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IVangeli yokuzalwa kukaMariya ISAHLUKO 1 1 Intombi enyulu enguMariya, enoyolo, ehlala inobuqaqawuli, ephuma kumlibo kaDavide, yazalelwa eNazarete, yaza yafundelwa eYerusalem, endlwini kaYehova. 2 Igama likayise lalinguYowakim, noAna lalinguAna. Intsapho kayise yayiyeyaseGalili nesixeko saseNazarete. Usapho lukanina lwaluseBhetelehem. 3 Ubomi babo babuqaqambile, buthe tye emehlweni kaYehova, benobungcwele, bungenasiphoso phambi kwabantu. Baye bahlulelana ngobutyebi babo baziziqwenga zintathu. 4 Enye yazo babeyinikela etempileni nabaphathi betempile; omnye wababela abasemzini, abasweleyo; yaye eyesithathu bazibekela bona nezinto eziyimfuneko kwintsapho yabo. 5 Ngolu hlobo baphila malunga neminyaka engamashumi amabini ngokunyulu, eluthandweni lukaThixo, nozuko lwabantu, bengenabo nabaphi na abantwana. 6 Babhambathisa ngesibhambathiso, besithi, Ukuba uthe uThixo wababala kuyo nayiphi na into, boyinikela enkonzweni kaYehova; ngenxa yoko bebesiya endlwini kaYehova ngamaxesha onke emithendelekweni yomnyaka. 7 Ke kaloku kwathi, wakusondela umthendeleko wokuhlaziywa, wenyuka uYehoyakim, nabanye besizwe sakowabo, baya eYerusalem; ngelo xesha uIsakare ebengumbingeleli omkhulu. 8 owathi akumbona uYowakim nabamelwane bakhe, esondeza umnikelo wakhe, wamdela yena neminikelo yakhe, wambuza; 9 Kwakutheni ukuze yena, owayengenabantwana, afune ukubonakala phakathi kwabo banabantwana? Wongezelela ngelithi, iminikelo yakhe ayinakuze yamkeleke kuThixo, owagwetywa nguye njengongakufanelanga ukuba nabantwana; Sathi nesibhalo, Uqalekisiwe wonke umntu ongazali kwaSirayeli. 10 Ubuye wathi, Umelwe kukuthi akhulule kuqala eso siqalekiso, azale intwana, andule ukuza neminikelo yakhe phambi koThixo. 11 Wadana uYowakim ngenxa yehlazo lengcikivo enjalo, wemka, kubalusi ababenemfuyo edlelweni labo; 12 Kuba ubengazimiselanga kubuyela ekhaya, hleze abamelwane bakhe, ababekho, baziva zonke ezo kumbingeleli omkhulu, bamtshabhise kwangokunjalo. ISAHLUKO 2 1Kwakuba mzuzu eyedwa, kwathi ngamini ithile, eyedwa, kwabonakala isithunywa seNkosi simi phezu kwakhe, sinokukhanya okukhulu. 2 Sathi kuye, sikhwankqisiwe ngumbono lowo, sathi isithunywa eso sasibonakele kuye, sizame ukuyiqamba: 3 Musa ukoyika, Yehoyakim, ungaqhiphuki umbilini phambi kwam; kuba mna ndisithunywa sikaYehova esithunywe nguye kuwe, ukuze ndikuxelele, ukuba iviwe imithandazo yakho, nokuba ububele bakho bunyukile phambi koThixo. .

