IzenzozikaPawulos noThecla
ISAHLUKO1
1XauPawuloswayaeIkoniyo,emvakokubalekakwakhe eAntiyokwe,uDemasnoHermogenebabangamaqabane akhe,awayezalisweluhanahanisongeloxesha
2KodwauPawuloswayejongekuphelaububelebukaThixo, akabalimazanga,kodwawayebathandakakhulu.
3Ngokokewazamaukwenzazonkeiziprofeto neemfundisozikaKristuzivumelanenabo,kunyenoyilo lweVangeliloNyanaothandekayokaThixo,ebafundisa ulwazingoKristu,njengokolwatyhilwakuye
4IndodaethileegamalinguOnesiforo,yakuvaukuba uPawulosufikileeIkoniyo,yaphumangokukhawulezayaya kumhlangabeza,kunyenomkakheuLectra,noonyana bakheuSimmianoZeno,ukuzebammemeleendlwiniyabo 5KubauTitowayebanikeinkcazeloyobuntubukaPawulos, nangonababengamaziubusongobuso,kodwabesazinje ubuntubakhe
6BahambangendlelakakumkanibayaeListra,bemaapho bemlindile,bethelekisabonkeababedlulangendlela, nenkcazeloawayebanikeyonauTito
7Ekugqibelenibabonaindodaesiza(uPawulos), enesithomoesiphantsi,enempandla(okanyeechetyiweyo) entloko,amathangaagobileyo,imilenzeemihle,enamehlo angenanto;enempumloegobileyo;ezelelubabalo;kuba ngamanyeamaxeshawayebonakalanjengomntu,ngamanye amaxeshawayenobusobengelosiUPawuloswambona uOnesiforo,wazawavuya.
8UOnesiforowathi:“Molo,sicakasikaThixo osikelelekileyo”UPawuloswaphendulawathi:“Ubabalo lukaThixomalubenawekunyenentsaphoyakho” 9KodwauDemosnoHermogenesbabanomona,baza, bebonakalisaunquloolukhulu,uDemaswathi, AsingobakhonzibakaThixoosikelelekileyona?Kutheni ungasibulisanga?
10WaphendulauOnesiforowathi,Kubaandizibonanga kuniiziqhamozobulungisa;nangonakunjalo,ukuba ninjalo,niyakwamkelwaendlwiniyam 11UPawuloswangenaendlwinikaOnesiforo,kwaza kwabakhouvuyoolukhuluphakathikosaphongenxayoko, bazabazibhokoxaemthandazweni,eqhekezaisonka, ephulaphulauPawuloseshumayelailizwilikaThixo malunganokuzeyisanovuko,ngoluhlobolulandelayo:
12Banoyoloabahlambulukileyoentliziyweni;kubabaya kumbonauThixobona.
13Banoyoloabobagcinainyamayaboingangcoliswanga (okanyeicocekile);kubabayakubayitempilekaThixo
14Banoyoloabobanomoyawokuzola(okanye abamsulwa);kubauThixouyakuzityhilakubo
15Banoyoloabobashiyaiziyolozabozehlabathi;kuba bayakwamkelwanguThixo.
16Banoyoloabobanabafazi,ngokungathiabanabo;kuba bayakwenziwaizithunywazikaThixo
17BanoyoloabobangcangcazelayolilizwilikaThixo;kuba bayakuthuthuzelwa
18Banoyoloabobagcinaubhaptizolwabolucocekile; kubabayakufumanauxolonoYise,uNyana,noMoya oyiNgcwele.
19Banoyoloabobalandelaubulumko(okanyeimfundiso) bukaYesuKrestu;kubabayakubizwangokubangoonyana boPhezukonke.
20BanoyoloabobagcinaimiyalelokaYesuKrestu;kuba bayakuhlalaekukhanyeniokungunaphakade
21Banoyoloabo,ngenxayothandolukaKristu,bashiya uzukolwehlabathi;kubabayakugwebaiingelosi,baze babekwengasekunenekukaKristu,kwayeabayi kunyamezelaubukrakrabomgwebowokugqibela.
22Banoyoloimizimbanemiphefumloyeentombiezinyulu; kubaziyamkelekakuThixo,kwayeaziyikulahlekelwa ngumvuzowobuntombibazo;kubailizwilikaYise (wasezulwini)liyakusebenzaekusindiswenikwabo ngomhlawoNyanawakhe,kwayebayakuphumla ngonaphakade.
ISAHLUKO2
1KwathiuPawuloseshumayelalentshumayeloebandleni elalisendlwinikaOnesiforo,intombiethileegama linguTekla,egamalinguninalinguTiyokliya, eyayithembiseneindodaegamalinguTamyris,ihleli efestileniethileendlwiniyayo
2Apho,ejongeifestileendlwiniawayekuyouPawulos, wayesivaubusukuneminiiintshumayelozikaPawulos ngoThixo,ngothando,ngokukholwakuKristu, nangomthandazo;
3Wayengavumiukuphumaefestileni,dengovuyo olukhuluwathotyelwakwiimfundisozokholo.
4Ekugqibeleni,xawabonaabafaziabaninzineentombi zingenakuPawulos,wanqwenelangokunyanisekileyo ukubaacingelweukubaufaneleukubonakalaphambi kwakhe,azeeveilizwilikaKristu;kubawayengekamboni uPawulos,kodwawayevekuphelaiintshumayelozakhe, kwayeokokuphela.
5Kodwaxawayengafuniukunyanzelwaukubaaphume ngefestile,uninawathumelakuThamyris,owafikangovuyo olukhulu,enethembalokumtshatangoku.Wathike kuTheoclia,UphiuTheclawam?
