30Futhiyena(uJasoni)wethulakubantubakithiindlela entshayokuphilakanyenomthethosisekeloomusha ngokudelelangokupheleleuMthetho;kangangokuthi akazangenjeabekeinkundlayokuzivocavocaeNtabeni yokhokhobethu,kodwaempeleniwayiqedainkonzo yethempeli
31Ngakho-keubulungisabukaNkulunkulubavuthafuthi balethau-Antiochusuqobonjengesithangokumelenenathi.
32NgobaniniLaphoelwanoPtolemyeGibhithefuthi ezwaukuthiabantubaseJerusalemababejabulekakhulu ngombikowokufakwakhe,ngokusheshawaphindela emuvangokumelenenabo
33Futhingesikhathieseliphangileidolobhawenza isimemezeloesilahlaisijezisosokufakunomaubani owayezobonakalaephilangokomthethowokhokhobethu
34Kodwawatholaukuthizonkeizimemezelozakhe zingasiziluthoukudilizaukuqinakwabantubakithi eMthethweni,futhiwazibonazonkeizinsongozakhe lezijezisozakhezidelelwangokupheleleyo,kangangoba labesifazanangokusokaamadodanaabo,lanxababazi ngaphambiliukuthikuzakubayiniisiphethosabo, baphonswakanyelenzaloyaboedwaleni.
35Ngakho-kelaphoizimemezelozakheziqhubeka nokudelelwauquqabalwabantu,yenangokwakhewazama ukuphoqelelangokuhlukumezaumuntungamunye ngokuhlukanaukubaadleinyamaengcolilefuthikanjalo elahlainkoloyobuJuda
36Ngakho,umashiqelau-Antiochus,ephelezelwa amalunguekhanselalakhe,wahlalaendaweniyokwahlulela endaweniethileephakemenamabuthoakheemise nxazonkezakheegqokeizikhalieziphelele,futhiwayala abalindibakheukubabahudulelekhonawonkeumuntu oyedwawamaHeberufuthibabaphoqeleleukubabadle inyamayengulubenezintoezinikelweezithombeni;kodwa umaekhonaowalaukuzingcolisangezintoezingcolileyo, wayemelwekuhlushwa,abulawe
37Kwathiabaningisebebanjwengempoqo,indodaeyodwa kuqalaphakathikwesixukuyalethwaphambikukaAntiochus,umHeberu,ogamalakhelalingu-Eleyazare, umpristingokuzalwa,efundiswengokwaziumthetho, indodaesekhulilengeminyaka,eyaziwakakhulu kwabaningibegcekelikamashiqelangenxayefilosofiyayo 38U-Antiochuswambhekawathi:“Ngaphambikokuba ngivumeleukuhlushwakuqalekuwe,muntuohloniphekile, bengizokunikezalesiseluleko,sokuthiudleinyama yengulubefuthiusindiseukuphilakwakho;ngoba ngiyabuhloniphaubudalabenunezimvizenu,nakuba sekunesikhathiesidengizigqokile,ngisabambelele enkolweniyobuJuda,kungenzangicabangeukuthi awusonaisazisefilosofi
39NgobainhlekakhuluinyamayalesisilwaneiMvelo esinikeyonangomusa,futhikunganikufaneleuyenyanye? Ngempelakuwubuwulaukungajabuleliinjabulo engenacala,futhiakulungileukwenqabaukuthandwa yiMvelo
40Kodwangicabangaukuthikuzobaubuwulaobukhulu kakhulukiniumaniqhubekanidelelangishonamiukuze nijeziswengokungenzilutho
41Aniyikuphaphamayiniekuhlakaniphenikwenu okuyinkohlisona?Ngekeyiniuyekeleeceleniumbhedo wezibalozakhofuthi,wamukeleesinyeisimosengqondo esifanelananeminyakayakhoyokukhula,ufundeifilosofi
yeqinisoyokuzikhandla,kanyenendlelayokweluleka kwamiukusiza,futhiuhawukeleiminyakayakho ehloniphekile?
42Ngobakhumbulanilokhufuthi,ukuthilanxakukhona amandlaalihlolawolikulenkoloyenu,uzalithethelelanjalo isiphambekoesenziwangokucindezelwa
43Ibhasilinxuswengumbusiukubalidleinyama engcolileyongokungemthetho,u-Eleyazarewacela imvumeyokukhuluma;futhiekwamukela,waqala inkulumoyakhephambikwenkantolokanje:
44Thina,OAntiochus,sesamukeleuMthetho kaNkulunkulunjengoMthethowezwelakithi,asikholelwa ukuthikunesidingoesinamandlaesibekwephezukwethu kunalesosokulalelakwethuuMthetho
45Ngakho-kethinaasikuboninjengokufanelekile nganomaiyiphiindlelaukweqauMthetho.
46Nokho,ukubeumthethowethu,njengokushokwenu, wawungewonaowobuNkulunkulu,kuyilaphothinangeze sakholwaukuthiungowobuNkulunkulu,bekungeke kulungeukubasichitheigamalethuelingcwele
47Ngakho-keningacabangiukuthikuyisonoesincanekithi ukudlaintoengcolile,ngobaukweqauMthetho,noma kokuncanenomakokukhulu,kubingokufanayo;ngoba nakuzozombililezizimouMthethoudelelwangokufanayo
48Futhinihlekausuluifilosofiyethu,sengathisiphila ngaphansikwayongendlelaephambenenokucabanga
49Akunjalo,ngobauMthethousifundisaukuzithiba,ukuze sibeamakhosiazozonkeizinjabulonezinkanukozethu futhisiqeqeshwengokugcweleebudodeniukuze sikhuthazelelebonkeubuhlungungokuzimisela;futhi lifundisaubulungisa,ukuzengazozonkeizimozethu ezihlukahlukenesenzengokufanele,futhilifundisa ukulunga,ukuzengenhloniphoefanelesikhulekele uNkulunkuluokhonakuphela.
50Ngakhokasidliinyamaengcolileyo;ngobasikholwa ukuthiuMthethowethuunikezwenguNkulunkulu,siyazi futhiukuthiuMdaliwomhlaba,njengoMniki-mthetho, uyasizwelangokwemveloyethu
51Usiyalileukuthisidleizintoezilungeleimiphefumulo yethu,usesenqabeleukudlaokuphambenenalokho.
