. 6. Kodwa wawukade ungowomoya, uphila ubomi obungunaphakade, kwaye ungafi kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi. 7. Ngenxa yoko andinimiselanga abafazi; kuba abo basezulwini, abomoya, basezulwini, balapho. 8. Ngoku ke, iingxilimbela, eziveliswe kwimimoya nenyama, ziya kubizwa ngokuba zimimoya emibi emhlabeni, kwaye emhlabeni kuya kuba yindawo yazo yokuhlala. 9. Imimoya emibi iphume emizimbeni yayo; kuba izalwa ngabantu, kwaye imvelaphi yayo yokuqala neyokuqala ivela kubaLindi abangcwele; baya kuba yimimoya emibi emhlabeni, kwaye baya kubizwa ngokuba yimimoya emibi. 10. Ngokuphathelele imimoya yasezulwini, ezulwini kuya kuba yindawo yokuhlala kwayo, kodwa ngokubhekisele kwimimoya yomhlaba eyazalelwa emhlabeni, emhlabeni kuya kuba yindawo yokuhlala kwayo. 11. Imimoya yeengcungcu iyabacinezela, ibacinezele, ibatshabalalise, ibahlasele, ibalwe, ize itshabalalise umhlaba, ibangele inkathazo: abayithathi kudla, kodwa bayalamba, banxanelwe, baze babangele ukukhubekisa. Le mimoya iya kubavukela abantwana babantu nabafazi, kuba besuka kubo.
2. Bandizisa kwindawo yobumnyama, entabeni encotsheni yayo ifikelela ezulwini. 3. Ndabona iindawo zezibane, iindawo zokugcina iinkwenkwezi, iindudumo, kunye neendawo ezinzulu kakhulu, apho kwakukho isaphetha esivuthayo, iintolo, umqolomba, ikrele elivuthayo, nayo yonke imibane. 4. Bandithatha bandisa emanzini aphilileyo, nasemlilweni wasentshona, owamkela lonke ukutshona kwelanga. 5. Ndafika emlanjeni womlilo, apho umlilo ugeleza khona njengamanzi, uphuma uye elwandle olukhulu ngasentshonalanga. 6. Ndabona imilambo emikhulu ndaza ndafika emlanjeni omkhulu nasebumnyameni obukhulu, ndaya kwindawo apho kungekho nyama ihamba khona. 7. Ndabona iintaba zobumnyama basebusika nendawo apho onke amanzi anzulu aphuma khona. 8. Ndabona imilomo yemilambo yonke yomhlaba kunye nomlomo wolwandle. ISAHLUKO 18 1. Ndabona ubuncwane bemimoya yonke: Ndabona indlela awayeyilungiselele ngayo yonke indalo kunye neziseko eziqinileyo zomhlaba. 2. Ndabona ilitye lembombo lomhlaba: ndabona imimoya emine ephethe umhlaba nesibhakabhaka samazulu. 3. Ndabona imimoya ivula amagumbi angaphantsi ezulu, imisa phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba. Ezi ziintsika zezulu. 4. Ndabona imimoya yezulu ejikajikayo ize izise umjikelo welanga nazo zonke iinkwenkwezi ekutshoneni kwazo. 5. Ndabona imimoya emhlabeni ithwele amafu: Ndabona iindlela zeengelosi. Ndabona esiphelweni somhlaba isibhakabhaka sasezulwini phezulu. 6. Ndaqhubeka ndaza ndabona indawo evuthayo imini nobusuku, apho kukho iintaba ezisixhenxe zamatye amahle, ezintathu zibheke empuma, ezintathu zibheke ezantsi. 7. Ngokuphathelele empumalanga, enye yayiyeyelitye elinemibala, enye yeyeperile, enye yeyehakinto, kwaye enye yayiyeyamazantsi yelitye elibomvu. 8. Kodwa eliphakathi lalifikelela ezulwini njengetrone kaThixo, eyenziwe nge-alabaster, kwaye incopho yetrone yayiyisafire. 9. Ndabona umlilo ovuthayo. Ngaphaya kwezi ntaba kukho ummandla osekupheleni komhlaba omkhulu: apho amazulu agqitywa khona. 10. Ndabona inzonzobila enzulu, eneentsika zomlilo wasezulwini. Phakathi kwazo ndabona iintsika zomlilo ziwa, ezazilingana ngokuphakama nangobunzulu. 11. Ngaphaya kwelo sihogo ndabona indawo engenaso isibhakabhaka esingaphezulu, nomhlaba oqinileyo phantsi kwayo; kwakungekho manzi phezu kwayo, kungekho neentaka, kodwa yayiyindawo eyoyikekayo neyoyikekayo. 12. Ndabona apho iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ezifana neentaba ezinkulu ezivuthayo, kwaye kum, xa ndibuza ngazo, 13. Ingelosi yathi: 'Le ndawo yisiphelo sezulu nomhlaba: le ibe yindawo yokugcina iinkwenkwezi nomkhosi wezulu.' 14. Iinkwenkwezi eziqengqeleka phezu komlilo ngabo baphule umyalelo weNkosi ekuqaleni kokuvuka kwabo, kuba abazange baphume ngexesha labo elimiselweyo.
ISAHLUKO 16 1. Ukususela kwimihla yokubulawa nokutshatyalaliswa nokufa kweengqwangangqwanga, kwimiphefumlo yazo imimoya, emva kokuba iphumile, iya kutshabalalisa ngaphandle kokufumana isigwebo—ngokunjalo baya kutshabalalisa kude kube yimini yokuphela, isigwebo esikhulu apho ixesha eliya kugqitywa khona, phezu kwabalindi nabangahloneli Thixo, ewe, siya kugqitywa ngokupheleleyo. 2. Ngoku ke mayela nabalindi abakuthumileyo ukuba ubathethelele, ababekade besezulwini ngaphambili, yitsho kubo: 3. "Ubusezulwini, kodwa zonke iimfihlakalo bezingekatyhilelwa kuwe, kwaye ubuzazi ezingento yanto, kwaye ezi ngobulukhuni beentliziyo zakho uzazisile kubafazi, kwaye ngale mfihlakalo abafazi namadoda benza ububi obuninzi emhlabeni." 4. Yithi kubo ke ngoko: "Aninalo uxolo." ISAHLUKO 17 1. Bandithatha bandizisa kwindawo apho abo babelapho babefana nomlilo ovuthayo, kwaye xa befuna, babonakala njengabantu. 5
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15. Waba nomsindo kubo, wababopha kwada kwafika ixesha lokuba ityala labo ligqitywe, kwanangeminyaka elishumi lamawaka.
bayo okanye ubukhulu bayo, kwaye andizange ndikwazi ukuqikelela. 8. Ndathi ke: 'Hayi indlela eyoyikeka ngayo le ndawo kwaye hayi indlela eyoyikeka ngayo ukuyijonga!' 9. Wandiphendula u-Uriel, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele ezazikunye nam, wathi kum: “Enoki, kutheni ungoyiki kangaka kwaye woyika?” Ndaphendula ndathi: “Ngenxa yale ndawo yoyikekayo, nangenxa yombono wentlungu.” 10. Wathi kum: 'Le ndawo yindawo yokuvalelwa kweengelosi, kwaye apha ziya kuvalelwa ngonaphakade.'
ISAHLUKO 19 1. U-Uriel wathi kum: ‘Nanku apho kuza kuma khona iingelosi ezizidibanise nabafazi, nemimoya yazo eneendidi ezahlukeneyo ingcolisa uluntu ize ibalahlekisele ekubeni banikele kwiidemon njengoothixo, nanku apho baza kuma khona, kude kube yimini yomgwebo omkhulu apho baza kugwetywa khona bade bapheliswe.’ 2. Kwaye abafazi beengelosi ezilahlekileyo baya kuba ziingqondi. 3. Mna, uEnoki, ndedwa ndabona umbono, iziphelo zezinto zonke: kwaye akukho mntu uya kubona njengoko ndibonileyo.
ISAHLUKO 22 1. Ndaya kwenye indawo, wandibonisa entshona enye intaba enkulu nephakamileyo kunye nelitye eliqinileyo. 2. Kwakukho iindawo ezine ezingenanto, ezinzulu nezibanzi nezithambileyo kakhulu. Hayi indlela ezithambileyo ngayo iindawo ezingenanto, ezinzulu nezimnyama xa uzijonga. 3. Waphendula uRafayeli, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele ezazikunye nam, wathi kum: 4. 'Ezi ndawo zingenanto zenzelwe le njongo, ukuba imimoya yemiphefumlo yabafileyo ihlangane apho, ewe ukuze yonke imiphefumlo yabantwana babantu ihlangane apha. Kwaye ezi ndawo zenzelwe ukuba ziwamkele kude kube yimini yomgwebo wazo kwaye kude kube lixesha lazo elimiselweyo kude kube lixesha elimiselweyo, kude kube lixesha lazo elimiselweyo.' 5. Ndabona imimoya yabantwana babantu ababefile, kwaye ilizwi labo laphuma laya ezulwini laza lavumelana. 6. Ndabuza uRafael ingelosi eyayinam, ndathi kuye: 'Lo moya—ngubani lowo uvakala ephuma aze ahambelane nelizwi lakhe?' 7. Wandiphendula wathi: 'Lo ngumoya owaphuma kuAbheli, owabulawa ngumntakwabo uKayin, waza wenza ityala lakhe nxamnye naye de imbewu yakhe itshatyalaliswe ebusweni bomhlaba, nembewu yakhe itshatyalaliswe phakathi kwembewu yabantu.' 8. Ndabuza ke ngayo, nangazo zonke iindawo ezingenanto: 'Kutheni enye yahlulwe kwenye?' 9. Wandiphendula wathi kum: 'Ezi zintathu zenziwe ukuze imimoya yabafileyo yahlulwe. Kwaye ukwahlukana okunjalo kwenziwe kwimimoya yabalungileyo, apho kukho umthombo wamanzi okhanyayo.' 10. Kwaye oko kwenzelwe aboni xa besifa baze bangcwatywe emhlabeni kwaye isigwebo asikaphunyezwa kubo ngexesha lokuphila kwabo. 11. Apha imimoya yabo iya kuhlukaniswa kule ntlungu inkulu kude kube yimini enkulu yomgwebo nesohlwayo kunye nokuhlushwa kwabo baqalekisa ngonaphakade, kunye nembuyekezo kwimimoya yabo. Apho uya kubabopha ngonaphakade. 12. Kwaye ukwahlukana okunjalo kwenziwe kwimimoya yabo benza ityala labo, abenza izityhilelo malunga nokutshatyalaliswa kwabo, xa babebulawa ngemihla yezoni. 13. Ezo zinto zenzelwe imimoya yabantu ababengengomalungisa kodwa bengaboni, ababegqibelele ekuphuleni umthetho, kunye neyabantu abaphula umthetho. Baya kuba ngabahlobo: kodwa imimoya yabo ayiyi kubulawa ngomhla womgwebo kwaye abayi kuvuswa apho.
ISAHLUKO 20 1. Kwaye la ngamagama eengelosi ezingcwele ezibukeleyo. 2. U-Uriel, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele, ephezu kwehlabathi naphezu kweTartarus. 3. URafayeli, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele, ephethe imimoya yabantu. 4. URaguel, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele eziphindezela kwihlabathi leengelosi ezikhanyisiweyo. 5. UMikayeli, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele, lowo ubekwe phezu kweyona ndawo ilungileyo yoluntu naphezu kwesiphithiphithi. 6. USaraqâêl, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele, ebekwe phezu kwemimoya, eyona emoyeni. 7. UGabriyeli, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele, ephezu kweParadesi neenyoka neeKherubhi. 8. URemiel, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele, uThixo azibeke phezu kwabo bavukayo. ISAHLUKO 21 1. Ndaqhubeka ndaya apho izinto zazingekho sesikweni khona. 2. Ndabona into eyoyikekayo apho: Andibonanga izulu phezulu okanye umhlaba osekelwe ngokuqinileyo, kodwa indawo ephithizelayo neyoyikekayo. 3. Ndabona apho iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe zezulu zibotshelelwe ndawonye, zifana neentaba ezinkulu, zivutha umlilo. 4. Ndathi ke: 'Babotshelelwe siphi isono, kwaye baphoswe apha ngenxa yantoni?' 5. Waza u-Uriel, enye yeengelosi ezingcwele, eyayikunye nam, kwaye yayiyintloko yazo, wathi: 'Enoki, kutheni ubuza, kwaye kutheni ulangazelela inyaniso?' 6. Aba baphakathi kwenani leenkwenkwezi zezulu, abaye bawaphula umyalelo weNkosi, baza babanjwa apha de kube yiminyaka eliwaka elishumi, ixesha elibangelwa zizono zabo, ligqityiwe. 7. Ukusuka apho ndaya kwenye indawo, eyayisoyikeka kakhulu kuneyokuqala, ndaza ndabona into eyoyikekayo: umlilo omkhulu apho wawuvutha kwaye uvutha, kwaye indawo yayiqhekekile yaya enzonzobileni, izele ziintsika ezinkulu zomlilo ezihlayo; andizange ndibone ubukhulu 6
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14. Ndaza ndambonga uNdikhoyo wozuko, ndathi: “Makabongwe uNdikhoyo, uNdikhoyo wobulungisa, olawula ngonaphakade.”
5. Isiqhamo sawo siya kuba kukutya kwabakhethiweyo: siya kutshalwa endaweni engcwele, etempileni yeNkosi, uKumkani ongunaphakade. 6 Baya kwandula ke bagcobe ngovuyo, bagcobe, bangene endaweni engcwele; ivumba layo libe semathanjeni abo, baphile ubomi obude emhlabeni, njengoko ooyihlo babenjalo; ngemihla yabo akuyi kubakho sijwili, nasibetho, nantlungu, nabubi. 7. Ndambulela uThixo wozuko, uKumkani ongunaphakade, olungiselele abalungileyo izinto ezinjalo, wabadala, wathembisa ukubanika zona.
ISAHLUKO 23 1. Ukusuka apho ndaya kwenye indawo entshona yeziphelo zomhlaba. 2. Ndabona umlilo ovuthayo obaleka ungaphumli, ungaphumli emini nasebusuku kodwa ubaleka rhoqo. 3. Ndabuza ndisithi: 'Yintoni le ingaphumliyo?' 4. Wandiphendula uRaguel, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele ezazikunye nam, wathi kum: “Le ndlela yomlilo oyibonileyo ngumlilo osentshona otshutshisa zonke izikhanyiso zezulu.”
ISAHLUKO 26 1. Ndasuka apho ndaya embindini womhlaba, ndaza ndabona indawo ebusisiweyo apho kwakukho imithi enamasebe ahlala ehluma, ehluma umthi oqhekekileyo. 2. Ndabona apho intaba engcwele, phantsi kwentaba empuma kwakukho umlambo, uqukuqela usiya ngasezantsi. 3. Ndabona ngasempumalanga enye intaba, iphakame ngaphezu kwale, phakathi kwayo kwakukho umlambo onzulu nomncinci. Kuyo kwakukho nomlambo ongaphantsi kwentaba. 4. Ngasentshonalanga yayo kwakukho enye intaba, esezantsi kuneyokuqala, intaba encinci, kunye nomlanjana onzulu nowomileyo phakathi kwabo; kwaye omnye umlanjana onzulu nowomileyo wawuseziphelweni zeentaba ezintathu. 5. Zonke iintlambo zazinzulu kwaye zimxinwa, zenziwe ngamatye aqinileyo, kwaye imithi yayingatyalwanga phezu kwazo. 6. Ndamangaliswa ngamatye, ndamangaliswa ngumlanjana, ewe, ndamangaliswa kakhulu.
ISAHLUKO 24 1. Ukusuka apho ndaya kwenye indawo emhlabeni, wandibonisa uludwe lweentaba zomlilo ezivutha imini nobusuku. 2. Ndadlula apho, ndabona iintaba ezisixhenxe ezintle, zonke zahlukile kwenye. Amatye azo ayemangalisa, amahle kakhulu, ebonakala ekhazimlayo, engaphandle kwawo kuntle; ezintathu zibheke empuma, enye isekwe kwenye, ezintathu zibheke ezantsi, enye ibekwe phezu kwenye; kunye nemilambo enzulu, apho kungekho namnye odibene nomnye. 3. Intaba yesixhenxe yayiphakathi kwezi ntaba, yayizidlula ngokuphakama, ifana nesihlalo sobukhosi; imithi evumba elimnandi yayijikeleze isihlalo sobukhosi. 4. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho umthi endingazange ndiwunuke, akukho namnye phakathi kwabo okanye omnye onjengawo; wawunevumba elimnandi kakhulu, amagqabi awo, iintyatyambo, nomthi awubuni ngonaphakade; iziqhamo zawo zintle, kwaye iziqhamo zawo zifana nesundu. 5. Ndathi ke: 'Hayi indlela entle ngayo le mthi, kwaye inevumba elimnandi, namagqabi ayo amahle, neentyantyambo zayo zintle kakhulu ngembonakalo.' 6. Waphendula uMikayeli, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele nezihloniphekileyo ezazikunye nam, kwaye wayengumholi wazo.
ISAHLUKO 27 1. Ndathi ke: 'Liyintoni injongo yalo mhlaba ungcwele, ozele yimithi, kunye nentlambo eqalekisiweyo phakathi kwawo?' 2. U-Uriel, omnye weengelosi ezingcwele ezazikunye nam, waphendula wathi: 'Le ntlambo iqalekisiweyo yeyabo baqalekisiweyo ngonaphakade: Apha bonke abaqalekisiweyo baya kubuthana ndawonye, abo bathetha amazwi angcolileyo nxamnye neNkosi, bathetha izinto ezinzima ngozuko lwayo. Baya kubuthana apha, kwaye apha kuya kuba yindawo yabo yokugweba.' 3. Ngemihla yokugqibela baya kuba nomboniso womgwebo olungileyo phambi kwabalungileyo ngonaphakade: apha abanenceba baya kuyibonga iNkosi yozuko, uKumkani ongunaphakade. 4. Ngemihla yomgwebo phezu kwabo bangaphambili, baya kumbulela ngenceba awabanike yona ngokwesabelo sabo. 5. Ndaza ndambonga iNkosi yozuko, ndavakalisa uzuko lwayo, ndayidumisa ngokuzukileyo.
ISAHLUKO 25 1. Wathi kum: “Enoki, kutheni undibuza ngevumba lomthi, kwaye kutheni ufuna ukufunda inyaniso?” 2. Ndamphendula ndathi: 'Ndingathanda ukwazi yonke into, ingakumbi ngalo mthi.' 3. Waphendula wathi: “Le ntaba iphakamileyo oyibonileyo, incopho yayo ifana netrone kaThixo, yitrone yakhe, apho uNgcwele Omkhulu, iNkosi yozuko, uKumkani ongunaphakade, uya kuhlala khona, xa ehla ukuza kutyelela umhlaba ngokulunga.” 4. Ngokuphathelele lo mthi unevumba elimnandi, akukho mntu uvumelekileyo ukuwuchukumisa kude kufike umgwebo omkhulu, xa eya kuziphindezela kubo bonke aze aphelise yonke into ngonaphakade. Uya kunikwa abalungileyo nabangcwele.
ISAHLUKO 28 1. Ndaya empuma, ndaya phakathi kweentaba zentlango, ndaza ndabona intlango eyayiyodwa, izele yimithi nezityalo. 2. Amanzi aphuma phezulu. 7
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3. Ingxamile njengomjelo omkhulu wamanzi owawuhamba usiya emantla-ntshona yabangela ukuba amafu nombethe kunyuke macala onke.
1. Ukusuka apho ndaya eziphelweni zomhlaba, ndabona izilwanyana ezinkulu, ezazingafani nezinye, ndabona neentaka ezahlukeneyo ngembonakalo, ubuhle, nelizwi, enye yahlukile kwenye. 2. Ngasempumalanga kwezo zilo ndabona iziphelo zomhlaba apho izulu lihlala khona, namasango ezulu evulekile. 3. Ndabona iinkwenkwezi zezulu ziphuma, ndaza ndabala amasango apho ziphuma khona. Ndaza ndabhala yonke iminyango yazo, inkwenkwezi nganye nganye ngokwayo, ngokwenani lazo, amagama azo, iindlela zazo, indawo yazo, amaxesha azo neenyanga zazo. 4. Njengoko u-Uriel, ingelosi engcwele, owayekunye nam, wandibonisa, ndaza ndabona iminyango yazo. 4. Wandibonisa zonke izinto waza wazibhala phantsi ngenxa yam: namagama abo wawabhala ngenxa yam, nemithetho yabo kunye namaqela abo.
ISAHLUKO 29 1. Ndaya apho ndaya kwenye indawo entlango, ndaza ndasondela empuma yale ntaba. 2. Ndabona imithi enuka kamnandi ikhupha ivumba lentlaka yempepho nemore, kwaye imithi yayifana nomthi wom-alimondi. ISAHLUKO 30 1. Ngaphaya kwezi, ndaya kude empuma, ndaza ndabona enye indawo, intlambo egcwele amanzi. 2. Kwakukho umthi apho, umbala wemithi enuka kamnandi efana ne-mastic. 3. Kwaye emacaleni ezo ntlambo ndabona isinamoni enuka kamnandi. Kwaye ngaphaya kwazo ndaya empuma.
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1. Ukusuka apho ndaya emantla, ndaya eziphelweni zomhlaba. Ndabona icebo elikhulu nelimangalisayo, livela eziphelweni zomhlaba wonke. 2. Ndabona amasango amathathu ezulu evulekile ezulwini. Ngamnye kubo uphuma umoya osuka ngasentla: xa uvuthuza, kubanda, isichotho, iqabaka, ikhephu, umbethe, nemvula. 3. Kwaye bavuthela ngokukhululekileyo kwelinye isango: kodwa xa bevuthela ngezinye iisango ezimbini, kuba nogonyamelo nokubandezeleka emhlabeni, kwaye bavuthela ngogonyamelo.
1. Ndabona ezinye iintaba, phakathi kwazo kwakukho imithi, apho kwaphuma khona i-nectar, ebizwa ngokuba yisarara ne-galbanum. 2. Ngaphaya kwezi ntaba ndabona enye intaba empuma, apho kwakukho imithi ye-aloe, nayo yonke imithi yayigcwele i-stacte, efana nemithi ye-almond. 3. Xa umntu eyitshisile, yayinuka kamnandi ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi ivumba elimnandi. ISAHLUKO 32
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1. Emva kwezi vumba zivumba elimnandi, njengoko ndandijonge emantla phezu kweentaba ndabona iintaba ezisixhenxe ezizele yinadusi ekhethekileyo nemithi evumba elimnandi nesinamon nepepile. 2. Ndasuka apho ndadlula iincopho zazo zonke ezi ntaba, kude ngasempumalanga yomhlaba, ndadlula phezu kolwandle lwase-Erythraean ndaya kude nalo, ndadlula ingelosi uZotîêl. 3. Ndafika emyezweni woBulungisa, ndaza ndabona imithi emininzi emikhulu ikhula apho, inevumba elimnandi, imikhulu, intle kakhulu kwaye inobuqaqawuli, kunye nomthi wobulumko abawutyayo, bazi ubulumko obukhulu. 4. Loo mthi uphakame njenge-fir, kwaye amagqabi awo afana nalawo omthi weCarob: kwaye isiqhamo sawo sinjengeengqungquthela zomdiliya, sihle kakhulu: kwaye ivumba lomthi lifikelela kude. 5. Ndathi ke: 'Hayi indlela omhle ngayo lo mthi, kwaye ubukeka buhle ngayo!' 6. Emva koko uRafayeli, ingelosi engcwele, owayekunye nam, wandiphendula wathi: 'Lo ngumthi wobulumko, owadliwa nguyihlo omdala ngeminyaka kunye nonyoko omdala, ababengaphambi kwakho, baza bafunda ubulumko, amehlo abo avuleka, baza bazi ukuba bahamba ze, baza bagxothwa emyezweni.'
1. Ukusuka apho ndaya entshona ukuya eziphelweni zomhlaba, ndaza ndabona apho amasango amathathu ezulu evulekile njengoko ndandiwabonile empuma, inani elifanayo lamasango, kunye nenani elifanayo lamasango. ISAHLUKO 36 1. Ukusuka apho ndaya emazantsi ukuya eziphelweni zomhlaba, ndaza ndabona apho iingcango ezintathu ezivulekileyo zezulu: apho kwaphuma khona umbethe, imvula, nomoya. 2. Ukusuka apho ndaya empuma ukuya eziphelweni zezulu, ndaza ndabona amasango amathathu asempuma ezulu evulekile kunye namasango amancinci ngaphezulu kwawo. 3. Ngaphakathi kwezi zibuko zincinci kudlula iinkwenkwezi zezulu zize zibalekele entshona kwindlela eziboniswa yona. 4. Kwaye rhoqo xa ndibona, ndihlala ndimbonga iNkosi yozuko, kwaye ndiqhubeka ndimbonga iNkosi yozuko owenze imimangaliso emikhulu nezukileyo, ukubonisa ubukhulu bomsebenzi wakhe kwiingelosi nakwimimoya nakubantu, ukuze badumise umsebenzi wakhe nayo yonke indalo yakhe: ukuze babone umsebenzi wamandla akhe baze badumise umsebenzi omkhulu wezandla zakhe baze bamdumise ngonaphakade. 8
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5. Amehlo am ayabona apho ahlala khona neengelosi zakhe ezilungileyo, Neendawo zabo zokuphumla kunye nabangcwele. Baye bacela, bancenga, bathandazela abantwana babantu, Ubulungisa bahamba phambi kwabo njengamanzi, Nenceba njengombethe emhlabeni: Ngaloo ndlela iyaqhubeka phakathi kwabo ngonaphakade. 6a. Apho amehlo am ambona khona lowo unyuliweyo wobulungisa nokholo, 7a. Ndabona indawo yakhe yokuhlala phantsi kwamaphiko eNkosi yemimoya. 6b. Ubulungisa buya koyisa ngemihla yakhe, kwaye amalungisa nabakhethiweyo baya kuba bengenakubalwa phambi kwakhe ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 7b. Bonke abalungileyo nabakhethiweyo phambi kwakhe baya kuba namandla njengezibane zomlilo, nomlomo wabo uzale yintsikelelo, nemilebe yabo idumisa igama leNkosi yoMoya, kwaye ubulungisa phambi kwakhe abuyi kuphelelwa, kwaye ubulungisa abuyi kuphelelwa phambi kwakhe. 8. Bendinqwenela ukuhlala apho, Nomoya wam ulangazelela loo ndawo yokuhlala: Kwaye nanamhlanje isabelo sam besikhona, Kuba simiselwe njalo ngam phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. 9. Ngaloo mihla ndandidumisa ndize ndidumise igama leNkosi yeeMimoya ngeentsikelelo neendumiso, kuba undimisele intsikelelo nozuko ngokwentando yeNkosi yeeMimoya. 10. Kangangexesha elide amehlo am ejonge kuloo ndawo, ndambulela ndamdumisa, ndisithi: ‘Makabongwe, makabongwe ukususela ekuqaleni kuse ephakadeni.’ 11. Kwaye phambi kwakhe akukho ukuphela. Uyazi ngaphambi kokuba ihlabathi lidalwe oko kuya kubakho ngonaphakade, nokuya kubakho kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. 12. Abo bangalaliyo baya kukusikelela: bema phambi kozuko lwakho, bakubonge, bakudumise, bakudumise, besithi: "Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele, iNkosi yemimoya: Ugcwalisa umhlaba ngemimoya." 13. Amehlo am ababone bonke abangalaliyo; bema phambi kwakhe, bebonga besithi: “Makabongwe wena, malibongwe igama leNkosi ngonaphakade kanaphakade.” 14. Ubuso bam baguquka, kuba ndandingasakwazi ukubona.
