Xhosa Biblical Selenology - The Bright Moon by Filipino Tracts and Literature Society Inc.

I-SelenologyyeBhayibhile-InyangaEkhanyayo Xandicingangezululakho,umsebenziweminweyakho,inyanganeenkwenkwezi,ozimisileyo; Uyintoninaumntu,lentoumkhumbulayo,nonyanawomntu,lentoumnyamekelayo?INdumiso8:3-4

Kuyakuthi,ukususelaekuthwasenikwenyangaukuyakwenye,ukususelakwisabathaukuyakwenye, yonkeinyamaiyakuzaukuzeinqulephambikwam,utshouYehovaUIsaya66:23

Bayakuwasasazaphambikwelanga,nenyanga,nakuwowonkeumkhosiwezulu,abobabathandayo, nabakhonzayo,nabalandelabona,nabamfunayo,nabamnqulayo;abayikuhlanganiswa,abayi kungcwatywa;bayakubangumgqubaphezukomhlaba.UYeremiya8:2

UtshouYehova,uMnikiwelanga,ukubalibelukhanyisoemini,uMnikiwemimiseloyenyanga neenkwenkwezi,ukubazibelukhanyisoebusuku,uMnikiwolwandle,ukubaamazaaloagqume, ukuthi:NguYehovawemikhosiigamalakhe;UYeremiya31:35

Xandikucima,ndiyakuligubungelaizulu,ndizenzemnyamaiinkwenkwezizalo;ndiya kuligubungelailangangelifu,nenyangaingakhanyisiUHezekile32:7

Isikhulusiyakulungiselelaumnikelowesono,nomnikelowokudla,nomnikelootshiswayo, neminikeloethululwayo,kwimithendeleko,nasekuthwasenikwenyanga,nakwiisabatha,kuyoyonke imikhosiyendlukaSirayeli;siyakulungiselelaumnikelowesono,nomnikelowokudla,nomnikelo otshiswayo,neminikeloyoxolo,ukuzekuxolelweindlukaSirayeliUHezekile45:17

ItshoiNkosiuYehovaukuthi,Isangolentendelezoengaphakathielijongeempumalangaliyakuvalwa iintsukuezintandathuzokusebenza;kodwangomhlawesabathaliyakuvulwa,kwayengomhla wokuthwasakwenyangaliyakuvulwa.Kanjaloabantubelizweboqubudaemnyangowesango phambikoYehovangesabathanangokuthwasakweenyangaNgomhlawokuthwasakwenyanga,kuya kubayinkunzientshaengenasiphako,neemvanaezintandathu,nenkunziyegusha;mazingabi nasiphakoUHezekile46:1,3,6

Ndoyiphelisayonkeimivuyoyakhe,imihlayakheyemithendeleko,nemihlayokuthwasakwenyanga, neesabathazakhe,nayoyonkeimisithoyakheemisiweyoUHoseya2:11

Umhlabauyakunyikimaphambikwabo,amazuluayakunyikima;ilanganenyangaziyakuba mnyama,neenkwenkweziziyakurhoxisaukukhanyakwazo;Ilangaliyakujikalibebubumnyama, nenyangaibeligazi,ngaphambikokubakufikeiminienkuluneyoyikekayoyeNkosi.Yoweli2:10, 31

Ilanganenyangaziyakubamnyama,neenkwenkweziziyakurhoxisaukukhanyakwazo.UYoweli 3:15

Nisithi,‘Inyangaentshaiyakudlulanini,ukuzesithengiseingqolowa?’nesabatha,ukuzesikhuphe ingqolowa,senzei-efaibencinci,sizesikhuliseishekele,sizesilahleizilinganisongenkohliso?’ UAmosi8:5

Ilanganenyangazemaekhayenilazo,ekukhanyenikweentolozakhoezihambayo,nasekukhanyeni komkhontowakhookhazimlayoUHabhakuki3:11

Kwangokoke,emvakwembandezeloyaloomihla,ilangaliyakwenziwamnyama,inyanga ingakhanyisi,neenkwenkweziziyakuwaezulwini,namandlaasezulwiniazanyazanyiswaUMateyu 24:29

Ngaloomfungoilanganenyangaziyawugqibaumzilawazo,zingaphambukikwimimiseloyazo ukususelakwixeshaelingenammiseloukuyakwixeshaelingenammiseloEnoki69:20

Ndabonaiingcangoezintandathuaphoilangaliphumakhona,neengcangoezintandathuaphoilanga litshonakhonanenyangaiphumaizeitshonekwezingcango,neenkokhelizeenkwenkwezikunye nabobazikhokelayo:ezintandathuempumanezintandathuentshona,kwayezonkezilandelana ngokulandelelanangokuchanekileyo:neefestileezininzingasekunenenangasekhohlokwezingcango Njengokoephakama,ngokunjalouyatshonaazeanciphe,kwayeakaphumli,kodwaubalekaimini nobusuku,kwayeukukhanyakwakhekukhanyekasixhenxekunokwenyanga;kodwangokobukhulu bobabinibalinganaUEnoki72:3,37

UEnoki73

1Emvakwalomthethondiboneomnyeumthethoojongenenesikhanyisoesincinci,esibizwa ngokubayiNyanga.

2Kwayeujikelezolwayolufananojikelezolwezulu,kwayeinqweloyayoekhwelakuyoiqhutywa ngumoya,kwayeukukhanyakwayokunikwangomlinganiseloochanekileyo.

3Kwayeukuphumanokutshonakwayokuyatshintshainyanganenyanga:kwayeimihlayayo injengemihlayelanga,kwayexaukukhanyakwayokufana,ifikelelakwinxalenyeyesixhenxe yokukhanyakwelanga.

4KwayeivukangoluhloboKwayeisigabasayosokuqalaempumasiphumakusasakwamashumi amathathu:kwayengaloominiiyabonakala,kwayeyenzaisigabasokuqalasenyangangomhla wamashumiamathathukunyenelangaemnyangoaphoilangaliphumakhona.