52Kodwakuyisenzosomashiqelaukubausiphoqeukuba singagcininjengokweqauMthetho,kodwafuthiusidlise ngendlelayokubanihlekisengayo’lokhukungcola okunengekakakhulukithi
53Kodwaaniyikungihlekausulu,futhiangiyikwephula izifungoezingcwelezokhokhobamiukugcinaumthetho, nomaniklebhuleamehloamifuthinibhobozeizibilinizami
54Angiphathwangakangakoukugugakodwaukuthilapho ukulungakusengoziniamandlaobushaabuyela Engqondweniyami
55Ngakhosontaizinsimbizakhozibelukhunifuthi uvutheleisithandosakhosibeshushukakhulu. KangihawukeliukugugakwamingizengephuleuMthetho wabobabangokwami
56Kangiyikukukholwa,wenaMthethoowawungumfundisi wami;angiyikukushiyaothandiweyowokuzithiba; KangiyikukuhlazisawenaMcabangoothanda ukuhlakanipha,njalokangiyikukuphika,wenabupristi obuhlonishwayokanyelolwaziloMthetho
57Futhiungangcolisiumlomoohlanzekilewobudalabami nokubambelelakwamiemthethwenikonkeukuphila
kwamiObababayakungamukela,bengesabiizinhlupheko zakhokuzekubesekufeni.
58Ngobaungabangumbusiphezukwabantu abangalunganga,kodwakawuyikwenzaizingqongqophezu kwesinqumosamiendabeniyokulungakumbengamazwi akhokumbengezenzozakho
ISAHLUKO3
U-Eleyazare,ikhehlaelinomoyaomnene,ubonisaisibindi kangangokuthingishonalaphosifundalamazwi eminyakeniengu-2000kamuva,abonakalanjengomlilo ongacimi
1Kodwalaphou-Eleyazareephendulangokuzwakalayo ezilulekwenizabashisekeli,abalindiababemzungezile bamhudulelaendaweniyokuhlushwa.
2Baqalebalikhumulaikhehlaelalivunulengobuhle bobungcwele
3Khona-kebambophaizingalongaphanangapha, bambhaxabula,kwasukumaummemezeliememeza ngokumelenenayeethi:'Lalelaniimiyaloyenkosi!'
4Kodwaindodaeyayinomphefumuloomkhulu nehloniphekile,u-Eleyazarengeqiniso,ayizangeinyakaze engqondweniyayonjengobayayihlushwengephupho; yebo,indodaendalaigcineamehloayoigxilile iphakamiselephezuluezulwiniyavumelainyamayayo ukubaishayweyizibethoyazeyagezwaegazinifuthi izinhlangothizayozabayinqwabayamanxeba;kwathi nomaesewaphansingenxayokuthiumzimbawakhe wawungasakwaziukumelaubuhlunguwayelokhuelokhu emileuNdoqowakhefuthiengaguquki.
5Ngonyawolwakheomunyewabalindingesikhathiewa wamkhahlelangonyaohlangothiniukubaasukume
6Kodwawabekezelelausizi,futhiwakudelela ukucindezelwa,futhiwabekezelelangaphansi kwezinhlupheko,futhinjengomsubathionesibindiothola isijeziso,ikhehlalembathaabahluphibayo.
7Izithukuthukuzemaebuswenibakhe,futhiwadonsa umoyawakhengokuhefuzelakanzima,kwazekwaba yilaphoubumnenebomphefumulowakhebukhiphaudumo lwabahluphibakhe
8Ngakho-ke,ngokwengxenyengenxayokuhawukela ukugugakwakhe,ngokwengxenyebezwelananomngane wabo,ngokwengxenyebebabazaisibindisakhe,ezinye zezincekuzenkosizayakuyezathi:
9“‘Eleyazare,kunganiuzibhubhisangokuhlanyakulolu sizi?Siyakulethakuweokuphekiweyo,kephawenaushaye njeukudlainyamayengulube,uzisindise.'
10U-Eleyazare,njengokungathiiselulekosabosenezele ekuhlushwenikwakhe,wamemezakakhulu:‘Cha Kwangathithinamadodanaka-Abrahamasingelokothesibe nomcabangoomubionjengenhliziyoebuthakathakaukuze senzeingxenyeengafanelekikithi
11Ngokuphambene,umangempela,ukubathina,ngemva kokuphilaeqiniswenikwazekwabasekugugeni,futhi silondolozeimvunuloengokomthethoidumelalabaphilayo, manjesiguqukefuthisibeyisibonelosobuntubethu kubantwanaabangahloniphi,ukuzesibakhuthazeukuba badleinyamaengcolile
12Ukubebekuyihlazoukubebesiqhubekasiphila isikhashana,phakathinalokhokugconwayibobonke abantungenxayobugwala,futhingenkathiumashiqela
edelelwanjengongayindodasihlulekeukuvikelauMthetho Waphezulukuzekubesekufeni.
13Ngakho-ke,madodanaka-Abrahama,nifangokufanele ngenxayokulunga;kodwanina,zincekuzikamashiqela, nithimulaniemsebenziniwenuna?
14Ngakhobona,bembonaenqobakanjaloekuhlushweni, enganyakaziswangishonangenxayesihawusababulali bakhe,bamhudulelaemlilweni.
15Bamphonsakhona,bamshisangamaceboobuqili, bathelaemakhaleniakheumhluziwephungaelibi
16Kodwalaphoumlilousufikileemathanjeniakhefuthi esezophumaumoya,waphakamiselaamehloakhe kuNkulunkuluwathi:
17“Wena,Nkulunkulu,uyaziukuthinomangizisindisa, ngizofangokuhlushwaokuvuthayongomthethowakho Yibanomusakubantubakho,futhiukujeziswakwethu makubeukwanelisekangenxayaboYenzaigazilamilibe msulwa,uthatheumphefumulowamiuhlenge imiphefumuloyabo,
18Futhingalamazwiumuntuongcwelewanikelaumoya wakhengokuzithobangaphansikokuhlushwamina nangenxayoMthethoowanikezwangeNzathoyakhengisho ngokumelenenobuhlungukuzekubesekufeni
19Khona-ke,ngaphandlekombuzo,Isizathu Esiphefumlelwesiyinkosiphezukwezinkanuko;ngoba umaizinkanukozakhenomaukuhluphekakwakhe kwanqobaiNzathuYengqondoyakhebekufanelesibanike lobubufakazibamandlaaboamakhulu.