1. Umbono wesibini awawubonayo, umbono wobulumko—owabonwa nguEnoki unyana kaYaredi, unyana kaMahalaleli, unyana kaKenan, unyana kaEnoshe, unyana kaSete, unyana ka-Adam. 2. Le yindlela yokuqala yobulumko endathi ndayiphakamisa ilizwi lam, ndathi kwabo bahlala emhlabeni: Yivani, nina bantu bamandulo, nize nibone amazwi oNgcwele, endiya kuwathetha phambi kweNkosi yamimoya. 3. Bekungcono ukuba sizixelele abantu bakudala kuphela, kodwa nakwabo baza kulandela asiyi kuzibamba ekuqaleni kobulumko. 4. Kude kube ngoku, iNkosi yeeMimoya ayizange inike ubulumko obunjalo njengoko ndibufumene ngokwengqiqo yam, ngokwentando yeNkosi yeeMimoya endinike ngayo ilifa lobomi obungunaphakade. 5. Ndaxelelwa imizekeliso emithathu, ndaza ndayiphakamisa ilizwi lam, ndayixelela abo bahlala emhlabeni. ISAHLUKO 38 1. Umzekeliso Wokuqala. Xa ibandla lamalungisa livela, Aboni baya kugwetywa ngezono zabo, Baze bagxothwe ebusweni bomhlaba: 2. Xa iLungileyo libonakala phambi kwamehlo amalungisa, imisebenzi yalo ekhethiweyo ixhomekeke eNkosini yeemimoya, kwaye ukukhanya kuya kubonakala kumalungisa nakwabakhethiweyo abahlala emhlabeni, apho ke kuya kuba phi na indawo yokuhlala yaboni, kwaye apho kuya kuphumla khona abo bakhanyele iNkosi yeemimoya? Bekuya kuba kuhle kubo ukuba babengazalwanga. 3. Xa iimfihlo zabalungileyo ziya kutyhilwa, aboni bagwetywe, nabangenabuthixo bagxothwe phambi kwabalungileyo nabakhethiweyo, 4. Ukususela ngelo xesha abo banelungelo lomhlaba abayi kuba namandla kwaye baphakame: kwaye abayi kukwazi ukubona ubuso bongcwele, kuba iNkosi yemimoya ibangele ukukhanya kwayo kubonakale ebusweni babangcwele, abalungileyo nabakhethiweyo. 5. Emva koko ookumkani nabanamandla baya kutshabalala, banikelwe ezandleni zabalungileyo nabangcwele. 6. Ukususela ngoko akukho mntu uya kuzifunela inceba eNkosini yemimoya kuba ubomi bakhe buphelile.
ISAHLUKO 40 1. Emva koko ndabona amawakawaka, amawakawaka aphindwe kalishumi lamawaka, nesihlwele esikhulu nesingenakubalwa, esasimi phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. 2. Kumacala omane eNkosi yeMimoya, ndabona izidalwa ezine, ezahlukileyo kwezo zingalaliyo, ndaza ndafunda amagama azo. Ingelosi eyayihamba nam yandixelela amagama azo, yandibonisa zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo. 3. Ndeva amazwi abo bantu bane njengoko babedumisa phambi kweNkosi yozuko. 4. Ilizwi lokuqala lidumisa iNkosi yemimoya ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 5. Kwaye ilizwi lesibini ndaliva libabonga abaNyuliweyo nabaNyuliweyo abaxhomekeke eNkosini yeMimoya.
ISAHLUKO 39 1. Kuya kuthi ngaloo mihla, abantwana abanyuliweyo nabangcwele baya kuhla bevela ezulwini, nembewu yabo iya kuba nye nabantwana babantu. 2. Ngaloo mihla uEnoki wafumana iincwadi zomsindo nenzondelelo, neencwadi zokukhathazeka nokugxothwa. Kwaye abayi kuncedwa ngenceba, itsho iNkosi yeMimoya. 3. Ngaloo mihla umoya ovuthuzayo wandisusa emhlabeni, wandibeka esiphelweni samazulu. 4. Ndabona omnye umbono apho, iindawo zokuhlala zabangcwele, neendawo zokuphumla zabalungileyo. 9
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6. Kwaye ilizwi lesithathu ndaliva lithandaza kwaye libathandazela abo bahlala emhlabeni kwaye bethandaza egameni leNkosi yemimoya. 7. Ndeva ilizwi lesine likhusela ooSathana kwaye libathintela ukuba beze phambi kweNkosi yeemimoya ukuze babamangalele abo bahlala emhlabeni. 8. Emva koko ndabuza ingelosi yoxolo eyayihamba nam, eyandibonisa yonke into efihlakeleyo: 'Ngoobani aba bantu bane ndibabonileyo, namazwi abo ndiwavileyo ndawabhala phantsi?' 9. Wathi kum: “Lo ngowokuqala nguMikayeli, onenceba nomonde; owesibini, obekwe phezu kwazo zonke izifo nazo zonke iinxeba zabantwana babantu, nguRafayeli; owesithathu, obekwe phezu kwawo onke amandla, nguGabriel; owesine, obekwe phezu kwenguquko ukuze kube nethemba labo badla ilifa lobomi obungunaphakade, ubizwa ngokuba nguFanuweli.” Kwaye la ngamangelosi amane eNkosi yeeMimoya kunye namazwi amane endawavayo ngaloo mihla.
9. Kuba akukho sithunywa sezulu sithintelayo, akukho gunya linokukwazi ukuthintela; kuba umisela umgwebi kubo bonke, aze abagwebe bonke phambi kwakhe. ISAHLUKO 42 1. Ubulumko abufumananga ndawo yokuhlala; Waza wabelwa indawo yokuhlala emazulwini. 2. Ubulumko baphuma baya kuhlala phakathi kwabantwana babantu, Abafumananga ndawo yokuhlala: Ubulumko babuyela endaweni yabo, Bahlala phakathi kweengelosi. 3. Kwaphuma ububi emagumbini akhe: Awayengamfunanga, wahlala nabo, Njengemvula entlango, Nombethe ezweni elinxaniweyo. ISAHLUKO 43 1. Ndabona eminye imibane neenkwenkwezi zezulu, ndabona indlela awabiza ngayo zonke ngamagama azo, zaza zamphulaphula. 2. Ndabona indlela ezilinganiswa ngayo ngokulinganisela okufanelekileyo ngokwemilinganiselo yazo yokukhanya: Ndabona ububanzi beendawo zazo, nosuku lokubonakala kwazo, nendlela ukujikeleza kwazo okuvelisa ngayo umbane; ndabona nokujikeleza kwazo ngokwenani leengelosi, nendlela ezigcina ngayo ukholo omnye komnye. 3. Ndabuza isithunywa esasihamba nam esasindibonisa into efihlakeleyo, ndathi: 'Ziintoni ezi?' 4. Wathi kum: "INkosi yeeMimoya ikubonisile intsingiselo yazo efana nomzekeliso: lawa ngamagama abangcwele abahlala emhlabeni kwaye bakholelwa egameni leNkosi yeeMimoya ngonaphakade kanaphakade."
ISAHLUKO 41 1. Emva koko ndabona zonke iimfihlo zasezulwini, indlela ubukumkani obahlulwe ngayo, nendlela izenzo zabantu ezilinganiswa ngayo esikalini. 2. Ndabona apho izindlu zabakhethiweyo, izindlu zabangcwele, namehlo am abona bonke aboni abaphika igama leNkosi yemimoya, bekhutshelwa ngaphandle; abazange bakwazi ukumelana nesohlwayo esivela kwiNkosi yemimoya. 3. Apho amehlo am abona khona iimfihlakalo zombane neendudumo, iimfihlakalo zomoya, indlela ezahlulwe ngayo ukuze zivuthele umhlaba, iimfihlakalo zamafu nombethe. Ndabona apho zivela khona, apho ziphuma khona, apho zigcwalisa umhlaba. 4. Ndabona amagumbi avaliweyo apho imimoya yahlulwe khona, igumbi lesichotho nomoya, igumbi lenkungu, nelamafu, kunye nelifu elijikeleze umhlaba ukususela ekuqaleni kwehlabathi. 5. Ndabona amagumbi elanga nenyanga, apho zivela khona, apho zibuya khona, kunye nokubuya kwazo okuzukileyo, indlela enye engcono kunenye, kunye nokujikeleza kwazo okumangalisayo, nendlela ezingashiyi ngayo ukujikeleza kwazo, kwaye azongezi nto kwindlela yazo, kwaye azithathi nto kuyo. Bahlala benokholo omnye komnye, ngokwesifungo ababotshelelwe ngaso. 6. Ilanga liphuma kuqala lize lihambe ngendlela yalo, ngokomyalelo weNkosi yemimoya. Igama lakhe linamandla ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 7. Emva koko ndabona indlela efihlakeleyo nebonakalayo yenyanga, kwaye igqibezela indlela yayo kuloo ndawo emini nasebusuku—enye ibambe isikhundla esichaseneyo nesinye phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. Bayabulela, badumise, abaphumli; kuba kubo ukuphumla kwabo kombulelo. 8. Kuba ilanga litshintsha rhoqo libe yintsikelelo okanye isiqalekiso, Kwaye indlela yenyanga ilula kwabalungileyo, kwaye ubumnyama kuboni egameni leNkosi, eyahlula ukukhanya nobumnyama, Yahlula imimoya yabantu, Yaqinisa imimoya yabalungileyo, egameni lobulungisa bayo.
ISAHLUKO 44 Kwakhona enye into endiyibonileyo malunga nemibane: indlela ezinye iinkwenkwezi eziphuma ngayo zibe yimibane kwaye zingakwazi ukwahlukana nemo yazo entsha. ISAHLUKO 45 1. Lo ngumzekeliso wesibini ophathelele abo bakhanyela igama lendawo yokuhlala yabangcwele neNkosi yemimoya. 2. Kwaye abayi kunyuka baye ezulwini, kwaye abayi kuza emhlabeni: Lilonke eli lilifa laboni, abakhanyele igama leNkosi yemimoya, abagcinelwe imini yokubandezeleka nembandezelo. 3. Ngaloo mini, abanyulwa bam baya kuhlala etroneni yozuko, baza kuvavanya imisebenzi yabo, neendawo zabo zokuphumla ziya kuba zingenakubalwa, nemiphefumlo yabo iya komelela ngaphakathi kwabo xa bebona abanyulwa bam, nabo babiza igama lam elizukileyo. 4. Emva koko ndiya kwenza ukuba oNyuliweyo wam ahlale phakathi kwabo, ndize ndiguqule izulu ndilenze libe yintsikelelo nokukhanya okungunaphakade. 5. Ndiya kuyiguqula umhlaba, ndiwenze ube yintsikelelo; Ndiya kwenza abakhethiweyo bam bahlale kuwo; kodwa aboni nabenzi bobubi abayi kuhamba kuwo. 10
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6. Ngokuba ndibalungiselele uxolo, ndabanelisa abalungileyo bam, ndabahlalisa phambi kwam; kodwa aboni bajongene nomgwebo, ukuze ndibatshabalalise ebusweni bomhlaba.
4. Iintliziyo zabangcwele zazaliswa luvuyo; kuba inani labalungileyo lalisele linikelwe, nomthandazo wabalungileyo wawuviwe, negazi labalungileyo lalifuneka phambi kweNkosi yoMoya.
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1. Ndabona apho umntu onentloko yeentsuku, intloko yakhe yayimhlophe njengoboya, kunye nomnye umntu owayenobuso obufana nomntu, ubuso bakhe buzele bubuhle, njengobuso beengelosi ezingcwele. 2. Ndabuza ingelosi eyayihamba nam, yandibonisa zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo, malunga noNyana womntu, ukuba ungubani, kwaye uvela phi, kwaye kutheni ehamba noNyana weMihla? Waphendula wathi kum: Lo nguNyana womntu onobulungisa, ohlala kuye ubulungisa, otyhila bonke ubuncwane bezinto ezifihliweyo, 3. Ngokuba iNkosi yooMoya inyule yena, kwaye isabelo sakhe siphambili phambi kweNkosi yooMoya ngokunyaniseka ngonaphakade. 4. Lo Nyana womntu ombonileyo uya kuphakamisa ookumkani nabanamandla ezihlalweni zabo, nabanamandla ezihlalweni zabo zobukhosi, aze akhulule izintso zabanamandla, aze aphule amazinyo aboni. 5. Uya kubathoba ookumkani ezihlalweni zabo zobukhosi nasezikumkanini zabo, kuba abamdumisi kwaye abamdumisi, kwaye abazithobi ukuba ubukumkani buvela phi kubo. 6. Uya kuthoba ubuso bamandla, aze abazalise ngehlazo. Ubumnyama bube yindawo yabo yokuhlala, Neempethu zibe yindawo yabo yokulala, Abayi kuba nathemba lokuvuka kwiibhedi zabo, kuba abayi kuliphakamisa igama leNkosi yeMimoya. 7. Aba ngabo bagweba iinkwenkwezi zezulu, baphakamise izandla zabo nxamnye noPhezukonke, banyathele emhlabeni, bahlale kuwo. Zonke izenzo zabo zibonakalisa ukungalungi, namandla abo axhomekeke kubutyebi babo, ukholo lwabo lukuothixo ababenzileyo ngezandla zabo, baze baphike igama leNkosi yemimoya, 8. Bayayitshutshisa imizi yamabandla akhe, kunye nabathembekileyo ababambelele egameni leNkosi yeeMimoya.
1. Kuloo ndawo ndabona umthombo wobulungisa ongapheliyo: Kwakukho imithombo emininzi yobulumko ejikeleze wona; bonke abanxaniweyo basela kuwo, bazaliswa bubulumko; nezindlu zabo zazikunye nabalungileyo, nabangcwele, nabakhethiweyo. 2. Ngaloo lixa uNyana woMntu wabizwa phambi kweNkosi yeeMimoya, negama lakhe phambi kweNtloko yeeMihla. 3. Ewe, ngaphambi kokuba kudalwe ilanga nemiqondiso, Ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe iinkwenkwezi zezulu, igama lakhe laqanjwa phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. 4. Uya kuba yintonga kwabalungileyo ukuze bazikhusele, bangawi, abe lukhanyiselo lweentlanga, nethemba labo bakhathazekileyo entliziyweni. 5. Bonke abemi bomhlaba baya kuwa phantsi bamnqule, Bamdumise, bamdumise, bamdumise, bamdumise ngengoma iNkosi yemimoya. 6. Ngenxa yesi sizathu wakhethwa waza wafihlwa phambi Kwakhe, Ngaphambi kokudalwa kwehlabathi, nangonaphakade. 7. Ubulumko beNkosi yoMoya bumtyhilele kwabangcwele nabalungileyo; Kuba ulondoloze ilifa lamalungisa, Kuba baye bayithiya baza bayicekisa le hlabathi lokungalungi, Baye bathiya yonke imisebenzi yalo neendlela zalo egameni leNkosi yoMoya: Kuba egameni lakhe bayasindiswa, Kwaye ngokokuthanda kwakhe ubomi babo bube ngokokuthanda kwakhe. 8. Kule mihla ookumkani bomhlaba baya kuba buhlungu, nabanamandla abaya kuba lilifa lelizwe ngenxa yemisebenzi yezandla zabo; kuba ngemini yokubandezeleka kwabo nembandezelo abayi kukwazi ukuzisindisa. 9. Ndiya kubanikela ezandleni zabakhethiweyo bam: Njengengca emlilweni, baya kutsha phambi kobuso babangcwele; njengelothe emanzini baya kutshona phambi kobuso babalungileyo, kwaye akukho ntsalela yabo iya kufunyanwa. 10. Ngomhla wokubandezeleka kwabo kuya kubakho ukuphumla emhlabeni, Kwaye phambi kwabo baya kuwa kwaye abayi kuvuka kwakhona: Kwaye akuyi kubakho mntu ubabamba ngezandla zakhe aze abaphakamise: Kuba bayikhanyele iNkosi yoMoya noMthanjiswa wayo. Igama leNkosi yoMoya malibongwe.
ISAHLUKO 47 1. Ngaloo mihla kuya kunyuka umthandazo wabalungileyo, negazi labalungileyo emhlabeni phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. 2. Ngaloo mihla abangcwele abahlala phezulu ezulwini baya kumanyana ngazwi linye, bathandaze, badumise, babulele, badumise igama leNkosi yeemimoya, ngenxa yegazi lamalungisa elachithekayo, kwaye umthandazo wabalungileyo ungabi lilize phambi kweNkosi yeemimoya, ukuze isigwebo senziwe kubo, kwaye bangabi nakubandezeleka ngonaphakade. 3. Ngaloo mihla ndambona uNkulu weMihla xa wayehleli etroneni yozuko lwakhe, kwaye iincwadi zabaphilayo zavulwa phambi kwakhe: Kwaye wonke umkhosi wakhe osezulwini phezulu kunye nabacebisi bakhe bemi phambi kwakhe,
ISAHLUKO 49 l. Kuba ubulumko buphalazwa njengamanzi, Nozuko aluyi kuphela phambi kwakhe ngonaphakade. 2. Kuba unamandla kuzo zonke iimfihlo zobulungisa, kwaye ukungalungi kuya kunyamalala njengesithunzi, kungabi nasiphelo; kuba oNyuliweyo umi phambi kweNkosi yemimoya, kwaye uzuko lwakhe luhlala ngonaphakade, namandla akhe kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. 11
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3. Kuye kuhlala umoya wobulumko, nomoya onika ukuqonda, nomoya wokuqonda nowobugorha, nomoya wabo balele ebulungiseni. 4. Uya kugweba izinto ezifihlakeleyo, kwaye akukho mntu uya kukwazi ukuthetha ubuxoki phambi kwakhe; kuba ungoNyuliweyo phambi kweNkosi yemimoya ngokwentando yakhe.
4. Wathi kum: “Zonke ezi zinto uzibonileyo ziya kukhonza ubukhosi boMthanjiswa wakhe ukuze abe namandla kwaye abe namandla emhlabeni.” 5. Ingelosi yoxolo yaphendula yathi kum: “Linda kancinci, uze utyhilelwe zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo ezijikeleze iNkosi yoMoya.” 6. Ezi ntaba amehlo akho azibonileyo, intaba yesinyithi, nentaba yobhedu, nentaba yesilivere, nentaba yegolide, nentaba yesinyithi esithambileyo, nentaba yentsimbi, zonke ezi ziya kuba phambi koMnyulwa njenge-wax: phambi komlilo, nanjengamanzi aphuma phezulu phezu kwezo ntaba, kwaye aziyi kuba namandla phambi kweenyawo zakhe. 7. Kuya kuthi ngaloo mihla kungabikho mntu uya kusindiswa, nokuba ngegolide okanye ngesilivere, kwaye kungabikho mntu uya kukwazi ukusinda. 8. Akuyi kubakho sinyithi semfazwe, Akukho mntu uza kunxiba isigcina-sifuba. Ubhedu aluyi kuba lulutho, Iintini aziyi kuba lulutho kwaye aziyi kuxatyiswa, Kwaye ilothe ayizukunqweneleka. 9. Zonke ezi zinto ziya kukhanyelwa zitshatyalaliswe emhlabeni, xa uMnyulwa eya kubonakala phambi kobuso beNkosi yemimoya.
ISAHLUKO 50 1. Ngaloo mihla kuya kubakho utshintsho oluya kwenzeka kwabangcwele nabakhethiweyo, ukukhanya kwemihla kuya kuhlala phezu kwabo, uzuko nembeko ziya kujika zibe ngabangcwele. 2. Ngomhla wokubandezeleka apho ububi buya kube bugcinelwe aboni. Amalungisa aya koyisa egameni leNkosi yemimoya: Kwaye uya kubangela abanye ukuba bakubone oku ukuze baguquke baze bayeke imisebenzi yezandla zabo. 3. Abayi kuba naluzuko ngegama leNkosi yeemimoya, kodwa ngegama layo baya kusindiswa, kwaye iNkosi yeemimoya iya kuba nenceba kubo, kuba inceba yayo inkulu. 4. Ulilungisa nakwisigwebo sakhe, Kwaye phambi kobuqaqawuli bakhe ubungendawo abuyi kuzigcina: Ekugwebeni kwakhe abangaguqukiyo baya kutshabalala phambi kwakhe. 5. Ukususela ngoku andiyi kuba nanceba kubo, itsho iNkosi yemimoya.
ISAHLUKO 53 1. Apho amehlo am abona intlambo enzulu enemilomo evulekileyo, kwaye bonke abemi bomhlaba, ulwandle, neziqithi baya kuzisa kuye izipho, izipho, kunye nemiqondiso yokudumisa, kodwa loo ntlambo inzulu ayiyi kuzaliswa. 2. Izandla zabo zenza izenzo zobugwenxa, kwaye aboni baya kubadla bonke abo babacinezelayo ngokungekho mthethweni. Kodwa aboni baya kutshatyalaliswa phambi kobuso beNkosi yemimoya, kwaye baya kugxothwa ebusweni bomhlaba wakhe, kwaye baya kutshabalala ngonaphakade. 3. Kuba ndibone zonke iingelosi zesohlwayo zihlala apho kwaye zilungiselela zonke izixhobo zikaSathana. 4. Ndabuza ingelosi yoxolo eyayihamba nam, ndathi: 'Balungiselela bani ezi zixhobo?' 5. Wathi kum: “Balungiselela ezi zinto ookumkani nabanamandla beli hlabathi, ukuze batshatyalaliswe.” 6. Emva koko, uLungileyo noNyuliweyo uya kubonakalisa indlu yebandla lakhe; ukususela ngoku abayi kuphinda bathintelwe egameni leNkosi yemimoya. 7. Ezi ntaba aziyi kuma njengomhlaba phambi kobulungisa bakhe, kodwa iinduli ziya kuba njengomthombo wamanzi, kwaye amalungisa aya kuphumla ekucinezelweni kwaboni.
ISAHLUKO 51 1. Ngaloo mihla umhlaba uya kubuyisela oko bekuphathisiwe kuwo, nelabafileyo liya kubuyisela oko likufumeneyo, nesihogo siya kubuyisela oko sikutyalayo. 2. Uya kukhetha abalungileyo nabangcwele phakathi kwabo: Kuba usuku lusondele lokuba basindiswe. 3. Ngaloo mihla, okhethiweyo uya kuhlala etroneni yam, nomlomo wakhe uya kuphalaza zonke iimfihlo zobulumko nesiluleko, kuba iNkosi yemimoya imnike zona waza wamzukisa. 4. Ngaloo mihla iintaba ziya kugxuma njengeenkunzi zeegusha, neenduli ziya kugxuma njengeemvana ezizele lubisi, kwaye ubuso bazo zonke iingelosi ezulwini buya kukhazimla ngovuyo. 5. Kuba ngaloo mihla okhethiweyo uya kuvela, nomhlaba uya kuvuya, namalungisa aya kuhlala kuwo, nabakhethiweyo baya kuhamba kuwo. ISAHLUKO 52
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l. Emva kwezo ntsuku kuloo ndawo ndabona kuyo yonke imibono yoko kufihliweyo--kuba ndandithwalwe sisivuthuvuthu baza bandithwala bandisa entshonalanga. 2. Apho amehlo am abona zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo zasezulwini, intaba yesinyithi, intaba yobhedu, intaba yesilivere, intaba yegolide, intaba yesinyithi esithambileyo, nentaba yentsimbi. 3. Ndabuza isithunywa esasihamba nam, ndathi, Zithini na ezi ndizibonileyo ngasese?
1. Ndajonga ndaza ndajonga kwenye indawo yomhlaba, ndaza ndabona apho intlambo enzulu enomlilo ovuthayo. 2. Bazisa ookumkani nabanamandla, baza baqala ukubaphosa kule ntlambo inzulu. 3. Apho amehlo am abona indlela ababezenza ngayo ezi zinto, imixokelelwane yesinyithi enobunzima obungenakulinganiswa. 4. Ndabuza ingelosi yoxolo eyayihamba nam, ndathi: “Zilungiselelwa bani ezi ntambo?” 12
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5. Wathi kum: 'Ezi zilungiselelwe imikhosi yase-Azâzêl, ukuze bazibambe baziphose enzonzobileni yokugwetywa ngokupheleleyo, baze bagqume imihlathi yazo ngamatye arhabaxa njengoko iNkosi yeMimoya iyalele. 6. UMikayeli, noGabriyeli, noRafayeli, noPhanuweli baya kubabamba ngaloo mini inkulu, baze babaphose ngaloo mini esithandweni esivuthayo, ukuze iNkosi yemimoya iphindisele kubo ngenxa yokungalungi kwabo ngokuba phantsi kukaSathana nokukhohlisa abo bahlala emhlabeni. 7. Ngaloo mihla kuya kuvela isohlwayo esivela kwiNkosi yeemimoya, kwaye iya kuvula onke amagumbi amanzi angaphezulu kwamazulu, namanzi angaphantsi komhlaba. 8. Onke amanzi aya kuhlanganiswa namanzi: oko kungaphezulu kwamazulu yindoda, kwaye amanzi angaphantsi komhlaba ngumfazi. 9. Baya kubatshabalalisa bonke abemi bomhlaba nabo bahlala phantsi kweziphelo zezulu. 10. Xa sele beyiqondile inkohlakalo yabo abayibangeleyo emhlabeni, baya kutshabalala ngenxa yayo.
bakhe liya kuba yindawo yokubhula phambi kwabo, indlela enkulu. 7. Kodwa isixeko sabalungileyo bam siya kuba sisithintelo kumahashe abo. Baya kuqala ukulwa bodwa, isandla sabo sokunene siya kuba namandla kubo, kwaye umntu akayi kumazi umntakwabo, nonyana wakhe uyise nonina, kude kungabikho sibalo sezidumbu ngokubulawa kwabo, kwaye isohlwayo sabo asiyi kuba lilize. 8. Ngaloo mihla iSheol iya kuvula imihlathi yayo, Baginywe kuyo, Kwaye intshabalalo yabo iya kuba sekupheleni; ISheol iya kubadla aboni phambi kwabakhethiweyo.' ISAHLUKO 57 1. Emva koko ndabona elinye iqela leenqwelo, amadoda ekhwele kuzo, esiya ngemimoya evela empuma, nasentshonalanga ukuya emazantsi. 2. Ingxolo yeenqwelo zabo yavakala, kwaye xa oku kuqhubeka, abangcwele basezulwini baphawula. Iintsika zomhlaba zasuswa endaweni yazo, isandi sazo savakala ukusuka kwelinye icala ukuya kwelinye, ngamini-nye. 3. Bonke baya kuwa phantsi banqule iNkosi yoMoya. Kwaye esi sisiphelo somzekeliso wesibini.