5Kwayeisiqingathasayosiphumangenxalenyeyesixhenxe,kwayeyonkeijikelezolayoayinanto, ngaphandlekokukhanya,ngaphandlekwenxalenyeyesixhenxeyayo,kunyenenxalenyeyeshumi elinesineyokukhanyakwayo

6Kwayexaefumanaisinyekwisixhenxesesiqingathasokukhanyakwakhe,ukukhanyakwakhe kufikelelakwisinyekwisixhenxenesiqingathasako.

7Kwayeutshonanelanga,kwayexailangaliphumainyangaiphumanayokwayeifumane isiqingathasenxalenyeenyeyokukhanya,kwayengobobusukuekuqalenikwentsasayayoekuqaleni kweminiyenyangainyangaitshonanelanga,kwayeayibonakalingobobusukukunyeneenxalenye ezilishumielinesinekunyenesiqingathasenyeyazo

8Kwayeiphumangaloominingenxalenyeyesixhenxengqo,izeiphumeizeibuyeleumva ekuphumenikwelanga,kwayekwiintsukuzayoeziseleyoibamhlophekwiindawoezilishumi elinesithathueziseleyo.

UEnoki74

1Ndabonaenyeindlela,umthethowakhe,nendlelaawenzangayouguqukolwakhelwenyanga ngokwaloomthetho

2Kwayebonkeabau-Uriel,ingelosiengcweleekhokelabonke,bandibonisa,kunyenezikhundla zabo,kwayendabhalaphantsiizikhundlazabonjengokowandibonisa,kwayendabhalaphantsi iinyangazabonjengokozazinjalo,kunyenokubonakalakwezibanezabodekwaphelaiintsuku ezilishumielinesihlanu.

3Kwinxalenyeenyeyesixhenxeufezakonkeukukhanyakwakheempuma,kwayekwinxalenyeenye yesixhenxeufezabonkeubumnyamabakheentshona.

4Kwayekwiinyangaezithileuyayitshintshaindlelayakhe,azekwiinyangaezithilealandeleindlela yakheeyahlukileyo

5Kwiinyangaezimbiniinyangaiyatshonanelanga:kulamasangomabiniaphakathi,owesithathu nowesine

6Uphumaiintsukuezisixhenxe,azeajikeazeabuyengesangoaphoilangaliphumakhona,aze afezekisekonkeukukhanyakwakhe:azeabuyeelangeni,azeemvakweentsukuezisibhozoangene kwisangolesithandathuaphoilangaliphumakhona.

7Xailangaliphumakwisangolesine,liphumaiintsukuezisixhenxe,lideliphumekwisangolesihlanu lizelibuyeemvakweentsukuezisixhenxelingenekwisangolesinelizeligqibekonkeukukhanya kwalo:lizelihlelingenekwisangolokuqalakwiintsukuezisibhozo.

8Kwayeibuyakwakhonaemvakweentsukuezisixhenxekwisangolesineaphoilangaliphumakhona 9Ndabonakeindawoyazoindlelaezaziphumangayoiinyanganelangaelalitshonangayongaloo mihla.

10Ukubaiminyakaemihlanuidityaniswakunye,ilangalineentsukuezingamashumiamathathu, kwayezonkeiintsukuezihlanganiswayokulokwenyeyezominyakamihlanu,xazizele,zifikelela kwimihlaengama-364.

11Kwayeubuninzibelanganeenkwenkwezibufikelelakwiintsukuezintandathu:kwiminyakaemi-5 iintsukuezi-6minyakalezifikelelakwiintsukuezingama-30:kwayeinyangaiwelaemvakwelanga neenkwenkweziukuyakuthigakwinanileentsukuezingama-30

12Kwayeilanganeenkwenkwezizizisayonkeiminyakangokuchanekileyo,ukuzezingahambi phambiliokanyezilibaziseindawoyazongosukuolunyengonaphakade;kodwazigqibeiminyaka ngobulungisaobugqibeleleyokwiintsukuezingama-364

13Kwiminyakaemi-3kukhoiintsukuezili-1092,kwayekwiminyakaemi-5kukhoiintsukuezili1820,ngokokekwiminyakaesi-8kukhoiintsukuezingama-2912

14Kwinyangayodwa,iintsukuzibalwangeminyakaemi-3ukuyakwiintsukuezili-1062,kwaye kwiminyakaemi-5isalaemvangeentsukuezingama-50:[okokukuthi,kwisimbuku(sowe-1770) kufunekakongezweiintsuku(ezili-1000kunye)ezingama-62]

15Kwayekwiminyakaemi-5kukhoiintsukuezili-1770,ngokokeinyangaimihlakwiminyakaesi-8 ifikelelakwimihlaengama-2832

16[Kubakwiminyakaesi-8usalaemvakangangeentsukuezingama-80],zonkeiintsukuasalaemva ngazokwiminyakaesi-8zingama-80.

17Kwayeunyakaugqitywangokuchanekileyongokuhambelananezikhululozabozehlabathikunye nezikhululozelanga,eziphumakwiingcangoapholiphumakhona(ilanga)lizelitshonekhona iintsukuezingama-30

Kubaimiqondisonamaxeshaneminyakanemihlaingelosiu-Uriyelieyandibonisayona,iNkosi yozukoeyimisengonaphakadephezukwazozonkeizikhanyisozezulu,ezulwininasemhlabeni, ukuzezilawulephezukobusobezulukwayezibonakaleemhlabeni,kwayezibeziinkokhelizemini nobusuku,okokukuthiilanga,inyanga,neenkwenkwezi,nazozonkeizidalwaezikhonzayoezenza ukujikelezakwazokuzozonkeiinqwelozezuluNgokuphatheleleiingcangoezilishumielinambini ezulwini,eziphelwenizomhlaba,aphokuphumakhonailanga,inyanga,neenkwenkwezi,nayoyonke imisebenziyezuluempumanasentshonaUEnoki75:3,6

UEnoki78

1Amagamaelangangalaalandelayo:eyokuqalaiOrjârês,eyesibiniiTomâs

2Kwayeinyangainamagamaamane:igamalokuqalanguAsônjâ,elesibininguEblâ,elesithathu nguBenâsê,nelesinenguErâe

3Ezizizibanezimbiniezinkulu:umjikelowazoufananomjikelowezulu,kwayeubukhulu bomjikelezowazozombinibuyafana.