20KodwamanjeIsizathusakhenjengobasesinqobile izinkanukozakhe,ngokufanelekilesifakakusoamandla okuziyala.
21Futhikufanelekileukuthisivumeukuthiukunqoba kuleleIsizathu,ezimweniokungenanilaphosinqoba izinhlunguezivelangaphandlekwethu;ngobakwaba yinhlekisaukuphika
22Futhiubufakazibamiabuhlanganisinjekuphela ukuphakamaKwesizathukunezinhlungu,kodwanobuhle bayokunezinjabulofuthi;futhializinikelikubo
ISAHLUKO4
Lokhuokubizwangokuthi“InkathiYokucabanga”kungase kulesisahlukokufundekeukuthiiFilosofiYokucabanga ineminyakaeyizi-2000Indabayamadodanaayisikhombisa nonina
1Ngobangenxakababawethuu-Eleyazare, njengomqondisiomuhleoqhubaumkhumbiwobungcwele phezukolwandlelwezinkanuko,nakubaehlulweizinsongo zomashiqelafuthiekhukhulwaamazaosizi,akazange agudluzenakancaneiphinilokuqondisaubungcwelewaze wangenaethekwinilokunqobaphezukokufa 2Awukhoumuziowavinjezelwangezinjinieziningi nezinobuqiliowakewazivikelakahlenjengobakwenza lowomuntuongcwelelaphoumphefumulowakhe ongcweleuhlaselwangesiswebhunesiklebhukanye nelangabi,futhiwabasusaababevimbezeleumphefumulo wakhengeNzamoyakheeyayiyisihlangusobungcwele. 3Ngobaubabawethuu-Eleyazare,wenzaifilimu yengqondoyakhenjengewalolwandleolunyakazayo, waphulaukuqalakokuhlanyakokukhuphuka kwezinkanuko
4Omphristiofaneleubuphristibakho,awuzangeungcolise amazinyoakhoangcwele,futhiawuzangeungcoliseisisu sakhongokudlaokungcolileokwakunendawo yokuhloniphanokuhlanzekakuphela.
5OmvumiwoMthethonesazisefilosofiyempilo yobuNkulunkulu!Kufanelekubeyilaboabasikhundlasabo siwukukhonzauMthethofuthibawuvikelengegazilabo nezithukuthukuezihloniphekilelaphobebhekene nokuhluphekakuzekubesekufeni
6Wena,Baba,waqinisaukuthembekakwethu eMthethweningokuqinakwakhokubeyinkazimulo;futhi ukhulumengokuhloniphaubungcweleawuzange uyikholelweinkulumoyakho,futhiwaqinisekisaamazwi efilosofiyobunkulunkulungezenzozakho,Omuntu omdalaowawunamandlangaphezukokuhlushwa 7Wenankosienkulu,oqinekunelangabi,wenankosi enkuluphezukwezinkanuko,Eleyazare 8Ngobanjengobaubabawethuu-Aroniehlomeumcengezi wempephowagijimaphakathikwebandlaemelenelengilosi evuthayowayinqoba,ngokunjaloindodanaka-Aroni,uEleyazare,yadliwayikuncibilikakomlilo,yahlala inganyakaziswangaengqondweniyayo.
9Futhiokumangalisakakhulukukhokonke,yena, njengobaesemdala,imisiphayomzimbawakheingakalungi futhinemisiphayakheixegekilenezinzwazakhezaba buthaka,waphindawakhulainsizwaemoyeniweNzalo yakhefuthingesizathuesifanano-Isakasaguqula ukuhlushwaokunekhandaelimanzikwabaukungabi namandla
10O,nkathiebusisiwe,OMfundisioyimpunga,O ukuphilaokuthembekileeMthethweninokupheleliswa ngophawulokufa!
11Khona-ke,ngokuqinisekileumaikhehlalakudelela ukuhlushwakuzekubesekufeningenxayokulunga kumelwekuvunyweukuthiIsizathuEsiphefumulelwe siyakwaziukuqondisaizinkanuko
12Kodwaabanyemhlawumbebangasebaphendule ngokuthiakubonabonkeabantuabangamakhosi ezinkanukongobaakubonabonkeabantuabanesizathu saboesikhanyiselwe.
13Kodwabonkelaboabakwenzaukulungangenhliziyo yaboyonkekubengumqondowabowokuqala,yibobodwa abanamandlaokubusaubuthakathakabenyama,bekholwa ukuthiabafikuNkulunkulu,njengobaokhokhobethu,uAbrahama,no-Isaka,noJakobe,bengafanga,kodwa baphilelauNkulunkulu.
14Ngakho-keakukholuthooluphikisayokwabanye ababonakalabeyizigqilazenkanukongenxa yobuthakathakabengqondoyabo
15Ngokubangubaniothi,eyisazisefilosofingokulunga, elandelaifilosofiyonkengokulunga,ebekeithembalakhe kuNkulunkulu,aziukuthikubusisiweukubekezelela ubunzimabonkengenxayokulunga,ongayikunqoba izinkanukozakhengenxayokulunga?
16Ngobaumuntuohlakaniphileyolozithibileyoyedwa ulesibindisokubusainkanuko
17Yebo,ngalendlelangishonabafanaabancane,njengoba beyizazizefilosofingenxayeNzaloevumelananokulunga, bayebanqobaphezukokuhlushwaokubuhlungunakakhulu
18Ngokubalaphoumashiqelaezitholaehluliwe ngokuphawulekayoemzamweniwakhewokuqala,futhi engenamandlaokuphoqaikhehlaukubalidleinyama
engcolile,khona-kengokufuthekaokukhuluwayala abalindiukubabaletheezinyezezinsizwazamaHeberu, futhiumabedlainyamaengcolileukuzebazikhulule ngemvakokubasebeyidlile,kodwaumabenqaba,ukuze babahlukumezekakhulunakakhulu.