ISAHLUKO 55 1. Emva koko uMlawuli weeNtsuku waguquka wathi: “Ndibatshabalalisile bonke abemi bomhlaba ngelize.” 2. Wafunga ngegama lakhe elikhulu wathi: 'Ukususela ngoku andiyi kukwenza oko kubo bonke abemi bomhlaba, kwaye ndiya kubeka umqondiso ezulwini: kwaye oku kuya kuba sisiqinisekiso sokuthembeka phakathi kwam nabo ngonaphakade, lo gama nje izulu lingaphezulu komhlaba. Kwaye oku kuhambelana nomyalelo wam.' 3. Xa ndinqwenela ukubabamba ngesandla seengelosi ngomhla wembandezelo nentlungu ngenxa yoku, ndiya kubangela ukuba isohlwayo sam nomsindo wam uhlale phezu kwabo, utsho uThixo, iNkosi yemimoya. 4. Nina kumkani banamandla abahlala emhlabeni, kuya kufuneka nimbone uMnyulwa wam, indlela ahleli ngayo etroneni yozuko aze agwebe uAzâzêl, nabo bonke abalingane bakhe, nayo yonke imikhosi yakhe egameni leNkosi yeMimoya.
ISAHLUKO 58 1. Ndaqala ukuthetha umzekeliso wesithathu malunga nabalungileyo nabakhethiweyo. 2. Ninoyolo nina balungileyo nabakhethiweyo, Kuba ilifa lenu liya kuba lelozuko. 3. Amalungisa aya kuba sekukhanya kwelanga, nabanyuliweyo babe sekukhanya kobomi obungunaphakade: Imihla yobomi babo ayisayi kuphela, Nemihla yabangcwele ingenakubalwa. 4. Baya kufuna ukukhanya baze bafumane ubulungisa eNkosini yeemimoya: Kuya kubakho uxolo kwabalungileyo egameni leNkosi engunaphakade. 5. Emva koko kuya kuthiwa kwabangcwele ezulwini, “Baya kufuna iimfihlo zobulungisa, ilifa lokholo: Kuba likhanya njengelanga emhlabeni, kwaye ubumnyama budlulile.” 6. Kuya kubakho ukukhanya okungapheliyo, kwaye akuyi kufika kude kube yimihla embalwa, kuba ubumnyama buya kuqala butshabalaliswe, kwaye ukukhanya kuya kumiswa phambi kweNkosi yemimoya, kwaye ukukhanya kobulungisa kuya kumiswa ngonaphakade phambi kweNkosi yemimoya.
ISAHLUKO 56 1. Ndabona apho imikhosi yeengelosi zohlwayo ihamba, iphethe imixokelelwane yentsimbi nobhedu. 2. Ndabuza isithunywa soxolo esasihamba nam, ndathi, 'Baya kubani aba baphethe izibetho?' 3. Wathi kum: “Kwabakhethiweyo babo nabathandekayo, ukuze baphoswe emngxunyeni wenzonzobila yentlambo.” 4. Emva koko loo ntlambo iya kuzaliswa ngabakhethiweyo babo nabathandekayo babo, imihla yobomi babo iya kuphela, kwaye imihla yokulahlekiswa kwabo ayiyi kubalwa emva koko. 5. Ngaloo mihla, iingelosi ziya kubuya, zize zijike ziye empuma kumaParthi namaMedi, zivuse ookumkani, ukuze umoya wokungalawuleki ufike phezu kwabo, zibavuse ezihlalweni zabo zobukhosi, ziphume njengeengonyama ezihlalweni zazo, njengeengcuka ezilambileyo phakathi kwemihlambi yazo. 6. Baya kunyuka baze banyathele phantsi ilizwe labakhethiweyo bakhe, kwaye ilizwe labakhethiweyo
ISAHLUKO 59 1. Ngaloo mihla amehlo am ayebona iimfihlo zezibane, nezikhanyiso, nezigwebo abaziphumezayo, kwaye zikhanya njengentsikelelo okanye isiqalekiso njengoko iNkosi yemimoya ithanda. 2. Ndabona apho iimfihlakalo zendudumo, kwaye xa ivakala phezulu ezulwini, isandi sayo sivakala. Wandibonisa izigwebo ezenziwa emhlabeni, nokuba zezoxolo nentsikelelo, okanye zezesiqalekiso, ngokwelizwi leNkosi yemimoya. 13
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3. Emva koko zonke iimfihlo zezibane nemibane zaboniswa kum, kwaye zikhanya njengentsikelelo nokwaneliseka.
nokwahlulwa kweenkwenkwezi ngokwamagama azo, nendlela zonke izahlulo ezahlulwe ngayo. 13. Neendudumo ngokweendawo apho ziwela khona, nazo zonke izahlulo ezenziwe phakathi kwezibane ukuze zikhanyise, kunye nomkhosi wazo ukuze zithobele ngoko nangoko. 14. Kuba indudumo ineendawo zokuphumla ezibekelwe yona ngelixa ilinde ukuduma kwayo; kwaye indudumo nombane azinakwahlulwa, nangona zingeyonto inye kwaye zingahlukaniswanga, zombini zihamba kunye ngomoya kwaye azahlukani. 15. Kuba xa umbane ukhanya, indudumo ivakalisa ilizwi layo, kwaye umoya unyanzelisa ikhefu ngexesha le-peal, kwaye wahlule ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabo; kuba ubuncwane be-peal zabo bunjengentlabathi, kwaye nganye yazo njengoko ikhala ibanjwe ngentambo, kwaye ijikwa ngamandla omoya, kwaye ityhalelwa phambili ngokweembombo ezininzi zomhlaba. 16. Umoya wolwandle unamandla kwaye unamandla, ngokobukhulu bamandla akhe uyawubuyisela ngentambo, kwaye ngendlela efanayo uya kuqhutywa phambili kwaye usasazeke phakathi kweentaba zomhlaba. 17. Umoya weqabaka sisithunywa sakhe, kwaye umoya wesichotho sisithunywa esihle. 18. Umoya wekhephu ushiye amagumbi akhe ngenxa yamandla akhe—Kukho umoya okhethekileyo kuwo, kwaye oko kuphuma kuwo kunjengomsi, kwaye igama lawo yiqabaka. 19. Umoya wenkungu awudibani nabo emagumbini abo, kodwa unegumbi elikhethekileyo; kuba indlela yawo intle ekukhanyeni nasebumnyameni, nasebusika nasehlotyeni, kwaye kwigumbi lawo kukho ingelosi. 20. Umoya wombethe uhlala eziphelweni zezulu, kwaye udibene namagumbi emvula, kwaye umzila wawo usebusika nasehlotyeni: kwaye amafu awo namafu enkungu adibene, kwaye elinye linika elinye. 21. Xa umoya wemvula uphuma kwigumbi lawo, iingelosi ziyafika zivule igumbi zize zilikhuphe, kwaye xa lisasazeka emhlabeni wonke lidibana namanzi asemhlabeni. Kwaye nanini na xa lidibana namanzi asemhlabeni . . . 22. Kuba amanzi ngawabo bahlala emhlabeni, kuba ayisondlo somhlaba esivela koPhezukonke osezulwini; ngoko ke kukho umlinganiselo wemvula, kwaye iingelosi ziyithatha njengegunya. 23. Ezi zinto ndizibonileyo zijonge emyezweni wabaLungileyo. 24. Ingelosi yoxolo eyayinam yathi kum: ‘Ezi zilo zimbini, ezilungiselelwe ubukhulu bukaThixo, ziya kutya . . .
ISAHLUKO 60 1. Ngonyaka wamakhulu amahlanu, ngenyanga yesixhenxe, ngomhla weshumi elinesine wenyanga ebomini bukaEnoki. Kuloo Mzekeliso ndabona indlela ukunyikima okukhulu okwanyikimisa ngayo izulu lamazulu, kwaye umkhosi woPhezukonke, kunye neengelosi, amawakawaka amawaka aphindwe kalishumi lamawaka, baphazanyiswa kukungazinzi okukhulu. 2. Kwaye iNtloko yeMini yayihleli etroneni yozuko lwakhe, neengelosi kunye namalungisa emi ngeenxa zonke kuye. 3. Ndathi shwaka kakhulu, ndafikelwa luloyiko, ndaza ndaphelelwa ngamandla, ndaza ndaphelelwa ngamandla, ndawa ngobuso. 4. UMikayeli wathumela enye ingelosi evela phakathi kwabangcwele, wandiphakamisa, waza wabuya umoya wam; kuba bendingenakukwazi ukunyamezela ukubonakala kwalo mkhosi, ingxolo nokunyikima kwezulu. UMikayeli wathi kum: 'Kutheni uphazamiseka ngombono onje? Kude kube namhlanje, umhla wenceba yakhe ufikile; kwaye ube nenceba nomonde kwabo bahlala emhlabeni.' 5. Xa kufika imini, namandla, nesohlwayo, nomgwebo, iNkosi yeeMimoya ewulungiselele abo bangawunquliyo umthetho wobulungisa, nabo baphika umgwebo wobulungisa, nabo balibiza igama lakhe ngeze—loo mini ilungiselelwe abakhethiweyo umnqophiso, kodwa aboni baya kubuza imibuzo. 6. Xa isohlwayo seNkosi yeeMimoya sihlala phezu kwabo, siya kuphumla ukuze isohlwayo seNkosi yeeMimoya singafiki, singaphumeleli, kwaye siya kubulala abantwana kunye noonina babo kunye nabantwana kunye nooyise. Emva koko umgwebo uya kwenzeka ngokwenceba yakhe nomonde wakhe. 7. Ngaloo mini kwahlukana izilo ezibini, isilo esibhinqileyo esigama linguLeviyatan, ukuze sihlale enzonzobileni yolwandle phezu kwemithombo yamanzi. 8. Kodwa inkunzi ibizwa ngokuba yiBhehemoti, eyayihlala esifubeni sayo entlango engenanto egama linguDûidâin, empuma yegadi apho kuhlala khona abanyulwa nabalungileyo, apho utatomkhulu wam wathatyathwa khona, owesixhenxe kuAdam, umntu wokuqala owadalwa yiNkosi yeeMimoya. 9. Ndacela enye ingelosi ukuba indibonise amandla aloo mimoya, indlela eyahlukana ngayo ngenye imini yaza yaphoswa, enye yaya enzonzobileni yolwandle, enye yaya kwilizwe elomileyo lasentlango. 10. Wathi kum, Nyana womntu, apha ufuna ukwazi into efihlakeleyo. 11. Esinye isithunywa esasihamba nam, sandibonisa into efihliweyo, sandixelela into yokuqala neyokugqibela ezulwini, ukuphakama, nokungaphantsi komhlaba, ubunzulu, nokuma kwezulu, nokusekweni kwezulu. 12. Namagumbi omoya, nendlela umoya owahlulwe ngayo, nendlela olinganiswa ngayo, nendlela amasango omoya abalwa ngayo, ngalinye ngokwamandla omoya, namandla okukhanya kwenyanga, nangamandla afanelekileyo; kunye
ISAHLUKO 61 1. Ndabona ngaloo mihla ukuba iingelosi zazinikwa iintambo ezinde kangakanani, zaza zathatha amaphiko zabhabha, zaya emantla. 2. Ndabuza ingelosi, ndathi kuyo: 'Kutheni ezi ngelosi zithathe ezi ntambo zemka?' Yathi kum: 'Ziye zalinganisa.' 3. Ingelosi eyayihamba nam yathi kum: “Aba baya kuthwala imilinganiselo yabalungileyo, neentambo zabalungileyo, ukuze bahlale egameni leNkosi yemimoya ngonaphakade kanaphakade.” 14
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4. Abanyuliweyo baya kuqala ukuhlala nabanyuliweyo, Kwaye ezo zimilinganiselo eziya kunikwa ukholo, Neziya kuqinisa ubulungisa. 5. Ezi milinganiselo ziya kutyhila zonke iimfihlo zobunzulu bomhlaba, kunye nabo batshatyalaliswe yintlango, kunye nabo badliwe zizilwanyana, kunye nabo badliwe ziintlanzi zolwandle, ukuze babuye bazigcine, ngomhla woMnyulwa; kuba akukho mntu uya kutshatyalaliswa phambi kweNkosi yemimoya, kwaye akukho mntu unokutshatyalaliswa. 6. Bonke abahlala phezulu ezulwini bafumana umyalelo namandla, ilizwi elinye nokukhanya okufana nomlilo. 7. Bambulela ngaloo mazwi abo okuqala, bamdumisa ngobulumko, Baye balumka ngentetho nangomoya wobomi. 8. INkosi yoMoya yabeka uMnyulwa etroneni yozuko, kwaye uya kugweba yonke imisebenzi yabangcwele ezulwini, kwaye izenzo zabo ziya kulinganiswa esikalini. 9. Xa ephakamisa ubuso bakhe, ukuze agwebe iindlela zabo ezifihlakeleyo ngokwelizwi leNkosi yemimoya, nendlela yabo ngokwendlela yomgwebo olungileyo weNkosi yemimoya, baya kuthetha ngazwi linye, basikelele, bazukise, baphakamise, bangcwalise igama leNkosi yemimoya. 10. Uya kubiza wonke umkhosi wezulu, nabo bonke abangcwele phezulu, nomkhosi kaThixo, iKherubhi, iSeraphin kunye ne-Ophannin, nazo zonke iingelosi zamandla, nazo zonke iingelosi zobukhosi, kunye noKhethiweyo, kunye namanye amandla emhlabeni naphezu kwamanzi. 11. Ngaloo mini kuya kuphakama ilizwi elinye, libonge, lidumise, liphakamise ngomoya wokholo, nangomoya wobulumko, nangomoya wokunyamezela, nangomoya wenceba, nangomoya wokugweba, noxolo, nangomoya wokulunga, kwaye bonke baya kuthi ngazwi linye: "Makabongwe, kwaye igama leNkosi yemimoya malibongwe ngonaphakade." 12. Bonke abangalaliyo phezulu ezulwini baya kuMbonga: Bonke abangcwele abasezulwini baya kuMbonga, nabo bonke abanyuliweyo abahlala emyezweni wobomi: Nawo wonke umoya wokukhanya onokukwazi ukusikelela, nokuzukisa, nokuphakamisa, nokungcwalisa igama lakho elingcwele, Kwaye yonke inyama iya kuzukisa kwaye ibonge igama lakho ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 13. Kuba inkulu inceba yeNkosi yeeMimoya, kwaye inomonde, Kwaye yonke imisebenzi yayo nayo yonke into eyidalileyo uyityhilele abalungileyo nabakhethiweyo, Egameni leNkosi yeeMimoya.
baze babone, baqonde ukuba uhleli etroneni yakhe yozuko, kwaye ubulungisa buya kugwetywa phambi kwakhe, kwaye akukho lizwi lobuxoki elithethwayo phambi kwakhe. 4. Baya kufika intlungu kubo njengomfazi ozalayo, aze abe nentlungu ekuzaleni, xa umntwana wakhe engena emlonyeni wesibeleko, aze abe nentlungu ekuzaleni. 5. Elinye icandelo labo liya kujonga kwelinye, lize loyike, lidane, lize libandezeleke, xa libona uNyana woMntu ehleli esihlalweni sobukhosi bakhe. 6. Ookumkani, abanamandla, nabo bonke abaphethe umhlaba, baya kumdumisa, bamzukise, bamdumise lowo ulawula konke, owayefihliwe. 7. Kuba kwasekuqaleni uNyana woMntu wayefihliwe, kwaye Osenyangweni wamgcina phambi kwamandla akhe, waza wamtyhila kwabakhethiweyo. 8. Kwaye ibandla labakhethiweyo nabangcwele liya kuhlwayelwa, kwaye bonke abakhethiweyo baya kuma phambi kwakhe ngaloo mini. 9. Bonke ookumkani, nabanamandla, nabaphakamileyo, nabo balawula umhlaba, baya kuwa phantsi phambi kwakhe, bamnqule, babeke ithemba labo kuNyana woMntu, bamcele, bamcelele inceba ezandleni zakhe. 10. Nangona kunjalo, iNkosi yoMoya iya kubacinezela, kangangokuba baya kuphuma ngokukhawuleza ebusweni bayo, ubuso babo buzaliswa ziintloni, kwaye ubumnyama buya kuba nzulu ebusweni babo. 11. Uya kubanikela kwizithunywa zezulu ukuba zibohlwaye, ukuze aziphindezele kubo ngenxa yokuba bacinezele abantwana bakhe nabakhethiweyo bakhe, 12. Baya kuba ngumboniso kwabalungileyo nabakhethiweyo bakhe: Baya kuba nemihlali ngabo, kuba umsindo weNkosi yeemimoya uphezu kwabo, kwaye ikrele lakhe linxiliswe ligazi labo. 13. Abalungileyo nabakhethiweyo baya kusindiswa ngaloo mini, kwaye abayi kuze babone ubuso baboni nabangengomalungisa. 14. INkosi yoMoya iya kuhlala phezu kwabo, badle kunye noNyana woMntu, balale phantsi, bavuke ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 15. Abalungileyo nabakhethiweyo baya kuvuka emhlabeni, bayeke ukuba nobuso obuphantsi, bambathiswe iingubo zobuqaqawuli, 16. Ezi ziya kuba ziingubo zobomi ezivela kwiNkosi yeeMimoya: Neengubo zakho aziyi kuguga, Nozuko lwakho aluyi kudlula phambi kweNkosi yeeMimoya. ISAHLUKO 63 1. Ngaloo mihla, ookumkani abanamandla nabanamandla bomhlaba baya kumbongoza ukuba abanike ithuba elincinci lokuziphindezela kwiingelosi zakhe, ukuze baguqe banqule phambi kweNkosi yemimoya, bavume izono zabo phambi kwayo. 2. Baya kumdumisa baze bamdumise iNkosi yoMoya, bathi: 'Makabongwe iNkosi yoMoya, iNkosi yookumkani, iNkosi yamandla, iNkosi yezityebi, iNkosi yozuko, iNkosi yobulumko, 3. Kwaye amandla akho ayamangalisa kuzo zonke izinto ezifihlakeleyo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, Nozuko lwakho ngonaphakade kanaphakade: Zonke iimfihlo zakho
ISAHLUKO 62 1. Ngaloo ndlela iNkosi yayalela ookumkani, abanamandla, abaphakamileyo, nabo bonke abahlala emhlabeni, yathi: "Vulani amehlo enu niphakamise iimpondo zenu ukuba niyakwazi ukubona uMnyulwa." 2. INkosi yeeMimoya yamhlalisa esihlalweni sobukhosi bayo, yaza yathululelwa umoya wobulungisa phezu kwayo, yaza yabulala bonke aboni, yaza yatshabalalisa bonke abangendawo phambi kwayo. 3. Ngaloo mini kuya kuvela bonke ookumkani, nabanamandla, nabaphakamileyo, nabaphethe umhlaba, 15
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zinzulu kwaye azinakubalwa, Nobulungisa bakho abunakubalwa. 4. Sifundile ngoku ukuba masimzukise, Simbonge iNkosi yookumkani, Lowo ungukumkani phezu kwabo bonke ookumkani. 5. Baya kuthi: 'Ngamana besinokuphumla ukuze simzukise size simbulele, size sivume ukholo lwethu phambi kozuko lwakhe!' 6. Ngoku silangazelela ukuphumla okuncinci kodwa asikufumani: Silandela nzima kodwa asikufumani: Ukukhanya kuphelile phambi kwethu, Ubumnyama buyindawo yethu yokuhlala ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 7. Kuba asikholwanga phambi kwakhe, asizange silizukise igama leNkosi yeeMimoya, asizange silizukise neNkosi yethu, kodwa ithemba lethu lalikwintonga yobukumkani bethu, nakuzuko lwethu. 8. Kwaye ngomhla wokubandezeleka kwethu nembandezelo akasihlanguli, kwaye asifumani kuphumla kokuvuma, Ukuba iNkosi yethu inyanisekile kuyo yonke imisebenzi yayo, nakwimigwebo yayo nobulungisa bayo, kwaye izigwebo zayo azikhethi buso. 9. Kwaye siyadlula phambi kobuso bakhe ngenxa yemisebenzi yethu, Kwaye zonke izono zethu zibalelwa ebulungiseni. 10. Ngoku baya kuthi kubo: 'Imiphefumlo yethu izele yinzuzo engalunganga, kodwa ayisithinti ukuba sehle phakathi kwayo siye emthwalweni weSheol.' 11. Emva koko ubuso babo buya kuzaliswa bubumnyama, nehlazo phambi koNyana woMntu, kwaye baya kugxothwa ebusweni bakhe, nekrele liya kuhlala phambi kobuso bakhe phakathi kwabo. 12. Itsho njalo iNkosi yeeMimoya: 'Lo ngummiselo nomgwebo ophathelele abanamandla nookumkani nabaphakamileyo kunye nabo baphethe umhlaba phambi kweNkosi yeeMimoya.'
yokuba bafunde zonke iimfihlo zeengelosi, kunye nobudlova bukaSathana, kunye nawo onke amandla abo awona afihlakeleyo - kunye nawo onke amandla abo benza ubugqwirha, kunye namandla obugqwirha, kunye namandla abo benza imifanekiso etyhidiweyo emhlabeni wonke. 7. Nendlela isilivere eveliswa ngayo ngothuli lomhlaba, nendlela isinyithi esithambileyo esivela ngayo emhlabeni. 8. Kuba ilothe kunye netin aziveli emhlabeni njengezokuqala: ngumthombo ozivelisayo, kwaye ingelosi imi apho, kwaye loo ngelosi iphambili. 9. Emva koko utatomkhulu uEnoch wandibamba ngesandla wandiphakamisa, wathi kum: Hamba, kuba ndicele iNkosi yeMimoya malunga nale ngxolo emhlabeni. 10. Wathi kum: "Ngenxa yokungalungi kwabo, isigwebo sabo simiselwe kwaye andiyi kunqandwa ndim ngonaphakade. Ngenxa yobugqi ababuphengululileyo nababufundileyo, umhlaba nabo bahlala kuwo baya kutshatyalaliswa." 11. Kwaye aba—abanandawo yokuguquka ngonaphakade, kuba bababonisile oko bekufihliwe, kwaye bagwetyiwe: kodwa wena, nyana wam, iNkosi yeMimoya iyazi ukuba umsulwa, kwaye awunatyala kule nyeliso malunga neemfihlo. 12. Umisele igama lakho phakathi kwabangcwele, kwaye uya kukugcina phakathi kwabo bahlala emhlabeni, kwaye umisele imbewu yakho elungileyo ubukumkani nozuko olukhulu, kwaye imbewu yakho iya kuphuma umthombo wabalungileyo nabangcwele ngonaphakade. ISAHLUKO 66 1. Emva koko wandibonisa iingelosi zesohlwayo ezilungele ukuza zikhulule onke amandla amanzi angaphantsi komhlaba ukuze zizise umgwebo nentshabalalo kubo bonke abahlala emhlabeni. 2. INkosi yoMoya yayalela iingelosi ezaziphuma ukuba zingabangeli amanzi ukuba anyuke, kodwa ziwathintele; kuba ezo ngelosi zaziphezu kwamandla amanzi. 3. Ndaza ndasuka phambi koEnoki.
ISAHLUKO 64 1. Nezinye iintlobo endazibona zifihliwe kuloo ndawo. 2. Ndeva ilizwi lengelosi lisithi: 'Ezi zizithunywa zezulu ezehla emhlabeni, zaza zatyhila oko kwakufihliwe kubantwana babantu, zaza zalukuhla abantwana babantu ukuba benze isono.'
ISAHLUKO 67 1. Ngaloo mihla ilizwi likaThixo lafika kum, lathi kum: “Nowa, ilifa lakho lifikile phambi kwam, lingenatyala, luthando olukhulu nobulungisa.” 2. Ngoku ke iingelosi zenza isakhiwo somthi, kwaye xa zigqibile loo msebenzi, ndiza kubeka isandla sam phezu kwaso ndize ndisilondoloze, kwaye kuya kuphuma kuso imbewu yobomi, kwaye kuya kubakho utshintsho ukuze umhlaba ungahlali ungenabemi. 3. Ndiya kuyiqinisa imbewu yakho phambi kwam ngonaphakade kanaphakade, ndize ndisasaze abo bahlala nawe; ayiyi kuba nasiqhamo emhlabeni, kodwa iya kuba yintsikelelo kwaye yande emhlabeni egameni leNkosi. 4. Kwaye uya kuvalela ezo ngelosi, eziye zabonisa ukungalungi, kuloo ntlambo ivuthayo endayiboniswa ngutatomkhulu uEnoki entshona phakathi kweentaba zegolide nesilivere nesinyithi nesinyithi esithambileyo netin.