6UTheocliawaphendulawathi,Thamyris,ndinento engaqhelekangaendifunaukukuxelelayona;kubauThecla, kangangeentsukuezintathu,akazukusukaefestileni, akazukutyaokanyeasele,kodwauzimiselekakhuluukuva iintethozobuchulenezikhohlisayozomntuothile wasemzini,kangangokubandiyamncomakakhulu, Thamyris,kangangokubaintombazanaeyaziwayoukuba ithobekile,iyakuvumaukubayoyiswekangaka.
7KubaloomntuuphazamiselonkeisixekosaseIkoniyo, kwaneTheklayakho,phakathikwezinye,Bonkeabafazi namadodaaselulabayathontelanakuyeukuzebamkele imfundisoyakhe;yena,ngaphandlekwabobonkeabanye, ubaxelelaukubakukhouThixoomnyekuphela,omele anqulweyedwa,kwayesifanelesiphilengobunyulu.
8Nangonakunjalo,intombiyamuThecla,njengentambo yesigcawuebotshelelweefestileni,itsalwaziintetho zikaPawulos,kwayeiziphulaphulangomdlaomkhulu, nangovuyoolukhulu;ngaloondlela,ngokumamelaoko akutshoyo,intombiiyahendekaNgokukehamba,uthethe nayo,kubaithembisenenawe.
9NgakookouThamyriswaya,emvakokumbulisa, elumkileukubaangammangalisi,wathi,Thecla,mtshakazi wam,kutheniuhlalakulemekoyokudakumba?Ziziphi iimpawuezingaqhelekangaozibonayokuwe?Jikela kuThamyris,uzeubeneentloni.
10Uninawathethanayengolohlobo,wathi,Mntwana wam,kutheninaukubauhlalephantsiudakumbilekangaka, ungaphendulinjengomntuomangalisiwe?
11Bazabalilakakhulu,Thamyria,ngokubauphulukene nomfaziwakhe;Teyokliya,ukubauphulukenenentombi yakhe;neentombi,ukubaziphulukenenenkosikaziyazo; kwayekwabakhoisijwiliesipheleleyokusapholonke 12KodwazonkeezizintoazizangezimchukumiseuThekla kangangokubawadewajikawayakubo,wazawabanika ingqalelo;kubawayesawaqaphelaamazwikaPawulos
13WazauTamyriswabalekawayaesitalatweniukuze aboneukubangoobaniabobangenekuPawulos,baza baphumakuye;wazawabonaamadodaamabiniephikisana kakhulu,wathikuwo;
14Madoda,niyintoninaapha?Ngubaninaloomntu ungaphakathikuni,okhohlisaiingqondozamadoda, abafananeentombi,ebacengaukubabangatshati,kodwa baqhubekebenjalo?
15Ndithembisaukuninikaimalieninzi,ukuba ningandinikaingxeloefanelekileyongaye;kuba ndingumntuoyintlokokwesisixeko
16UDemasnoHermogenebaphendulabathi,Asinakwazi ukumxelelakakuhleukubaungubani;kodwaoku sikwaziyo,ukubaubahluthaabafanaabafazibabo (abacetywayo),neentombiezinyuluamadodaazo (abacetywayo),ngokufundisaukuthi,Akukhokuvuswa kwixeshaelizayo,ngaphandlekokubaniqhubekenimsulwa, kwayeningangcolisiinyamayenu
ISAHLUKO3
1WazawathiuThamyris,“Hambaninathisiyeendlwini yam,nizenizihlaziye”Ngokobayakwindawo yokuzonwabisaemnandikakhulu,aphokwakukhoiwayini eninzi,kunyenokutyaokuninzikakhulu.
2Baziswaetafilenieyayityetyisiwekakuhle,bazabasela kakhulunguThamyris,ngenxayothandoawayenalo ngoTheclanomnqwenowakhewokutshatanaye.
3WazauThamyriswathi,Ndingathandaukubaundixelele ukubazeziphiiimfundisozaloPawulos,ukuzendiziqonde; kubaandikhathalikangakongoThecla,ekubenievuya kakhulukwiintethozaloomntundingamaziyo, kangangokubandisengoziniyokulahlekelwangumfazi endifunaukumtshata
4BaphendulabobabiniuDemasnoHermogenes,bathi, MakasiwephambikomlawuliuCastellius,njengomntu ozamaukweyiselaabantukunquloolutshalwamaKristu, azeyena,ngokomyalelokaKesare,ambulale,ngaloondlela uzakufumanaumfaziwakho;
5Nangonakwangaxeshanyesizakumfundisaukubauvuko athethangaloselelufikile,kwayeluqukaukuba nabantwanabethu;nokubasavukakwakhonaemvakoko, xasafikaekwaziniuThixo
6UTahmyris,efumanalengxelokubo,wagcwala yingqumboeshushu:
7WavukakusasawayaendlwinikaOnesiforo,ekhokelwe ngabagwebi,nomgcini-ntolongo,nesihlweleesikhulu esineentonga,wathikuPawulos:“Hayibo!
8UyilahlileidolophuyaseIkoniyo,kunyenabanye ooThekla,ondithembiseumtshato,ngokokeakafuni ukunditshataNgokoke,hambanathiuyekumlawuli uCastellius
9Kwayesonkeisihlwelesamemezasathi,Msusenilo mkhohlisi(umthakathi),kubauzigqwethileiingqondo zabafazibethu,kwayebonkeabantubayammamela
ISAHLUKO4
1EmvakokouThamyrisemiphambikwesihlalo sokugwebaserhuluneli,wathethangezwielikhulungolu hlobolulandelayo.