19Futhingaphansikwaleziziqondisozomashiqela izelamanieziyisikhombisakanyenoninaosekhulile balethwaiziboshwaphambikwakhe,bonkebebukeka, benesizotha,futhibezelwekahle,futhibebukeka ngokujwayelekile
20Kwathilaphoumqhwagaebabonalapho,bemikungathi bayiqembulomculolomkhosikanyenoninaphakathi, wabaqaphela,futhiwashaywayizikhuluzabo ezihloniphekile,wabamoyizela,futhiwababizawathi:
21“‘Ozinsizwa,nginifiselaokuhlekodwa,kubeyilowo nalowokini,ngibukeubuhlebenu,ngihlonipheiviyo elikhulukangakalabazalwane;ngakhoangikucebisinje kuphelaukuthiungaqhubekinokusanganakwalelokhehla eselivelelahlupheka,kodwangiyakunxusaukubauzinikele kimifuthiubeabahlanganyeliebunganenibami
22Ngokubanjengalokhunginamandlaokujezisalabo abangayilaleliimiyaloyami,naminginamandla okubaqhubelaphambiliabangilalelayo
23Ngakho-keqinisekaukuthiuyonikwaizikhundla ezibalulekilenegunyaemsebenziniwamiumawenqaba umthethowokhokhobakho
24HlanganyelaempilweniyobuGreki,uhambengendlela entsha,uthokozeleubushabakho;ngobauma ningithukuthelisangokungalalelikwenunizongiphoqa ukubangiphendukeleezijezisweniezesabekayofuthi nibulalengamunyewenungokuhlushwa.
25Ngakhozihawukeleni,minaengimelenelenu engihawukelayongobutshabenulobuhlebenu
26Aniyikunakayiniphakathikwenungalento,ukuthiuma ningangilaleliakukholuthophambikwenungaphandle kokufangokuhlushwana?
27Ngalawamazwiwayalaukubakulethweamathuluzi okuhlushwaukuzebabanxenxengokwesabaukubabadle inyamaengcolile
28Kodwalaphoabalindisebekhiqizeamasondo, nezixhumo,nezinsimbi,nezingcezuzokuchoboza amathambo,nezikebhe,nezinkezo,nezinsimbi,nezikuluko zesithupha,nezinziphozensimbi,nezinsika,nezinsimbi zokubekaumlilo,umshiqelawabuyewakhuluma,wathi:
29'Kungcononizweukwesaba,bafanabami,futhi ubulungisaenibukhulekelayobuyothethelelaisiphambeko senuesingathandi'
30Kodwabona,bezwaukuncengakwakhe,futhibebona izinjinizakheezesabekayo,ababonisanganjekuphela ukwesabakodwaempelenibahlobisaifilosofiyabo ngokumelenenomshisekeli,futhingesizathusaboesifanele behlisaubushiqelabakhe.
31Nokhobhekani;Becabangaukuthiabanyephakathi kwabobanezinhliziyoezibuthakathakafuthi bengamagwala,yiluphiuhlobololimiababengalusebenzisa? bekungekekubenalokhu?
32'Maye!izidalwaezidabukisayoesiyizoneziyiziwula ezingaphezukwesilinganiso!Laphoinkosiisimemafuthi isinxusangokwemibandelayomusangekeyinisiyilalele?
33Kunganisizikhuthazangezifisoeziyizefuthisibe nesibindisokungalaleliokungasilahlekiselangezimpilo zethuna?Akufaneleyini,madodabafowethu,sesabe
izinsimbiezesabekayofuthisilinganisekahleizinsongo zakhezokuhlushwa,futhisilahlelezizenzoezingenalutho ezingenaluthokanyenalokhukuziqhayisaokubulalayo?
34Masihawukeleubushabethu,sibenobubelengeminyaka kamama;futhiasibekeezinhliziywenizethuukuthiuma singalalelisizakufa
35FuthingishonokulungakobuNkulunkulukuzoba nomusakithi,umasiphoqelekangesidingosizithoba enkosiningokwesabaKunganikufanelesikulahlelokhu kuphilaokuthandekayofuthisiziphucelelizweelimnandi?
36Masingalwingokumelenenesidingonoma ngokuzethembaokuyizesimemeukuhlushwakwethu
37NgishonoMthethongokwawoawusigwebeli ngokuzithandelaukufa,njengobasisesabaamathuluzi okuhlushwa
38Kunganiukuxabanaokunjalokusivuthelafuthiinkani ebulalayoitholeumusakithi,kuyilaphosingasesibe nokuphilaokunokuthulangokulalelainkosi?'
39Kodwaamazwianjaloawaphunyukangakulezizinsizwa laphozicabangaukuhlushwa,futhiimicabangoenjalo ayizangeingeneezingqondwenizazo
40Ngokubababedelelaizinkanukonamakhosiphezu kobuhlungu
ISAHLUKO5
Isahlukosokwesabekanokuhlukunyezwaesiveza ubushiqelabasendulongonyaolukhulu.Ivesi26liyiqiniso elijulile
1Ngakhokwathimasinyaneisiqhwagasiqedaukubanxusa ukubabadleinyamaengcolilekunabobonkengazwilinye kanyekanye,futhisengathingamphefumulomunye,wathi kuye:
2“Ulibalelani,wenasikhohlakali?Sikulungeleukufa kunokweqaimiyaloyobababethu
3Ngobakufanelesihlazeokhokhobethu,umasingahambi ngokuvumelananoMthethofuthisithathauMose njengomelulekiwethu
4OsikhohlakaliesiselulekaukubaseqeuMthetho, ungasizondi,ungasihawukelingaphezukwethu.
5Ngokubasibongaumusawakhongokuphausinika ukuphilakwethungenxayokwephulwakoMthetho,into okunzimaukuyithwalakunokufangokwako.
6Uzakwethusangokusongelakwakhongokufa ngokuhlukuluzwa,kungathikudalakawufundangalutho kuEleyazare.
7KodwaumaamadodaamadalaamaHeberuakhuthazela ekuhlushweningenxayokulunga,yebo,azeafa,kufanele ukuthithinamashasifesidelelaizinhluphozokucindezelwa kwakho,azinqobafuthiumfundisiwethuosekhulile
8Ngakho-ke,vivinyawenaqhwakuFuthiumauthatha izimpilozethungenxayokulunga,ungacabangiukuthi usizwiseubuhlungungezihlukumezizakho
9Ngobangalokhuukunxusakwethuokubilokukhuthazela kwethukukhosizazuzaumklomelowokulunga;kodwa wenangokubulalakwethuokunonyauyohlupheka ezandlenizokulungakukaNkulunkuluukuhlushwa okwanelengomlilokuzekubephakade' 10Lamazwiabashaaphindaaphindaulakalukamashiqela, hhayingenxayokungalalelikwabokuphelakodwa nangalokhoayekubhekanjengokungabongikwabo
11Ngakhongemiyaloyakheabashayibalethaphambili omdalakubobamhlubulainguboyakhe,bambophaizandla nezingalongaphanangaphangemichilo
12Kwathisebembhaxabulebazebakhathala,abazuzanga luthongakho,bamphonsaphezukwesondo.