ISAHLUKO 65 1. Ngaloo mihla uNowa wabona umhlaba uwile kwaye intshabalalo yawo isondele. 2. Wasuka apho waya eziphelweni zomhlaba, wamemeza kakhulu kuyisemkhulu uEnoki: waza uNowa wathi kathathu ngezwi elikrakra: Ndive, ndive, ndive. 3. Ndathi kuye: “Ndixelele ukuba yintoni le iwa emhlabeni, le nto umhlaba ukwimeko embi kangaka kwaye ushukunyiswa, hleze ndife nayo?” 4. Kwaza kwabakho ingxolo enkulu emhlabeni, kwavakala ilizwi livela ezulwini, ndaza ndawa ngobuso. 5. UEnoki utatomkhulu weza wema ecaleni kwam, wathi kum: 'Kutheni undikhalele ngesikhalo esikrakra nesikrakra?' 6. Kwaye kuphume umyalelo ovela ebusweni beNkosi malunga nabo bahlala emhlabeni ukuba bafezwe ngenxa 16
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5. Ndabona loo ntlambo apho kwakukho ukuxinana okukhulu kunye nokuxinana kwamanzi. 6. Emva kokuba konke oku kwenzeke, kuloo ntsimbi inyibilikisiweyo yomlilo kunye nokuxhuzula kwayo kuloo ndawo, kwavela ivumba lesalfure, kwaye ladibaniswa nala manzi, kwaye loo ntlambo yeengelosi ezazilahlekisa uluntu yatsha phantsi kwalo mhlaba. 7. Kwaye kwiintlambo zayo kuphuma imilambo yomlilo, apho ezi ngelosi zijeziswa khona ezazilahlekise abo bahlala emhlabeni. 8. Kodwa ngaloo mihla loo manzi aya kusebenza kookumkani, nabanamandla, nabaphakamileyo, nabo bahlala emhlabeni, ukuze baphilise umzimba, kodwa ukuze bahlaziywe ngumoya; ngoku umoya wabo uzele yinkanuko, ukuze bahlwaywe emizimbeni yabo, kuba baye bayikhanyela iNkosi yeeMimoya, baze babone isohlwayo sabo imihla ngemihla, kodwa abakholelwa egameni lakhe. 9. Kwaye ngokomlinganiselo wokutsha kwemizimba yabo kuya kuba nzima, utshintsho olufanayo luya kwenzeka emoyeni wabo ngonaphakade kanaphakade; kuba phambi kweNkosi yemimoya akukho mntu uya kuthetha ilizwi elingenanto. 10. Kuba umgwebo uya kubafikela, kuba bekholelwa kwiminqweno yemizimba yabo baze bakhanyele uMoya weNkosi. 11. Loo manzi afanayo aya kutshintsha ngaloo mihla; kuba xa ezo ngelosi zihlwaywa kula manzi, la manzi aya kutshintsha ubushushu bawo, kwaye xa iingelosi zinyuka, la manzi emithombo aya kutshintsha aze abande. 12. Ndamva uMikayeli ephendula esithi: “Le mgwebo izithunywa zigwetywa ngayo ingqina kookumkani nabanamandla abaphethe umhlaba.” 13. Ngenxa yokuba la manzi omgwebo anceda ekuphilisweni kwemizimba yookumkani kunye nenkanuko yemizimba yabo; ngoko ke abayi kubona kwaye abayi kukholelwa ukuba loo manzi aya kutshintsha abe ngumlilo ovutha ngonaphakade.
kuba nesabelo kuso, kodwa bodwa abafumene isigwebo sabo ngonaphakade naphakade.' ISAHLUKO 69 1. Emva kwesi sigwebo baya kungcangcazela, bathuthumele, kuba bebonakalise oku kwabo bahlala emhlabeni. 2. Kwaye khangela amagama ezo ngelosi kwaye la ngamagama azo: elokuqala kuzo nguSamjâzâ, elesibini nguArtâqîfâ, elesithathu nguArmên, elesine nguKôkabêl, elesihlanu nguTûrâêl, elesithandathu nguRûmjâl, elesixhenxe nguDânjâl, elesibhozo nguNêqâêl, elesithoba nguBarâqêl, eleshumi nguAzâzêl, eleshumi elinanye nguArmârôs, eleshumi elinesibini nguBatarjâl, eleshumi elinesithathu nguBusasêjal, eleshumi elinesine nguHanânêl, eleshumi elinesihlanu nguTûrêl, kunye neleshumi elinesithandathu nguSîmâpêsîêl, eleshumi elinesixhenxe nguJetrêl, eleshumi elinesibhozo nguTûmâêl, eleshumi elinesithoba nguTûrêl, eleshumi elinesibini nguRumâêl, eleshumi elinamabini nguAzâzêl. 3. Lawa ngabaphathi beengelosi zabo, namagama abo, nabaphathi babo phezu kwamakhulu, naphezu kwamashumi amahlanu, naphezu kwamashumi. 4. Igama lowokuqala uJeqôn: oko kukuthi, lowo wakhohlisa bonke oonyana bakaThixo, waza wabahlisela emhlabeni, waza wabakhohlisa ngeentombi zabantu. 5. Owesibini yayinguAsbeel: wafundisa oonyana bakaThixo abangcwele icebo elibi, wabakhohlisa kangangokuba badyobha imizimba yabo ngeentombi zabantu. 6. Owesithathu yayinguGâdreêl: nguye owabonisa abantwana babantu zonke izibetho zokufa, waza walahlekisa uEva, waza wabonisa oonyana babantu izixhobo zokufa ikhaka nesambatho sentsimbi, nekrele lokulwa, nazo zonke izixhobo zokufa kubantwana babantu. 7. Baye baphuma esandleni sakhe bechasene nabo bahlala emhlabeni ukususela ngaloo mini ngonaphakade. 8. Owesine igama lakhe yayinguPênêmûe: wafundisa abantwana babantu ubukrakra nobumnandi, wabafundisa zonke iimfihlo zobulumko babo. 9. Wafundisa uluntu ukubhala ngeinki nephepha, ngaloo ndlela abaninzi bona ukususela ephakadeni ukuya ephakadeni nanamhlanje. 10. Kuba abantu abazange badalelwe loo njongo, ukuze baqinisekise ukholo lwabo oluhle ngosiba neyinki. 11. Kuba abantu badalwa kanye njengeengelosi, ngenjongo yokuba baqhubeke bemsulwa kwaye belungile, kwaye ukufa, okutshabalalisa yonke into, bekungenakubabamba, kodwa ngenxa yoku ulwazi lwabo bayatshabalala, kwaye ngenxa yalo mandla kundidla. 12. Owesihlanu wayebizwa ngokuba nguKâsdejâ: lo nguye owabonisa abantwana babantu zonke izibetho ezimbi zemimoya needemon, kunye nezibetho zesisu esiswini, ukuze zidlule, kunye nezibetho zomphefumlo, ukulunywa yinyoka, kunye nezibetho ezenzeka emini enkulu, unyana wenyoka ogama linguTabââ'ĕet. 13. Kwaye lo ngumsebenzi kaKâsbeêl, isifungo esiphambili awasibonisa kwabangcwele xa wayehlala phezulu ebuqaqawulini, kwaye igama laso nguBîqâ.
ISAHLUKO 68 1. Emva koko utatomkhulu uEnoch wandifundisa zonke iimfihlo ezikwincwadi yeMizekeliso awayezinikiwe, waza wazibhala ndawonye kum ngamazwi encwadi yeMizekeliso. 2. Ngaloo mini uMikayeli waphendula uRafayeli wathi: “Amandla omoya ayandithwala aze andenze ndingcangcazele ngenxa yobunzima bomgwebo weemfihlo, umgwebo weengelosi: ngubani onokunyamezela umgwebo onzima oye wenziwa, aze anyibilike phambi kwawo?” 3. UMikayeli waphendula kwakhona, wathi kuRafayeli: 'Ngubani na lowo intliziyo yakhe ingathambanga ngayo, kwaye ontliziyo yakhe ingakhathazwanga yile lizwi lomgwebo eliye laphuma kubo ngenxa yabo babakhuphe ngolu hlobo?' 4. Kwathi xa wayemi phambi kweNkosi yemimoya, uMikayeli wathi kuRafayeli: 'Andiyi kuthatha nxaxheba yabo phantsi kweliso leNkosi; kuba iNkosi yemimoya ibacaphukisile kuba benza ngokungathi yiNkosi. Ngenxa yoko konke okufihliweyo kuya kubafikela ngonaphakade naphakade; kuba akukho sithunywa okanye umntu oya 17
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14. Le ngelosi yacela uMikayeli ukuba ambonise igama elifihliweyo, ukuze alibize ngesifungo, ukuze abo bathuthumele phambi kwelo gama nesifungo esatyhila konke okufihlakeleyo kubantwana babantu. 15. Kwaye la ngamandla esi sifungo, kuba sinamandla kwaye sinamandla, waza wabeka esi sifungo uAkâe esandleni sikaMikayeli. 16. Kwaye ezi ziimfihlo zesi sifungo... Kwaye zinamandla ngesifungo sakhe: Kwaye izulu lamiswa ngaphambi kokudalwa kwehlabathi, Naphakade. 17. Kwaye ngalo umhlaba wasekwa phezu kwamanzi, Kwaye kwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo zeentaba kuvela amanzi amahle, Ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi ukuya kutsho ngonaphakade. 18. Ngaloo mfungo ulwandle lwadalwa, Waza walumisela intlabathi njengesiseko salo nxamnye nexesha lomsindo walo, kwaye alunakuze ludlule ngaphaya kwalo ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi ukuya kutsho ngonaphakade. 19. Kwaye ngaloo sifungo iinzulu ziyaqiniswa, Zihlale kwaye azishukumi ukusuka kwindawo yazo ukusuka ephakadeni ukuya ephakadeni. 20. Kwaye ngaloo sifungo ilanga nenyanga zigqibezela indlela yazo, Zingaphambuki kwimimiselo yazo ukusuka ephakadeni ukuya ephakadeni. 21. Kwaye ngaloo sifungo iinkwenkwezi zigqibezela indlela yazo, Kwaye uzibiza ngamagama azo, Kwaye ziyamphendula ukususela ephakadeni ukuya ephakadeni. 22. Ngokufanayo, imimoya yamanzi, neyemimoya, neyezephyrs zonke, neendlela zazo ezivela kuzo zonke iindawo zomoya. 23. Kwaye kukho amazwi eendudumo nokukhanya kwemibane: kukho neendawo zesichotho, neendawo zeqabaka, neendawo zenkungu, neendawo zemvula nombethe. 24. Bonke aba bayakholwa baze babulele phambi kweNkosi yeeMimoya, baze bamzukise ngamandla abo onke, kwaye ukutya kwabo kukho kuyo yonke into yokubulela: bayabulela baze bazukise baze baphakamise igama leNkosi yeeMimoya ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 25. Esi sifungo sinamandla phezu kwabo, kwaye ngaso bayalondolozwa kwaye iindlela zabo ziyalondolozwa, kwaye indlela yabo ayitshabalali. 26. Kwabakho uvuyo olukhulu phakathi kwabo, Bambulela, bamdumisa, bamdumisa, kuba igama loNyana woMntu lalityhilekile kubo. 27. Wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sozuko lwakhe, uNyana woMntu wanikwa isigwebo, Wabangela ukuba aboni badlule baze batshatyalaliswe ebusweni bomhlaba, Nabo balahlekise ihlabathi. 28. Baya kubotshwa ngamatyathanga, Bavalelwe kwindawo yabo yokubhujiswa, Yonke imisebenzi yabo iya kutshabalala ebusweni bomhlaba. 29. Ukususela ngoku akuyi kubakho nto yonakalayo; kuba uNyana woMntu ubonakalisiwe, wahlala etroneni yozuko lwakhe, kwaye bonke ububi buya kudlula phambi kobuso bakhe, kwaye ilizwi loNyana woMntu liya kuphuma lize libe namandla phambi kweNkosi yeemimoya.
1. Kwathi emva koko igama lakhe laphakanyiswa ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe laya kuNyana woMntu nakwiNkosi yemimoya phakathi kwabo bahlala emhlabeni. 2. Waphakanyiswa phezu kweenqwelo zomoya, igama lakhe lanyamalala phakathi kwabo. 3. Ukususela ngaloo mini andizange ndibalwe phakathi kwabo, wandibeka phakathi kwemimoya emibini, phakathi kweNyakatho neNtshona, apho iingelosi zathatha khona iintambo ukuze zilinganisele indawo yabakhethiweyo nabalungileyo. 4. Ndabona apho oobawo bokuqala kunye namalungisa awayehlala apho kwasekuqaleni. ISAHLUKO 71 1. Emva koko umoya wam waguqulwa, wenyuka waya ezulwini. Ndabona oonyana bakaThixo abangcwele benyathela ilangabi lomlilo. Iingubo zabo zazimhlophe, neengubo zabo zazimhlophe, ubuso babo bukhanya njengekhephu. 2. Ndabona imilambo emibini yomlilo, ukukhanya kwalo mlilo kwakhanya njenge-hyacinth, ndaza ndawa ngobuso phambi kweNkosi yemimoya. 3. Ingelosi uMikayeli, enye yeengelosi ezinkulu, yandibamba ngesandla sam sokunene, yandiphakamisa, yandikhokelela kuzo zonke iimfihlo, yandibonisa zonke iimfihlo zobulungisa. 4. Wandibonisa zonke iimfihlo zezulu, zonke iigumbi zeenkwenkwezi, nazo zonke izikhanyiso, apho zivela khona phambi kwabangcwele. 5. Waza waguqula umoya wam waya ezulwini lamazulu, Ndabona apho ngathi yisakhiwo esakhiwe ngeekristale, Naphakathi kwezo kristale iilwimi zomlilo ophilayo. 6. Umoya wam wabona ibhanti eyayibopha loo ndlu yomlilo, kwaye kumacala ayo omane kwakukho imilambo egcwele umlilo ophilayo, kwaye bayibopha loo ndlu. 7. Kwaye iiSeraphin, iiKerubhi, kunye ne-Ophannin zazijikeleze: Kwaye aba ngabo bangalaliyo, kwaye balinda itrone yozuko lwakhe. 8. Ndabona iingelosi ezingenakubalwa, amawakawaka, namawaka alishumi aphindwe kalishumi lamawaka, zijikeleza loo ndlu. NoMikayeli, noRafayeli, noGabriyeli, noPhanuweli, neengelosi ezingcwele eziphezu kwamazulu, zingena ziphuma kuloo ndlu. 9. Baphuma kuloo ndlu, uMikayeli noGabriyeli, uRafayeli noPhanuweli, kunye neengelosi ezininzi ezingcwele ezingenakubalwa. 10. Kwaye kunye nabo iNtloko yeMihla, intloko yakhe imhlophe kwaye icocekile njengoboya, Neengubo zakhe azichazeki. 11. Ndawa ngobuso bam, umzimba wam wonke wakhululeka, nomoya wam waguquka; Ndadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, ... ngomoya wamandla, Kwaye ndisikelelwe, ndizukiswe, ndidunyiswe. 12. Ezi ntsikelelo ziphume emlonyeni wam zazimnandi phambi kwaloo Ntloko yeMini. 13. Kwaye loo Ntloko yeMini yeza noMikayeli noGabriyeli, uRafayeli noPhanuweli, amawakawaka alishumi eengelosi ezingenakubalwa. 18
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14. Weza kum, wandibulisa ngelizwi lakhe, wathi kum: 'Lo nguNyana woMntu ozelwe ebulungiseni; Ubulungisa buhlala phezu kwakhe, kwaye ubulungisa beNtloko yeMini abumshiyi.' 15. Wathi kum: 'Uya kuvakalisa uxolo kuwe egameni lehlabathi elizayo; Kuba ukususela ngoko uxolo luvele ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi, kwaye kuya kuba njalo kuwe ngonaphakade kanaphakade.' 16. Bonke baya kuhamba ngeendlela zakhe kuba ubulungisa abuyi kumshiya: Baya kuba naye iindawo zabo zokuhlala, nelifa labo likunye naye, Abayi kwahlukaniswa naye ngonaphakade naphakade. 17. Ngoko ke kuya kubakho imihla emininzi ngaloo Nyana womntu, kwaye amalungisa aya kuba noxolo nendlela ethe tye, egameni leNkosi yemimoya ngonaphakade kanaphakade.
ezilishumi kwaye ubusuku bulingana neenxalenye ezisibhozo. 11. Ilanga liphuma kuloo mnyango wesine, litshone kweyesine, libuyele kwisango lesihlanu elisempuma emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, liphuma kulo litshone kwisango lesihlanu. 12. Emva koko imini iba nde ngeenxalenye ezimbini ize ibe ziinxalenye ezilishumi elinanye, kwaye ubusuku buba bufutshane bube ziinxalenye ezisixhenxe. 13. Ibuyela empuma, ingena kwisango lesithandathu, iphuma ize ihlale kwisango lesithandathu emva kwemini, ngenxa yomqondiso wayo. 14. Ngaloo mini imini iba mide kunobusuku, imini iba phindwe kabini ubusuku, imini iba ziinxalenye ezilishumi elinambini, ubusuku bufutshane bube ziinxalenye ezintandathu. 15. Ilanga liphuma ukuze imini ibe mfutshane kwaye ubusuku bube bude, kwaye ilanga libuyela empuma, lingena kwisango lesithandathu, liphuma kulo lize litshone emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu. 16. Xa kugqityiwe ukusa kwamashumi amathathu, imini iyancipha ngenxalenye enye, ibe ziinxalenye ezilishumi elinanye, nobusuku bube ziinxalenye ezisixhenxe. 17. Ilanga liphuma kuloo mnyango wesithandathu entshonalanga, lisiya empuma, liphume kwisango lesihlanu kangangeentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, lize litshone entshona kwakhona kwisango lesihlanu entshona. 18. Ngaloo mini imini iyancipha ngeenxalenye ezimbini, kwaye ifikelela kwiinxalenye ezilishumi kwaye ubusuku bufikelela kwiinxalenye ezisibhozo. 19. Ilanga liphuma kuloo mnyango wesihlanu, litshone kwisango lesihlanu entshonalanga, liphuma kwisango lesine, emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu emva kwemini, ngenxa yomqondiso walo, litshone entshona. 20. Ngaloo mini imini ilingana nobusuku, kwaye ubude bayo bulingana, kwaye ubusuku bufikelela kwiinxalenye ezilithoba kwaye imini ifikelela kwiinxalenye ezilithoba. 21. Ilanga liphuma kuloo sango lize litshone entshona, libuyele empuma lize liphume kusasa ezingamashumi amathathu esangweni lesithathu lize litshone entshona esangweni lesithathu. 22. Ngaloo mini ubusuku buya kuba bude kunosuku, nobusuku buya kuba bude kunobusuku, nosuku lube mfutshane kunosuku kude kube kusasa kwamashumi amathathu, kwaye ubusuku bufikelela kwishumi, nosuku lube ziinxalenye ezisibhozo. 23. Ilanga liphuma kuloo mnyango wesithathu, litshone kumnyango wesithathu entshonalanga, libuyele empuma, kwaye liphuma kwisango lesibini empuma kangangeentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, kwaye litshone kwisango lesibini entshonalanga yezulu. 24. Ngaloo mini ubusuku bufikelela kwishumi elinanye, imini ibe ziinxalenye ezisixhenxe. 25. Ilanga liphuma ngaloo mini lisuka kuloo mnyango wesibini lize litshone entshonalanga kwisango lesibini, lize libuyele empuma lingene kwisango lokuqala ngentsasa engamashumi amathathu anesine, lize litshone kwisango lokuqala entshonalanga yezulu. 26. Ngaloo mini ubusuku buya bukhula bube buphindwe kabini ngosuku: kwaye ubusuku bube ziinxalenye ezilishumi elinesibini, imini ibe zintandathu.
ISAHLUKO 72 1. Incwadi yeendlela zezibane zezulu, ubudlelwane bomntu ngamnye, ngokweendidi zabo, ulawulo lwabo kunye namaxesha abo, ngokwamagama abo neendawo abasuka kuzo, nangokweenyanga zabo, awandibonisa u-Uriel, ingelosi engcwele, owayenam, ongumkhokeli wabo; wandibonisa yonke imithetho yabo njengoko injalo, nendlela eyenzeka ngayo malunga nayo yonke iminyaka yehlabathi naphakade, ide izaliseke indalo entsha ehlala ingunaphakade. 2. Lo ngumthetho wokuqala wezibane: ukukhanya kwelanga kuphuma kwiingcango zasempuma zezulu, kwaye kutshona kwiingcango zasentshona zezulu. 3. Ndabona iingcango ezintandathu apho ilanga liphuma khona, iingcango ezintandathu apho ilanga litshona khona, inyanga iphuma ize itshone khona, kunye neenkokheli zeenkwenkwezi kunye nabo bakhokelayo: ezintandathu empuma nezithandathu entshona, zonke zilandelana ngokulandelelana ngokuchanekileyo; kunye neefestile ezininzi ngasekunene nangasekhohlo kwezi ngcango. 4. Kuqala kuphuma isikhanyiso esikhulu, esibizwa ngokuba yiLanga, kwaye umjikelo waso ufana nomjikelo wezulu, kwaye sizaliswe ngumlilo okhanyayo noshushu. 5. Inqwelo akhwela kuyo, umoya uyaqhuba, ilanga liyatshona livela ezulwini lize libuyele emantla ukuze lifike empuma, kwaye likhokelwa kangangokuba lifika esangweni elifanelekileyo lize likhanye ebusweni bezulu. 6. Ngale ndlela uvuka ngenyanga yokuqala kwisango elikhulu, elilelona lesine kuloo masango mathandathu kwiqela labadlali. 7. Kwaye kuloo mnyango wesine apho ilanga liphuma khona ngenyanga yokuqala kukho iifestile ezilishumi elinambini ezivulekileyo, apho ilangatye liphuma khona xa zivuliwe ngexesha lazo. 8. Xa ilanga liphuma esibhakabhakeni, liphuma ngaloo mnyango wesine emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu ngokulandelelana, lize limise ngokuchanekileyo kumnyango wesine entshona yezulu. 9. Kwaye ngeli xesha imini iba nde imihla ngemihla nobusuku bufutshane ubusuku bonke ukuya kutsho kusasa kwamashumi amathathu. 10. Ngaloo mini imini inde kunobusuku ngenxalenye yesithoba, kwaye imini ilingana ngqo neenxalenye 19
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27. Ilanga lidlule ngalo kwiinxalenye zomjikelezo walo, lize lijike kwakhona kwezo nxalenye zomjikelezo walo, lingene kuloo sango emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, lize litshone entshona ecaleni kwalo. 28. Ngaloo busuku ubusuku bunciphile ngenxalenye yesithoba, kwaye ubusuku baba ziinxalenye ezilishumi elinanye, imini yaba ziinxalenye ezisixhenxe. 29. Ilanga libuyile langena esangweni lesibini empumalanga, laza labuyela kwiindlela zalo zokujikeleza kangangeentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, liphuma litshona. 30. Ngaloo mini ubusuku buyancipha ubude, kwaye ubusuku bufikelela kwishumi lamacandelo, imini ibe zisibhozo. 31. Ngaloo mini ilanga liphuma kuloo sango, litshone entshona, libuyele empuma, liphume esangweni lesithathu kusasa emva kwentsimbi yeshumi elinesibini, litshone entshona yezulu. 32. Ngaloo mini ubusuku buyancipha bube ziinxalenye ezisithoba, imini ibe ziinxalenye ezisithoba, ubusuku bulingana nosuku kwaye unyaka ufana ngqo neentsuku zawo ezingamakhulu amathathu anamanci mathandathu anesine. 33. Kwaye ubude bemini nobusuku, kunye nokufutshane kwemini nobusuku kuvela--ngokuhamba kwelanga ezi zahluko zenziwa. 34. Ngoko ke ifika indlela yayo ibe nde imihla ngemihla, kwaye indlela yayo ibe mfutshane ebusuku. 35. Lo ngumthetho nendlela elihamba ngayo ilanga, kwaye libuya rhoqo njengoko libuya amaxesha angamashumi amathandathu lize liphume, oko kukuthi isikhanyiso esikhulu esibizwa ngokuba lilanga, ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 36. Kwaye oko kuphumayo ngolu hlobo sisikhanyiso esikhulu, kwaye sibizwa njalo ngokwembonakalo yaso, njengoko iNkosi iyalele. 37. Njengoko ephakama, uhleli aze anciphe, aze angaphumli, kodwa ubaleka imini nobusuku, kwaye ukukhanya kwakhe kukhanye kasixhenxe kunokwenyanga; kodwa ngokobukhulu bazo zombini ziyafana.
6. Xa efumana isiqingatha sesixhenxe sesiqingatha sokukhanya kwakhe, ukukhanya kwakhe kufikelela kwisiqingatha sesixhenxe nesiqingatha saso. 7. Utshona nelanga, kwaye xa ilanga liphuma inyanga iphuma nayo ize ifumane isiqingatha senxalenye yokukhanya, kwaye ngaloo busuku ekuqaleni kwentsasa yayo ekuqaleni kwenyanga inyanga itshona nelanga, kwaye ayibonakali ngaloo busuku ineenxalenye ezilishumi elinesine nesiqingatha senye yazo. 8. Ngaloo mini iphuma ngenxalenye yesixhenxe, iphuma ize ibuyele ezantsi ekuphumeni kwelanga, kwaye kwiintsuku zayo eziseleyo ikhanya kwiindawo ezilishumi elinesithathu eziseleyo. ISAHLUKO 74 1. Ndabona enye indlela, umthetho wakhe, nendlela awenza ngayo uguquko lwakhe lwenyanga ngokwelo mthetho. 2. Bonke aba bantu, ingelosi engcwele, ekhokela bonke, bandibonisa izikhundla zabo. Ndabhala phantsi izikhundla zabo njengoko wayendibonisile, ndabhala iinyanga zabo njengoko zazinjalo, ndaza ndabhala ukukhanya kwazo kwada kwaphela iintsuku ezilishumi elinesihlanu. 3. Kwinxalenye enye yesixhenxe ufezekisa konke ukukhanya kwakhe empuma, kwaye kwinxalenye enye yesixhenxe ufezekisa bonke ubumnyama bakhe entshona. 4. Kwaye kwiinyanga ezithile uyatshintsha indlela yakhe yokwenza izinto, aze kwezinye iinyanga alandele indlela yakhe eyahlukileyo. 5. Kwiinyanga ezimbini inyanga iyatshona nelanga: kwezo minyango zimbini ziphakathi, eyesithathu neyesine. 6. Uphuma iintsuku ezisixhenxe, aze ajike aze abuye ngesango apho ilanga liphuma khona, aze afezekise konke ukukhanya kwakhe: aze abuye elangeni, aze emva kweentsuku ezisibhozo angene kwisango lesithandathu apho ilanga liphuma khona. 10. Xa ilanga liphuma emnyango wesine, liphuma iintsuku ezisixhenxe, lide liphume emnyango wesihlanu, libuyele emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe lingene emnyango wesine, lize likhanyise lonke. 11. Liyaphuma lize lingene emnyango wokuqala emva kweentsuku ezisibhozo. 8. Uya kubuyela kwakhona emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe esangweni lesine apho ilanga liphuma khona. 9. Ndabona ke indawo yabo—indlela iinyanga ezaziphuma ngayo nelanga elalitshona ngayo ngaloo mihla. 10. Ukuba iminyaka emihlanu idityaniswa kunye, ilanga lineentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, kwaye zonke iintsuku ezihlanganiswayo kulo kwenye yaloo minyaka mihlanu, xa zizele, zifikelela kwimihla engama-364. 11. Kwaye ubuninzi belanga neenkwenkwezi bufikelela kwiintsuku ezintandathu: kwiminyaka emi-5 iintsuku ezi-6 minyaka le zifikelela kwiintsuku ezingama-30: kwaye inyanga iwela emva kwelanga neenkwenkwezi ukuya kuthi ga kwinani leentsuku ezingama-30. 12. Ilanga neenkwenkwezi zizisa yonke iminyaka ngokuchanekileyo, ukuze zingayi phambili okanye zilibazise indawo yazo ngosuku olunye ngonaphakade; kodwa zigqibe iminyaka ngobulungisa obugqibeleleyo kwiintsuku ezingama-364.
ISAHLUKO 73 1. Emva kwalo mthetho ndibone omnye umthetho ojongene nesibane esincinci, esibizwa ngokuba yiNyanga. 2. Ujikelezo lwakhe lufana nojikelezo lwezulu, kwaye inqwelo yakhe akhwele kuyo iqhutywa ngumoya, kwaye ukukhanya kunikwa kuye ngomlinganiselo ochanekileyo. 3. Kwaye ukuphuma nokutshona kwayo kuyatshintsha inyanga nenyanga: kwaye imihla yayo ifana nemihla yelanga, kwaye xa ukukhanya kwayo kufana, ifikelela kwinxalenye yesixhenxe yokukhanya kwelanga. 4. Ngaloo ndlela ivuka. Kwaye isigaba sayo sokuqala empuma siphuma kusasa kweyeshumi elinesithathu: ngaloo mini iyabonakala, kwaye yenza isigaba sokuqala senyanga ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu kunye nelanga emnyango apho ilanga liphuma khona. 5. Isiqingatha sayo siphuma ngenxalenye yesixhenxe, kwaye yonke ijikelezo layo ayinakukhanya, ngaphandle kwenxalenye yesixhenxe yayo, kunye nenxalenye yeshumi elinesine yokukhanya kwayo. 20
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13. Kwiminyaka emi-3 kukho iintsuku ezili-1092, kwaye kwiminyaka emi-5 kukho iintsuku ezili-1820, ngoko ke kwiminyaka esi-8 kukho iintsuku ezingama-2912. 14. Kwinyanga yodwa, iintsuku zibalwa kwiminyaka emi-3 ukuya kwiintsuku ezili-1062, kwaye kwiminyaka emi-5 ziwela emva ngeentsuku ezingama-50: [oko kukuthi, kwinani elipheleleyo (lika-1770) kufuneka kongezwe iintsuku (ezili-1000 kunye) ezingama-62.] 15. Kwaye kwiminyaka emi-5 kukho iintsuku ezili-1770, ngoko ke inyanga imihla kwiminyaka esi-8 ifikelela kwimihla engama-2832. 16. [Kuba kwiminyaka esi-8 usala emva kangangeentsuku ezingama-80], zonke iintsuku asala emva ngazo kwiminyaka esi-8 zingama-80. 17. Kwaye unyaka ugqitywa ngokuchanekileyo ngokuhambelana nezikhululo zabo zehlabathi kunye nezikhululo zelanga, eziphuma kwiingcango apho liphuma khona (ilanga) lize litshone khona iintsuku ezingama-30.