4Kwisangqaselangakukhoiinxalenyeezisixhenxezokukhanyaezongezwakulongaphezu kwenyanga,kwayengomlinganiseloochanekileyozidluliselwakudekubeyilaphoinxenye yesixhenxeyelangaiphelile

5Bazebamisebazebangenekwiingcangozasentshona,bazebajikelezengasemantla,bazebaphume ngeengcangozasempumaebuswenibezulu.

6Xainyangaiphuma,isinyekwishumielinesineleenxalenyesibonakalaezulwini:ukukhanya kugcwelekuyo:ngomhlaweshumielinesineigqibaukukhanyakwayo

7Kwayeiinxalenyeezilishumielinesihlanuzokukhanyazidluliselwakuyekudekubelusuku lweshumielinesihlanuxaukukhanyakwakhekugqityiwe,ngokomqondisowonyaka,azeabe ziinxalenyeezilishumielinesihlanu,kwayeinyangaikhulangokongezwakweenxalenyeezilishumi elinesine.

8Kwayeekunciphenikwayoinyangaiyanciphangosukulokuqalaukuyakumacandeloalishumi elinesineokukhanyakwayo,kwinxalenyeyesibiniukuyakwishumielinesithathulokukhanya, kwinxalenyeyesithathuukuyakwishumielinesibini,kwinxalenyeyesineukuyakwishumielinanye, kwintlanuukuyakwishumi,kwisithandathuukuyakwisithoba,kwisixhenxeukuyakwisibhozo, kwisibhozoukuyakwisixhenxe,kwithobaukuyakwisithandathu,kwishumiukuyakwisihlanu, kwishumiukuyakwishumielinanyeukuyakwisine,kwishumielinesibiniukuyakwisithathu, kwishumielinesithathuukuyakwisibini,kwishumielinesineukuyakwisiqingathasesixhenxe,kwaye konkeukukhanyakwayookuseleyokuyanyamalalangokupheleleyokwintlanu.

9Kwayekwezinyeiinyangainyangaineentsukuezingamashumiamabinianesithobakwayeibe kanyeineentsukuezingamashumiamabinianesibhozo.

10U-Urielwandibonisaomnyeumthetho:xaukukhanyakudluliselwaenyangeni,kwayekwicala eliphikudluliselwakuyelilanga

11Ngalolonkeixeshainyangaikhulaekukhanyenikwayo,iyidluliselakuyoxaukukhanyakwayo kugqibelelaphambikwelangakwiintsukuezilishumielinesine,kwayexaikhanyiswakuyoyonke indawo,ukukhanyakwayokupheleliswangokupheleleyoezulwini.

12Kwayengomhlawokuqalaubizwangokubayinyangaentsha,kubangaloominiukukhanya kuyaphumaphezukwakhe

13Ubayinyangaepheleleyokanyengeminiilangaelitshonangayoentshona,azeaphumeempuma ebusuku,inyangaikhanyeubusukubonkedeilangaliphumephambikwakhekwayeinyanga ibonakalephambikwelanga.

14Kwicalaaphoukukhanyakwenyangakuvelakhona,aphokwakhonaiyanyamalaladekonke ukukhanyakuphelekwayeyonkeimihlayenyangaiphelile,kwayeumjikelezowayoungenanto, ungenakukhanya.

15Kwayeiinyangaezintathuwenzaiintsukuezingamashumiamathathu,kwayengexeshalakhe wenzaiinyangaezintathuiintsukuezingamashumiamabinianesithobanganye,aphoagqibakhona ukuphelelwakwakhelixeshalokuqala,nakwisangolokuqalaiintsukuezilikhuluelinamashumi asixhenxeanesixhenxe

16Kwayengexeshalokuphumakwayoibonakalaiinyangaezintathuzeentsukuezingamashumi amathathunganye,kwayeiinyangaezintathuibonakalaiinyangaezingamashumiamabinianesithoba nganye

17Ebusukuubonakalanjengomntukangangeentsukuezingamashumiamabiningalolonkeixesha, kwayeeminiubonakalanjengezulu,kwayeakukhontoimbikuyengaphandlekokukhanyakwakhe

Nokuphelakwenyangaokwenzekaesangwenilesithandathu:kubakwelisangolesithandathu ukukhanyakwayokugqityiwe,kwayeemvakokokukhoukuqalakokuphela:Nokuphelaokwenzeka esangwenilokuqalangexeshalalo,kudekugqityweiintsukuezilikhuluelinamashumiasixhenxe anesixhenxe:kubalwangokweeveki,iivekiezingamashumiamabinianesihlanuneentsukuezimbini Uwelaemvakwelangakunyenolandelelwanolweenkwenkwezikanyeiintsukuezintlanungexesha elinye,kwayexalendawouyibonayoidlule.UEnoki79:3-5