13Ijahaeliyisicukuthwanelahlutshwaphezukwalo amathamboaloaxebukaKwathilaphoukuhlangana kwahlanganakwahlukana,wamlahlaumbusingalamazwi: 14“Wenasihlukumeziesinyanyekayo,sithasokulunga kwezulunongqondongqondowegazi,ungihluphangale ndlela,kungengenxayokubulalaabantunoma ukungahloniphikodwangenxayokuvikelauMthetho kaNkulunkulu.
15Kwathiabalindibethikuye:Vumaniukudla,ukuze nikhululweekuhlushwenikwenu,wathikubo:Indlelayenu, balandelibosizi,kayiqinangaukuthilithumbeingqondo yamiNqumaizithozami,ushiseinyamayami,ubophe amalungaami;kukhokonkeukuhluphekangizokubonisa ukuthingenxayobuhleamadodanaamaHebherukuphela angenakunqotshwa'
16Esakhulumalokhobabekaamalahleavuthayophezu kwakhe,futhingokucindezelakobuhlungubamcindezela kakhuluesondweni
17Lonkeisondolagcotshwangegazilakhe,namalahle anqwabeleneacinywangokuwohlokakomzimbawakhe, nenyamaeklebhukileyazungezaama-asiomshini
18Futhingomzimbawakheowawuveleusuhlakazekile lensizwaenomphefumuloomkhulu,njengendodana yeqinisoka-Abrahama,ayizangeibubulenakancane; kodwanjengokungathiushiswaumliloabengukungonakali, wakubekezelelalokhokuhlushwa,ethi:
19‘Lindelaniisibonelosami,bazalwaneUngangishiyi kuzekubephakade,futhiungafungeliubuzalwanebethu ngobuhlebomphefumulo.
20Yilwaimpiengcwelenehloniphekayongenxa yokulunga,okungasekuthingayoiSiphangiso esinokulungaesasilindaobabasibenesihawukubantu bakhefuthisiphindiselekumhlukumezioqalekisiweyo 21Futhingalawamazwiintshaengcweleyaphela
22Kodwabonkebesamangelengokuqinisela komphefumulowakhe,abalindibalethaowesibilionyakeni kaJesuamadodana,futhiembambathangezandlazensimbi ezinezinziphoezibukhaliambophaenjinininasemshinini wokuthungatha
23Kodwasebezwileukuzimiselakwakheekuphenduleni umbuzowabowokuthi:Ingadlayinikulokuhlupha?lezi zilwaneezinjengamaphanelizaklebhulaimisiphayakhe ngamaziphoensimbi,zaklebhulayonkeinyamaezihlathini zakhe,zaklebhulaisikhumbaekhandalakhe
24Kodwawaqiniselakulobubuhlunguwathi:‘Kumnandi kangakananiukufakonkengenxayokulungakwawobaba! 25Futhikusoisihlukumeziwathi:Oninabahlukumezi ababikakhulu,awuboniyinikuweukuthingalesisikhathi wenangokwakhouhlushwakanzimakunokwami ngokubonainhlosoyakhoyokuzidlayehlulwa ngokukhuthazelakwamingenxayokulungana?
26Ngokubangizwaubuhlungungenxayentokozo etholakalangenxayobuhle,kantiwenausekuhlushweni uzincomangokungahloniphikwakho;futhi awuyikuphunyuka,wenamshiqelaonyanyekayo,izijeziso zolakalwaphezulu'
27Futhilaphoisihlangabezengesibindiukufakwayo okukhazimulayo,indodanayesithathuyalethwaphambili futhiyanxuswangobuqothongabaningiukubainambithe futhikanjaloizisindise.
28Kodwawaphendulangelizwielikhuluwathi:Kalikwazi yiniukuthiubabalowangizalaminalabafowethuabafileyo, lomamaofanayowasizala,njalominangakhuliswangalezo zimfundiso?
29Angisilahliisibophoesihlesobuzalwane
30Ngakho-keumaninenjiniyokuhlushwa,yifakeni kulomzimbawami;ngokubaanikwaziukufinyelela umphefumulowami,umanithanda
31Kodwabathukuthelakakhulungenkulumoenesibindi yalowomuntu,bahlephulaizandlazakhenezinyawozakhe ngezinjinizaboezinyakazayo,baklebhulaamalunguakhe ezikhoxenizabo,baziqaqa;bamsontaiminweyakhe, nezingalozakhe,nemilenzeyakhe,namajoyinti endololwane
32Kephabengenakumklinyaumoyawakhe,bahlubula isikhumbasakhe,bathathangasoamaphuzueminwe, baklebhulaisikhumbasekhandalakhenjengesiSkithe ekhandalakhe,bahlebamyisaesondo.
33Basebesontaumgogodlawakhe,wazewabonaeyakhe inyamailengaezinqeni,lemiphamboyegaziiphuma ezibilininizakhe.
34Futhingesikhathisokufawathi,‘Thina,O ndlovukayiphikiswakakhulu,sihluphekakanjalongenxa yokukhuliswakwethukanyenobuhlebethuobuvela kuNkulunkulu;kephawenangenxayokungahloniphi kwakhononyalwakhouyakuthwalaukuhlushwaphakade
35Kwathilomuntuesefilengokufaneleabafowabo, benyukanowesine,bathikuye:“Ungahlanyinawe ngobuhlanyaobunjengabafowenu,kephalalelainkosi, uzisindise.
36Kodwawathikubo:Kimianinamlilooshisakakhulu ongangenzangibeyigwala
37Ngokufaokubusisiwekwabafowethu,ngokubhujiswa kwaphakadekomshiqela,nangempiloekhazimulayo yolungileyo,ngekengibuphikeubuzalwanebamiobuhle
38Qambaukuhlushwa,qhwaku,ukuzewazingakho ukuthingingumfowabowalaboasebehlukunyeziwe
39Laphoezwalokhuu-Antiochusowayenogazi,umbulali, futhionengekangokuphelelewabatshelaukuthibamnqume ulimi
40Kodwawathi:Lanxaukhuphaisithosamisokukhuluma, uNkulunkuluuzwalesimungulu.