2Owurhuluneli,andaziapholomntuavelakhona;kodwa ufundisaukubaumtshatoawuvumelekangaYiyaleke ngokoukubaaxelephambikwakhoukubakutheni epapashaezimfundiso
3Ngoxawayesitshonjalo,uDemasnoHermogenes (bahlebelauThamyris,bazabathi;YithiungumKristu, kwayeuzakubulawangoku
4Kodwairhuluneliyacingangakumbi,yazayabiza uPawulosyathi,Ungubanina?Ufundisantonina?
Babonakalangathibakumangalelangamatyalaamakhulu 5UPawuloswathethangezwielikhulu,esithi,Njengoko ngokundibizelweukubandinikeingxelo,mlawuli, ngeemfundisozam,ndinqwenelaukubauphulaphule
6UkubauThixo,onguThixowempindezelo,nongadingi ntongaphandlekosindisolwezidalwazakhe,undithumile ukubandizihlanguleebubinibazonasekonakaleni,kuzo zonkeiziyolo(zesono),nasekufeni;nokubacengaukuba bangabisaphindabone.
7Ngenxayesisizathu,uThixowathumelauNyanawakhe uYesuKristu,endimshumayelayo,kwayeendiyalela abantuukubababekeithembalabonjengomntu owayenencebaenkulukwihlabathielikhohliweyo,ukuze lingagwetywa,rhuluneli,kodwalibenokholo,uloyiko lukaThixo,ulwazilonqulo,nothandolwenyaniso.
8Ngokoke,ukubandifundisakuphelaizintoendizifumene ngokutyhilelwanguThixo,siphinaisonosam?
9Yakuvaokuirhuluneli,yathiuPawulosmakabotshwe, afakweentolongweni,adeabenexeshaelingakumbi lokumvangokupheleleyo
10Kodwaebusuku,uTheclawakhululaamaciciakhe, wawanikaisitshixosentolongo,eyamvulelaiingcango, yamvumelaukubaangene;
11Yathiyakunikelangeglasiyesiliverekumgcini wentolongo,yavunyelwaukungenaegumbiniawayekulo uPawulos;yazayahlalaphantsiezinyawenizakhe,yaza yevakuyeizintoezinkuluzikaThixo.
12NjengokowayeqondaukubauPawuloswayengoyiki ukubandezeleka,kodwaukubangoncedolukaThixo wayeziphathangenkalipho,ukhololwakhelwandakakhulu kangangokubawamangaimixokelelwaneyakhe
ISAHLUKO5
1EkugqibeleniuTheclawafunyanwa,wazawafunwa lusaphokunyenoThamyriskuzozonkeizitalato,
ngokungathiulahlekile,kodwaomnyewabasebenzi abangoonogadawabaxelelaukubauphumileebusuku.
2Emvakokobamhlolaumgcini-sango,wazawabaxelela ukubawayeyeentolongwenikumntuwasemzini.
3Ngokokebahambangokwemiyaleloyakhe,baza bamfumanaapho;bazabakuphuma,bahlanganisaisihlwele, bazabayakuxelelairhulunelikonkeokwenzekileyo
4AphokewayalelaukubauPawulosasiwephambi kwesihlalosakhesokugweba
5NgeloxeshauTheklawayeleleebhityilephantsi entolongweni,aphouPawuloswayehlelikhonaukuze amfundisekhona;aphoirhuluneliyayalelaukubaasiwe phambikwesihlalosayosokugweba;eyambizangovuyo, yazayahamba
6AkubauPawulosezisweapho,isihlwelesakhwaza ngamandla,sathi,“Ungumthakathi,makafe.”
7Nangonakunjalo,irhuluneliyaphulaphulangovuyo iintethozikaPawulosngemisebenziengcwelekaKristu; yazaemvakokubaibhungalibize,yabizauThekla,yathi kuye,KutheniungamtshatisiuThamyris,ngokomthetho wamaIkoni?
8Wemabhuxe,amehloakheejongekuPawulos;waza akungafumanimpendulo,uTiyokliya,unina,wadanduluka, esithi,Masitshisweisidalwaesingalunganga;masitshiswe phakathikweqonga,ngenxayokwalauThamyris,ukuze bonkeabafazibafundekuyeukuphephaezozenzo
9Irhuluneliyakhathazekakakhulu,yazayayalelaukuba uPawulosakhutshweesixekweni,azeiTheklaitshiswe.
10Ngokoirhuluneliyasukuma,yayakwangokokwindawo yemidlalo;bonkeabantubaphumabayakubonalombono umbi.
11KodwauThecla,kanyenjengemvanaentlangoejonga macalaonkeukuzeiboneumalusiwayo,wakhangela uPawulos;
12Utheakubukaisihlwele,wabonaiNkosiuYesuefana noPawulos,wazawathingaphakathikuye,UPawulosuze kundibonandisebunzimeni.Wazawajongakuye;kodwa ngokonangokowenyukawayaezulwini,ngoxayena wayemjongile
13Emvakokoamadodanamabhinqaaselulaazisaiinkuni neengcazokutshiswakweThecla;owathi,ethotyelwe esibondeniehambaze,wacelairhuluneliukubailile, emangalisiwekukubonaubuhlebayoobukhulu.
14Bakubabeyilungisileimithi,abantubamyalelaukuba ahambephezukwayo;ntoleyoawayenzayo,kuqalaesenza umqondisowomnqamlezo.