Ngaloomihlaingelosiu-Uriyeliyaphendulayathikum:Khangela,ndikubonisileyonkeinto,Enoki, kwayendikutyhileleyonkeintoyokubaufaneleuliboneelilanganalenyanga,kunyeneenkokheli zeenkwenkwezizezulukunyenabobonkeabazijikayo,imisebenziyabokunyenamaxeshakunye nokuhamba.Kwayengemihlayaboniiminyakaiyakufinyezwa,kwayeimbewuyaboiya

kulibazisekaemasiminiabo,kwayezonkeizintoemhlabeniziyakutshintsha,kwayeaziyikuvela ngexeshalazo:kwayeimvulaiyakuvinjelwa,kwayeizululiyakuyithintelaKwayengaloomaxesha iziqhamozomhlabaziyakubuyelaumva,kwayeaziyikukhulangexeshalazo,kwayeiziqhamo zemithiziyakuvinjelwangexeshalazo.Kwayeinyangaiyakutshintshaulungelelwanolwayo,kwaye ayizukuvelangexeshalayoEnoki80:1-4

Kwayeunamandlaphezukobusukuneminiesibhakabhakeniokwenzaukubaukukhanya kukhanyiseleabantu-ilanga,inyanganeenkwenkwezi,nawoonkeamandlaezuluajikeleza kwiinqwelozawoezijikelezayo.UEnoki82:8

Ndathindakuphumaezantsindazandabonaizulu,nelangaliphumaempuma,nenyangaitshona entshona,neenkwenkweziezimbalwa,nomhlabawonke,nayoyonkeintoawayeyaziekuqaleni, ndazandayibongaiNkosiyomgwebondayidumisakubayayenzailangalaphumakwiifestile zasempuma,yazayenyukayayaphezuluebuswenibezulu,yazayahambayaqhubekanendlela eyayibonisweyonaEnoki83:11

Ngokuke,yaziniukubauzakubuzakwiingelosingezenzozenuezulwini,elangeninasenyangeni nasezinkwenkweziningokubhekiselekwizonozenukubaemhlabeninigwebaamalungisaEnoki 100:10

IJasher

UAbramwabonaiinkwenkwezinenyangaphambikwakhe,wathi,Inene,longuThixoowadala umhlabawonkekunyenomntu,kwayekhangela,ababakhonzibakhengoothixoabamngqongileyo: uAbramwakhonzainyangawazawathandazakuyoubusukubonkeKwathikusasaxakwakukhanya kwayeilangalikhanyaemhlabeninjengesiqhelo,uAbramwabonazonkeizintouYehovauThixo azenzileyoemhlabeniUAbramwathikuyeInene,abaasingoothixoabenzaumhlabanabobonke abantu,kodwangababakhonzibakaThixo,kwayeuAbramwahlalaendlwinikaNowakwayeapho wayeyaziiNkosineendlelazayo'wazawakhonzaiNkosiyonkeimihlayobomibakhe,kwayesonke esosizukulwanasamlibalaiNkosi,sakhonzaabanyeoothixobomthinamatye,sazasavukelayonke imihlayaso.UJasher9:17-19

EmvakokouYosefuwaphuphaelinyeiphupha,walixelelauyiseiphuphaphambikwabazalwana bakhe,wathiuYosefukuyisenakubazalwanabakhe,Yabonani,ndiphuphekwakhonaiphupha, ndiboneilanganenyanganeenkwenkweziezilishumielinanyeziqubudakumUJasher41:14

NgokokeuAmramwamthabathauYokebhedeumfaziwakhe,emvakweminyakaemithathu emgxothile,wazawezakuyewazawakhulelwaEkuphelenikweenyangaezisixhenxeemva kokukhulelwakwakhewazalaunyana,kwayeyonkeindluyazaliswakukukhanyaokukhulu njengokukhanyakwelanganenyangangexeshalokukhanyakwazoWathiumfaziakubonaumntwana ukubaulungilekwayeuyathandekaemehlweni,wamfihlaiinyangaezintathukwigumbi elingaphakathi.NgaloomihlaamaYiputaayecebaukutshabalalisaonkeamaHebhereapho.UJasher 68:3-6

AmaSirayeliabasukela,kodwabaqhubekabebabulalaendleleni,beqhubekanokubabulalaKwathixa bebabulala,iminiyatshonangokuhlwa,uYoshuwawathiemehlweniabantubonke,“Langa,yima phezukweGibheyon,nawenyangaentlanjeniyaseAyalon,deuhlangaluziphindezelekwiintshaba zalo”UYehovawaliphulaphulailizwilikaYoshuwa,ilangalemaphakathikwamazulu,lemaimizuzu engamashumiamathandathuanesithandathu,nenyanganayoyema,ayizangeikhawulezeukutshona

iminiyonke.Akukhominiinjalo,ngaphambikwayookanyeemvakwayo,aphouYehova waliphulaphulailizwilomntu,kubauYehovawayelwelauSirayeliUJasher88:62-65

Ilanganenyangazemaezulwini,wenawemangomsindowakhonxamnyenabacinezelibethu, wamiselaimigweboyakhophezukwaboJasher89:8

IiJubhili

Bayakulibalayonkeimithethoyam,nayoyonkeimiyaleloyam,nayoyonkeimithethoyam,baze baphambukengokuthwasakweenyanga,neesabatha,nemibhiyozo,neejubile,nemimiselo.Emva kokobayakubuyelakumbevelaphakathikweentlangangentliziyoyaboyonke,nangomphefumlo wabowonke,nangamandlaaboonke,ndibaqokelelekuzozonkeiintlanga,bandifune,ukuze ndifunyanwengabo,xabendifunangentliziyoyaboyonke,nangomphefumlowabowonke. IiYubheyo1:13-14

LemisebenziminemikhuluuThixowayidalangomhlawesithathu.Ngomhlawesinewadalailanga nenyanganeenkwenkwezi,wazibekaesibhakabhakenisamazulu,ukuzezikhanyiselewonkeumhlaba, zilawuleimininobusuku,zahluleukukhanyaebumnyameni.IiYubheli2:8

Kwathikengenyangaentshayenyangayesine,uAdamnomkakhebaphumaemyezweniwase-Eden, bahlalakwilizwelika-Eldakwilizweabadalelwekulo.IiYubheli3:32