41Bheka,ngiyalukhiphaulimilwami,lunqume,ngokuba awuyikuthulisaingqondoyamingalokho.
42Ngokuthokozasinikelaizithozethuzomzimbaukuthi zicwiywengenxakaNkulunkulu
43KephauNkulunkuluuyakukusukelamasinyane;ngoba usikaulimioluhlabelelaindumisokuye.
44Kodwakwathilendodaibulawakabuhlungu ngokuhlutshwa,yagijimaeyesihlanu,yathi:Kangihlehli, wenamqhwaga,ekufuneniukuhlutshwangenxayokulunga; 45Yebo,ngizangokwami,ukuzekuthi,ngokungibulala mina,nengezengezenzoezimbiisijezisoosikweletayo ebulungisenibezulu
46Osithasobuhlekanyenesithasomuntu,yiliphiicala osibhubhisangalongalendlelana?
47KukubiyinikuweukuthisikhonzeuMdaliwakhokonke futhisiphilengokoMthethowakheomuhlena?
48Kodwalezizintozifaneleudumo,hhayiukuhlushwa, umawaziizifisozabantufuthiunethembalokusindiswa phambikukaNkulunkulu
49Bheka,manjeusuyisithasikaNkulunkulu,ulwa nabakhonzauNkulunkulu.
50Esakhulumalokhoabalindibambopha,bamyisaphambi kwekamu;ambophakhonaemadolweniakhe,ambopha khonangezinsimbi,aklebhulaukhalolwakhephezu ‘kwesiko’eligoqekayo,wagoqekanjengofezelafuthi wonkeamalungaahlukana
51Kanjalongobunzimabokuphefumulanobuhlungu bomzimbawababaza,‘Nkazimulo,Ondlovukayiphikiswa, ekhazimulayongokumelenenentandoyakhoyizibusiso ongiphazona,ezingenzangiboniseukwethembekakwami eMthethweningokuhlushwaokuhloniphekenakakhulu’ 52Kwasekusithiesefilelaye,kwalethwaowesithupha, umfananje,owathiephendulaumbusiukuthiuyathanda yiniukudlaakhululwe,wathi:
53'Angimdalakangakongeminyakanjengabafowethu, kodwangimdalaengqondweniNgobasazalelwafuthi sakhuliswangenjongoefanayofuthisibophekile ngokufanayoukubasifeleisizathuesifanayo;ngakho-ke umaukhethaukusihlukumezangokungadliinyama engcolileyo,sihluphe'
54Esakhulumalawamazwiamyisaesondweni,amelula ngokunakekela,akhumulaamathamboemhlanewakhe, afakaumlilongaphansikwakhe
55Benzaimiphiniebukhaliebomvu,bamthelaemhlane, bambhobozaezinhlangothini,zashisaizibilinizakhe
56Kodwayenaephakathikokuhlutshwakwakhe wamemezaesithi:Oumncintiswanoofaneleabangcwele, laphoabanengibethubazalwane,esingenekhona emncintiswaneniwokuhlutshwa,kodwakabazange banqotshwe!
57Ngobaoqondileyoozwisisayo,siqhwaga, kayikunqotshwa
58Ngezikhalizokulungangihambangiyohlanganyela nabafowethuekufeni,futhingengezekimiumphindiseli oyedwaonamandlafuthiukubangikujezise,Omhleli wokuhlushwanesithasabalungileyongokweqiniso.
59Thinabashaabayisithuphasiketuleubushiqelabakho “Ngokubaukungabinamandlakwakhoukuguqula ingqondoyethunomaukusiphoqaukubasidleinyama engcolileakukonayiniukuchithwakwakhona?
60Umlilowakhouyasipholisa,izinjinizakhozingahluphi, nobudlovabakhoabunamandla.
61Ngobaabalindibebengababonisibethu,kungeyisibo abomashiqela,kodwaboMthethokaNkulunkulu;ngakhokesinesizathusethuesingakanqotshwa'
ISAHLUKO6
Izibophozobuzalwanenothandolukamama
1Kwathilaphonayeefaukufaokubusisiweyo,ephonswe embizeni,yezaindodanayesikhombisa,ecinathunjana kubobonke
2Kodwaumashiqela,nakubawayecasulwekakhulu abafowabo,wamhawukelaumfana,futhiembonalapho eseboshiwe,wamyalaukubaasondezwe,wafuna ukumncenga,wathi:‘Uyakubonaukuphelakobuwula babafowenu;ngobangokungalalelikwabobahlukuluzwa bazebafaNawe-ke,umaungalaleli,uyakuhlushwakubi,
ubulawesingakafikiisikhathisakho;kodwaumaulalela uyobaumnganewami,futhiuyophakanyiselwa esikhundleniesiphakemeemsebenziniwombuso’
4Esemncengakanjalo,wabizauninawomntwana,ukuze kuthiosiziningokufelwaamadodanaamaningianxuse owasalaukubaalalele,asindiswe
5Kodwaunina,ekhulumangolimilwesiHeberu,njengoba ngizakutshokamuva,wamkhuthazaumfana,wathi kubalindi:Ngithukululeni,ukuzengikhulumeenkosini nakubanganebayobonkeabanayo
6Basebethokozangesicelosomntwana,baphangisa ukumkhulula
7Futhiegijimaekhuphukelakuhhavinioshisabhe,wathi: ‘Osishiqelaesibi,’wakhala,‘futhiongamesabi uNkulunkulukunazozonkeizoni,awunamahloniyini ukuthathaizibusisozakhonobukhosibakhoezandleni zikaNkulunkulu,futhiubulaleizincekuzakhefuthi uhlukumezeabalandelibokulungana?
8NgalezizintoukulungakobuNkulunkulukukuletha emlilweniosheshakakhulufuthiwaphakadekanye nobuhlunguobungayikushiyabubambelelekuwephakade
9Awunamahloniyini,ungumuntu,olusizingenhliziyo yesilosasendle,ukuthiuthatheabantuabanemizwaefanayo nawe,abenziwengezakhiezifanayo,futhiudabuleizilimi zabo,futhiubabhaxabulefuthiubahlukumezengalendlela?
10KephalaphosebefezeukulungakwabokuNkulunkulu ekufenikwabookuhle,niyokhalakabuhlungunithi:“Maye kuhlangatshezwane”ngokubulalakwakhoamaqhawe okulunga
11Khona-keemiogwinilokufawathi:‘Angihlubuki ebufakaziniobunikezwaabafowethu.