4 Kuba okunene ulibonile ihlazo lenu, waniva ningcikivwa, ningcikivwa ngenxa yokungabi nabantwana; 5 Kwaye ngoko, xa athe wasivala isizalo sikabani, wenze ngenxa yoko, ukuze abuye asivule ngokugqithiseleyo kakhulu, kuze kuthi okuzelweyo kubonakale kungekuko ukukhanuka, kusisipho sikaThixo. . 6 Kuba uSara, unina wokuqala wohlanga lwakowenu, ubengazali, kwada kwaba ngumnyaka wamashumi asibhozo; 7 Naye uRakeli, njengoko wayethandeke kakhulu kuThixo, njengoko ebethandwa kunene nguYakobi ongcwele, wahlala ixesha elide eludlolo; ukanti kamva waba ngunina kaYosefu, owayengeyirhuluneli yeYiputa kuphela, kodwa wazihlangula izizwe ezininzi ekubhubhiseni. indlala. 8 Ngubani na phakathi kwabagwebi owayenobukroti kunoSamson, okanye ongcwele ngaphezu koSamuweli? Kanti ke bobabini onina babeludlolo. 9 Kodwa ukuba isizathu asiyi kuniqinisekisa ngobunyaniso bamazwi am, okokuba kukho ukukhawulwa ngokufuthi kwiminyaka ekhulileyo, nokokuba abo babeludlolo bazisa ngaphambili ukothuka kwabo okukhulu; ngoko ke, uAna umkakho uya kukuphathela intombi, umthiye igama elinguMariya; 10 Wothi ngokwesibhambathiso sakho angcwaliswe kuYehova kwasebusaneni bakhe, azaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasekuzalweni kwakhe; 11 Maze angadli, angaseli nanye into eyinqambi; ukuze angaweli phantsi nakuphi na ukunyelisa okanye ukurhanelwa kokubi. 12 Kuya kuthi ke ekuhambeni kweminyaka yakhe, njengokuba ezelwe ngokungummangaliso yindoda engazaliyo, uya kwangokunjalo, eseyintombi enyulu, ngendlela engenakulinganiswa nanto, azale uNyana kaThixo Osenyangweni; , abizwe ngokuba nguYesu, yaye, ngokwentsingiselo yegama lakhe, abe nguMsindisi wazo zonke iintlanga. 13 Nangu ke umqondiso kuwe wezinto endizixelayo, wokuba, wakufika esangweni legolide laseYerusalem, wokhawulelana khona nomkakho uAna, owakhathazeka kakhulu ukuba akubuyi; ukubona. 14 Sakuba sitshilo isithunywa eso, semka kuye. ISAHLUKO 3 1 Emveni koko kwabonakala isithunywa sezulu kuAna umkakhe, sisithi, Musa ukoyika, ungacingi ukuba into oyibonayo ingumoya. 2 Kuba mna ndingeso sithunywa sezulu esabeka izikhungo zakho nenceba yakho phambi koThixo; kwaye ngoku ndithunyelwe kuwe, ukuze ndikwazise, ukuba uya kuzalelwa intombi, ebizwa ngokuba nguMariya, kwaye uya kusikelelwa ngaphezulu. bonke abafazi. 3 Wothi, ekuzalweni kwakhe, ezele lubabalo lukaYehova, ahlale phezu kweminyaka emithathu yokulunyulwa kwakhe endlwini kayise, aze emveni koko angemki ekukhonzeni uYehova. etempileni, ade afike kwiminyaka yobulumko. 4 Ngelizwi, woyikhonza khona iNkosi ubusuku nemini, ngokuzila ukudla, nangokukhunga, akhwebuke kuyo yonke into eyinqambi, engazi namnye; 5 Kodwa, ekubeni isiganeko esingenakulinganiswa nanto singenako nakuphi na ungcoliso okanye ungcoliso, kwaye intombi enyulu ingazani nandoda, iya kuzala unyana,


kwaye isicakakazi siya kuzala ngaphambili iNkosi, eya kuthi kunye ngobabalo lwayo negama nemisebenzi, ibe nguMsindisi. lwehlabathi. 6 Suk’ ume ke, unyuke uye eYerusalem, nakufika kwelaa sango legolide, kuba livathiswe ngegolide, umqondiso wento endiyithethileyo kuwe, wokhawulelana nendoda yakho, oyithe ngenxa yosindiso lwakhe. bebekhathazeke kakhulu. 7 Xa nithe nazifumanisa zizalisekile ngoko ezi zinto, kholwani ukuba zonke ezinye izinto endinixelele zona, ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuzalisekiswa. 