UNowawenzaumkhombengazozonkeiindlelanjengokowayemyalele,kwijubhiliyamashumi amabinianesixhenxeyonyaka,kwivekiyesihlanukunyakawesihlanu(ngenyangaentshayenyanga yokuqala)Wangenangonyakawesithandathu,kwinyangayesibini,kwinyangaentshayenyanga yesibini,kwadakwabangoweshumielinesithandathu;wangena,kunyenayoyonkeintoesiyizisileyo kuye,emkhombeni,kwayeiNkosiyawuvalangaphandlengobusukubeshumielinesixhenxeIiJubhili 5:21-22

Kwathingenyangaentsha,ngenyangayesine,imithomboyamanzianzongonzongoyavalwa, amasangoezuluavalwa;kwathingenyangaentsha,yesixhenxe,yonkeimilomoyemingxuma yomhlabayavuleka,amanziaqalaukuhlaayeenzongonzongoezantsiKwathingenyangaentsha, yeshumi,iincophozeentabazabonakala,kwathingenyangaentsha,yenyangayokuqala,umhlaba wabonakala.IiYubheli5:28-29

Kwathikengenyangayesithathuwaphumaemkhombeni,wakhaisibingelelokuloontaba.(IiYubheli 6:1)

Kwayengenyangaentshayenyangayokuqala,nangenyangaentshayenyangayesine,nangenyanga entshayesixhenxe,nangenyangaentshayenyangayeshumi,nangenyangaentshayenyangayeshumi kukhoimihlayokukhumbula,kunyenemihlayamaxeshakwizahluloezinezonyaka.Ezizibhaliwe kwayezamiselwanjengobungqinangonaphakade.UNowawazimiselanjengemithendeleko yezizukulwanangonaphakade,ukuzezibeyisikhumbuzokuyeKwayengenyangaentshayenyanga yokuqalawacelwaukubaazenzeleumkhombe,kwayengaloominiumhlabawomilewazawavula umkhombewazawabonaumhlabaKwayengenyangaentshayenyangayesineimilomoyobunzulu benzonzobilaengaphantsiyavalwa.Kwayengenyangaentshayenyangayesixhenxeyonkeimilomo yenzonzobilayomhlabayavuleka,kwayeamanziaqalaukuhlakuwo.Kwayengenyangaentsha yenyangayeshumikwabonakalaiincophozeentaba,kwayeuNowawavuyaIiJubhili6:23-27

BonkeoonyanabakaSirayelibayakuyilibalakwayeabayikuyifumanaindlelayeminyaka,kwaye bayakuyilibalainyangaentsha,namaxeshaonyaka,neesabathakwayebayakuphambukamalunga nayoyonkeinkquboyeminyaka.Kubandiyazikwayeukususelangokundiyakukuxela,kwaye akusiyontoyam;kubaincwadiibhaliwephambikwam,kwayekumacwecweasezulwini ukwahlulwahlulwakwemihlakumiselwe,hlezebalibaleimisithoyomnqophisokwayebahambe ngokwemisithoyeentlangaemvakwesiphososabonasemvakokungazikwabo.Kubakuyakubakho abobayakwenzauqwalaselolwenyangangokuqinisekileyo-indlelaephazamisangayoamaxesha kwayeingenaunyakanonyakaiintsukuezilishumikungekudalaNgenxayesisizathuiminyakaiya kubafikelaxabeyakuphazamisaucwangco,kwayebenzeumhlaongcolileyoubengumhla wobungqina,kwayeumhlaongcolileyoubengumhlawomthendeleko,kwayebayakudibanisayonke imihla,engcwelekunyenongcolileyo,nomhlaongcolileyokunyenongcwele;kubabaya kuphambukamalunganeenyangakunyeneesabathakunyenemibhiyozokunyeneejubile.Ngenxa yesisizathundikuyalelakwayendikungqinaukubaungabangqina;kubaemvakokufakwakho abantwanabakhobayakubaphazamisa,kangangokubaabayikwenzaunyakaubeyimihla engamakhuluamathathuanamancimathandathuanesinekuphela,kwayengenxayesisizathubaya kuphambukamalunganokuthwasakweenyanganamaxeshaeesabathanamaxeshaemikhosi,kwaye bayakudlalonkeuhlobolwegazikunyenayoyonkeinyama.IiJubhili6:34-38

Wenzaiwayiningayo,wayibekaesityeni,wayigcinakwadakwabangumnyakawesihlanu,kwada kwabangumhlawokuqala,ngenyangayokuqalaIiYubheli7:2

Wafumanaumbhaloowawuqoshwezizizukulwanazangaphambiliedwaleni,wazawafundaoko kwakuwo,wawubhalaphantsiwazawonangenxayawo;kubawawuquletheimfundisoyabalindi ababehlalabegcinangayoimiqondisoyelanganenyanganeenkwenkwezikuyoyonkeimiqondiso yezuluIiYubheli8:3

Kwayengevekiyesithandathu,ngomnyakawesihlanuwayo,uAbramwahlalaubusukubonke ngenyangaentshayesixhenxeukuzeajongeiinkwenkweziukususelangokuhlwaukuyakusasa, ukuzeaboneukubakuzakubanjaninaunyakamalunganeemvula,kwayewayeyedwanjengoko wayehleliejongeKwafikailizwientliziyweniyakhe,wathi:Zonkeiimpawuzeenkwenkwezi, neempawuzenyanganezelangazonkezisesandleniseNkosiKuthenindizifuna?IiJubhili12:16-17

Kwathikengonyakawokuqala,ngevekiyesixhenxe,ngenyangayokuqala,wakhaisibingelelokule ntaba,wabizaigamalikaYehovawathi:Wena,Thixoongunaphakade,unguThixowam.IiJubhili 13:8