12FuthingibizauNkulunkuluwawobabaukuthiabe nobubeleesizwenisami
13Futhiuyakujezisawenakulokhukuphilakwamanje nangemvakwalokhousufile
14Futhingalomkhulekowaziphonsaesitsheniesishisayo esishisayo,futhikanjalowafa.
15Ngakho-keumaizelamanieziyisikhombisazidelela ukuhlushwakwazekwabasekufeni,kubonakaliswa emhlabeniwonkeukuthiuMcabangoophefumlelwe uyinkosienkuluphezukwezinkanuko
16Ngokubaumababevumeleukuhuhekanoma ukuhluphekakwabofuthibadlainyamaengcolile,ngabe sithibanqotshwengakho
17Kodwakwakungenjalokulekamu;kunalokho, ngokucabangakwabo,okwanconywaphambi kukaNkulunkulu,baphakamakunezinkanukozabo
18Futhiakunakwenzekaukuphikaubukhulubomqondo; ngokubabanqobaizinkanukonezinhlunguzabo
19Singenzakanjaniokuhlukilengaphandlekokuvuma ukuthiiNzathuinamandlaphezukwenkanukonalamadoda angazangeahlehlengaphambikwezinhlunguzokushiswa na?
20Ngobanjengobanjeimibhoshongoesezintabeni zasethekwiniixoshaukuhlaselakwamagagasifuthiinikeza ithubalokungenaelizolilekulaboabangenaethekwini, kanjaloIsizathusentshaesiyimibhoshongoeyisikhombisa savikelaisiphephelosokulungafuthisanyathela isivunguvungusezinkanuko 21Bakhaiqembuelingcwelelokulunga,behalalisana,bethi: 22‘Masifenjengabazalwane,bazalwane,ngenxa yoMthetho
23MasilingiseabaNtwanaAbathathubasesigodlwenisaseAsiriyaabadelelaloluvivinyoolufananolweziko.
24Masingaphendukiizinkanukophambikobufakazi bokulunga.
25Omunyewathi:‘Yimaisibindi,Mfowethu,’nomunye: ‘Kwenzelakahle;omunyeekhumbulaokwedluleethi: “Khumbulaniukuthiningomuphiumuthi,no-Isaka azinikelaesandlenisakhenjengoyisengenxayokulunga, abengumhlatshelo;
26Basebekhangelanabonkekanyekanyengesibindi esikhulu,bathi:Ngenhliziyoepheleleyosizazahlukanisela uNkulunkuluowasinikaumphefumulowethu,siboleke imizimbayethuukugcinaumlayo.
27Singamesabiothiuyabulala;ngokubaumshikashika omkhulukanyenengoziyomphefumuloilindele ekuhlushwenikwaphakadelaboabeqaisimiso sikaNkulunkulu
28Ngakho-keasihlomiseningeNzathoyobuNkulunkulu yokubusaizinkanuko.
29EmvakwalokhuusizilwethuluyakusamukelaoAbrahama,no-Isaka,noJakobe,nabobonkeokhokhobethu bayakusidumisa.'
30Futhikubazalwanengabanyengabanye,behudulwa, laboababesezafikabathi:Ungasihlazi,mfowethu, ungaqambiamangakubazalwanebethuasebefile.
31Kalikwaziyiniuthandolwabazalwane,uNkulunkulu abanikalonaifalaboabazelweoyise,walifakakubo nasesiswinisikanina;laphoabazalwanebehlalakhona enkathiniefanayo,futhibathatheisimosabongesikhathi esifanayo,futhibondliwaegazinielifanayo,futhi baphiliswangomphefumuloofanayo,futhibalethwa emhlabeningemvakwesikhalaesifanayo,futhibadonsa ubisiemithonjeniefanayo,laphoimiphefumuloyabo yabazalwaneinceliswandawonyeezingalweniebeleni; futhibahlanganiswanokhongokusondelana ngokukhuliswaokufanayonangobudlelwanebansuku zonkekanyenenyeimfundo,nangesiyalosethungaphansi koMthethokaNkulunkulu
32Uthandolobuzalwanelunamandlangokwemvelo, kwaqiniswakakhuluizelamanieziyisikhombisa.Ngokuba beqeqeshwengomthethomunye,befundiswakuzo izimfaneloezifanayo,bakhulelandawonyeekuphileni kokulunga,bathandanakakhulukakhulu.Intshisekoyabo evamilengobuhlebokuziphathanobuhleyakhulisa ukuvumelanakwabobobabili,ngobakanyenokuzinikela kwabokwenzauthandolwabolobuzalwanelwavutha nakakhulu
33Kodwanakubaimvelo,ubungane,kanyenesimosabo sobuhlekwandisaukushisekakothandolwabolobuzalwane, nokhoamadodanaayesaphilangenkoloyawoasekela umbonowabafowabo,ababesemgqeni,behlukunyezwa bazebafe;hhayingaphezukwalokho,bazebabakhuthaza ukubababhekanenobuhlungu,ukuzebangadelelinje kuphelaukuhlukunyezwakwabo,kodwafuthibanqobe uthandolwabolobuzalwanekubafowabo
34Oabangqondongqondo,amakhosiangaphezu kwamakhosi,kunabantuabakhululekileyoabakhululeke kakhudlwana,ekuzwanenikwabazalwaneabayisikhombisa, abangcwelefuthiabahambisanakahlenengqikithi yobungcwele!
35Kakhokulababashaabayisikhombisaowaphenduka igwala,akakhoowashwabanaebhekenenokufa,kodwa
bonkebaphuthumaekufeningokuhlushwanjengokungathi bagijimelaekungabhubhini.
36Ngobanjengobaizandlanezinyawozihamba ngokuvumelananeziqondisozomphefumulo,kanjalo lentshaengcwele,njengokungathiishukunyiswa umphefumuloongafiwenkolo,yangenaebunyeni nasekufeningenxayako
37Oubungcweleobuphindwekasikhombisababazalwane ngokuzwana!
38Ngobanjengobaizinsukueziyisikhombisazokudalwa komhlabazingenisainkolo,ngokunjaloabafana bahlanganyelaiculoeliphindwekasikhombisa,benza ukwesabakokuhlushwakwabayize.