8 Ngoko ke, ngokomlomo wesithunywa sezulu, baphuma bobabini kuloo ndawo babekuyo, bathi bakufika endaweni leyo yayixelwe sisithunywa sezulu, baqubisana. 9 Bathe ke, bevuya emibonweni yomnye kubo, bezalisekile idinga lomntwana, babulela kuYehova, ebaphakamisayo abathobekileyo. 10 Baza, emva kokuyibonga iNkosi, babuyela ekhaya, bahlala benolindelo oluchwayithileyo lwedinga likaThixo. 11 Wamitha ke uAna, wazala intombi; abazali bakhe bathi ngokomyalelo wesithunywa sezulu, bathi nguMariya. ISAHLUKO 4 1Ke kaloku kwathi kwakuzaliseka iminyaka emithathu, lazaliseka ixesha lokulunyulwa kwayo, bayisa intombi leyo endlwini kaYehova, iphethe idini; 2 Kwaye kukho malunga netempile, ngokweeNdumiso zeshumi elinesihlanu, izinyuko ezilishumi elinantlanu zokunyuka. 3 Kuba itempile, isakhiwa entabeni, ibe isibingelelo sedini elinyukayo esibe singaphandle besingenakusondezwa ngaphandle kwezinyuko; 4 Abazali beNtombi Enyulu esikelelekileyo nosana uMariya bamkhwelisa kwesinye sezi zinyuko; 5 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bazikhulula iingubo zabo ababehambe behamba ngazo, baza banxiba ezizezicocekileyo nezicocekileyo ngokwesiko, 6 Ngelo xesha iNtombi Enyulu yeNkosi ngolo hlobo yenyuka izinyuko zonke enye emva kwenye, ngaphandle koncedo lwakhe nabani na ukuyikhokela okanye ukuyiphakamisa, kangangokuba nabani na wayeya kugqiba ngoko ukuba wayesele ekhulile ngeminyaka. 7 Ngaloo ndlela iNkosi yenze, ebuntwaneni beNtombi Enyulu yayo, yenza lo msebenzi ungaqhelekanga, nobungqina ngalo mmangaliso ukuba yayiya kuba mkhulu kangakanani na emva koku. 8 Ke kaloku abazali, belisondezile idini labo ngokwesiko lomthetho, besifezekise isibhambathiso sabo, bayishiya intombi leyo, nezinye iintombi ezinyulu emagumbini etempile, ezaziza kunyuselwa khona, babuyela ekhaya. ISAHLUKO 5 1 Ke yona Intombi yeNkosi, yakubon' ukuba ihambela phambili ekoyikeni, yenyuka nengqibelelo; yathi, ngokwelizwi lomdumisi, uyise nonina bamshiya; 2 Kuba ubenencoko yezithunywa zezulu yonke imihla, waza imihla yonke wamkela iindwendwe ezivela kuThixo, ezimlondolozayo kuzo zonke iintlobo zobubi, wamkhulisa ngazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo; 3 Ngoko ke, xa ekugqibeleni wafikayo kunyaka wakhe weshumi elinesine, njengoko abangendawo

bebengenakubekwa tyala kuye nantoni na efanele ukohlwaywa, ngoko bonke abantu abalungileyo, ababeqhelene naye, babuncoma ubomi bakhe nencoko yakhe. 4 Ngelo xesha umbingeleli omkhulu wenza umyalelo ekuhleni. Ukuze zonke iintombi ezinyulu ezazineendawo zikawonke-wonke etempileni, ezathi zeza kwesi sizukulwana, zibuyele ekhaya, yaye, njengoko zazikhulile ngoku zikhulileyo, zifanele, ngokwesiko lelizwe lazo, zizabalazele ukutshata. 5 Kuwo lo myalelo, nangona zonke ezinye iintombi ezinyulu zawuthobelayo, uMariya Intombi Enyulu yeNkosi yedwa owaphendulayo, wokuba wayengenako ukuwuthobela. 6 Ebabala ezi zizathu, zokuba yena nabazali bakhe babemnikele enkonzweni yeNkosi; ngaphandle koko wabhambathisa kuYehova isibhambathiso eso, wafunga ukuba akayi kugqitha ntombi nanye, ukuba asifezekise. 7 Uthe ke umbingeleli omkhulu esembandezelweni; 8 Engekabi nabuganga bakusichitha isibhambathiso, engasithobeli isibhalo esithi, Isibhambathiso, usifezekise; 9 kananjalo awazisi isiko, ababesithi abantu bangabasemzini, 10 ukuze ngomthendeleko osondelayo, bonke abaziintloko baseYerusalem, kwanakwabakufuphi; 11 Baqubisana ngoko, bavumelana ngamxhelo mnye ukuba makafune uYehova, abuze icebo kuye ngalo mcimbi. 