15Abantubatshisainqwaba;nangonailangabilalilikhulu kakhulu,alizangelimchukumise,kubauThixowayenzela inceba,wazawabangelaukuqhumaokukhuluemhlabeni, nelifuelivelaphezuluukuzelithululeimvulaenkulu nesichotho;
16Kangangokubangenxayokuqhekekakomhlaba, abaninzikakhulubabesengozinienkulu,kwayeabanye babulawa,umlilowacinywa,kwayeuTheclawasinda
ISAHLUKO6
1NgeloxeshauPawulos,kunyeno-Onesiforo,umfazi wakhenabantwanabakhe,babezilaukutyaemqolombeni othile,owawusendleleniesukae-IkoniyoukuyaeDaphne.
2Emvakokubabezileukutyaiintsukuezininzi,abantwana bathikuPawulos,Bawo,silambile,asinayoimali
yokuthengaisonka;kubauOnesiforowayeshiyeyonke impahlayakheukuzealandeleuPawulosnosapholwakhe.
1.Ukungenakwimidayesihogo.
2.UCharonegqumenilakhe.
3UMinotaurugqumaxakusondelaimiphefumlo egwetyiweyo
4.Imiphefumloephazamisekileyoyimpefumloengcolileyo yemimoyaemibi
5I-Cerberusidlaimiphefumloyabantuabadlaimifuno
6Ababawayonabalahlekileyobagwetyelweukuthwala imithwalo
7.AbobanomonanabanomsindobaphoswakwiStyx.
8Inqabanodongalwesixekoesibi
9Kulomngxumakukhoaboboneabamelwanebabo; iiCentaurszidubulaiintolokubo.
10AbobonileyongokwabobahlushwaaphayiHarpies
11ImvulayomlilokwabobonileyokuThixo
12.UmphefumlowomtyholiuGerionuphosweemlilweni.
13Abantuabangcolileyonabangcolisibolutshababethwa ziidemon
14.Umngxumaonobuthiaphoabantuabakhohlisayo bangenakhona
15Ichibilomlilokwiimbizaaphokuphoswakhona amaSimona.
16Abakhafulinabavumisi,ubusobabobubhekengasemva 17Ingxoloyerhasiebilayoyabaqhathi,amasela,kunye nabakhohlisi.
18Umhanahanisiobethelelweemnqamlezweni 19Abacebisiabakhohlisayobangeneemngxunyeni ovuthayo.
20Kubantuabaneentloni:umntuubambeintlokoyakhe ngesandla
21.Abaphangikunyenabanyeabaphuli-mthetho abahlushwayi-centaurexhobengeenyoka
22Iingcalize-Alchemykunyenabantuabathiyayoukuba bahlaselwesisifoseqhenqa.
23Umthombowomkhenkce,wabangcatshi nabangenambulelo
24.IPlutophakathikweqhwaeliqwengayoidla abagwetyiweyo
25IsixekoesingcwelesaseYerusalem
3UPawuloswakhululainguboyakhe,wathikumntwana lowo,Hambauyekuthengaisonka,usiziseapha
4Kodwangelixaumfanawayethengaisonka,wabona ummelwanewakheuTheclawazawamangaliswa,wathi kuye:“Thecla,uyaphi?”
5Waphendulawathi,NdimsukelauPawulos,ndisindiswe emlilweni
6Yathiinkwenkwe,Ndizakukusakuye,kubauxhalabile kakhulungenxayenu,kwayeebethandazakwayeezila ukutyakwezintsukuzintandathu
7AkufikauTheklaemqolombeni,wafumanauPawulos eguqengamadoloethandazaesithi,BawooyiNgcwele, NkosiYesuKristu,yenzaukubaumliloungamchukumisi uThekla;kodwayibangumncediwakhe,kuba ungumkhonziwakho
8UTheclawemaemvakwakhe,wadandulukangalamazwi alandelayo:NkosienguMongami,Mdaliwezulunomhlaba, YisewoNyanawakhoothandekayonongcwele,
ndiyakudumisangokubaundigcineemlilweni,ukuze ndiphindendimboneuPawulos.
9WasukakeuPawulos,akumbona,wathi,Thixo,ohlola intliziyo,BawoweNkosiyamuYesuKristu, ndiyakudumisangokubauwuphendulileumthandazowam.
10Kwabakhouthandoolukhuluphakathikwabo emqolombeni;uPawulos,no-Onesiforo,nabobonke ababenabobazaliswaluvuyo.
11Babenezonkaezintlanu,imifunonamanzi,baza bathuthuzelanabecingangemisebenziengcwelekaKristu
12WathikeuTeklakuPawulos,Ukubauyathanda,ndiya kukulandelanaphinaaphouyakhona
13Waphendulawathikuye,Abantungokubazinikele kakhuluekuziphatheniokubi,kwayewenaumhle, ndiyoyikaukubaungadibananesilingoesikhulu kunesokuqala,kwayeungamelaninaso,kodwawoyiswe siso
14UTheclawaphendulawathi,NdinikeuphawulukaKristu kuphela,kwayeakukhosilingosiyakundichaphazela.