8. Ndabona iinqwelo zemfazwe ezulwini, zibaleka ehlabathini, ngaphezu kwamasango apho iinkwenkwezi ezingatshoniyo khona. 9. Enye inkulu kunazo zonke ezinye, kwaye yiyo ejikeleza ihlabathi liphela. ISAHLUKO 76 1. Kwaye ekupheleni komhlaba, ndabona iingcango ezilishumi elinambini zivulekile kuzo zonke iindawo zezulu, apho umoya uphuma khona, uvunguza phezu komhlaba. 2. Ezintathu zazo zivulekile ebusweni bezulu, ezintathu entshona, ezintathu ngasekunene kwezulu, kwaye ezintathu ngasekhohlo. 3. Kwaye ezintathu zokuqala zezasempuma, ezintathu zezasentla, ezintathu emva kwezo zingasekhohlo zasezantsi, ezintathu zezasentshona. 4. Ngezine kwezi zinto kuvela imimoya yentsikelelo nempumelelo, kwaye kwezi zisibhozo kuvela imimoya enobungozi: xa ithunyelwa, itshabalalisa wonke umhlaba namanzi aphezu kwawo, nakubo bonke abahlala kuwo, naphezu kwayo yonke into esemanzini nasemhlabeni. 5. Umoya wokuqala uphuma kuloo masango, obizwa ngokuba ngumoya wasempuma, uphuma ngomnyango wokuqala osempuma, ujonge ngasezantsi; kuwo kuphuma incithakalo, imbalela, ubushushu, nentshabalalo. 6. Kuphuma isango lesibini eliphakathi, kuphuma imvula, ukuchuma, impumelelo, umbethe, kwaye kuphuma isango lesithathu elibheke emantla, kubanda, nembalela. 7. Emva koko, imimoya yasezantsi iphuma ngeminyango emithathu. Ngomnyango wokuqala, ijika ibheke empuma, umoya oshushu uphuma. 8. Kwaye ngesango eliphakathi elisecaleni kwalo kuphuma ivumba elimnandi, umbethe, imvula, impumelelo nempilo. 9. Ngasemnyango wesithathu, entshonalanga, kuphuma umbethe, imvula, iinkumbi, nentshabalalo. 10. Emva koko, imimoya yasemantla ivela esangweni lesixhenxe empumalanga, umbethe, imvula, iinkumbi, nentshabalalo. 11. Ukusuka kwisango eliphakathi kuza ngqo impilo, imvula, umbethe, kunye nokuchuma; kwaye ukusuka kwisango lesithathu entshona kuza amafu, iqhwa, ikhephu, imvula, umbethe, kunye neenkumbi. 12. Emva kwezi zinto, imimoya emine iphuma entshonalanga. Kwisango lokuqala elikufutshane nelasemantla, kuvela umbethe, iqabaka, ingqele, ikhephu, neqabaka. 13. Kusuka esangweni eliphakathi kuphuma umbethe, imvula, impumelelo, nentsikelelo; kwaye kuphuma esangweni lokugqibela elisecaleni kwelasezantsi, imbalela, incithakalo, ukutsha, intshabalalo. 14. Kwaye iingcango ezilishumi elinambini zeembombo ezine zezulu zigqityiwe ngazo, kwaye yonke imithetho yazo, zonke izibetho zazo, nazo zonke izibonelelo zazo, ndikubonisile, nyana wam Methusela.
ISAHLUKO 75 1. Kwaye iinkokheli zeentloko zamawaka, ezibekwe phezu kwendalo yonke naphezu kweenkwenkwezi zonke, nazo zinxulumene neentsuku ezine ezidityanisiweyo, ezingahlukaniswanga nesikhundla sazo, ngokwendlela yokubala konyaka, kwaye ezi zibonelela ngeenkonzo kwiintsuku ezine ezingabalwanga ngexesha lokubala konyaka. 2. Ngenxa yabo abantu bayaphambuka, kuba abo bantu basebenza ngokwenene kwizikhululo zehlabathi, esinye sisesangweni lokuqala, esinye sisesangweni lesithathu lezulu, esinye sisesangweni lesine, nesinye sisesangweni lesithandathu, kwaye ukuchaneka konyaka kufezekiswa ngezikhululo zalo ezingamakhulu amathathu anamashumi amathandathu anesine. 3. Ngenxa yemiqondiso namaxesha neminyaka nemihla ingelosi u-Uriyeli eyandibonisa yona, iNkosi yozuko eyimise ngonaphakade phezu kwazo zonke izikhanyiso zezulu, ezulwini nasemhlabeni, ukuze zilawule phezu kobuso bezulu kwaye zibonakale emhlabeni, kwaye zibe ziinkokeli zemini nobusuku, oko kukuthi ilanga, inyanga, neenkwenkwezi, nazo zonke izidalwa ezikhonzayo ezenza ukujikeleza kwazo kuzo zonke iinqwelo zezulu. 4. Kwangokunjalo u-Uriel wandibonisa iingcango ezilishumi elinambini, zivulekile kujikelezo lwenqwelo yelanga esibhakabhakeni, apho imisebe yelanga iphuma khona: kwaye kuzo kuphuma ubushushu phezu komhlaba, xa zivulwa ngamaxesha azo amiselweyo. 5. Nangenxa yemimoya nomoya wombethe xa zivuliwe, zimi zivulekile emazulwini eziphelweni. 6. Ngokuphathelele iingcango ezilishumi elinambini ezulwini, eziphelweni zomhlaba, apho kuphuma khona ilanga, inyanga, neenkwenkwezi, nayo yonke imisebenzi yezulu empuma nasentshona. 7. Kukho iifestile ezininzi ezivulekileyo ngasekhohlo nasekunene kwazo, kwaye ifestile enye ngexesha layo elimiselweyo ivelisa ubushushu, obufanayo nala minyango apho iinkwenkwezi ziphuma khona njengoko eziyalele, kwaye apho zibekwe khona ngokwenani lazo.
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kwehlela apho, ewe, apho ngengqiqo ekhethekileyo Lowo usikelelweyo ngonaphakade uya kwehlela khona. 2. Kwaye icala lasentshona libizwa ngokuba linciphile, kuba apho zonke izikhanyiso zezulu ziyaphela kwaye ziyehla. 3. Kwaye ikota yesine, ebizwa ngokuba yintla, yahlulwe yangamacandelo amathathu: eyokuqala iyindawo yokuhlala abantu: eyesibini iqulethe ulwandle lwamanzi, kunye neenzonzobila, amahlathi, imilambo, ubumnyama namafu; kwaye inxenye yesithathu iqulethe igadi yobulungisa. 4. Ndabona iintaba ezisixhenxe eziphakamileyo, eziphakamileyo kuneentaba zonke ezisemhlabeni; apho kwaphuma khona iqabaka, kwadlula imihla, amaxesha, neminyaka. 5. Ndibone imilambo esixhenxe emhlabeni emikhulu kunemilambo yonke: omnye wayo uvela entshona uthululela amanzi ayo kuLwandle Olukhulu. 6. Kwaye ezi zimbini zivela emantla ziye elwandle zize zithulule amanzi azo kuLwandle lwase-Erythraean empuma. 7. Abanye abane baphuma kwicala lasenyakatho baya elwandle lwabo, ababini baya eLwandle lwase-Erythraean, ababini baya eLwandle Olukhulu, baze baphume apho, abanye bathi: entlango. 8. Iziqithi ezisixhenxe ezinkulu endizibonileyo elwandle nakwilizwekazi: ezimbini kwilizwekazi kunye nezihlanu kuLwandle Olukhulu.
kwisixhenxe, kwindawo yesithoba ukuya kwisithandathu, kwindawo yeshumi ukuya kwisihlanu, kwindawo yeshumi ukuya kwisine, kwindawo yeshumi elinanye ukuya kwisine, kwindawo yeshumi elinesibini ukuya kwisithathu, kwindawo yeshumi elinesithathu ukuya kwisibini, kwindawo yeshumi elinesine ukuya kwisiqingatha sesixhenxe, kwaye lonke ukukhanya kwayo okuseleyo kuyanyamalala ngokupheleleyo ngomhla weshumi elinesihlanu. 9. Kwaye kwezinye iinyanga inyanga ineentsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesithoba kwaye ibe kanye ineentsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesibhozo. 10. U-Uriel wandibonisa omnye umthetho: xa ukukhanya kudluliselwa enyangeni, kwaye kwicala eliphi kudluliselwa kuye lilanga. 11. Ngalo lonke ixesha inyanga ikhula ekukhanyeni kwayo, iyidlulisela kuye xa ukukhanya kwayo kugqibelela phambi kwelanga kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinesine, kwaye xa ikhanyiswa kuyo yonke indawo, ukukhanya kwayo kugqibelela ngokupheleleyo ezulwini. 12. Kwaye ngomhla wokuqala ubizwa ngokuba yinyanga entsha, kuba ngaloo mini ukukhanya kuyamkhanyisela. 13. Uba yinyanga epheleleyo kanye ngosuku ilanga elitshona ngalo entshona, aze aphume empuma ebusuku, inyanga ikhanye ubusuku bonke de ilanga liphume phambi kwakhe kwaye inyanga ibonakale phambi kwelanga. 14. Kwicala apho ukukhanya kwenyanga kuvela khona, apho kwakhona iyaphela de konke ukukhanya kuphele kwaye yonke imihla yenyanga iphelile, kwaye umjikelezo wayo ungenanto, awunakukhanya. 15. Iinyanga ezintathu wenza iintsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, kwaye ngexesha lakhe wenza iinyanga ezintathu zeentsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesithoba nganye, apho ugqiba khona ukuncipha kwakhe kwixesha lokuqala, nakwisango lokuqala leentsuku ezilikhulu elinamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe. 16. Ngexesha lokuphuma kwakhe, ubonakala iinyanga ezintathu zeentsuku ezingamashumi amathathu nganye, aze abonakale iinyanga ezintathu zeentsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesithoba nganye. 17. Ebusuku ubonakala njengomntu kangangeentsuku ezingamashumi amabini ngalo lonke ixesha, kwaye emini ubonakala njengezulu, kwaye akukho nto imbi kuye ngaphandle kokukhanya kwakhe.
ISAHLUKO 78 1. Amagama elanga ngala alandelayo: eyokuqala iOrjârês, neyesibini iTomâs. 2. Kwaye inyanga inamagama amane: igama lokuqala nguAsônjâ, elesibini nguEblâ, elesithathu nguBenâsê, nelesine nguErâe. 3. Ezi zizibane ezibini ezinkulu: umjikelo wazo ufana nomjikelo wezulu, kwaye ubukhulu bomjikelezo wazo zombini buyafana. 4. Kwisangqa selanga kukho iinxalenye ezisixhenxe zokukhanya ezongezwa kulo ngaphezu kwenyanga, kwaye ngomlinganiselo ochanekileyo zidluliselwa kude kube yilapho inxenye yesixhenxe yelanga iphelile. 5. Bangena ngamasango asentshona, bajika ngasenyakatho, baphuma ngamasango asempuma, bejonge ezulwini. 6. Xa inyanga iphuma, inxenye yeshumi elinesine ibonakala ezulwini; ukukhanya kugcwele kuyo; ngomhla weshumi elinesine, igqiba ukukhanya kwayo. 7. Inxalenye ezilishumi elinesihlanu zokukhanya zidluliselwa kuye kude kube ngumhla weshumi elinesihlanu, xa ukukhanya kwakhe kugqityiwe, ngokwesibonakaliso sonyaka. 7. Inyanga ikhula ngokongeza inxalenye yeshumi elinesine. 8. Kwaye ekuncipheni kwayo inyanga iyancipha ngosuku lokuqala ukuya kwiindawo ezilishumi elinesine zokukhanya kwayo, kwindawo yesibini ukuya kwiindawo ezilishumi elinesithathu zokukhanya, kwindawo yesithathu ukuya kwishumi elinesibini, kwindawo yesine ukuya kwishumi elinanye, kwindawo yesihlanu ukuya kwishumi, kwindawo yesithandathu ukuya kwisithoba, kwindawo yesixhenxe ukuya kwisibhozo, kwindawo yesibhozo ukuya
ISAHLUKO 79 1. Ngoku ke, nyana wam, ndikubonisile yonke into, kwaye umthetho weenkwenkwezi zezulu ugqityiwe. 2. Wandibonisa yonke imithetho yemihla ngemihla, yonke imihla, yonke iminyaka, yonke imihla, yonke imihla, yonke imihla, yonke imihla, yonke imihla. 3. Kwaye inyanga iphela emnyango wesithandathu, kuba kulo mnyango wesithandathu ukukhanya kwayo kugqityiwe, emva koko kukho ukuqala kokuphela. 4. Kwaye ukuncipha okwenzekayo kwisango lokuqala ngexesha lalo, kude kube yimihla elikhulu elinamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe: kubalwa ngokweeveki, iiveki ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu kunye neentsuku ezimbini. 22
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5. Uwela emva kwelanga kunye nolandelelwano lweenkwenkwezi iintsuku ezintlanu ngexesha elinye, kwaye xa le ndawo uyibonayo idlule kuyo. 6. Le yimifanekiso kunye nomzobo wazo zonke izikhanyiso u-Uriel ingelosi enkulu, okhokelayo, andibonise zona.
'Tshela yonke into kunyana wakho uMethusela, uze ubonise bonke abantwana bakho ukuba akukho nyama ilungileyo emehlweni eNkosi, kuba nguye uMdali wabo.' 6. Siza kukushiya nonyana wakho unyaka omnye, ude unike imiyalelo yakho yokugqibela, ukuze ufundise abantwana bakho kwaye ubabhalele, kwaye ungqine kubo bonke abantwana bakho; kwaye kunyaka wesibini baya kukususa phakathi kwabo. 7. Intliziyo yakho mayibe namandla, Kuba olungileyo uya kuvakalisa ubulungisa kwabalungileyo; Abalungileyo baya kuvuya kunye nabalungileyo, Baze bavuyisane. 8. Kodwa aboni baya kufa kunye naboni, Kwaye abakreqi baya kuhla kunye nabakreqi. 9. Abo benza ubulungisa baya kufa ngenxa yezenzo zabantu, Baze basuswe ngenxa yezenzo zabangenabuthixo. 10. Ngaloo mihla bayeka ukuthetha nam, ndaza ndaya ebantwini bam, ndibonga iNkosi yehlabathi.
ISAHLUKO 80 1. Ngaloo mihla ingelosi u-Uriel yaphendula yathi kum: “Khangela, ndikubonisile yonke into, Enoki, kwaye ndikutyhilele yonke into ukuze ubone eli langa nenyanga, kunye neenkokheli zeenkwenkwezi zezulu, kunye nabo bonke abaziguqulayo, imisebenzi yabo, amaxesha abo kunye nokuhamba kwabo.” 2. Ngemihla yaboni, iminyaka iya kufinyezwa, imbewu yabo iya kuhlala ixesha elide emasimini abo, kwaye zonke izinto emhlabeni ziya kutshintsha, kwaye aziyi kuvela ngexesha lazo: kwaye imvula iya kuthintelwa, kwaye izulu liya kuyithintela. 3. Ngaloo mihla iziqhamo zomhlaba ziya kubuyela umva, zingakhuli ngexesha lazo, neziqhamo zemithi ziya kuthintelwa ngexesha lazo. 4. Kwaye inyanga iya kutshintsha ulungelelwano lwayo, Ingaveli ngexesha layo. 5. Ngaloo mihla ilanga liya kubonakala, aze ahambe ngokuhlwa ephethelweni lenqwelo enkulu entshonalanga, aze akhanye ngaphezu kokukhanya okucwangcisiweyo. 6. Iintloko ezininzi zeenkwenkwezi ziya kugqitha umyalelo omiselweyo, kwaye ezi ziya kutshintsha imijikelo yazo nemisebenzi yazo, kwaye azibonakali ngamaxesha amiselweyo. 7. Kwaye yonke ingqokelela yeenkwenkwezi iya kufihlwa kuboni, kwaye iingcinga zabantu abasemhlabeni ziya kuphambuka kuzo, kwaye baya kuguqulwa kuzo zonke iindlela zabo, kwaye baya kuphambuka baze babathathe njengoothixo. 8. Ububi buya kwanda phezu kwabo, nesigwebo siya kubafikela ukuze batshabalalise bonke.
ISAHLUKO 82 1. Ngoku ke, nyana wam Methusela, zonke ezi zinto ndikuchazela zona kwaye ndikubhalela zona, ndikutyhilele yonke into, ndikunike iincwadi eziphathelele ezi zinto zonke; ngoko ke gcina, nyana wam Methusela, iincwadi ezivela esandleni sikayihlo, kwaye uqinisekise ukuba uzinikela kwizizukulwana zehlabathi. 2. Ndininike uBulumko wena nabantwana bakho, nabantwana bakho abaya kuba ngabo, ukuze babunike abantwana babo izizukulwana ngezizukulwana, obu bulumko obudlula ingcinga zabo. 3. Abo bayiqondayo abayi kulala, kodwa baya kumamela ngeendlebe ukuze bafunde olu bulumko, kwaye kuya kuba mnandi kwabo badlayo ngaphezu kokutya okulungileyo. 4. Banoyolo bonke abalungileyo, banoyolo bonke abo bahamba ngendlela yobulungisa kwaye bangoni njengaboni, ngokubala yonke imihla yabo apho ilanga lihamba khona izulu, lingena kwaye liphuma kwiingcango iintsuku ezingamashumi amathathu kunye neentloko zamawaka eenkwenkwezi, kunye nezine ezidityanisiweyo ezahlulahlula iindawo ezine zonyaka, ezizikhokelayo kwaye zingena nazo iintsuku ezine. 5. Ngenxa yabo abantu baya kuba nempazamo kwaye abayi kubabala kulo lonke ixesha lonyaka: ewe, abantu baya kuba nempazamo, kwaye abayi kubabona ngokuchanekileyo. 6. Kuba zibalwa ngokwenani lonyaka kwaye zibhalwe kuwo ngonaphakade, enye isemnyango wokuqala, enye isemnyango wesithathu, enye isemnyango wesine, enye isemnyango wesithandathu, kwaye unyaka uphela ngeentsuku ezingamakhulu amathathu anamanci mathandathu anesine. 7. Ingxelo yayo ichanekile kwaye ukubalwa kwayo kuchanekile; kuba iinkwenkwezi, iinyanga, imibhiyozo, iminyaka, neentsuku, u-Uriel undibonisile waza wandityhilela, lowo iNkosi yendalo yonke yehlabathi iwuthobile umkhosi wezulu. 8. Unamandla phezu kobusuku nemini esibhakabhakeni okwenza ukuba ukukhanya kukhanyisele abantu—ilanga, inyanga neenkwenkwezi, nawo onke amandla ezulu ajikeleza kwiinqwelo zawo ezijikelezayo.
ISAHLUKO 81 1. Wathi kum: “Qaphela la macwecwe asezulwini, Enoki, uze ufunde okubhaliweyo kuwo, uze uphawule yonke into ebhaliweyo.” 2. Ndawajonga amacwecwe asezulwini, ndafunda yonke into ebhalwe kuwo, ndaqonda yonke into, ndaza ndafunda incwadi yazo zonke izenzo zabantu, nabo bonke abantwana benyama abaya kubakho emhlabeni, kude kube sephakadeni. 3. Ndambonga ngoko nangoko iNkosi enkulu, uKumkani wozuko ngonaphakade, ngokuba nguye owenze yonke imisebenzi yehlabathi, ndaza ndamdumisa iNkosi ngenxa yomonde wakhe, ndamsikelela ngenxa yabantwana babantu. 4. Emva koko ndathi: 'Unoyolo umntu ofayo elungile kwaye elungile, ekungekho ncwadi yobulungisa ebhaliweyo ngaye, kwaye engayi kufunyanwa imini yomgwebo.' 5. Abo bangcwele basixhenxe bandizisa, bandibeka emhlabeni phambi komnyango wendlu yam. Bathi kum, 23
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9. Le yimiyalelo yeenkwenkwezi, ezihlala kwiindawo zazo, nangamaxesha azo, nangemibhiyozo, nangeenyanga. 10. Kwaye la ngamagama abo babakhokelayo, abajonga ukuba bangena ngamaxesha abo, ngokwemiyalelo yabo, ngamaxesha abo, kwiinyanga zabo, ngamaxesha abo olawulo, nakwiindawo zabo. 11. Iinkokeli zabo ezine ezahlulahlula iindawo ezine zonyaka zingena kuqala; emva kwazo kungena iinkokheli ezilishumi elinesibini zemiyalelo ezahlulahlula iinyanga; kwaye kwiintsuku ezingamakhulu amathathu anamanci mathandathu kukho iintloko phezu kwamawaka ezahlulahlula iintsuku; kwaye kwiintsuku ezine ezidityanisiweyo kukho iinkokheli ezahlulahlula iindawo ezine zonyaka. 12. Kwaye ezi ntloko phezu kwamawaka zidibene phakathi kwenkokeli nenkokeli, nganye ingasemva kwesikhundla, kodwa iinkokeli zazo zenza ulwahlulo. Kwaye la ngamagama eenkokheli ezahlulahlula iindawo ezine zonyaka ezimiselweyo: uMîlkî'êl, uHel'emmêlêk, kunye noMêl'êjal, kunye noNârêl. 13. Kwaye amagama abo babakhokelayo: uAdnâr'êl, noÎjâsûsa'êl, kunye no-'Elômê'êl--aba bathathu balandela iinkokeli zemiyalelo, 14. kwaye kukho enye elandela iinkokheli ezintathu zemiyalelo ezilandela ezo nkokheli zezikhululo ezahlulahlula iindawo ezine zonyaka. 15. Ekuqaleni konyaka uMelkejâl uphuma kuqala aze alawule, ogama linguTam'âinî nelanga, kwaye yonke imihla yokulawula kwakhe ngelixa ephethe ulawulo ziintsuku ezingamashumi alithoba ananye. 16. Ezi ziimpawu zemihla eza kubonakala emhlabeni ngemihla yokulawula kwakhe: ukubila, ubushushu, nokuzola; kwaye yonke imithi ivelisa iziqhamo, namagqabi aphuma kuyo yonke imithi, kunye nesivuno sengqolowa, neentyatyambo zerozi, nazo zonke iintyatyambo eziphumayo emasimini, kodwa imithi yexesha lasebusika iyabuna. 17. Kwaye la ngamagama eenkokheli eziphantsi kwabo: uBerka'êl, uZêlebs'êl, kunye nomnye owongezwa intloko yewaka, obizwa ngokuba nguHîlûjâseph: kwaye imihla yolawulo lwale nkokeli iphelile. 18. Inkokeli elandelayo emva kwakhe nguHêl'emmêlêk, umntu athiya igama elithi lilanga elikhanyayo, kwaye yonke imihla yokukhanya kwakhe yimihla engamashumi alithoba ananye. 19. Kwaye ezi ziimpawu zemihla yakhe emhlabeni: ubushushu obukhanyayo kunye nokoma, kwaye imithi ivuthisa iziqhamo zayo kwaye ivelise zonke iziqhamo zayo ezivuthiweyo nezilungeleyo, kwaye iigusha ziyazalana kwaye ziyamitha, kwaye zonke iziqhamo zomhlaba ziyaqokelelwa, nayo yonke into esemasimini, kunye nesixovulelo sewayini: ezi zinto zenzeka ngemihla yolawulo lwakhe. 20. La ngamagama, nemiyalelo, neenkokheli zaloo maqela amawaka: uGîdâ'îjal, uKê'êl, noHê'êl, kunye negama lentloko yewaka elongezelelwa kubo, uAsfâ'êl': kwaye imihla yokulawula kwakhe iphelile.
1. Ngoku ke, nyana wam Methusela, ndiza kukubonisa yonke imibono endiyibonileyo, ndiyibalise phambi kwakho. 2. Imibono emibini endayibonayo ngaphambi kokuba ndithathe umfazi, kwaye omnye wawungafani nomnye: owokuqala xa ndandifunda ukubhala: owesibini ngaphambi kokuba ndithathe unyoko, xa ndabona umbono owoyikekayo. Ndathandaza eNkosini ngayo. 3. Ndandindilalise endlwini katatomkhulu uMahalaleli, xa ndabona embonweni indlela izulu elawa ngayo laza lathwalwa laza lawela emhlabeni. 4. Ndabona umhlaba uginywa enzonzobileni enkulu, iintaba zixhonywe ezintabeni, iinduli zatshona ezintabeni, imithi emide yaqhekeka eziqwini zazo, yaphoswa phantsi yaza yatshona enzonzobileni. 5. Emva koko ilizwi lawela emlonyeni wam, ndaza ndadanduluka ndathi: “Umhlaba utshabalalisiwe.” 6. Utatomkhulu uMahalaleli wandivusa xa ndandilele ecaleni kwakhe, wathi kum: 'Kutheni ulila kangaka, nyana wam, kwaye kutheni ulila kangaka?' 7. Ndamxelela yonke into endayibonayo, wathi kum: “Uyibonile into embi kakhulu, nyana wam, kwaye umbono wakho wephupha malunga neemfihlo zesono somhlaba wonke ubalulekile: kufuneka untywilisele enzonzobileni kwaye utshatyalaliswe ngentshabalalo enkulu.” 8. Ngoku ke, nyana wam, vuka ucele eNkosini yozuko, ekubeni ukholelwa, ukuba kubekho intsalela emhlabeni, nokuba ingawutshabalalisi wonke umhlaba. 9. Nyana wam, konke oku kuza kuvela ezulwini emhlabeni, kwaye emhlabeni kuza kubakho intshabalalo enkulu. 10. Emva koko ndavuka ndathandaza, ndacela, ndacela, ndabhala umthandazo wam wezizukulwana zehlabathi, kwaye ndiza kukubonisa yonke into, nyana wam Methusela. 11. Ndathi ndakuphuma ezantsi ndaza ndabona izulu, ilanga liphuma empuma, nenyanga itshona entshona, neenkwenkwezi ezimbalwa, nomhlaba wonke, nayo yonke into awayeyazi ekuqaleni, ndambonga iNkosi yomgwebo ndamdumisa kuba wayekhuphe ilanga kwiifestile zasempuma, wenyuka waza wenyuka ebusweni bezulu, wahamba waza waqhubeka nendlela eyayiboniswe kuye. ISAHLUKO 84 1. Ndaphakamisa izandla zam ngobulungisa, ndambonga uNgcwele noMkhulu, ndathetha ngomoya womlomo wam, nangolwimi lwenyama, uThixo awalwenzele abantwana benyama yabantu, ukuze bathethe ngalo. Wabanika umoya, ulwimi, nomlomo, ukuze bathethe ngalo. 2. 'Makabongwe, Nkosi, Kumkani, Umkhulu kwaye unamandla ngobukhulu bakho, Nkosi yendalo yonke yasezulwini, Kumkani wookumkani noThixo wehlabathi lonke. Amandla akho nobukumkani bakho nobukhulu bakho buhlale ngonaphakade kanaphakade, Nobukumkani bakho kuzo zonke izizukulwana; Kwaye onke amazulu ayitrone yakho ngonaphakade, Nomhlaba wonke usisihlalo seenyawo zakho ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 3. Kuba nguwe odale zonke izinto, kwaye nguwe olawula zonke izinto, kwaye akukho nto inzima kuwe, ubulumko abusuki endaweni yetrone yakho, kwaye abujiki ebusweni bakho. Kwaye uyazi kwaye uyayibona kwaye uyayiva 24
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yonke into, kwaye akukho nto ifihlakeleyo kuwe kuba ubona yonke into. 4. Ngoku ke iingelosi zamazulu akho zinetyala lokungathobeli, kwaye ingqumbo yakho ihleli phezu kwenyama yabantu kude kube yimini enkulu yomgwebo. 5. Ngoku ke, Thixo, Nkosi, Kumkani Omkhulu, ndiyakubongoza ukuba uzalisekise umthandazo wam, Undishiyele inzala emhlabeni, Ungatshabalalisi yonke inyama yomntu, Uze wenze umhlaba ungabi nabemi, Ukuze kubekho intshabalalo engunaphakade. 6. Ke ngoku, Nkosi yam, yitshabalalise emhlabeni inyama evuse umsindo wakho, kodwa inyama yobulungisa nokuthe tye mayimile njengesityalo sembewu engunaphakade, Ungabufihli ubuso bakho emthandazweni womkhonzi wakho, Nkosi.
kwinkwenkwezi yokuqala, zaba ziinkunzi phakathi kwezo nkomo, zadla nazo phakathi kwazo. 4. Ndawajonga, ndabona, bonke bakhupha amalungu abo angasese, njengamahashe, baqalisa ukugubungela iinkomo zeenkomo. Bonke bakhulelwa bazala iindlovu, iikamela, needonki. 5. Zonke iinkomo zazasaba, zaza zoyika, zaqala ukuluma ngamazinyo azo, zadla, zahlaba neempondo zazo. 6. Baqala, ngaphezu koko, ukuzidla ezo nkomo; kwaye khangela bonke abantwana bomhlaba baqalisa ukungcangcazela nokungcangcazela phambi kwazo, baza bababaleka. ISAHLUKO 87 1. Ndabona kwakhona indlela abaqala ngayo ukuxabana nokuqwenga omnye nomnye, nomhlaba waqala ukukhala kakhulu. 2. Ndaphinda ndaphakamisa amehlo am ezulwini, ndaza ndabona embonweni, ndabona izidalwa ezinjengamadoda amhlophe zivela ezulwini, zaza ezine zaphuma apho, ezintathu kunye nazo. 3. Abo bathathu bokugqibela baphuma bandibamba ngesandla, bandikhupha kwizizukulwana zehlabathi, bandiphakamisa baya kwindawo ephakamileyo. Bandibonisa inqaba ephakamileyo ngaphezu komhlaba, apho zonke iinduli zazisezantsi. 4. Omnye wathi kum: 'Hlala apha ude ubone yonke into eyenzeka kwezi ndlovu, iikamela, neembongolo, neenkwenkwezi, neenkomo, nazo zonke ezo zinto.'