12 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayathandaza bonke, umbingeleli omkhulu waya kubuzisa kuThixo ngokwesiqhelo. 13 Kwaza kwaoko kwabakho ilizwi eliphuma emkhombeni, nesihlalo sokucamagusha, abathe bonke abakhoyo balivayo, okokuba kumele kubuzwe okanye kuphandwe ngesiprofeto sikaIsaya lowo iNtombi Enyulu eya kunikelwa kuye ize igane; 14 Kuba uIsaya uthi, Kuya kuphuma intonga esiqwini sikaYese, kuphume nentyantyambo engcanjini yayo; 15 UMoya weNkosi uya kuhlala phezu kwakhe, uMoya woBulumko nowokuqonda, uMoya weNgcaciso namandla, uMoya wokwazi nowobuthixo, uMoya wokoyika uYehova uya kumzalisa. 16 Waza, ngokwesi siprofeto, wamisela ukuba onke amadoda endlu kaDavide, namadoda angatshatanga, awazise iintonga zawo phambi kwesibingelelo; 17 Entongeni yomntu, ekuzisweni kwayo, kophuma intyantyambo, kuthi encotsheni yayo kuhlale uMoya weNkosi, enjengehobe; ibe yindoda leyo inikwe intombi. kwaye utshate. ISAHLUKO 6 1 Kwabanye kwakukho indoda egama linguYosefu, yendlu kaDavide, indoda esele ikhulile kakhulu, yayirhola intonga yayo, ekuyinikeleni elowo eyakhe. 2 Ngokokuba akubangakho lizwi lamkelekileyo kwilizwi elisemazulwini, wagqiba umbingeleli omkhulu ukuba abuye abuzise kuThixo; 3 Waphendula wathi, Intombi eyayiganelwe nguye yedwa kwababuthiweyo, ongayiphathanga intonga yakhe. 4 UYosefu wangcatshwa ngoko. 5 Kuba ekuyiziseni kwakhe intonga yakhe, nehobe liphuma ezulwini, limise phezu kwayo, babona bonke abantu ukuba intombi le iganiwe;


6 Ngako oko, yakuba iphelile imisitho yokuganana, wabuyela emzini wakowabo eBhetelehem, ukuze ayilungise indlu yakhe, aze alungiselele umtshato lowo. 7 Kodwa iNtombi Enyulu yeNkosi, uMariya, nezinye iintombi ezisixhenxe ezikubudala obunye, ezazilunyulwe kwangaxeshanye, nezazimiselwe ngumbingeleli ukuba zimkhonze, babuyela endlwini yabazali bakhe eGalili. ISAHLUKO 7 1 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba ungene okokuqala kwelaseGalili, kwathunyelwa kuye isithunywa uGabriyeli, sivela kuThixo, ukuba simchazele ukukhawulwa koMsindisi wethu, nendlela awamkhawula ngayo. 2 Wangena ke kuye, walizalisa igumbi abekulo, ngokukhanya okukhulu, wambulisa ngobubele obukhulu, wathi, 3 Molo, Mariya! Intombi enyulu yeNkosi yamkelekile! Owu Ntombi izele lubabalo! INkosi inawe, usikelelwe wena ngaphezu kwabafazi bonke, usikelelwe ngaphezu kwamadoda onke, ukuba. bazelwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. 4 Ke yona intombi le, eyayiqhelene ngaphambili nembonakalo yezithunywa zezulu, ekwakungekho nto ingaqhelekanga kuyo ukukhanya okunjalo okuvela ezulwini; 5 Akazange ankwantye ngumbono wesithunywa eso, engakhwankqiswa bubukhulu bokukhanya; 6 Baqala ke ukuyiqwalasela into engaka umbuliso ongaqhelekiyo, ukuba uthetha ukuthini na, nokuba ube yintoni na isiphelo, nokuba sisiphelo sini na. 7 Ingelosi yaphendula, ephefumlelwe nguThixo; 8 Musa ukoyika, Mariya, ngokungathi ndifuna nto ingqubanayo nobunyulu bakho kulo mbuliso; 9 Ngokuba ukholekile kuYehova, ngokuba unyule ubunyulu bakho. 10 Ngako oko uya kumitha, ungenasono, uzale unyana. 11 Uya kuba mkhulu, ngokuba uya kulawula ethabathela elwandle ase elwandle, ethabathela emilanjeni ase eziphelweni zehlabathi. 