Emvakwezizinto,ngomnyakawesinewaleveki,ngenyangayesithathu,ilizwilikaYehovalafika kuAbramephupheni,lisithi:Musaukoyika,Abram;ndingumkhuseliwakho,kwayeumvuzowakho uyakubamkhulukakhulu.IiJubhili14:1

KwathikeekuthwasenikwenyangayesinesabonakalakuAbraham,e-okikaMamre,sathethanaye, samxelelaukubauzakunikwaunyananguSaraumkakhe.IiJubhili16:1

UYehovawabonakalakuyengobobusuku,ngenyangayokuqala,wathikuye:NdinguThixokaAbrahamuyihlo;musaukoyika,kubandinawe,ndiyakukusikelela,ndiyandiseimbewuyakho njengentlabathiyomhlaba,ngenxaka-AbrahamumkhonziwamIiJubhili24:22

UYakobiwaphumaeQulenilesifungowayaeHaranngomnyakawokuqalawevekiyesibini kwiJubhiliyamashumiamaneanesine,wafikaeLuziezintabeni,okokukuthi,eBheteli,ngenyanga

yokuqalayenyangayaleveki,wafikakuloondawongokuhlwa,wajikaendlelenieyaentshona yendlelangobobusuku;walalaapho,kubailangalalitshonileIiJubhili27:19

WaphindauYakobiwangenakuLeya,wamitha,wamzalelaunyanawesithathu,wamthiyaigama elinguLevi,ngenyangayokuqala,ngomnyakawesithandathuwalevekiIiJubhili28:14

UYehovawamenzelaincebauRakeli,wavulaisizalosakhe,wamitha,wazalaunyana,wamthiya igamaelinguYosefu,ngenyangaentshayenyangayesine,ngonyakawesithandathukulevekiyesine

KwathingenyangaentshayenyangauYakobiwathethanabobonkeabantubendluyakhe,esithi: Zihlambululeni,nitshintsheiingubozenu,sisukesiyeeBheteli,aphondafungakhonakuyengomhla endabalekangawoebuswenibukaEsawuumnakwethu,kubaebenam,wandizisakwelilizwengoxolo, nizenisuseoothixobasemziniabaphakathikwenuBazishiyaoothixobasemzini,noko bekusezindlebenizabo,nokobekusezintanyenizabo,nezithixouRakeliazibakuLabhanuyise, wazinikauYakobingokupheleleyoWazitshisa,waziqhekeza,wazitshabalalisa,wazifihlaphantsi kom-okiosezwenilaseShekem.WenyukangenyangaentshayenyangayesixhenxewayaeBheteli. Wakhaisibingelelokwindawoawayelelekuyo,wamisaintsikaapho,wathumelailizwikuyiseuIsake ukubaezekuyeedininilakhe,nakuninauRebhekaIiJubhili31:1-3

WayauYakobiwahlalangasezantsikweMagdaladra'efWayakuIsakeuyise,yenanoLeyaumkakhe, ngenyangayeshumiyokuthwasakwenyanga.IiJubhili33:1

USirayeliwandulukaeHaranendlwiniyakhengomhlawokuthwasakwenyangayesithathu,wahamba ngendlelaeyaeQulenilesifungo,wanikelaumbingelelokuThixokayiseuIsakengomhlawesixhenxe walenyangaIiYubheli44:1

USirayeliwangenakwilizwelaseYiputa,ezwenilaseGoshen,ngenyangayesine,ngonyakawesibini wevekiyesithathuyeminyakaengamashumiamaneanesihlanuyeJubhile

IincwadiEzilahlekileyoZeBhayibhile

Ilanganenyanga,nazozonkeiinkampaniezahlukeneyokunyeneenkwenkwezi,zihambangeendlela azibekelezonangaxeshanye,zingaphambukinakancincikuzo.1ClementtotheCorinthians9:7

Musaniukuzisaminikeloingenamsebenzi,isiqhumisosisisikizikum;ukuthwasakweenyanga neesabathazenu;ukubizaiintlanganisoandinakukwaziukuziphepha,bubugwenxa,nentlanganiso engcwele;ukuthwasakweenyangazenuneemithendelekozenuezimiselweyoumphefumlowam uyazithiyaEzizintokeuThixouzichithile,ukuzeumthethoomtshaweNkosiyethuuYesuKristu, ongenadyokhwe,ubenomnikelowokomoyawabantungokwabo.IletaJikelelekaBharnabhas2:7-8

Uthininakengokoathi,Wazawaphumlangomhlawesixhenxe?Uthethaoku;xauNyanawakheeza kufika,azeatshabalaliseixeshaloMbi,azeagwebeabangahloneliThixo;azeatshintsheilanga nenyanganeenkwenkwezi;azekeaphumlengozukongaloominiyesixhenxeOkokugqibela,uthi kubo:Iinyangazenuezintshanani:iisabathaandinakuzithwala.Cinganiukubauthethaukuthini ngazo;iisabatha,utsho,enizigcinayongokuazamkelekangakum,kodwaezondizenzileyo;xa ndiphumlakuzozonkeizintondizakuqalaumhlawesibhozo,okokukuthi,ukuqalakwelinye ihlabathi.IletakaBharnabhas13:6,9

I-SelenologyyeBhayibhile-InyangaEkhanyayo

Xandicingangezululakho,umsebenziweminweyakho,inyanganeenkwenkwezi,ozimisileyo; Uyintoninaumntu,lentoumkhumbulayo,nonyanawomntu,lentoumnyamekelayo?INdumiso8:3-4

WabonakalanjanikeuMsindisiwethuehlabathini?Inkwenkweziyakhanyaezulwiningaphaya kwezinyeiinkwenkwezi,kwayeukukhanyakwayokwakungenakuchazwa,kwayeubutshabayo babangelauloyikoezingqondwenizabantu.Zonkeezinyeiinkwenkwezi,kunyenelanganenyanga, zaziyingomayalenkwenkwezi;kodwaleyoyathumelaukukhanyakwayongaphezukwazozonke. Incwadika-Ignatiuseyakwabase-Efese4:11