ISAHLUKO 85 1. Emva koko ndibone elinye iphupha, kwaye ndiza kukuxelela lonke iphupha, nyana wam. 2. UEnoki waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe, wathetha nonyana wakhe uMethusela, wathi: “Ndiza kuthetha nawe, nyana wam; yiva amazwi am—beka indlebe yakho kwiphupha likayihlo.” 3. Ngaphambi kokuba ndimthathe u-Edna unyoko, ndabona embonweni ebhedini yam, ndabona inkunzi iphuma emhlabeni, loo nkunzi yayimhlophe; emva kwayo kwaphuma ithole lenkomo, kwaza kwaphuma neenkunzi ezimbini, enye imnyama nenye ibomvu. 4. Loo nkunzi imnyama yahlaba ebomvu yaza yamsukela emhlabeni, ngoko ke andisakwazi nokuyibona loo nkunzi ibomvu. 5. Kodwa loo nkunzi imnyama yakhula, loo nkomokazi yahamba nayo, ndaza ndabona ukuba kukho iinkomo ezininzi ezazifana nezazimlandela. 6. Le nkomo, leyo yokuqala, yasuka phambi kwenkunzi yokuqala ukuze ifune leyo ibomvu, kodwa ayizange imfumane, yaza yamlilela kakhulu, yamfuna. 7. Ndajonga de loo nkunzi yokuqala yafika kuye yaza yamthulisa, kwaye ukususela ngelo xesha akazange aphinde akhale. 8. Emva koko wazala enye inkunzi emhlophe, waza emva kwayo wazala iinkunzi ezininzi neenkomo ezimnyama. 9. Ndabona ebuthongweni bam ukuba inkunzi emhlophe nayo ikhula ibe yinkunzi emhlophe enkulu, kwaye kwaphuma kuyo iinkunzi ezimhlophe ezininzi, zafana nayo. Zaza zaqala ukuzala iinkunzi ezimhlophe ezininzi, ezazifana nazo, enye ilandela enye, kwaneninzi.
ISAHLUKO 88 1. Ndabona omnye wabo bane ababephuma kuqala, wabamba inkwenkwezi yokuqala eyayiwile ezulwini, wayibopha izandla neenyawo, wayiphosa enzonzobileni. Kaloku loo nto yayincinci, inzulu, imbi kakhulu kwaye imnyama. 2. Omnye wabo wakhupha ikrele, walinika iindlovu, iikamela, needonki. Baqala ukubethana, umhlaba wonke wazamazama ngenxa yabo. 3. Njengoko ndandibona embonweni, omnye wabo bane baphuma babakhaba ngamatye ezulwini, baqokelela bonke, bathabatha zonke iinkwenkwezi ezinkulu ezazinamalungu angaphakathi afana namahashe, bawabopha izandla neenyawo, bawaphosa enzonzobileni yomhlaba. ISAHLUKO 89
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1. Omnye wabo bane waya kuloo nkunzi imhlophe, wamyalela ngasese, engoyiki. Wazalwa eyinkunzi, waba yindoda, wazakhela isitya esikhulu, wahlala kuso, neenkunzi ezintathu zahlala naye kuloo nqanawa, zaza zagqunywa. 2. Ndaphinda ndaphakamisa amehlo am ezulwini, ndabona uphahla oluphezulu, olunezihlambo ezisixhenxe zamanzi phezu kwalo, apho izihlambo zamanzi zaphuma khona, zaza zangena ebiyelweni. 3. Ndabona kwakhona, nanko imithombo ivuleka phezu kwaloo nqaba inkulu, amanzi aqala ukukhukhumala aze
1. Ndaphinda ndabona ngamehlo am xa ndilele, ndabona izulu phezulu, khangela inkwenkwezi yawa ezulwini, yavuka yadla, yadla phakathi kweenkomo. 2. Emva koko ndabona iinkomo ezinkulu nezimnyama, kwaye khangela, zonke zatshintsha izibaya zazo, amadlelo azo, neenkomo zazo, zaqala ukuhlala kunye. 3. Ndaphinda ndabona embonweni, ndajonga esibhakabhakeni, ndaza ndabona iinkwenkwezi ezininzi zisihla zaza zaziphosela phantsi zisuka ezulwini zaya 25
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anyuke phezu kwayo, ndaza ndayibona loo nqaba de yonke indawo yayo yagutyungelwa ngamanzi. 4. Amanzi, ubumnyama, kunye nenkungu zanda phezu kwayo; kwaye njengoko ndandijonga ukuphakama kwaloo manzi, loo manzi ayenyuke ngaphezu kokuphakama kwaloo nqaba, kwaye ayehamba phezu kwaloo nqaba, kwaye ema emhlabeni. 5. Zonke iinkomo zelo nxuwa zaqokelelwa ndawonye ndaza ndabona indlela ezazitshona ngayo, zaginywa, zaza zafa kuloo manzi. 6. Kodwa loo nqanawa yadada phezu kwamanzi, ngelixa zonke iinkomo, iindlovu, iinkamela, needonki zatshona ezantsi kunye nazo zonke izilwanyana, kangangokuba andizange ndikwazi ukuzibona, kwaye azizange zikwazi ukubaleka, kodwa zatshabalala zaza zatshona ezinzulwini. 7. Ndaphinda ndabona embonweni de loo milambo yamanzi yasuswa kuloo phahla iphakamileyo, kwaye imingxunya yomhlaba yahlulwa, kwaza kwavuleka nezinye izihogo. 8. Emva koko amanzi aqala ukuntywila angene kuwo, de umhlaba wabonakala; kodwa eso sikhephe sahlala emhlabeni, ubumnyama baphela kwaza kwavela ukukhanya. 9. Kodwa loo nkunzi imhlophe eyayisele ingumntu yaphuma kuloo mbiza, kunye neenkunzi ezintathu ezazikunye naye, enye yazo yayimhlophe njengenkunzi leyo, enye yayibomvu njengegazi, enye imnyama; loo nkunzi imhlophe yaphuma kubo.
17. Wabiza loo mvu eyayisindile kwiingcuka, waza wathetha nayo ngeengcuka ukuba izilumkise ukuba zingachukumisi izimvu. 18. Kwaye izimvu zaya kwiingcuka ngokwelizwi leNkosi, enye imvu yadibana nayo yaza yahamba nayo, zaza zombini zaya zangena kunye kwintlanganiso yezo mpumzi, zathetha nazo, zaza zabayala ukuba bangazichukumisi izimvu ukususela ngoku. 19. Emva koko ndabona iingcuka, indlela ezazicinezela ngayo izimvu ngamandla azo onke, kwaye izimvu zakhala kakhulu. 20. INkosi yeza ezimvwini, zaza zaqala ukubetha ezo mpungutye, zaza iingcuka zaqala ukulila, kodwa izimvu zathula zaza zayeka ukukhala. 21. Ndazibona izimvu de zaphuma phakathi kweengcuka, kodwa amehlo eengcuka ayengaboni, kwaye ezo ngcuka zahamba zilandela izimvu ngamandla azo onke. 22. INkosi yezimvu yahamba nabo, njengenkokeli yabo, kwaye zonke izimvu zakhe zamlandela: ubuso bakhe babukhazimla, bunobuqaqawuli kwaye buyoyikeka ukububona. 23. Kodwa iingcuka zaqala ukuzisukela ezo zimvu zada zafika elwandle lwamanzi. 24. Ulwandle lwahlukana, amanzi ema ngapha nangapha phambi kobuso babo, iNkosi yabo yabakhokela yaza yazibeka phakathi kwabo neengcuka. 25. Njengoko ezo ngcuka zazingaziboni izimvu, zangena phakathi kolwandle, zaza iingcuka zalandela izimvu, zaza ezo ngcuka zabaleka emva kwazo zaya kolo lwandle. 26. Bathi bakubona iNkosi yezimvu, bajika babaleke phambi kobuso bakhe, kodwa olo lwandle lwaqokelelana ndawonye, lwaba njengoko lwaludalwe, amanzi akhukhumala aphakama de agubungela ezo ngcuka. 27. Ndabona de zonke iingcuka ezazilandela ezo zimvu zatshabalala zaza zarhaxwa.
10-27. Ukususela ekufeni kukaNowa ukuya kwiMfuduko. 10. Baqala ukuvelisa izilwanyana zasendle neentaka, kangangokuba kwavela iintlobo ezahlukeneyo: iingonyama, iingwe, iingcuka, izinja, iimpisi, iihagu zasendle, iimpungutye, oosquirrel, iihagu, oosquirrel, amaxhalanga, oomakhwapheni, iinkozi, iinkozi, namahlungulu; kwaye phakathi kwazo kwazalwa inkunzi emhlophe. 11. Baqala ukulumana; kodwa loo nkunzi imhlophe eyayizelwe phakathi kwabo yazala iesile lasendle nenkunzi emhlophe, zaza iiesile zasendle zanda. 12. Kodwa loo nkunzi yazalwa nguye yazala ihagu yasendle emnyama negusha emhlophe; kwaye eyokuqala yazala iihagu ezininzi, kodwa loo gusha yazala iigusha ezilishumi elinambini. 13. Zakuba zikhulile ezo gusha zilishumi elinambini, zanikela enye kuzo kwiimbongolo, ezo zimbongolo zaphinda zanikela ngaloo mvu kwiingcuka, kwaye loo mvu yakhula phakathi kweengcuka. 14. INkosi yazisa izimvu ezilishumi elinanye ukuba zihlale nayo, zidle nayo phakathi kweengcuka; zanda, zaba yimihlambi emininzi yezimvu. 15. Iingcuka zaqala ukuboyika, zabacinezela, zada zatshabalalisa abantwana bazo, zaza zaphosa amathole abo emlanjeni wamanzi amaninzi. Kodwa ezo zimvu zaqala ukukhala ngenxa yabantwana bazo, zaza zakhala eNkosini yazo. 16. Kwaye imvu eyayisindisiwe kwiingcuka yabaleka yaya kwiimbongolo zasendle, ndaza ndabona izimvu zilila, zikhala, zithandaza eNkosini yazo ngamandla azo onke, de iNkosi yezimvu yehla ngelizwi lezimvu isuka kwindawo ephakamileyo yokuhlala, yaza yazalusa.
28-40. USirayeli entlango, Ukunikezelwa koMthetho, Ukungena ePalestina. 28. Kodwa izimvu zasinda kuloo manzi zaya entlango, apho kwakungekho manzi nangca; zaza zavula amehlo azo zaza zabona; ndabona iNkosi yezimvu izilusa, izinika amanzi, ingca, kwaye ezo zimvu zihamba, zizikhokela. 29. Le mvu yenyuka yaya encotsheni yeli litye liphakamileyo, kwaye iNkosi yezimvu yathumela loo mvu kuyo. 30. Emva koko ndabona iNkosi yezimvu eyayimi phambi kwabo, inkangeleko yayo yayinkulu, yoyikeka kwaye inobungangamsha, kwaye zonke ezo zimvu zambona zaza zoyika phambi kobuso bakhe. 31. Bonke boyika baza bathuthumela ngenxa yakhe, baza bamemeza kuloo mvu eyayinabo phakathi kwabo besithi: "Asinakukwazi ukuma phambi kweNkosi yethu okanye ukuyibona." 32. Imvu eyayibakhokela yaphinda yenyuka yaya encotsheni yeliwa, kodwa izimvu zaqala ukungaboni kakuhle zaza zaphambuka endleleni awayezibonise yona, kodwa loo gusha ayazi. 33. INkosi yezimvu yaba nomsindo omkhulu kubo, yaza loo mvu yayifumana, yehla encotsheni yeliwa, yaya ezimvu, yafumana uninzi lwazo lungaboni kwaye luwile. 26
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34. Bathi bakuyibona, boyika baza bangcangcazela phambi kwayo, baza banqwenela ukubuyela emakhayeni abo. 35. Loo mvu yathabatha ezinye izimvu nayo, yaya kwezo zimvu zaziwile, yaza yaqala ukuzibulala; kwaye loo mvu yoyika ukuba khona kwayo, kwaye ngaloo ndlela loo mvu yazibuyisela ezo zimvu zaziwile, zaza zabuyela ezibayeni zazo. 36. Ndabona kulo mbono de loo mvu yaba yindoda, yakha indlu yeNkosi yezimvu, yaza yabeka zonke izimvu kuloo ndlu. 37. Ndabona de le mvu eyayidibene negusha eyayibakhokela yalala; ndabona de zonke iigusha ezinkulu zabhubha, kwavuka neegusha ezincinci endaweni yazo, zafika edlelweni, zasondela kumlambo wamanzi. 38. Emva koko loo mvu, inkokheli yabo eyayisele iyindoda, yasuka kubo yaza yalala, kwaye zonke izimvu zayifuna, zaza zayikhalela ngesikhalo esikhulu. 39. Ndabona de bayeka ukulila loo mvu, bawela loo mlambo wamanzi, kwavuka iigusha ezimbini, zaba ngabaphathi, endaweni yalabo ababezikhokela, balala. 40. Ndabona de izimvu zafika kwindawo entle, nelizwe elimnandi nelihle, ndaza ndabona de ezo zimvu zanela, kwaye loo ndlu yema phakathi kwazo kwilizwe elimnandi. 41-50. Ukususela kwiXesha ekwakhiweni kweTempile.
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50. Loo ndlu yaba nkulu, yaza yakhiwa ngenxa yaloo mhlambi; yaza indlu yakhiwa inqaba ephakamileyo nenkulu, yaza indlu yakhiwa ngenxa yeNkosi yezimvu, loo ndlu yayisezantsi, kodwa inqaba yayiphezulu, iNkosi yezimvu yema kuloo nqaba, baza banikela itafile epheleleyo phambi kwayo. 51-67. Izikumkani Ezimbini zikaSirayeli noYuda, ukuya ekutshatyalalisweni kweYerusalem. 51. Ndaphinda ndabona ezo zimvu ukuba ziphinde zaphambuka zaza zahamba iindlela ezininzi, zaza zayishiya loo ndlu yazo, kwaye iNkosi yezimvu yabiza ezinye phakathi kwazo yazithumela ezi zimvu, kodwa izimvu zaqala ukuzibulala. 52. Omnye wabo wasindiswa kodwa akabulawanga, wabaleka ngesantya esiphezulu waza wakhala kakhulu phezu kwegusha; baza bafuna ukuyibulala, kodwa iNkosi yezimvu yayisindisile kwimvu, yayisizisa kum, yayenza ukuba ihlale apho. 53. Wathumela nezinye izimvu ezininzi kwezo zimvu ukuze zingqine ngazo kwaye zililele ngazo. 54. Emva koko ndabona ukuba xa beshiya indlu yeNkosi nenqaba yayo bawa ngokupheleleyo, amehlo abo atyhafile; ndabona iNkosi yezimvu indlela eyayibulala ngayo phakathi kwabo imihlambi yabo de ezo zimvu zabiza loo mxhelo zaza zangcatsha indawo yayo. 55. Wabanikela ezandleni zeengonyama, iingwe, neengcuka, neempungutye, nasesandleni seempungutye, nakuzo zonke izilwanyana zasendle, zaza ezo zilwanyana zasendle zaqala ukuziqwenga ezo zimvu. 56. Ndabona ukuba wayishiya loo ndlu yabo nenqaba yabo, wabanikela bonke ezandleni zeengonyama, ukuba zibaqwenge, zibadle, esandleni sezilwanyana zonke zasendle. 57. Ndaqala ukumemeza ngamandla am onke, ndaza ndacela eNkosini yezimvu, ndaza ndamela kuye izimvu ezazityiwe zizilwanyana zasendle. 58. Kodwa wahlala engashukumi, nangona wakubona oko, wavuya kuba bedliwe, beginywe, bephangiwe, waza wabashiya ukuba badliwe zizilwanyana zonke. 59. Wabiza abelusi abangamashumi asixhenxe, waphosa ezo zimvu kubo ukuze baziluse, waza wathetha nabelusi kunye nabanye ababehamba nabo wathi: “Ngamnye wenu makaluse izimvu ukususela ngoku, kwaye yonke into endiya kuniyalela yona nina eniyenzayo.” 60. Ndiya kuzinikela kuni xa zibalwa, ndize ndinixelele ukuba zeziphi eziza kutshatyalaliswa—nize nina nizitshabalalise.” Waza wabanika ezo zimvu. 61. Wabiza omnye, wathi kuye: “Qaphela uze uqaphele konke abalusi abaya kukwenza kwezo zimvu; kuba baya kutshabalalisa okungakumbi kunoko ndibayalele kona.” 62. Kwaye yonke into egqithisileyo kunye nentshabalalo eza kwenziwa ngabalusi, bhala phantsi ukuba bangaphi abatshabalalisayo ngokomyalelo wam, kwaye bangaphi ngokwezenzo zabo: bhala phantsi nxamnye nomelusi ngamnye yonke intshabalalo ayibangelayo. 63. Ndifundele phambi kwam ngenani inani labo batshabalalisayo, nokuba bangaphi abanikela ukuba batshatyalaliswe, ukuze ndibe nobungqina obuchasene nabo, ndize ndazi yonke imisebenzi yabalusi, ukuze
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41. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha amehlo abo ayevulwa, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ayengaboni, de kuvuke enye imvu ibakhokhele ize ibabuyisele bonke, kwaye amehlo abo ayevulwa. 42. Izinja, iimpungutye, neengulube zasendle zaqala ukuzidla ezo zimvu, de iNkosi yezimvu yaphakamisa enye inkunzi yegusha phakathi kwazo, eyayizikhokela. 43. Loo nkunzi yaqala ukungqubana macala omabini ezo zinja, iimpungutye, neehagu zasendle yada yazitshabalalisa zonke. 44. Loo mvu, amehlo ayo avulekileyo, yayibona loo nkunzi, eyayiphakathi kwezimvu, yada yashiya uzuko lwayo, yaqala ukungqubana nazo, yazinyathela, yaziphatha kakubi. 45. INkosi yezimvu yathumela imvana kwenye imvana yaza yayiphakamisa yaba yinkunzi yegusha nenkokeli yezimvu endaweni yenkunzi yegusha eyayishiye uzuko lwayo. 46. Yaya kuyo yathetha nayo yodwa, yayiphakamisa yaba yinkunzi yegusha, yayenza inkosana nenkokeli yezimvu; kodwa kuzo zonke ezi zinto ezo zinja zazicinezela izimvu. 47. Inkunzi yokuqala yalandela inkunzi yesibini, yaza ke inkunzi yesibini yaphakama yabaleka phambi kwayo, ndaza ndabona de izinja zayitsala inkunzi yokuqala. 48. Yaphakama ke loo nkunzi yesibini yakhokela igusha encinci. 49. Ezo zimvu zanda zanda; kodwa zonke izinja, neempungutye, neehagu zasendle zoyika zaza zabaleka phambi kwayo, loo nkunzi yazibetha yaza yazibulala izilwanyana zasendle, kwaye ezo zilwanyana zasendle azisenawo amandla phakathi kwezimvu kwaye azizange ziphinde zihluthe nto. Loo nkunzi yazala izimvu ezininzi yaza yalala; kwaye imvu encinci yaba yinkunzi endaweni yayo, yaba yinkosana nenkokeli yezo zimvu. 27
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ndiqonde ndize ndibone oko bakwenzayo, nokuba bayawuthobela na umyalelo wam endibayalele wona. 64. Kodwa abayi kukwazi oko, kwaye awuyi kubaxelela, okanye ubalumkise, kodwa bhala phantsi kuphela nxamnye nomntu ngamnye yonke intshabalalo eyenziwa ngabelusi ngamnye ngexesha lakhe uze uyibeke phambi kwam yonke. 65. Ndabona de abo babelusi badla ngexesha labo, baqala ukubulala nokutshabalalisa ngaphezu kokuba babeceliwe, baza banikela ezo zimvu ezandleni zeengonyama. 66. Iingonyama neengwe zadla zaza zadla inxalenye enkulu yezo gusha, neengulube zasendle zadla kunye nazo, zaza zatshisa loo nqaba zayichitha loo ndlu. 67. Ndadabuka kakhulu ngaloo nqaba kuba loo ndlu yezimvu yayidiliziwe, kwaye emva koko andikwazanga ukubona ukuba ezo zimvu zingene na kuloo ndlu.
76. Lo wabhala incwadi wayithwala, wayibonisa waza wayifunda phambi kweNkosi yezimvu, waza wayibongoza ngenxa yabo, waza wayibongoza ngenxa yabo njengoko wayembonisa zonke izenzo zabalusi, waza wanikela ubungqina phambi kwakhe nxamnye nabo bonke abalusi. 77. Wathabatha incwadi yokwenyani wayibeka ecaleni kwakhe, wemka. ISAHLUKO 90 1-5. Ixesha Lesithathu--ukusuka kuAlexander Omkhulu ukuya kuLawulo lwamaGrike namaSiriya. 1. Kwaye ndabona ukuba abalusi abangamashumi amathathu anesihlanu babelusa izimvu, kwaye bagqiba imihla yabo, njengabokuqala, baze abanye babamkele ukuze bawaluse imihla yabo. 2. Emva koko ndabona embonweni wam zonke iintaka zezulu zisiza, iinkozi, iinkozi, iinkawu, amahlungulu; kodwa iinkozi zazikhokela zonke iintaka; zaqala ukuzidla ezo zimvu, zakhupha amehlo azo, zadla nenyama yazo. 3. Iigusha zakhala kuba inyama yazo yayidliwa ziintaka, kwaye mna ndajonga ndaza ndalila ebuthongweni ngenxa yomalusi owayelusa izimvu. 4. Ndabona de ezi zimvu zadliwa zizinja, iinkozi, iikati, neenkawu. Abazange bashiye nyama, ulusu, okanye imisipha, kwaze kwaba yilapho kuphela amathambo abo emile apho; amathambo abo nawo awela emhlabeni, kwaye izimvu zaba zimbalwa. 5. Ndabona de kwaba ngamashumi amabini anesithathu eqalile ukwalusa aze agqibe amaxesha aliqela angamashumi amahlanu anesibhozo.
68-71. Ixesha Lokuqala Labalawuli Abaziingelosi— ukususela Ekutshatyalalisweni KweYerusalem ukuya Ekubuyeni Ekuthinjweni. 68. Abalusi kunye namaqabane abo banikela ezo zimvu kuzo zonke izilwanyana zasendle, ukuze bazidle, kwaye ngamnye kubo wafumana inani elithile ngexesha lakhe: kwabhalwa ngomnye kwincwadi ukuba bangaphi ababhubhileyo. 69. Kwaye ngamnye wabulala waza watshabalalisa okuninzi ngaphezu koko kwakumiselwe; ndaza ndaqalisa ukulila nokulila ngenxa yezo zimvu. 70. Kwaye ngaloo ndlela ndambona embonweni lowo wabhalayo, indlela awabhala ngayo yonke into eyatshatyalaliswa ngabo balusi, imihla ngemihla, waza wayithwala wayibeka phantsi waza wayibonisa iNkosi yezimvu yonke incwadi—kwanayo yonke into ababeyenzile, nayo yonke into ababeyithathile, nayo yonke into ababeyinikele ekutshatyalalisweni. 71. Incwadi yafundwa phambi kweNkosi yezimvu, wayithabatha incwadi esandleni sayo, wayifunda, wayitywina, wayibeka phantsi.
6-12. Ixesha Lesine--ukusuka kuLawulo lweGrisi-Syria ukuya kwiMvukelo yamaMaccabæan. 6. Kodwa khangela, iigusha zathwalwa zezo zimvu ezimhlophe, zaza zaqala ukuvula amehlo azo, zabona, zaza zakhala kwiigusha. 7. Ewe, bamemeza kubo, kodwa abazange baphulaphule oko babekuthetha kubo, kodwa babezithulu kakhulu, namehlo abo ayengaboni kakuhle. 8. Kwaye ndabona embonweni indlela amahlungulu abhabha ngayo phezu kwala mawundlu, athabatha enye yala mawundlu, aqhekeza izimvu, azidla. 10. Ndabona iimpondo zikhula phezu kweegusha, namahlungulu awisa iimpondo zawo; ndabona kwaphuma uphondo olukhulu kwenye yeegusha, amehlo abo avuleka. 10. Yabajonga, yavula amehlo abo, yakhala kwiigusha, neenkunzi zeegusha zayibona, zaza zonke zabaleka zaya kuyo. 11. Nangona kunjalo, onke ama-eagles, ama-eagles, amahlungulu, nama-kites aqhubeka edla izimvu, ebaleka phezu kwazo, ezidla. Iigusha zathula, kodwa iinkunzi zalila zaza zakhala. 12. La mahlungulu alwa nayo, alwa nayo, azama ukuyithoba uphondo lwayo, kodwa ayengenalo igunya kuyo.