15UPawuloswaphendulawathi:“Thekla,lindangomonde, kwayeuyakwamkelaisiphosikaKristu”
ISAHLUKO7
1UPawuloswamndululauOnesiforonentsaphoyakhe ukubababuyeleekhaya;wazawathabathauTeklawaya kwa-Antiyokwe
2Bakufikanjeesixekweni,umSiriyaothileogama linguAleksandire,umantyiwezomthetho,owayenze imisebenziemininziesixekweningexeshalobugqwetha bakhe,wambonauTheklawazawamthanda,wazawazama ngeziphoezininziezityebileyoukuzeafumaneumdla kuPawulos
3KodwauPawuloswathikuye,Andimazilomfaziuthetha ngaye,kwayeakangowam
4Kodwayena,ekubeniwayengumntuonamandla amakhulue-Antiyokwe,wambambaesitalatweniwaza wamanga;ntoleyouTheklaayifunayo,kodwawamjonga uPawulos,wadandulukangezwielikhuluelibuhlungu, wathi:“Musaukundinyanzela,mnamntuwasemzini;musa ukundinyanzela,mnandingumkhonzikaThixo; ndingomnyewabantuabaphambilie-Ikoniyo,kwaye kwafunekandimkekuloomzikubandandingavumi ukutshatanoThamyris”
5WazawambambauAleksandire,wakrazulainguboyakhe, wasusaisithsabasakheentlokweniyakhe,wamenza wabonakalaengumntuohlekisayophambikwabantubonke 6KodwauAleksandire,ngenxayokubawayemthanda, kwayeeneentloningentoeyenziweyo,wamsakumlawuli, wazaemvakokuvumakwakheintoayenzileyo, wamgwebelaukubaaphoswephakathikwezilo
ISAHLUKO8
1Bathiabantubakukubonaoko,bathi:Izigwebo ezikhutshwekulomziazilungangaKodwauTheclawacela uncedokumlawuli,ukubaubumsulwabakhe bungahlaselwa,kodwabugcinwedeaphosweezilo
2Umlawuliwabuza,Ngubaninaozakumondla;apho umhlolokaziothileosisityebikakhulu,ogamalinguTrifina, owayesandulaukufaintombiyakhe,wafunaukuba
ayigcine;wazawaqalaukuyiphathaendlwiniyakhe njengentombiyakhe.
3Ekugqibelenikwafikaimini,aphoizilwanyanazaziza kukhutshwaukuzezibonwe;wazauTheclawaziswakwiamphitheatre,wafakwaemhadiniaphokwakukho ingonyamayenkomoenoburhalarhumeobukhulu,phambi kwesihlwelesababukeli
4UTrifina,ngaphandlekokumangaliswa,wahamba noThecla,kwayeingonyamakaziyazikhothaiinyawo zikaTheclaIsihlokoesibhaliweyoesichazaulwaphulomthetholwakhe,sasisithi,UkungabiNabulungisaWaza umfaziwakhalawathi,OwuThixo,izigwebozalomzi azilunganga.
5Emvakokubaizilwanyanazibonisiwe,uTrifina wamthabathauTheclawayanayeekhaya,bazabayakulala; kwayekhangela,intombikaTrifina,owayefile,yabonakala kunina,yathi;Mama,mayibizwenguweintombiyakho, uThecla,njengentombiyakhoesikhundlenisam;kwaye mnqweneleukubaandithandazele,ukuzendiguqulelwe kwimekoyolonwabo
6AphouTrifina,ngomoyaobuhlungu,wathi,Intombiyam uFalconillaibonakelekum,yazayandiyalelaukuba ndikwamkeleegumbinilayo;yiyoloontondinqwenela, Thecla,ukubauthandazeleintombiyam,ukuzeiguqulelwe kwimekoyolonwabo,nakubomiobungunaphakade.
7AkuvaokuuThecla,wathandazaeNkosiningoko nangoko,wathi:NkosiThixowezulunomhlaba,Yesu Krestu,wenaNyanawoPhezukonke,yenzaukubaintombi yakheuFalconillaiphilengonaphakadeUTrifinaekuva okuwaphindawancwina,wathi:Owuzigwebo ezingalunganga!Owuububiobungenangqiqo!ukuba isidalwaesinjalo(kwakhona)siphoswekwizilwanyana! 8Ngengomso,xakusa,uAlexanderwezaendlwini kaTrifina,wathi:Urhulunelinabantubalindile;mzisenilo mtyholi
9KodwauTrifinawabalekakakhuluwazawoyika, wabaleka.UTrifinawayengomnyewosapho lwasebukhosini;wazangaloondlelawabonakalisaintlungu yakhe,wathi:“Hayibo!Ndineengxakiendlwiniyam, akukhomntuunokundinceda,nokubakukulahlekelwa yintombiyam,okanyeukubandingakwaziukusindisa uTheclaKodwangoku,NkosiThixo,yibangumncedisi womkhonziwakhouThecla.”
10Ngethubaexakekile,irhuluneliyathumelaomnye wamagosaayoukubaezenoTheclaUTrifinawambamba ngesandla,wazawahambanaye,wathi:NdiyenoFalconilla engcwabenilakhe,kwayengokukufunekandiyenoThecla ezilwanyanani.