INGXELOKA-PILATO,UMLAWULI,NGOKWENkosiyethuuYesuKristu;eyathunyelwaku-

AgastoKesareeRoma

Emvakokubaebethelelweemnqamlezweni,kwabakhoubumnyamaphezukwehlabathilonke, nelangalafihlwakangangesiqingathasemini,neenkwenkwezizavela,kodwaakukhokukhanya kwakubonakalakuzo;nenyangayalahlekelwakukukhanyakwayo,ngokungathiitshisweligazi; nehlabathilabangasekhoyolaginywa;kangangokubaingcweleyetempile,njengokobeyibizanjalo, ayizangeibonakalekumaYudangokwawoekuwenikwawo,kodwaabonaumngxumaemhlabeni, kunyenokudumakweendudumoezilandelelanayo.Kwayephakathikoluloyikoabafileyo babonakalabevukakwakhona,njengokoamaYudangokwawoayengqina,kwayeathi yayinguAbraham,noIsake,noYakobi,kunyenoosolusaphoabalishumielinambini,kunyenoMoses, noYobhi,ababefengaphambili,njengokobesitsho,malunganeminyakaengamawakaamathathu namakhuluamahlanuKwayebabebaninzikakhuluendababonabebonakalaemzimbeni,kwaye babenzaisijwilingamaYuda,ngenxayokwaphulwakomthethookwenziwengabo,nangenxa yokutshatyalaliswakwamaYudanomthethowawo

INGXELOKAPONTIYAPILATO,iRhuluneliyakwaJuda;eyathunyelwakuTibheriyoKesare

eRoma

Kekaloku,xawayebethelelweemnqamlezweni,kwafikaubumnyamaphezukwehlabathilonke; ilangalalifihliwengokupheleleyo,nesibhakabhakasabonakalasimnyamakusesemini,kangangokuba iinkwenkwezizabonakala,nangonazazisakhazimlisiwe,ngokoke,ndicingaukubawenamhlekazi awuyaziintoyokubakulolonkeihlabathibakhanyiseizibanezaboukususelakwiyureyesithandathu ukuyangokuhlwaKwayeinyanga,eyayifananegazi,ayizangeikhanyeubusukubonke,nangona yayigcwele,kwayeiinkwenkwezikunyene-OrionzalilangamaYuda,ngenxayesiphambeko esenziwengabo

IincwadiEzilityaliweyozase-Eden

Loomadodaandithabatha,andikhokelelaezulwinilesine,andibonisazonkeiindlelaezilandelelanayo zokuhamba,nayoyonkeimithayokukhanyakwelanganenyangaNdalinganisaukuhambakwawo, ndathelekisaukukhanyakwawo,ndabonaukubaukukhanyakwelangakukhulukunokwenyanga. IimfihlozikaEnoki11:1-2

IimfihlozikaEnoki16

1Loomadodaandibonisaenyeindlela,leyoyenyanga,amasangoamakhulualishumielinesibini, anezithsabaukusukaentshonaukuyaempuma,aphoinyangaingenaiphumakhonangamaxesha aqhelekileyo.

2Ingenaesangwenilokuqalakwiindawozasentshonazelanga,ngamasangookuqalaaneentsuku ezingamashumiamathathuananyengqo,ngamasangoesibinianeentsukuezingamashumiamathathu ananyengqo,ngesithathuesineentsukuezingamashumiamathathungqo,ngesineesineentsuku ezingamashumiamathathunanyengqo,ngesihlanuesineentsukuezingamashumiamathathuananye ngqo,ngesithandathuesineentsukuezingamashumiamathathuananyengqo,ngesixhenxe esineentsukuezingamashumiamathathungqo,ngesibhozoesineentsukuezingamashumiamathathu ananyengokugqibeleleyo,ngesithobaesineentsukuezingamashumiamathathuananyengqo,

ngeshumielinesithathuelineentsukuezingamashumiamathathuananyengokuchanekileyo,ngeshumi elineshumielinanyeelineentsukuezingamashumiamathathuananyengokuchanekileyo,ngeshumi elinesibinielineentsukuezingamashumiamabinianesibhozongokuchanekileyo.

3Kwayeidlulangamasangoasentshonangokulandelelananangenanilasempuma,kwayeifezekisa iintsukuezingamakhuluamathathuanamashumiamathandathuanesihlanukunyenekotazonyaka welanga,ngelixaunyakawenyangaunamakhuluamathathuanamashumiamahlanuanesine,kwaye akukhomihlailishumielinesibiniyesangqaselanga,eziyimibhiyozoyenyangayonyakawonke

4Ngokoke,isangqaesikhulusiquletheiminyakaengamakhuluamahlanuanamashumiamathathu anesibini.

5Ikotayosukuayigcinwaiminyakaemithathu,eyesineiyizalisekisangokuchanekileyo

6Ngenxayokobathathwabaphumeezulwiniiminyakaemithathukwayeabongezelelwakwinani leentsuku,kubabatshintshaixeshaleminyakalibeziinyangaezimbiniezintshaukuyaekugqityweni, bayekwezinyeezimbiniukuyaekunciphiseni

7Kwayexaamasangoasentshonaegqityiwe,ayabuyaazeayeempumaezikhanyisweni,azeahambe ngaloondlelaimininobusukuejikelezaizangqazasezulwini,ezisezantsikunezangqazonke, ekhawulezakunemimoyayasezulwini,kunyenemimoyanezintoezilawulayokunyeneengelosi ezibhabhayo;ingelosinganyeinamaphikoamathandathu.