72-77. Ixesha lesibini--ukususela kwixesha likaKoreshi ukuya kwixesha lika-Alexander Omkhulu. 72. Ndabona kwangoko indlela abelusi ababesidla ngayo iiyure ezilishumi elinesibini, kwaye khangela ezintathu kwezo zimvu zabuya zaza zangena zaza zaqala ukwakha konke okwakuwile kuloo ndlu; kodwa iihagu zasendle zazama ukuzithintela, kodwa azikwazanga. 73. Baqala kwakhona ukwakha njengangaphambili, baza bayimisa loo nqaba, yaza yabizwa ngokuba yinqaba ephakamileyo; baza baqala kwakhona ukubeka itafile phambi kwenqaba, kodwa sonke isonka phezu kwayo sasingcolile kwaye singesiso esicocekileyo. 74. Ngokuphathelele konke oku, amehlo ezimvu aphuphuthekiswa kangangokuba azibonanga, namehlo abalusi bazo ngokufanayo; bazinikela ngobuninzi kubalusi babo ukuba batshabalalise, bazinyathela ngeenyawo zabo izimvu bazidla. 75. INkosi yezimvu ayizange ishukunyiswe de zonke izimvu zasasazeka endle zaza zaxubana nazo, kwaye azizange zizisindise esandleni sezilwanyana.
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baza bafunyanwa benetyala, baphoswa kule nzonzobila yomlilo, baza batsha; ngoku le nzonzobila yayisekunene kwaloo ndlu. 27. Ndazibona ezo gusha zitsha namathambo azo etsha.
13. Ndabona kwada kwafika abelusi, iinkozi, amavukuthu, neenkawu, bamemeza kwiingcuka ukuba ziphule uphondo lwenkunzi yegusha. Balwa nayo, balwa nayo, yalwa nayo, yakhala ukuba incede. 14. Ndabona loo ndoda, eyabhala amagama abelusi, yaza yaya eNkosini yezimvu, yaza yanceda, yabonisa yonke into: yehla ukuze incede inkunzi. 15. Ndabona de iNkosi yezimvu yafika kubo ngomsindo, kwaye bonke abambonayo babaleka, bawa bonke emthunzini wakhe ebusweni bakhe. 16. Zonke iinkozi, amaxhalanga, amahlungulu, nama-kites, zabuthana ndawonye, zaza nazo zonke izimvu zasendle, ewe, zonke zaza zancedisana ukuphula uphondo lwenkunzi yegusha. 17. Ndambona loo mntu, owabhala incwadi ngokomyalelo weNkosi, de wavula loo ncwadi malunga nokutshatyalaliswa okwenziwe ngabalusi bokugqibela abalishumi elinesibini, waza wabonisa ukuba batshabalalise okungaphezulu kunabo bangaphambili, phambi kweNkosi yezimvu. 18. Ndabona ke, de iNkosi yezimvu yafika kubo, yabamba intonga yomsindo wayo, yawubetha umhlaba, umhlaba waqhekeka, zonke izilwanyana neentaka zezulu zawa phakathi kwezo zimvu, zaginywa emhlabeni, zaza zagqunywa. 19. Ndabona de kwanikwa ikrele elikhulu kwiigusha, izimvu zahlasela zonke izilwanyana zasendle ukuze zizibulale. Zonke izilwanyana neentaka zezulu zabaleka phambi kwazo.
28-38. IYerusalem eNtsha, ukuguquka kweentlanga ezisindileyo, uvuko lwabaLungileyo, uMesiya. 28. Ndasukuma ukuze ndibone de bayisonga loo ndlu indala; baza bathabatha zonke iintsika, kwaye yonke imiqadi nezinto zokuhombisa zendlu zazisongiwe ngaxeshanye nayo, baza bayithwala bayibeka kwindawo ethile emazantsi elizwe. 29. Ndabona de iNkosi yezimvu yazisa indlu entsha enkulu nephakamileyo kuneyokuqala, yaza yayibeka endaweni yeyokuqala eyayisongiwe ubhiya. Zonke iintsika zayo zazintsha, nemihombiso yayo yayintsha kwaye inkulu kuneyokuqala, endala awayeyithathile, kwaye zonke izimvu zazingaphakathi kwayo. 30. Ndabona zonke izimvu ezazisele, nazo zonke izilwanyana zasemhlabeni, nazo zonke iintaka zezulu, ziwa phantsi, zinqula ezo zimvu, zithandaza, zithobela yonke into. 31. Emva koko abo bathathu babenxibe ezimhlophe, bandibambe ngesandla, ababendiphakamisele phezulu ngaphambili, nesandla senkunzi sandibamba, bandiphakamisa, bandibeka phakathi kwezo zimvu ngaphambi kokuba kufike umgwebo. 32. Zonke ezo gusha zazimhlophe, kwaye uboya bazo babubuninzi kwaye bucocekile. 33. Bonke ababebhujisiwe nababesasazekile, nazo zonke izilwanyana zasendle, nazo zonke iintaka zezulu, bahlanganisana kuloo ndlu, kwaye iNkosi yezimvu yavuya kakhulu kuba zonke zazilungile kwaye zibuyele endlwini yayo. 34. Ndabona de babeka phantsi ikrele elalinikwe izimvu, balibuyisela endlwini, latywinwa phambi kobukho beNkosi, kwaye zonke izimvu zamenywa kuloo ndlu, kodwa azizange zibabambe. 35. Amehlo abo bonke avuleka, babona okulungileyo, akwabakho namnye kubo ongaboniyo. 36. Ndabona ukuba loo ndlu inkulu, ibanzi kwaye izele kakhulu. 37. Ndabona inkunzi emhlophe izalwa, ineempondo ezinkulu, zonke izilwanyana zasendle neentaka zezulu zazimoyika, zimbongoza ngamaxesha onke. 38. Ndabona de zonke izizukulwana zabo zaguquka, bonke baba ziinkunzi ezimhlophe; kwaye eyokuqala phakathi kwabo yaba yimvana, kwaye loo mvana yaba sisilwanyana esikhulu kwaye yayineempondo ezinkulu ezimnyama entlokweni yayo; kwaye iNkosi yezimvu yavuya ngayo kunye nazo zonke iinkomo. 39. Ndalala phakathi kwabo: ndavuka ndabona yonke into. 40. Lo ngumbono endawubonayo ndilele, ndavuka ndayibonga iNkosi yobulungisa, ndayizukisa. 41. Ndaza ndalila kakhulu, iinyembezi zam azizange zihlale de andakwazi ukuzinyamezela: ndakubona, zaphuma ngenxa yoko ndikubonileyo; kuba konke kuya kwenzeka kwaye kuzaliseke, kwaye zonke izenzo zabantu ngokulandelelana kwazo zaboniswa kum.
20-27. Ukugwetywa kweengelosi eziwileyo, abelusi, kunye nabawexuki. 20. Ndabona itrone ibekwe kwilizwe elihle, iNkosi yezimvu yahlala phezu kwayo, kwaye enye yathabatha iincwadi ezitywiniweyo yaza yavula ezo ncwadi phambi kweNkosi yezimvu. 21. INkosi yabiza abo bantu abasixhenxe bokuqala abamhlophe, yaza yayalela ukuba bazise phambi kwayo, beqala ngenkwenkwezi yokuqala eyayikhokela indlela, zonke iinkwenkwezi ezazinamalungu angaphakathi afana namahashe, baza bazizisa zonke phambi kwayo. 22. Wathi kuloo mntu wayebhala ngaphambi kwakhe, engomnye wabo basixhenxe bamhlophe, wathi kuye: "Thabatha abo balusi bangamashumi asixhenxe endabanika izimvu, baza bazithatha ngokwabo babulala ngaphezu kokuba ndibayalele." 23. Ndabona ke, bonke bebotshiwe, kwaye bonke bemi phambi kwakhe. 24. Kwaye umgwebo wabanjwa kuqala phezu kweenkwenkwezi, baza bagwetywa baza bafunyanwa benetyala, baya kwindawo yokugwetywa, baza baphoswa enzonzobileni, egcwele umlilo nomlilo, kwaye izele ziintsika zomlilo. 25. Abo balusi bangamashumi asixhenxe bagwetywa baza bafunyanwa benetyala, baza baphoswa kuloo ntlango ivuthayo. 26. Ndabona ngelo xesha indlela inzonzobila efana naleyo yavulwa ngayo phakathi komhlaba, igcwele umlilo, baza bazisa ezo zimvu zingaboniyo, baza bonke bagwetywa 29
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42. Ngobo busuku ndakhumbula iphupha lokuqala, kwaye ngenxa yalo ndalila ndaza ndakhathazeka--kuba ndandiwubonile loo mbono.'
wonke, kwaye ihlabathi liya kubhalwa phantsi ukuze litshatyalaliswe. 15. Emva koko, ngeveki yeshumi kwinxalenye yesixhenxe, kuya kubakho umgwebo omkhulu ongunaphakade, apho aya kuphumeza khona impindezelo phakathi kweengelosi. 16. Izulu lokuqala liya kudlula, lidlule, kuvele izulu elitsha, kwaye onke amandla ezulu aya kukhanyisa kasixhenxe. 17. Emva koko kuya kubakho iiveki ezininzi ezingenakubalwa ngonaphakade, kwaye bonke baya kuba sebuhleni nasebulungiseni, kwaye isono asiyi kuphinda sikhankanywe ngonaphakade. 18. Ngoku ke ndiyanixelela, bonyana bam, ndize ndinibonise iindlela zobulungisa neendlela zogonyamelo. Ewe, ndiza kunibonisa kwakhona ukuze nazi ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni. 19. Ndiphulaphuleni ke, bonyana bam, nihambe ngeendlela zobulungisa, ningahambi ngeendlela zogonyamelo; Kuba bonke abahamba ngeendlela zobubi baya kutshabalala ngonaphakade.
ISAHLUKO 91 1. 'Ke kaloku, nyana wam Methusela, ndibizele bonke abazalwana bakho, Uze uhlanganisele kum bonke oonyana bakanyoko; Kuba ilizwi liyandibiza, Umoya uthululelwe phezu kwam, Ukuze ndikubonise konke okuya kukwehlela ngonaphakade.' 2. Waza uMethusela waya khona, wabiza bonke abazalwana bakhe, wahlanganisa izalamane zakhe. 3. Wathetha kubo bonke abantwana bobulungisa, wathi: “Yivani, nyana bakaEnoki, onke amazwi kayihlo, niphulaphule ilizwi lomlomo wam; kuba ndiyanibongoza, ndithi kuni, zintanda: Thandani okulungileyo, nihambe kuko.” 4. Musani ukusondela ekuthe tyeni nineentliziyo ezimbini, Ninganxulumani nabo banentliziyo ezimbini, Kodwa hambani ngobulungisa, bantwana bam. Buya kunikhokela kwiindlela ezilungileyo, Nobulungisa bube liqabane lenu. 5. Kuba ndiyazi ukuba ugonyamelo luya kwanda emhlabeni, kwaye isohlwayo esikhulu siya kuphunyezwa emhlabeni, kwaye konke ukungalungi kuya kuphela: Ewe, kuya kunqunyulwa kwiingcambu zayo, kwaye yonke into eyakhiweyo iya kutshatyalaliswa. 6. Kwaye ububi buya kugqitywa kwakhona emhlabeni, nazo zonke izenzo zobubi nogonyamelo, kwaye ulwaphulo-mthetho luya kuphumelela kabini. 7. Xa isono nokungalungi nokuhlambalaza, nogonyamelo kuzo zonke iintlobo zezenzo, nokukreqa, nokungcola, kuya kuvela isohlwayo esikhulu ezulwini phezu kwabo bonke aba, iNkosi engcwele iya kuphuma inomsindo, ize igwebe emhlabeni. 8. Ngaloo mihla ugonyamelo luya kunqunyulwa kwiingcambu zalo, neengcambu zobubi kunye nenkohliso, kwaye ziya kutshatyalaliswa phantsi kwezulu. 9. Zonke izithixo zeentlanga ziya kushiywa, neetempile zitshiswe ngomlilo, Ziya kuzisusa emhlabeni wonke, Ziya kuphoswa emlilweni, Zitshabalale ngomsindo nangomgwebo onzima ngonaphakade. 10. Amalungisa aya kuvuka ebuthongweni bawo, Ubulumko buya kuvuka bunikwe wona. 11. Emva koko iingcambu zobubi ziya kunqunyulwa, kwaye aboni baya kutshatyalaliswa ngekrele ... baya kunqunyulwa kubanyelisi kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye abo baceba ugonyamelo kunye nabo benza ubuxoki baya kutshabalala ngekrele. 12. Emva koko kuya kubakho enye iveki yesibhozo, leyo yobulungisa, kwaye ikrele liya kunikwa kuyo ukuze kugwetywe ngobulungisa abacinezeli, kwaye aboni baya kunikelwa ezandleni zamalungisa. 13. Ekupheleni kwayo baya kufumana izindlu ngobulungisa babo, kwaye indlu iya kwakhiwa yoKumkani Omkhulu ngozuko ngonaphakade. 14. Bonke abantu baya kujonga endleleni ethe tye. Emva koko, ngeveki yesithoba, umgwebo olungileyo uya kutyhilwa kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye yonke imisebenzi yabangamhloneliyo uThixo iya kutshabalala emhlabeni
ISAHLUKO 92 1. Incwadi ebhalwe nguEnoki—uEnoki ngokwenene wabhala le mfundiso ipheleleyo yobulumko, enconywa ngabantu bonke kunye nomgwebi womhlaba wonke ngenxa yabo bonke abantwana bam abaya kuhlala emhlabeni. Nezizukulwana ezizayo eziya kugcina ubulungisa noxolo. 2. Umoya wakho mawungakhathazeki ngenxa yamaxesha; Kuba uNgcwele noMkhulu umisele imihla yazo zonke izinto. 3. Ilungisa liya kuvuka ebuthongweni, Liya kuvuka lihambe ezindleleni zobulungisa, Kwaye yonke indlela yalo nencoko yalo iya kuba sebuhleni nasebubeleni obungunaphakade. 4. Uya kuba nenceba kumalungisa aze amnike ubulungisa obungunaphakade, aze amnike amandla ukuze anikwe ukulunga nobulungisa. Aze ahambe ekukhanyeni okungunaphakade. 5. Isono siya kutshabalala ebumnyameni ngonaphakade, singasayi kuphinda sibonakale ukususela ngaloo mini ngonaphakade. ISAHLUKO 93 1. Emva koko uEnoki wanikela waza waqala ukubalisa ezincwadini. UEnoki wathi: “Ngokuphathelele abantwana bobulungisa nangabanyulwa behlabathi, Nangokuphathelele isityalo sobulungisa, ndiza kuthetha ezi zinto, Ewe, mna Enoki ndiza kuzivakalisa kuni, nyana bam.” 2. Ngokwento eyabonakala kum embonweni wasezulwini, Nendiyaziyo ngelizwi leengelosi ezingcwele, Kwaye ndifunde kumacwecwe asezulwini. 3. UEnoki waqala ukubalisa ezincwadini wathi: 'Ndazalwa ngowesixhenxe ngeveki yokuqala, ngelixa umgwebo nobulungisa bezisaqhubeka.' 4. Emva kwam kuya kuvela ububi obukhulu ngeveki yesibini, Kuza kuvela inkohliso; Kuza kubakho isiphelo sokuqala kuyo. Kuza kusindiswa umntu kuyo; Emva koko 30
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kuza kuvela ububi, Kuza kwenziwa umthetho ngenxa yaboni. 5. Emva koko kwiveki yesithathu ekupheleni kwayo, indoda iya kunyulwa njengesityalo sobulungisa, kwaye inzala yayo iya kuba sisityalo sobulungisa ngonaphakade. 6. Emva koko kwiveki yesine, ekupheleni kwayo, kuya kubonakala imibono yabangcwele nabalungileyo, kwaye kuya kwenziwa umthetho kuzo zonke izizukulwana kunye nokuvalwa kwabo. 7. Emva koko kwiveki yesihlanu, ekupheleni kwayo, indlu yozuko nobukhosi iya kwakhiwa ngonaphakade. 8. Emva koko ngeveki yesithandathu bonke abahlala kuyo baya kuba buthathaka, neentliziyo zabo bonke ziya kulahla ubulumko ngokungenabuthixo. Kuyo kuya kunyuka umntu; Kwaye ekupheleni kwayo indlu yobukhosi iya kutshiswa ngomlilo, kwaye lonke uhlanga lweengcambu ezikhethiweyo luya kusasazeka. 9. Emva koko, ngeveki yesixhenxe, kuya kuvela isizukulwana esikreqileyo, kwaye kuya kubakho izenzo ezininzi, kwaye zonke izenzo zaso ziya kuba zikreqileyo. 10. Kwaye ekupheleni kwayo kuya kunyulwa, abakhethiweyo abangamalungisa besityalo esingunaphakade sobulungisa, Ukuze bafumane imiyalelo ephindwe kasixhenxe malunga nayo yonke indalo yakhe. 11. Ngubani na kubo bonke abantwana babantu onokuliva ilizwi loNgcwele ngaphandle kokukhathazeka? Ngubani na onokucinga iingcinga zakhe? Ngubani na onokubona yonke imisebenzi yasezulwini? 12. Kwaye kufuneka kubekho njani umntu onokubona izulu, kwaye ngubani na onokuqonda izinto zezulu aze abone umphefumlo okanye umoya aze azixele, okanye anyuke abone zonke iziphelo zawo aze azicinge okanye enze njengazo? 13. Ngubani na kubo bonke abantu onokuyazi ububanzi nobude bomhlaba, kwaye ngubani oboniswe umlinganiselo wazo zonke? 14. Okanye kukho nabani na onokuqonda ubude bezulu, nokuba bukhulu kangakanani ukuphakama kwalo, nokuba lisekwe phezu kwentoni, nokuba likhulu kangakanani inani leenkwenkwezi, nokuba zonke izikhanyiso zimi phi?
ndawo yokubufumana, kwaye kungabikho nanye indlela yokubuvavanya enokuthi iphele. 6. Yeha abo bakha ubungendawo nokucinezela, baze babeke inkohliso njengesiseko; kuba baya kubhukuqwa ngequbuliso, bangabi naxolo. 7. Yeha abo bakha izindlu zabo ngesono; kuba baya kubhukuqwa kuzo zonke iziseko zabo, bawe ngekrele; abo bafumana igolide nesilivere ngomgwebo baya kutshabalala ngequbuliso. 8. Yeha nina zizityebi, kuba nithembele kubutyebi benu, kwaye niya kuphuma kubutyebi benu, kuba animkhumbulanga Oyena Uphakamileyo ngemihla yobutyebi benu. 9. Niye nanyelisa kwaye nalungisa ububi, kwaye nilungele umhla wokuxhela, kunye nomhla wobumnyama kunye nomhla womgwebo omkhulu. 10. Nditsho njalo, ndithi kuni: Lowo wanidalayo uya kunibhukuqa, Kwaye ngenxa yokuwa kwenu akuyi kubakho nceba, Kwaye uMdali wenu uya kuvuya ngenxa yokubhubha kwenu. 11. Amalungisa akho ngaloo mihla aya kuba sisingcikivo kuboni nakwabangahloneli Thixo. ISAHLUKO 95 1. Akwaba amehlo am ebenjengelifu lamanzi, Ukuba bendinokulila phezu kwakho, Ndize ndithulule iinyembezi zam njengelifu lamanzi: Ukuze ndiphumle kwiingxaki zam zentliziyo! 2. Ngubani onivumele ukuba nenze izithuko nobubi? Ngoko ke umgwebo uya kunifikela nina boni. 3. Musani ukoyika aboni, nina balungileyo; kuba iNkosi iya kubanikela kwakhona ezandleni zenu, ukuze nibagwebe ngokweminqweno yenu. 4. Yeha nina nizalisa iziqalekiso ezingenakuguqulwa: Ngoko ke ukuphiliswa kuya kuba kude nani ngenxa yezono zenu. 5. Yeha nina niphindezela ummelwane wenu ububi; kuba niya kubuyekezwa ngokwemisebenzi yenu. 6. Yeha nina, mangqina axokayo, Nani balinganisa ubugwenxa, Kuba niya kutshabalala ngequbuliso. 7. Yeha nina boni, kuba nitshutshisa abalungileyo; kuba niza kunikelwa nize nitshutshiswe ngenxa yokungabikho kobulungisa, kwaye idyokhwe yalo iya kuba nzima phezu kwenu.
ISAHLUKO 94 1. Ngoku ke ndithi kuni, bantwana bam, thandani ubulungisa nize nihambe kubo; Kuba iindlela zobulungisa zifanelekile ukwamkelwa, Kodwa iindlela zobubi ziya kutshabalala ngequbuliso zize zinyamalale. 2. Kubantu abathile besizukulwana esithile iindlela zogonyamelo nokufa ziya kutyhilwa, kwaye baya kuzibamba kude nazo, kwaye abayi kuzilandela. 3. Ngoku ke ndithi kuni balungileyo: Musani ukuhamba ngeendlela zobungendawo, okanye ezindleleni zokufa, kwaye ningasondeli kubo, hleze nitshatyalaliswe. 4. Kodwa funani nize nizikhethele ubulungisa nobomi obukhethiweyo, Nize nihambe ngeendlela zoxolo, Nize niphile niphumelele. 5. Nize niwagcine amazwi am kwiingcinga zeentliziyo zenu, Ningawavumeli ukuba asuswe ezintliziyweni zenu; Kuba ndiyazi ukuba aboni baya kulinga abantu ukuba basebenzise ubulumko ngendlela embi, ukuze kungabikho
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okuqaqambileyo kuya kunikhanyisela, Nelizwi lokuphumla niya kuliva livela ezulwini. 4. Yeha kuni, nina boni, kuba ubutyebi benu bunenza nibonakale njengabalungileyo, kodwa iintliziyo zenu ziyanigweba ngokuba ningaboni, kwaye le nto iya kuba bubungqina kuni njengesikhumbuzo sezenzo zenu ezimbi. 5. Yeha nina nidla ingqolowa emnandi, nisele iwayini kwiimbiza ezinkulu, ninyathela phantsi kweenyawo zabaphantsi ngamandla enu. 6. Yeha nina nisela amanzi kuyo yonke imithombo, kuba ngequbuliso niya kutshabalala nibune, kuba niwushiyile umthombo wobomi. 7. Yeha nina benzi bobubi, Nenkohliso nokunyelisa: Kuya kuba sisikhumbuzo kuni ngenxa yobubi. 8. Yeha nina banamandla, nicinezela amalungisa ngamandla; kuba umhla wokubhujiswa kwenu uyeza. Ngaloo mihla kuya kufika imihla emininzi neyonwabisayo kumalungisa—ngemini yomgwebo wenu.
3. Ngenxa yoko baya kuswela imfundiso nobulumko, Baye baya kutshabalala kunye nezinto zabo; Kwaye bonke ubuqaqawuli babo nozuko lwabo, Kwaye ngehlazo, ekubulaweni nasekusweleni okukhulu, Imimoya yabo iya kuphoswa esithandweni somlilo. 4. Ndinifungile, nina boni, njengokuba intaba ingazange ibe likhoboka, nentaba ingabi likhobokakazi lomfazi, ngokunjalo isono asizange sithunyelwe emhlabeni, kodwa umntu wasidala ngokwakhe, kwaye baya kuwa phantsi kwesiqalekiso esikhulu abo basenzayo. 5. Kwaye umfazi akanikwanga bantwana, Kodwa ngenxa yezenzo zezandla zakhe uyafa engenabantwana. 6. Ndinifungile, nina boni, ngoNgcwele Omkhulu, ukuba zonke izenzo zenu ezimbi zityhilwe emazulwini, nokuba akukho nanye yezenzo zenu zokucinezela efihliweyo nefihliweyo. 7. Musa ukucinga ngomoya wakho okanye uthi entliziyweni yakho ukuba awazi kwaye awuboni ukuba zonke izono zibhalwa yonke imihla ezulwini phambi koPhezukonke. 8. Ukususela ngoku niyazi ukuba yonke ingcinezelo yenu eniyicinezelayo ibhalwa phantsi yonke imihla kude kube yimini yomgwebo wenu. 9. Yeha nina zidenge, kuba ngenxa yobudenge benu niya kutshabalala; nize niphule izilumko, ngoko ke okulungileyo akuyi kuba sisabelo senu. 10. Ngoku ke, yazini ukuba nilungele umhla wokutshatyalaliswa: kutheni ningathembi ukuba niya kuphila, nina boni, kodwa niya kuhamba nize nife; kuba aniyazi intlawulelo; kuba nilungele umhla womgwebo omkhulu, umhla wokubandezeleka nehlazo elikhulu kwimimoya yenu. 11. Yeha nina, nina bantliziyo zilukhuni, abenza ububi, nidla igazi: Nivela phi na izinto ezilungileyo zokutya, nokusela, nokuhlutha? Kuzo zonke izinto ezilungileyo uYehova oPhezukonke azibeke emhlabeni, ngoko ke aniyi kuba naxolo. 12. Yeha nina nithanda izenzo zobubi! Kutheni na ninethemba lokuba izinto ezilungileyo ziza kunifikela? Yazini ukuba niya kunikelwa ezandleni zamalungisa, aze aninqumle iintamo zenu, anibulale, angabi nanceba kuni. 13. Yeha nina nivuyayo ngembandezelo yabalungileyo, kuba akukho ngcwaba liya kumbiwa. 14. Yeha nina niwadelelayo amazwi amalungisa, kuba aniyi kuba nethemba lobomi. 15. Yeha nina nibhala phantsi amazwi obuxoki nangenabuthixo, kuba babhala phantsi ubuxoki babo ukuze abantu babuve baze benze ngokungenabuthixo kummelwane wabo. 16. Ngenxa yoko abayi kuba noxolo kodwa baya kufa ngequbuliso.
ISAHLUKO 97 1. Kholwani, nina balungileyo, ukuba aboni baya kuba lihlazo, Batshabalale ngomhla wobubi. 2. Makwazeke kuni boni ukuba uPhezukonke uyakhumbula ukutshatyalaliswa kwenu, Nezithunywa zezulu ziyavuya ngokutshatyalaliswa kwenu. 3. Niza kwenza ntoni nina boni, Niza kubalekela phi ngaloo mini yomgwebo, Xa nisiva ilizwi lomthandazo wamalungisa? 4. Ewe, niya kuba njengabo, abo eli lizwi liya kuba bubungqina kubo: "Nibe ngamadlelane naboni." 5. Ngaloo mihla umthandazo wamalungisa uya kufikelela eNkosini, kwaye imihla yomgwebo wakho iya kufika kuwe. 6. Kwaye onke amazwi okungalungi kwenu aya kufundwa phambi koNgcwele Omkhulu, Ubuso benu buya kugutyungelwa ziintloni, Kwaye uya kuwalahla wonke umsebenzi osekelwe ekungalungini. 7. Yeha nina boni, nina nihlala elwandle nasemhlabathini owomileyo, enikhumbula ububi ngani. 8. Yeha nina nifumana isilivere negolide ngokungalungi, nithi: "Sityebile ngobutyebi, sinempahla; sizuze konke esikunqwenelayo." 9. Ngoku ke masenze oko besikucebile: Kuba siqokelele isilivere, kwaye baninzi abalimi ezindlwini zethu. "Iingxowa zethu zizele ngamanzi, 10. Ewe, nanjengamanzi, ubuxoki bakho buya kumka; Kuba ubutyebi bakho abuyi kuhlala, kodwa bunyuke ngokukhawuleza kuni; Kuba nibufumene bonke ngobubi, kwaye niya kunikezelwa kwisiqalekiso esikhulu. ISAHLUKO 98
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1. Ngoku ke ndifunga kuni, kwizilumko nakwabangenangqondo, kuba niya kuba namava amaninzi emhlabeni. 2. Kuba amadoda aya kunxiba izinto zokuhombisa ezingaphezulu kwamabhinqa, neengubo ezinemibala ngaphezu kwentombi: Ngobukhosi nangobungangamsha namandla, nangesilivere nangegolide nangomfusa, nangobuqaqawuli nangokutya, ziya kuthululwa njengamanzi.