11AkuvaokuuThecla,walilawathandaza,wathi:Nkosi Thixo,endimenzeintembelonekhusilam,mvuzeuTrifina ngobubelebakhekum,nokugcinaubunyulubam
12Phezukokokwavakalaingxoloenkulukwiamphitheatre;izilwanyanazagquma,bazaabantu bakhwazabesithi,Zisaniumtyholi
13Kodwaumfaziwamemezawathi:Lonkeisixekomasibe nobunzimangenxayolwaphulo-mthethoolunjalo;uze usinikesonke,rhuluneli,isigweboesifanayo.Hayi isigweboesingalunganga!Hayiumbonookhohlakeleyo! 14Abanyebathi,Masitshatyalaliswesonkeisixekongenxa yesisenzosibi.Sibulalesonke,rhuluneli.Hayimbono ukhohlakeleyo!Hayimgweboongalunganga
ISAHLUKO9
1EmvakokouTheclawathatyathwaesandlenisikaTrifina, wahlutywawaze,wanxitywaibhanti,waphoswakwindawo eyayimiselweukulwanezilwanyana;iingonyamaneebhere zakhululwaphezukwakhe
2Kodwaingonyamayenkazana,eyayinoburhalarhume obukhulu,yabalekayayaeThecla,yazayawaezinyaweni zakheAphoinkithayabafaziyakhwazakakhulu
3Ibherekaziyabalekakakhuluyayakuyo;kodwa ingonyamakaziyadibananebhere,yaliqwenga
4Kwakhona,ingonyama,eyayiqheleukuqwengaabantu, eyayingeka-Aleksandire,yabalekayayakuyo;kodwa ingonyamayadibananengonyama,bazababulalana
5Emvakokoabafazibabexhalabilengakumbi,kuba ingonyamayenkomo,eyayincedeuThecla,yayifile.
6Emvakokobakhuphaezinyeizilwanyanazasendle ezininzi;kodwauTheclawemaizandlazakhezolulelwe ezulwini,wathandaza;wazaakugqibaukuthandaza,wajika, wabonaumngxumawamanzi,wathi,Ngokulixesha elifanelekileyolokubandibhaptizwe
7Ngokokewaziphosaemanzini,wathi,Egamenilakho, NkosiyamYesuKrestu,ndibhaptiziwenamhlanjeAbafazi nabantubebonaoku,bakhwazabathi,Musaukuziphosa emanzini.Kwayeirhuluneliyakhwaza,icingaukuba iintlanzi(amatholeolwandle)zifananokutyaubuhle obungaka
8Nangonakonkeoku,uTheclawaziphosaemanzini, egamenileNkosiyethuuYesuKristu
9Kodwaiintlanzi(amatholeolwandle),xazibona ukukhanyanomlilo,zabulawa,zadadazafaphezu kwamanzi,kwazakwavelailifulomliloelajikelezauThekla, kangangokuba njengoko izilwanyana zazingenakumsondela,nabantuabazangebaboneubuze bakhe
10Kodwabajikaezinyeizilwanyanazasendlezayakuye; aphobakhalakakhulu;kwayeezinyezazozazisasazeispineard,ezinyei-cassia,ezinyei-amomus(uhlobolwespineard,okanyeimifunoyaseJerusalem,okanyei-ladiesrose)ezinyeamafuthaokugcoba;kangangokubainani lamafuthaokugcobalalilikhulu,ngokomlinganiselowenani labantu;kwayephezukokozonkeizilwanyanazalala ngokungathizileleubuthongo,kwayeazizange zichukumiseuThekla
11UAlesandirewathikwiRhuluneli,Ndineenkunzi zeenkomoezimbikakhulu;masimbophekuzo.Irhuluneli, ixhalabile,yaphendulayathi,Ungenzaokoukubonayo kufanelekile.
12EmvakokobamfakaintamboesinqenisikaThecla, eyabophaneenyawozakhe,bazangayobambopha kwiinkunzi,ezazifakeiintsimbiezishushuezibomvu kwiindawozazozangasese,ukuzeekubenizithuthunjiswa ngakumbi,zimrhuqengamandlauThecla,zidezimbulale
13Iinkunzizaqhushumba,zenzaisandiesoyikekayo; kodwailangatyeelalijikelezeiThecla,latshisaiintambo ezazibotshelelwekumalungueenkunzi,wazawema embindiniweqonga,engakhathalingokungathi wayengabotshwanga
14KodwangeloxeshauTrifina,owayehlelikwenye yeebhentshi,wafaisiqaqawazawafa;ntoleyo eyayixhalabisaisixekosonke
15UAleksandirengokwakhewoyika,wacelairhuluneli, esithi:Ndiyakuncenga,yibanovelwanokumnakumzi, kwayeukhululelomfazi,olwenezilo;hleze,mnanawe, kunyenomziwonkesitshatyalaliswe.
16KubaukubauKesareunokubalisangezintoezidlulileyo ngoku,ngokuqinisekileyouzakuyitshabalalisaloomzi ngokonangoko,kubauTrifina,umntuophumakwinzala yasebukhosini,nozalamanezakhe,ufileesihlalwenisakhe.
17EmvakokoirhuluneliyabizauTheklaphakathikwezilo, yathikuye,Ungubaninawena?Kwayeimekoyakhoinjani, ukubaakukhonanyekweziloiyakukuchukumisa?
18UTheclawaphendulawathikuye:“Ndingumkhonzi kaThixoophilayo;kwayengokubhekiselekwimekoyam, ndikholelwakuYesuKristuuNyanawakhe,uThixo akholiswayonguye;kwayengenxayesosizathuakukho nanyeyeziloeyayindichukumisa.”