8Inekhosiephindwekasixhenxekwiminyakaelishumielinesithoba

Aphokeloomadodaandithabathaandinyuselaezulwinilesithandathu,ndazandabonaamaqela asixhenxeeengelosi,ekhanyakakhulukwayeenobuqaqawuliobukhulu,ubusobawobukhanya ngaphezukokukhanyakwelanga,bukhazimla,kwayeakukhomahlukoebuswenibawo,okanye ekuziphatheni,okanyekwindlelayokunxiba;kwayelaenzaimiyalelo,kwayeafundaukuhamba kweenkwenkwezi,nokutshintshakwenyanga,okanyeukujikelezakwelanga,kunyenolawulooluhle lwehlabathiIimfihlozikaEnoki19:1

Wayendixelelayonkeimisebenziyasezulwini,yomhlabanolwandle,nazozonkeizintoeziphilayo, iindlelaezihambangazonokuhambakwazo,kunyeneendudumozeendudumo,ilanganenyanga, ukuhambanokutshintshakweenkwenkwezi,amaxeshaonyaka,iminyaka,iintsuku,kunyeneeyure, ukuphumakomoya,amananieengelosi,kunyenokwakhiwakweengomazazo,nazozonkeizinto zabantu,ulwimilwazozonkeiingomazomntunobomi,imiyalelo,imiyalelo,kunyeneengoma ezimnandi,nazozonkeizintoezifanelekileyoukuzifunda.IimfihlozikaEnoki23:1

Kwisangqasokuqalaesiphezulundabekaiinkwenkwezi,uKruno,nakwisangqasesibiniuAphrodit, kwisangqasesithathuuAris,kwisangqasesihlanuuZeus,kwisangqasesithandathuuErmis, kwisangqasesixhenxeinyangaencinci,ndazandayihombisangeenkwenkweziezincinciKwaye kwisangqaesisezantsindabekailangalokukhanyisaemini,nenyanganeenkwenkwezizokukhanyisa ebusukuIimfihlozikaEnoki30:4-5

Vuyake,mamaomphefumloumsulwa,unethembalokunyamezelakwakholiqinisekileesandleni sikaThixoInyangaayimiphakathikweenkwenkwezizezulunjengawe,emvakokukhanyisaindlela yoonyanabakhoabasixhenxeabanjengeenkwenkweziebulungiseni,umengozukonoThixo;kwaye ubekweezulwinikunyenaboKubaukuzalakwakhokuphumakunyanaka-Abraham4Maccabees 8:4-6

EmvakokouFarowayalelaiNkundlayakheukubainxibeezimhlopheqwa,uFarowayenxibe njengabowazawahlalaetroneniyakhe,wazawabayalelaukubabalandeuHaiqâr.Wangenawahlala phantsiphambikwakheUFarowathikuye,OAbiqâm,ndifananabanina?Kwayeizikhuluzam, zifananabani?UAbhiqâmwathikuye,Onkosiyam!Ufananenyanga,kwayeizikhuluzakhozifana

neeplanethineenkwenkwezi.UFarowathikuye,Hamba,uzeubelaphangomso.Ibalilika-Ahikar 5:39-41,46

UHaiqârwathikuye:INkosiyamnguThixowezulu,kwayeizikhuluzakheziyimibaneneendudumo, kwayexaethandaumoyauyavuthuzakwayeimvulaiyanaKwayeuyalaindudumo,kwaye iyakhanyisakwayeine,kwayeubambailanga,kwayealinikiukukhanyakwalo,kunyenenyanga neenkwenkwezi,kwayeazijikeleziIbalilika-Ahikar5:50-51

INkosiyamsikelelauLevi,neNgelosiyoBukho,mna;amandlaozuko,uSimon;izulu,uRubhen; umhlaba,uIsakare;ulwandle,uZebhulon;iintaba,uYosefu;umnquba,uBhenjamin;izikhanyiso, uDan;uEden,uNafetali;ilanga,uGadi;inyanga,uAshere.ITestamentekaYuda4:29

Ngokoke,musaniukulangazelelaukonakalisaizenzozenungokukhanukaokanyengamazwi angentoukuzenikhohliseimiphefumloyenu;kubaukubanihlalanithulenisebunyulubentliziyo,niya kuqondaindlelayokubambelelangokuqinileyokwintandokaThixo,nizenilahleintandokaBheliyali Ilanganenyanganeenkwenkwezi,musaniukutshintshaindlelayazo;ngokunjalonanimusani ukutshintshaumthethokaThixongokungalungelelanikwezenzozenu.Iintlangazaphambuka, zayishiyaiNkosi,zayitshintshaindlelayazo,zathobelaimithinamatye,oomoyabobuxokiKodwa aniyikubanjalo,bantwanabam,niqondaesibhakabhakeni,emhlabeni,naselwandle,nakuzozonke izintoezidaliweyo,iNkosieyadalazonkeizinto,ukubaningabinjengeSodom,eyatshintshaindlela yendalo.Ngokufanayo,abalindinabobatshintshaindlelayendaloyabo,iNkosieyabaqalekisayo ngomkhukula,ngenxayayoeyenzaumhlabaungabinabemikwayeungenaziqhamo.Uvavanyo lukaNafetali1:23-27

Kubakwiminyakaengamashumiamaneyobomibam,ndabonaumbonoeNtabeniyeMinquma, empumayeYerusalem,ukubailanganenyangazazimi.KwayekhangelauIsake,utatakabawo,wathi kuthi:Balekaninibabambe,ngamnyengokwamandlaakhe;kwayelowoubabambayouyakuba lilanganenyangaSabalekasonkekunye,uLeviwabambailanga,uYudawadlulaabanyewaza wabambainyanga,bazabobabinibaphakanyiswakunyenabo.XauLeviwabanjengelanga,khangela, umfanaothilewamnikaamasebeesundualishumielinesibini;uYudawayekhanyanjengenyanga, kwayephantsikweenyawozabokwakukhoimisebeelishumielinesibiniKwayebobabini,uLevi noYuda,babaleka,bazabababamba.ITestamentekaNafetali2:1-5