12 uya kubizwa ngokuba nguNyana wOsenyangweni; kuba lowo uzelweyo emhlabeni ulawula kophakamileyo emazulwini. 13 INkosi iya kumnika itrone kaDavide, uyise, abe ngukumkani phezu kwendlu kaYakobi kude kube ngunaphakade, nobukumkani bakhe bungabi nasiphelo. 14 Kuba unguKumkani kaKumkani, neNkosi yeeNkosi, kwaye itrone yakhe ingunaphakade kanaphakade. 15 Kwelo lizwi lengelosi, intombi leyo, ayiphendulanga ngokungathi ayikholwa; 16 Wathi, Inokwenzeka njani na loo nto? Kuba ekubeni mna, ngokwesibhambathiso sam, andizange ndazani nandoda, ndingathini na ukuzala umntwana ngaphandle kwembewu yendoda? 17 Saphendula ke isithunywa sathi, Musa ukucinga, Mariya, ukuba uya kumitha ngokwendlela entsha. 18 Kuba, ngaphandle kokulala nendoda, ngelixa intombi eyintombi, uya kumitha; Uza kuzala intombi eyintombi; kanti intombi iya kwanyisa. 19 Kuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uya kuza phezu kwakho, athi namandla Osenyangweni akusibekele, ngaphandle kobushushu benkanuko.

20 Loo nto izalwa nguwe yoba ngcwele yodwa, ibe yingcwele; kuba kukhawulwe yedwa, kungekho sono, kwaza kwazalwa nje, kubizwa ngokuba nguNyana kaThixo. 21 Wazolula ke uMariya izandla zakhe, wawaphakamisela ezulwini amehlo akhe, wathi, Nanko umkhonzazana weNkosi. Makube kum ngokwelizwi lakho. ISAHLUKO 8 1 Wemka ngoko, uYosefu wemka kwelakwaYuda, waya kwelaseGalili, ukuze athabathe intombi leyo eganelwe; 2 Kuba kaloku, kwakusele kusondele iinyanga ezintathu, ekubeni iganiwe. 3 Ekuhambeni kwethuba kwabonakala ukuba umithi, yaye kwakungekho kufihlakala kuYosefu. 4 Kuba wesuka waya kuyo esentombini, eseganiweyo, eseliganelwe khona, wathetha kakuhle nayo, wayibona imithi. 5 Kwaye phezu koko baqalisa ukunxunguphala nokuthandabuza, bengazi ukuba yeyiphi na indlela ekuya kuba kuhle ukuyithabatha; 6 Kuba ube eyindoda elilungisa, akathandanga ukumtyhilela, angamhlazisi ngokukrokra ukuba ulihenyukazi, noko ebeyindoda elungileyo. 7 Uthe ngoko yena wagqiba kwelokuba awugqibe umnqophiso wabo ngasese, amale nokuba ngasese. 8 Akubon' ukuba uyazicinga ezi zinto, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakala kuye ebuthongweni, sisithi, Yosefu, nyana kaDavide, musa ukoyika; 9 Musani ukukrokra ukuba iNtombi ihenyukazi, okanye ukucinga nto imbi ngayo, musani ukoyika ukuyizeka ibe ngumfazi; 10 Kuba oko kuzelwe kuye, kwaye ngoku kukhathaza ingqondo yakho, asingomsebenzi womntu, kodwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. 11 Kuba yiyo yodwa intombi le, ikubafazi bonke, eya kuzala uNyana kaThixo, umbize ngegama elinguYesu, oko kukuthi, uMsindisi, kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo. 12 UYosefu ngoko, ngokomyalelo wesithunywa sezulu, wayizeka intombi le, akayazi, wayigcina inyulu. 13 Ke kaloku yasondela inyanga yesithoba yokumitha kwakhe, xa uYosefu wamthabathayo umfazi wakhe, nezinye izinto eziyimfuneko eBhetelehem, isixeko awayevela kuso. 14 Ke kaloku kwathi, xa bakhona, yazaliseka imihla yokuba azale. 15 Kwaye wazala unyana wakhe wamazibulo, njengoko abaVangeli abangcwele bafundisa, nkqu iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, lowo kunye noYise, uNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele, ophila kwaye alawule ukusa kwizizukulwana ezingunaphakade.


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