19Nguyekuphelaoyindlelaeyakusindiso olungunaphakade,nesisekosobomiobungunaphakade Uyindawoyokusabelakwabobasebunzimeni;uxhasa ababandezelekileyo,ithembanokhuselokwabo bangenathemba;kwaye,ngelishwa,bonkeabo bangakholwayokuye,abayikuphila,kodwabayakufa ngonaphakade
20Akuvaezizinto,umphathi-mkhosiwayalelaukuba kuziweneempahlazakhe,wathimaziziswe,wazawathi mazinxibeiimpahlazakho
21UTheclawaphendulawathi:“NgamanalooThixo wandinxibisayoxandandihambazephakathikwezilo, ngomhlawomgweboangambathisaumphefumlowakho inguboyosindiso”Wazawathabathaiingubozakhe, wazinxiba;wazaumlawuliwakhuphaumyalelongoko nangokongalamazwi:“NdikukhululakuweThecla umkhonzikaThixo”
22Abafazibamemezakunyengezwielikhulu,bemdumisa uThixongazwilinye,besithi:MnyeuThixo,uThixo waseTekla;mnyeuThixoowasindisaiTekla
23Amazwiaboayevakalakakhulukangangokubawonke umziwawubonakalangathiuyashukuma;wazauTrifina ngokwakhewevaiindabaezilungileyo,wavukakwakhona, wabalekanesihlweleukuyakumhlangabezauThekla;waza wamanga,wathi:Ngokundiyakholelwaukubakuza kubakhouvukolwabafileyo;ngokundiqinisekileukuba intombiyamiyaphila.Yizaekhayanam,ntombiyam Thekla,kwayendizakukubuyiselakonkeendinakokuwe 24NgokouTheclawahambanoTrifina,wazawahlalaapho iintsukuezimbalwa,emfundisailizwileNkosi,apho amantombazanaamaninziaguqukakhona;kwaye kwakukhouvuyoolukhulukusapholakwaTrifina.
25KodwauTheklawayelangazelelaukumbonauPawulos, wazawabuzawazawathumelayonkeindawoukuba amfumane;yayeekugqibeleniwaxelelwaukubauseMira, eLikiya,wathabathaamadodanamabhinqaamaninzi;waza wabhinqaumbhinqo,wazilungisanjengendoda,wayakuye eMira,eLikiya,wazawafumanauPawuloseshumayela ilizwilikaThixo;wazawemaecalenikwakhephakathi kwesihlwele
ISAHLUKO10
1KodwakwakumangalisakakhuluuPawulosxa wayembonayenanabantuababekunyenaye;kuba wayecingaukubakukhoityalaelitshaelalizakubafikela;
2AkubonaokouThekla,wathikuye:“Ndibhaptiziwe, Pawulos;kubalowoukuncedileyoekushumayeleni, undincedileekubhaptizeni”
3UPawuloswamthabatha,wamsaendlwinikaHermes; wazauTheklawamxelelauPawuloskonkeokwamehlelayo eAntiyokwe,kangangokubauPawuloswamangaliswa kakhulu,bonkeabobamvayobaqiniswaelukholweni,baza bathandazelauvuyolukaTrifina.
4WaphakamauThekla,wathikuPawulos:“Ndizakuya eIkoniyo”UPawuloswathikuye:“Hambauyekufundisa ilizwileNkosi”
5KodwauTrifinawayethumeleimalieninzikuPawulos, kunyeneempahlaezenziwenguThecla,ukuzekuncedwe amahlwempu
6WayaeIkoniyouThekla,wafikaendlwinikaOnesiforo, wawaphantsiaphouPawuloswayehlelikhona,eshumayela, waza,exubaiinyembezinemithandazoyakhe,wadumisa uThixongalamazwialandelayo:
7OwuNkosiThixowalendlu,aphondakhanyiswakhona nguwekuqala;OwuYesu,nyanakaThixoophilayo, owayengumncediwamphambikomlawuli,umncediwam emlilweni,nomncediwamphakathikwezilwanyana; nguwewedwauThixongonaphakadekanaphakadeAmen 8UTheclangoku(ekubuyenikwakhe)wamfumana uThamyrisefile,kodwauninaesaphila.Ngokokewabiza unina,wathikuye:Theoclia,mama,kunokwenzekana ukubaukholelweukubakukhoiNkosienyekuphela uThixo,ohlalaemazulwini?Ukubaunqwenelaubutyebi obukhulu,uThixouyakukunikabonangam;ukubaufuna intombiyakhokwakhona,ndilapha
9Ezizintonezinyeezininziwayezimelakunina,(ezama) ukumcenga(ngokwembonoyakhe)Kodwaunina uTheocliaakazangeazinikeudumokwizintoezazithethwa ngumfeli-nkolouThecla.
10NgokouThecla,ebonaukubauthetha ngokungenanjongo,wasayinaumzimbawakhewonke ngophawu(lomnqamlezo),waphumaendlwiniwaya kuDaphine;wazaakufikaapho,wayaemqolombeni,apho wafumanakhonauPawulosnoOnesiforo,wawaphantsi, walilaphambikoThixo.
11Waphumaapho,wayaeSelukiya,wazawakhanyisela abaninzingoKristu
12Kwayeilifuelikhanyayolamkhokelakuhambolwakhe.
13EmvakokubaefikileeSelukiyawayakwindawo engaphandlekwesixeko,malunganomgama weekhilomitha,esoyikaabemibalapho,kubababenqula izithixo
14Wakhokelwa(lilifu)wayaentabeniebizwangokuba yiCalamon,okanyeiRodeonWahlalaaphoiminyaka emininzi,wazawadlulakwizilingoezininziezibuhlungu zomtyholi,awazifumanangendlelaefanelekileyo, ngoncedoawayelufumenekuKristu.
15Ekugqibeleniabafaziabathileabathandekayobeva ngentombiuThecla,bayakuye,bazabafundiswanguye ngemiyalelokaThixo,bazaabaninzikubobalishiyaeli hlabathi,bazabaphilaubomibobumonakunyenaye 16Ngaloondlelakwasasazekaingxeloentlekulolonke elaseThecla,wazawenzaiindlelaezininzizokuphilisa (ezimangalisayo),kangangokubalonkeisixekokunye namazweakufutshanebazisaabagulayokuloontaba, kwayengaphambikokubabafikeemnyangowomqolomba,
baphiliswangokonangokokuyonayiphinaingxaki ababenayo.