1. Yeha nina nizingcayo ngamanga, nizincoma: Niya kutshabalala, kwaye akukho bomi bumnandi obuya kuba nani. 2. Yeha abo baguqula amazwi alungileyo, baze baphule umthetho ongunaphakade, baze baziguqule babe yiloo nto bangengabo aboni: baza kunyathelwa phantsi komhlaba. 32
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3. Ngaloo mihla lungiselelani, nina balungileyo, ukuphakamisa imithandazo yenu njengesikhumbuzo, niyibeke njengobungqina phambi kweengelosi, ukuze zibeke isono saboni njengesikhumbuzo phambi koPhezukonke. 4. Ngaloo mihla iintlanga ziya kuvukelana, kwaye iintsapho zeentlanga ziya kuvuka ngomhla wokutshatyalaliswa. 5. Ngaloo mihla, abantu abasweleyo baya kuphuma, bathabathe abantwana babo, babashiye, baze batshabalale ngenxa yabo; baya kushiya abantwana babo abasakhulayo, bangabuyi kubo, kwaye abayi kuba nanceba kubathandekayo babo. 6. Kwakhona ndiyafunga kuni, nina boni, ukuba isono silungiselelwe umhla wokuphalala kwegazi okungapheliyo. 7. Abo banqula amatye, imifanekiso yegolide, isilivere, imithi, ilitye nodongwe, abo banqula imimoya engcolileyo, iidemon, nazo zonke iintlobo zezithixo, abayi kufumana ncedo kubo. 8. Baya kuba ngabangenabuthixo ngenxa yobudenge beentliziyo zabo, namehlo abo aya kumfameka ngenxa yokoyika iintliziyo zabo, nangemibono emaphupheni abo. 9. Ngenxa yezi zinto baya kuba ngabangenabuthixo nabangcangcazelisileyo; Kuba baya kwenza yonke imisebenzi yabo ngobuxoki, Banqule ilitye: Ngenxa yoko baya kutshabalala ngephanyazo. 10. Kodwa ngaloo mihla banoyolo bonke abo bamkela amazwi obulumko, baze bawaqonde, baze bagcine iindlela zoPhezukonke, baze bahambe ngendlela yobulungisa bakhe, baze bangabi ngabangenabuthixo kunye nabangenabuthixo; kuba baya kusindiswa. 11. Yeha nina nisasaza ububi kubamelwane benu; kuba niya kubulawa eShiyol. 12. Yeha nina nithatha amanyathelo akhohlisayo nakhohlisayo, nina nibangela ubukrakra emhlabeni, kuba baya kutshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo ngaloo ndlela. 13. Yeha nina bakha izindlu zenu ngokusebenza nzima kwabanye, Zonke izinto zabo zokwakha zizitena namatye esono; ndithi kuni aniyi kuba noxolo. 14. Yeha kwabo bangawuthobeliyo umlinganiselo nelifa elingunaphakade looyise, Abalandela izithixo imiphefumlo yabo; Kuba abayi kuphumla. 15. Yeha kwabo benza okungalunganga, bancedise ekucinezeleni, baze babulale abamelwane babo kude kube yimini yomgwebo omkhulu. 16. Kuba uya kuyilahla inkazimulo yenu, azise intlungu ezintliziyweni zenu, avuse umsindo wakhe ovuthayo, anitshabalalise nonke ngekrele; bonke abangcwele nabalungileyo baya kuzikhumbula izono zenu.
3. Ihashe liya kuhamba liye esifubeni egazini laboni, Inqwelo yokulwa iya kuntywiliselwa phezulu. 4. Ngaloo mihla iingelosi ziya kuhla ziye kwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo, Zihlanganise ndawonye bonke abo bawisa isono, Kwaye uPhezukonke uya kuphuma ngaloo mini yomgwebo, ukuze enze umgwebo omkhulu phakathi kwaboni. 5. Kwaye phezu kwabo bonke abalungileyo nabangcwele uya kumisela abagcini phakathi kweengelosi ezingcwele, ukuba babagcine njengenkozo yeliso, Ade aphelise bonke ububi nesono, Kwaye nangona abalungileyo belala ubuthongo obude, abanako ukoyika. 6. Emva koko abantwana bomhlaba baya kubona izilumko zikhuselekile, Baze baqonde onke amazwi ale ncwadi, Baze baqonde ukuba ubutyebi babo abuyi kubasindisa, Ekubhukuqweni kwezono zabo. 7. Yeha nina boni, ngomhla wokubandezeleka okukhulu, nina nibandezela abalungileyo nibatshise ngomlilo: niya kubuyiselwa ngokwemisebenzi yenu. 8. Yeha nina, nina bantliziyo zilukhuni, nilinda ukuze nicebe ububi: Ngenxa yoko niya kunkwantya, kungabikho bani unincedayo. 9. Yeha kuni, nina boni, ngenxa yamazwi omlomo wenu, nangenxa yezenzo zezandla zenu, njengoko ukungahloneli kwenu uThixo kwenziwe, Emalangatyeni avuthayo angaphezulu kunomlilo, niya kutshisa. 10. Ngoku ke, yazini ukuba uza kubuza kwiingelosi ngezenzo zenu ezulwini, elangeni nasenyangeni nasezinkwenkwezini ngokubhekisele kwizono zenu kuba emhlabeni nigweba amalungisa. 11. Uya kubiza onke amafu, inkungu, umbethe, nemvula, ukuba angqinele nina, kuba zonke ezi zinto ziya kuthintelwa ngenxa yenu, zingaweli phezu kwenu, kwaye ziya kukhumbula izono zenu. 12. Ngoku ke nikelani izipho emvuleni ukuze inganithinteli ukuba ine, okanye umbethe, xa sele ifumene igolide nesilivere kuni ukuze iwele. 13. Xa iqabaka nekhephu kunye nokubanda kwazo, nazo zonke izivuthuvuthu zekhephu kunye nazo zonke izibetho zazo ziniwela, ngaloo mihla aniyi kukwazi ukumelana nazo. ISAHLUKO 101 1. Jongani izulu, nina bantwana basezulwini, nayo yonke imisebenzi yoPhezukonke, nimoyike Yena, ningenzi ububi phambi kobuso bakhe. 2. Ukuba uvala iifestile zezulu, aze athintele imvula nombethe ukuba ungaweli emhlabeni ngenxa yenu, niya kwenza ntoni ke ngoko? 3. Ukuba uyathumela umsindo wakhe phezu kwenu ngenxa yezenzo zenu, aninakumbonga; kuba nithethe amazwi aqatha nangenantlonelo nxamnye nobulungisa bakhe; ngoko ke aniyi kuba noxolo. 4. Kwaye anibaboni na oomatiloshe beenqanawa, indlela iinqanawa zabo eziphoswa ngayo ngamaza, kwaye zishukunyiswa yimimoya, kwaye zisengxakini enkulu? 5. Ngenxa yoko bayayoyika kuba yonke impahla yabo exabisekileyo ihamba nabo elwandle, kwaye banezibikezelo ezimbi zokuba ulwandle luza kubaginya baze batshabalale kulo.
ISAHLUKO 100 1. Ngaloo mihla, ooyise kunye noonyana babo baya kubulawa, abazalwana baya kuwa omnye komnye, ide imilambo iphalale igazi labo. 2. Kuba umntu akayi kuzibamba isandla sakhe ekubulaleni oonyana bakhe nabantwana boonyana bakhe, Nomoni akayi kuzibamba isandla sakhe kumzalwana wakhe ohloniphekileyo: Ukususela kusasa ukuya ekutshoneni kwelanga baya kubulalana. 33
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6. Ngaba lonke ulwandle, nawo onke amanzi alo, nazo zonke iintshukumo zalo, azingomsebenzi woPhezukonke, kwaye akayimiselanga na imida yezenzo zalo, waza waluvalela yonke indawo ngentlabathi? 7. Kwaye ekukhalimeleni kwakhe iyoyika, yome, kwaye zonke iintlanzi zayo ziyafa kunye nayo yonke into ekuyo; Kodwa nina boni abasemhlabeni animoyiki. 8. Akazange na yena owadala izulu nomhlaba, nako konke okukuwo, owanika ukuqonda nobulumko zonke izinto ezinyakazelayo emhlabeni naselwandle? 9. Abahambi ngeenqanawa abaloyiki ulwandle na? Kodwa aboni abamoyiki Osenyangweni.
ezininzi ziya kunikwa kuwe njengembuyekezo yomsebenzi wakho, kwaye isabelo sakho singaphezulu kakhulu kwesabelo sabaphilayo. 4. Imimoya yenu efileyo ebulungiseni iya kuphila, ivuye, kwaye imimoya yabo ayiyi kutshabalala, okanye isikhumbuzo sabo phambi kobuso boMkhulu kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi: ngoko ke musa ukoyika ukudelela kwabo. 5. Yeha kuni, nina boni, xa nifile, Ukuba nifa nisebunzimeni bezono zenu, Abo banjengani bathi ngani: 'Banoyolo aboni: Babonile yonke imihla yabo.' 6. Nendlela abafe ngayo bekwimpumelelo nasebutyebini, Ababonanga mbandezelo okanye ukubulawa ebomini babo; Baze bafe benembeko, Kwaye isigwebo asizange siphunyezwe kubo ngexesha lokuphila kwabo. 7. Yazini ukuba imiphefumlo yabo iya kwehliselwa eShiyol, Kwaye baya kuba lusizi kwimbandezelo yabo enkulu. 8. Kwaye ebumnyameni, kwiintambo, naselangatyeni elivuthayo apho kukho umgwebo onzima, kwaye umgwebo omkhulu uya kuba kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi. Yeha kuni, kuba aniyi kuba noxolo. 9. Musa ukuthi ngamalungisa nabalungileyo abaphila ubomi: "Ngemihla yethu enzima sisebenze nzima kwaye sinamava onke eengxaki, kwaye sihlangane nobubi obuninzi kwaye siphelile, kwaye sinciphile kwaye umoya wethu mncinane." 10. Kwaye sitshatyalalisiwe kwaye asifumananga mntu wokusinceda nangalizwi: Sihlukunyeziwe kwaye sitshatyalalisiwe, kwaye asinethemba lokubona ubomi imihla ngemihla. 11. Besinethemba lokuba yintloko size sibe ngumsila: Sisebenze nzima kwaye asinaneliseko ngomsebenzi wethu; Kwaye sibe kukutya kwaboni nabangengomalungisa, kwaye bona basithwalise idyokhwe enzima. 12. Baye basilawula abo basithiyileyo, basibethayo; Sazithoba iintamo zethu kwabo basithiyileyo, kodwa abazange basisize. 13. Sasinqwenela ukubaleka kubo ukuze sibaleke size siphumle, Kodwa asifumananga ndawo apho singabalekela khona size sikhuseleke kubo. 14. Kwaye sikhalazwa kubalawuli xa sibandezelekile, Kwaye sikhalazwa ngabo basidlayo, Kodwa abazange baphulaphule ukukhala kwethu, Kwaye abazange baphulaphule ilizwi lethu. 15. Banceda abo basiphangayo, basidlayo, nabo basinciphisileyo, basifihla ingcinezelo yabo, abasisusanga idyokhwe yabo basidlayo, basichithachithayo, basibulala, basifihla ukubulala kwabo, abakhumbulanga ukuba basiphakamisele izandla.
ISAHLUKO 102 1. Ngaloo mihla xa enizisela umlilo onzima, niya kubalekela phi, kwaye niya kuyifumana phi inkululeko? Kwaye xa ethetha ngelizwi lakhe kuni, aniyi kunkwantya nize noyike? 2. Zonke izibane ziya kungcangcazela kakhulu, kwaye wonke umhlaba uya kungcangcazela, uthuthumele, uphazamiseke. 3. Zonke iingelosi ziya kuphumeza imiyalelo yazo, Zize zifune ukuzimela ebusweni boBukhazikhazi obukhulu, Abantwana bomhlaba baya kungcangcazela baze bathuthumele; Nina boni niya kuqalekiswa ngonaphakade, Ningabi naxolo. 4. Musani ukoyika, nina miphefumlo yamalungisa, Nize nibe nethemba nina bafe benobulungisa. 5. Musa ukulila ukuba umphefumlo wakho uye eShiyol ulusizi, Nokuba ebomini bakho umzimba wakho awuzange uphile ngendlela elungileyo, Kodwa linda umhla womgwebo waboni, Nomhla wesiqalekiso nesohlwayo. 6. Kodwa xa nisifa aboni bathetha ngani besithi: “Njengoko sifayo, ngokunjalo namalungisa aya kufa, kwaye bavuna ntoni ngezenzo zabo?” 7. Khangela, njengathi, bafa bebuhlungu nasebumnyameni, Banobani ngaphezu kwethu? Ukususela ngoku siyalingana. 8. Baza kufumana ntoni na, baza kubona ntoni ngonaphakade? Yabona, nabo bafile, Kwaye ukususela ngoku abasayi kubona ukukhanya ngonaphakade. 9. Ndithi kuni, nina boni, niyaneliswa kukutya nokusela, nokuphanga, nokona, nokuhluba abantu, nizuze ubutyebi, nibone imihla emihle. 10. Ngaba ubabonile abalungileyo ukuba isiphelo sabo siyaphela njani, ukuba akukho gonyamelo lufunyanwa kubo de bafe? 11. "Nangona kunjalo batshabalala baba ngathi abakho, kwaye imimoya yabo yehlela eShiyol ibandezelekile." ISAHLUKO 103
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1. Ke ngoko, ndiyafunga kuni, nina balungileyo, ngozuko loMkhulu, ohloniphekileyo, onamandla, nangobukhulu bakhe, ndiyafunga kuni: 2. Ndiyazi imfihlakalo, Ndifunde amacwecwe asezulwini, Ndibone iincwadi ezingcwele, Ndifumene kubhaliwe kwaye kubhaliwe ngazo: 3. Ukuba konke okulungileyo, uvuyo, nozuko, kulungiselelwe bona, kwaye kubhalwe phantsi kwimimoya yabo bafe belungile, kwaye ukuba izinto ezilungileyo
1. Ndiyanifungisa, ukuba ezulwini iingelosi ziyanikhumbula kakuhle phambi kozuko loMkhulu, namagama enu abhalwe phambi kozuko loMkhulu. 2. Yibani nethemba; kuba ngaphambili nahlaziswa ngenxa yokugula nembandezelo; kodwa ngoku niya kukhanya njengezikhanyiso zezulu, niya kukhanya nize nibonakale, neminyango yezulu iya kuvulelwa nina. 34
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3. Kwaye ekukhaleni kwakho, khala umgwebo, kwaye uya kubonakala kuwe; kuba yonke imbandezelo yakho iya kujongwa phezu kwabalawuli, nakubo bonke abancedisayo abo bakuphangayo. 4. Yibani nethemba, kwaye ningalahli amathemba enu kuba niya kuba novuyo olukhulu njengeengelosi zasezulwini. 5. Niya kunyanzeleka ukuba nenze ntoni? Aniyi kuzimela ngomhla womgwebo omkhulu kwaye aniyi kufunyanwa ningaboni, kwaye umgwebo ongunaphakade uya kuba kude kuni kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi. 6. Ke kaloku musani ukoyika, nina balungileyo, xa nibona aboni bekhula bephumelela ezindleleni zabo; musani ukuba ngamaqabane abo, kodwa hlalani kude nogonyamelo lwabo; kuba niya kuba ngamaqabane emikhosi yasezulwini. 7. Nangona nina boni nisithi: "Zonke izono zethu aziyi kuhlolwa zize zibhalwe phantsi," kodwa ke zona ziya kubhala zonke izono zenu imihla ngemihla. 8. Ngoku ke ndinibonisa ukuba ukukhanya nobumnyama, imini nobusuku, zibone zonke izono zenu. 9. Musani ukuba ngabangenabuthixo ezintliziyweni zenu, ningaxoki, ningawatshintshi amazwi alungileyo, ningawatyholi amazwi oNgcwele Omkhulu ngobuxoki, ningawacingeli izithixo zenu; kuba konke ukuxoka kwenu kunye nokungahloneli kwenu uThixo akuveli ebulungiseni kodwa kwisono esikhulu. 10. Ngoku ndiyazi le mfihlakalo, yokuba aboni baya kuyiguqula baze bayiguqule indlela abathetha ngayo izinto ezilungileyo ngeendlela ezininzi, baze bathethe amazwi amabi, baxoke, benze amaqhinga amakhulu, baze babhale iincwadi malunga namazwi abo. 11. Kodwa xa bebhala phantsi ngokunyanisekileyo onke amazwi am ngeelwimi zabo, baze bangatshintshi okanye banciphise nantoni na kumazwi am kodwa bawabhale onke ngokunyanisekileyo—konke oko ndakungqina ngabo kuqala. 12. Emva koko, ndiyazi enye imfihlakalo, yokuba iincwadi ziya kunikwa amalungisa nezilumko ukuze zibe ngunobangela wovuyo nokuthembeka nobulumko obuninzi. 13. Baya kunikwa iincwadi, baze bakholwe kuzo baze bavuyiswe zizo, baze ke bonke abalungileyo abafunde kuzo zonke iindlela zobulungisa bavuzwe ngazo.
kunye neenwele zakhe ezinde zazimhlophe njengoboya, namehlo akhe amahle. Akuba evule amehlo akhe, wakhanyisa yonke indlu njengelanga, kwaye yonke indlu yayikhanya kakhulu. 3. Wavuka ke ezandleni zombelethisi, wavula umlomo wakhe, wathetha neNkosi yobulungisa. 4. Uyise uLameki wamoyika, wabaleka, waya kuyise uMethusela. 5. Wathi kuye: 'Ndizele unyana ongaqhelekanga, owahlukileyo kumntu kwaye ongafaniyo nomntu, kwaye ufana noonyana bakaThixo wezulu; kwaye indalo yakhe yahlukile kwaye akafani nathi, kwaye amehlo akhe anjengemitha yelanga, kwaye ubuso bakhe bukhazimla.' 6. Kwaye kubonakala ngathi akaveli kum kodwa kwiingelosi, kwaye ndiyoyika ukuba ngemihla yakhe ummangaliso ungenziwa emhlabeni. 7. Ngoku ke, tata, ndilapha ukukubongoza nokukubongoza ukuba uye kuEnoki, ubawo wethu, ufunde kuye inyaniso, kuba indawo yakhe yokuhlala iphakathi kweengelosi. 8. Akuva uMethusela amazwi onyana wakhe, weza kum eziphelweni zomhlaba; kuba wayevile ukuba ndilapho, waza wadanduluka kakhulu, ndaliva ilizwi lakhe, ndaza ndaya kuye. Ndathi kuye: 'Khangela, ndilapha, nyana wam, kutheni uze kum?' 9. Waphendula wathi: “Ndize kuwe ngenxa yenkxalabo enkulu, kwaye ndize ngenxa yombono ophazamisayo.” 10. Ngoku ke, bawo, ndive: kuLameki unyana wam kuzelwe unyana, ongafani naye, kwaye indalo yakhe ayifani neyomntu, kwaye umbala womzimba wakhe umhlophe kunekhephu kwaye ubomvu kunentyatyambo yerozi, kwaye iinwele zentloko yakhe zimhlophe kuneboya obumhlophe, namehlo akhe afana nemitha yelanga, wavula amehlo akhe waza emva koko wakhanyisa indlu yonke. 11. Wavuka ezandleni zombelethisi, wavula umlomo wakhe, wabonga iNkosi yezulu. 12. Uyise uLameki woyika waza wabaleka weza kum, akakholelwa ukuba uphume kuye, kodwa ukuba wayefana neengelosi zasezulwini; kwaye khangela, ndize kuwe ukuze undazise inyaniso. 13. Mna, uEnoki, ndaphendula ndathi kuye: ‘INkosi iya kwenza into entsha emhlabeni, kwaye le ndiyibonile embonweni, kwaye ndikwazise ukuba kwisizukulwana sikabawo uYarede ezinye zeengelosi zasezulwini zaphula ilizwi leNkosi.’ 14. Kwaye khangela, benza isono baze baphule umthetho, bazihlanganise nabafazi baze benze isono nabo, baze batshate nabanye babo, bazala abantwana ngabo. 15. Baza kuvelisa iingxilimbela emhlabeni, kungekhona ngokomoya, kodwa ngokwenyama, kwaye kuya kubakho isohlwayo esikhulu emhlabeni, kwaye umhlaba uya kuhlanjululwa kuyo yonke ingcola. 16. Ewe, kuya kubakho intshabalalo enkulu emhlabeni wonke, kwaye kuya kubakho unogumbe kunye nentshabalalo enkulu unyaka wonke. 17. Lo nyana uzalelwe wena uya kusala emhlabeni, nabantwana bakhe abathathu baya kusindiswa kunye naye: xa bonke abantu abasemhlabeni befa, yena noonyana bakhe baya kusindiswa. 18. Ngoku ke yazisa unyana wakho uLameki ukuba lowo uzalelweyo ngunyana wakhe ngenene, uze umbize ngegama elithi Nowa; kuba uya kushiywa kuwe, kwaye
ISAHLUKO 105 1. Ngaloo mihla iNkosi yabayalela ukuba babize baze banikele ubungqina kubantwana bomhlaba malunga nobulumko babo: Baboniseni; kuba nina ningabakhokheli babo, ningumvuzo phezu kwehlabathi lonke. 2. Kuba mna nonyana wam siya kuhlala simanyene nabo ngonaphakade kwiindlela ezilungileyo ebomini babo; kwaye niya kuba noxolo: vuyani, nina bantwana bobulungisa. Amen. ISAHLUKO 106 1. Emva kweentsuku ezithile, unyana wam uMethusela wamthabathela umfazi unyana wakhe uLameki, waza wakhulelwa nguye, wazala unyana. 2. Umzimba wakhe wawumhlophe njengekhephu kwaye ubomvu njengentyatyambo yerozi, iinwele zentloko yakhe 35
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yena noonyana bakhe baya kusindiswa kwintshabalalo, eya kuza emhlabeni ngenxa yesono sonke kunye nobubi bonke, obuya kupheliswa emhlabeni ngemihla yakhe. 19. Emva koko kuya kubakho ukungalungi okungaphezulu kunoko kwagqitywa kuqala emhlabeni; kuba ndiyazazi iimfihlakalo zabangcwele; kuba Yena, iNkosi, undibonisile waza wandixelela, kwaye ndizifundile kumacwecwe asezulwini.
9. Abathi, ukususela oko baba khona, abazange balangazelele ukutya kwasemhlabeni, kodwa bajonga yonke into njengomoya odlulayo, baza baphila ngokuvumelana noko, iNkosi yabavavanya kakhulu, yaza imimoya yabo yafunyanwa icocekile ukuze badumise igama Layo. 10. Kwaye zonke iintsikelelo ezimiselwe bona ndizibalisile ezincwadini. Kwaye ubanike umvuzo wabo, kuba bafunyenwe bethanda izulu ngaphezu kobomi babo emhlabeni, kwaye nangona banyathelwa phantsi kweenyawo zabantu abangendawo, kwaye bahlangabezana nokuxhatshazwa nokugculelwa ngabo kwaye bahlaziswa, kodwa bandisikelela. 11. Ngoku ndiza kubiza oomoya abalungileyo abangamalungu esizukulwana sokukhanya, ndize ndibaguqule abo bazalelwe ebumnyameni, abangazange banikwe imbeko enyameni njengoko ukuthembeka kwabo kwakufanele. 12. Ndiya kubazisa ekukhanyeni okukhanyayo abo bathanda igama lam elingcwele, ndize ndibabeke elowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. 13. Baya kuba nobuqaqawuli ngonaphakade, kuba ubulungisa bubulungisa bukaThixo; kuba uya kubanika abathembekileyo ukuthembeka ekhayeni leendlela ezithe tye. 14. Baya kubona abo bazalelwa ebumnyameni bekhokelwa ebumnyameni, ngelixa amalungisa eya kukhanya. 15. Aboni baya kukhwaza baze bababone bekhazimla, baze bahambe apho imihla namaxesha amiselweyo kubo.
ISAHLUKO 107 1. Ndabona kubhaliwe kubo ukuba izizukulwana ngezizukulwana ziya kukreqa, kude kuvele isizukulwana sobulungisa, kwaye ukreqo lutshatyalaliswe kwaye isono sidlule emhlabeni, kwaye zonke iintlobo ezilungileyo ziza phezu kwawo. 2. Ngoku ke, nyana wam, hamba uye kuxelela unyana wakho uLameki ukuba lo nyana, ozelweyo, ngokwenene ngunyana wakhe, kwaye oku akuyonyani. 3. Akuba uMethusela evile amazwi kayise uEnoki—kuba wayemtyhilele yonke into efihlakeleyo—wabuya waza wambonisa wona waza wamthiya igama loo nyana uNowa; kuba uya kuwuthuthuzela umhlaba emva kwayo yonke intshabalalo. ISAHLUKO 108 1. Enye incwadi awayibhalela unyana wakhe uMethusela, kunye nabo baza kuza emva kwakhe, baze bagcine umthetho ngemihla yokugqibela. 2. Nina enithe nazenza okulungileyo, lindani loo mihla ide iphele leyo yabenzi bobubi, nesiphelo samandla aboni. 3. Kwaye lindani ngenene de isono sidlule, kuba amagama abo aya kucinywa encwadini yobomi nakwiincwadi ezingcwele, kwaye imbewu yabo iya kutshatyalaliswa ngonaphakade, kwaye imimoya yabo iya kubulawa, kwaye baya kukhala baze benze isijwili kwindawo eyintlango ephazamisayo, kwaye baya kutsha emlilweni; kuba akukho mhlaba apho. 4. Ndabona apho into efana nelifu elingabonakaliyo; kuba ngenxa yobunzulu balo andikwazanga ukujonga ngaphaya, ndabona ilangabi lomlilo livutha kakhulu, nezinto ezinjengeentaba ezikhazimlayo zijikeleza kwaye zijikeleza. 5. Ndabuza enye yeengelosi ezingcwele ezazikunye nam, ndathi kuyo: “Yintoni le nto ikhanyayo? Ayilozulu, kodwa lilangatye lomlilo ovuthayo, nelizwi lokulila, ukukhala, isililo, nentlungu enamandla.” 6. Wathi kum: “Le ndawo uyibonayo—nantsi imimoya yaboni nabanyelisi, nabenza ububi, naleyo iguqula yonke into ethethwe yiNkosi ngomlomo wabaprofeti—kwaye izinto eziya kubakho.” 7. Kuba ezinye zazo zibhaliwe kwaye zibhalwe phezulu ezulwini, ukuze iingelosi zifunde kwaye zazi ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwaboni, kunye nemimoya yabathobekileyo, kunye nabo baye bahlupha imizimba yabo, baza babuyiselwa nguThixo; kunye nabo baye bahlaziswa ngabantu abangendawo. 8. Abathanda uThixo, abangazange bathande igolide, isilivere, okanye nantoni na elungileyo ekhoyo ehlabathini, kodwa banikela ngemizimba yabo ekuhluphekeni. 36