17Oomoyaabangcolileyobakhutshwa,besenzaingxolo; bonkebabamkelaabagulayobabobephilile,baza bamzukisauThixo,owanikaintombiuTeklaamandla anjalo;
18KangangokubaoogqirhabaseSelukiya babengasabonakali,bazabalahlekelwayiyoyonkeinzuzo yomsebenziwabo,kubaakukhomntuwayebakhathalela; ntoleyoeyabenzabazalangumona,bazabaqalisaukucinga ukubazeziphiiindlelaabanokuzisebenzisangalomkhonzi kaKristu
ISAHLUKO11
1UMtyholikewacebisaicebisoelibiezingqondwenizabo; bazangomhlaothilebahlanganaukuzebacebisane, bathethaomnyenomnyengalendlela:Intombi engumbingelelikaziwothixokaziomkhuluuDiana,kwaye nantoninaayicelayokuye,uyayinikwa,kubayintombi, kwayeithandwangabobonkeoothixo
2Ngokukemasithengeamadodaangama-rakish,size emvakokubasiwanxilisilengokwaneleyo,siwanikeimali eninzi,siwayaleleukubaayekuhlambalazalentombi, sibathembisaumvuzoomkhuluukubabayakwenzaoko.
3(Kubabagqibekwelokuba,ukubabanokumngcolisa, oothixoabayikuphindabamkhathalele,noDianaakayi kuphindaaphiliseabagulayongenxayakhe.)
4Baqhubekangokwesisigqibo,bazaabantubayaentabeni, benoburhalarhumenjengeengonyamabayaemqolombeni, benkqonkqozaemnyango.
5Umfeli-nkoloongcweleuThecla,ethembelekuThixo awayekholelwakuye,wavulaucango,nangona wayexelelwekwangaphambilingecebolabo,wazawathi kubo,Bafana,yintoninalentoniyenzayo?
6Bathi,“Ngabakukhoumntuapha,ogamalinguThekla?” Wathiyena,“Nifunantonikuye?”Bathi,“Sifunaukulala naye”
7UTheclaosikelelekileyowaphendulawathi:Nangona ndingumfaziomdalaokhohlakeleyo,ndingumkhonzi weNkosiyamuYesuKristu;nangonanineceboelibingam, aniyikukwaziukulifezaBaphendulabathi: Akunakwenzekakodwasimelesikwaziukwenzanganioko sikucingayo
8Bathibesathethaoku,bambambangamandlaamakhulu, bazamaukumdlwengula.Wazayenangobumnenewathi kubo:“Bafana,yibaninomonde,niboneuzukolweNkosi” 9Bathibesamphethe,wajongaphezuluezulwiniwathi; OwuThixoohloniphekileyo,ongenakufaniswanaye; ozenzauzukophezukweentshabazakho;owandihlangula emlilweni,wazawangandinikelakuThamyris, wangandinikelangakuAleksandire;owandihlangula kwizilwanyanazasendle;owandigcinaemanzinianzulu; obengumncediwamkuyoyonkeindawo,wazawalizukisa igamalakhokum;
10Ngokukendikhululeezandlenizalamadodamabi nangenangqiqo,ungabavumeliukubabadeleleubunyulu bamendibugcineleimbekoyakho;kubandiyakuthanda kwayendikulangazelela,kwayendiyakunqula,Bawo, Nyana,noMoyaoyiNgcwele,ngonaphakade.Amen.
11Kwazakwavelailizwilivelaezulwini,lisithi,Musa ukoyika,Thecla,mkhonziwamothembekileyo,kuba
ndinaweKhangelauzeuboneindawoevulelekileyokuwe: aphokuyakubakhoindawoyakhoyokuhlalayaphakade; aphouyakufumanakhonaumbonoomhle
12UTheclaosikelelekileyoejonge,wabonailityelivuleka kakhulukangangokubaumntuangangena;wenzanjengoko wayeyalelwe,wabalekangenkaliphokwiqelaelibi,waza wangenaedwaleni,elavalekangokonangoko, kangangokubakwakungekhomfantuubonakalayoapho lalivulekekhona
13Amadodaemaemangaliswengokupheleleyo ngummangalisoomkhulukangaka,kwayeayengenawo amandlaokumbambaumkhonzikaThixo;kodwakuphela, ebambeisigqubuthelosakhe,okanyeisicikosakhe, asikrazulaiqhekezalaso;
14KwayeokokwakungemvumekaThixo,ukuze kuqinisekisweukhololwaboababezakuzakubonale ndawoihloniphekileyo,kwayebadluliseleiintsikelelo kwabobakwizizukulwanaezilandelayo,ababezakukholwa kwiNkosiyethuuYesuKristungentliziyoecocekileyo.
15Wahluphekangaloondlelaloomfeli-nkolowokuqala nompostilekaThixo,nentombienyulu,uThecla;owayevela eIkoniyoeneminyakaelishumielinesibhozoubudala;emva koko,inxalenyeyohambokunyenohambo,kwaye inxalenyeyobomiboonongendiemqolombeni,waphila iminyakaengamashumiasixhenxeanesibini; kangangokubawayeneminyakaengamashumiasithoba ubudalaxaiNkosiyamfudusayo 16Ngaloondlelaubomibakhebuphela.
17Usukuolugcinwelungcwelekwinkumbuloyakhe, lusukulwamashumiamabinianesinekuSeptemba,ukuze kuzukisweuYise,noNyana,noMoyaoyiNgcwele,ngoku nangonaphakadeAmen