39Manjesiyaqhaqhazelalaphosizwangokuhlupheka kwaleyontsha;kodwabona,abakubonanganjengamehlo abo,nomaukuzwanjeusongoolukhulunywayo,oluseduze, kodwaempelenibezwaimihelo,balubekezelela; nasekuhlushweniemlilweni,okungatholwausiziolukhulu kunalona?
40Ngobaamandlaomliloabukhalifuthiaqinile,futhi ngokusheshawayibhubhisaimizimbayabo
41Futhiningacabangiukuthiakumangalisiumangalawo madodaukuqondakwanqobaizinhlupheko,laphongisho nomphefumulowowesifazanaudelelaizinhlobonhlobo eziningizobuhlungu;ngobauninawalababasha abayisikhombisawabekezelelaizinhlunguezitholwa yilowonalowowabantwanabakheabaningana
42Kodwabhekaniukuthiziningikangakananiizinkanuko zenhliziyokamama,kangangokuthiuzwelangenzaloyakhe lubeyisizindasomhlabawonke;futhingempela, lapha,ngishonezilwaneezingenangqondozinothando nothandoolufananolwabantuabasha
43Ngokwesibonelo,phakathikwezinyoni,ezithambileyo ezikhoselengaphansikophahlalwethuzivikelaamazinyane azo;lezoezihlalaeziqongwenizezintaba,nasemifantwini yamadwala,nasemigodiniyemithi,nasemagatsheni, ezachamiselakhona,ziyakuxoshanomhlaseli.
44Futhi-ke,umabengakwaziukumxosha,bayandiza bezungezaamantshontshoasemadlelweningothando, bewabizangenkulumoyawosiqu,futhibanikezeusizo ezinganenizabonganomaiyiphiindlelaabangayenza
45Futhisinesidingosiningezibonelozothandolwenzalo phakathikwezilwaneezingenangqondo,laphongisho nezinyosi,ngesikhathisokwenzaikamu,zivikelaabahlaseli, futhizigwazengodosilwazo,njengokungathingenkemba, laboabasondelaemantwaneniabo,futhibalwenawokuze kubesekufenina?
46Kodwayena,uninawalezozinsizwa,onomphefumulo onjengoka-Abrahama,akanyakaziswangaenjongweni yakhengokuthandaabantwanabakhe
ISAHLUKO7
Ukuqhathanisauthandolukamamanobaba,kulesisahluko ezinyeiziqongozezintabazokukhuluma
1Isizathusamadodana,nkosiphezukwezinkanuko!O inkolo,lokhokwakuthandekakuninakunabantwanabakhe! 2Unina,enezinqumoezimbiliphambikwakhe,inkolo, nokwamanjeesindisaamadodanaakheayisikhombisa ngokwesithembisosomashiqela,wathandakakhuluinkolo esindisakubengukuphilaokuphakadengokukaNkulunkulu
3Ongingalubonisakanjaniuthandoolujulilelwabazali ngezingane?Sigxivizaukufanaokumangalisayo komphefumulowethukanyenokumakwethuesimweni esithambilesomntwana,futhingaphezukwakhokonke ngozwelalukamamangokuthiizinganezakhezijule kunobaba
4Ngobaabesifazanebathambileemphefumulweni kunamadoda,futhilaphobezalaabantwanabayandakuba nothandooluningingabo
5Kodwakubobonkeomama,yenaemadodaneni ayisikhombisawaphuphumauthandokakhulukunabo bonkeabanye,ebonaukuthiekukhulelweni abayisikhombisawahawukelaisithelosesizalosakhe, ecindezelekilengenxayobuhlunguobunengiabuthweleyo ngulowolalowoekuthandenikwakhe,lanxakunjalo ngokwesabauNkulunkuluwalaukuphephakwabantwana bakheokwakukhona
6Ay,futhingaphezukwalokho,ngobuhlebokuziphatha nobuhlebamadodanaakhenokulalelakwawouMthetho, uthandolwakhelukamamangawolwenziwalwaqina
7Ngobababelungile,bethobekile,benesibindi, benenhliziyoenkulu,futhibethandananonina kangangokuthibamlalelangokugcinauMthethokwaze kwabasekufeni
8Kodwanokho,nakubaayenezilingoeziningikangaka ukuzeavumeleukuthambekelakokuzalakwakhe,akukho nesisodwaisenzakalolaphoizinhlobozokuhlukunyezwa ezesabekayozabanamandlaokuguqulaIsizathusakhe; kodwaumamawanxusaindodanangayinye ngokwehlukana,futhibonkendawonye,ukubaifeleinkolo yabo.
9Oimveloengcwele,nothandolwabazali,kanye nokulangazelelakwabazalingenzalo,kanyenenkokhelo yokuncelisa,kanyenothandoolungenakunqotshwa komama!
10Umama,ewabonangamunyeehlukunyezwafuthi eshiswa,wahlalaenganyakaziswangaemphefumulweni ngenxayenkolo
11Wabonainyamayamadodanaakheidliwangomlilo, namaphetheloezandlazawonezinyawozawokuhlakazeke phansi,nesimbozosenyamasihlwilekusukelaemakhanda awokuzekufikeezihlathini,sihlakazekilenjengezifihlabuso.
12Omama,manjeowayaziimiheloebukhalikunemihelo! Owesifazane,wedwaphakathikwabesifazane,isithelo sesibelethosakhekwakuyinkoloephelele!
13Izibulolakho,ekuphefumulenikwalo,aliguqulanga isinqumosakho,nomaelesibililakho,likubhekangamehlo esihawungaphansikokuhlushwakwalo,noma okwesithathukwakho,ephefumulaumoyawalo
14Futhiawuzangeukhalelaphoubonaamehloomunye nomunyephakathikwezinhluphekoebhekengesibindi usiziolufanayo,futhiwabonaemakhaleniabo aqhaqhazelayoizimpawuzokusondelaekufeni
15Laphoubonainyamayendodanaihlukaniswanenyama yomunye,futhiinqunywaisandlanesandla,kuhlinzwa ikhandangekhanda,isidumbusiphonswephezu kwesidumbu,nendawoegcweleizibukelingenxa yokuhlushwakwabantwanabakho,awukhiphiizinyembezi
16Akuzonaizingomazensimbinomaizingomazamadada ezinomsindoomnandiezikhangaizindlebezolalele,
njengobakuzwakalaamazwiamadodana,ekhuluma nomamaphakathikwezinhlungu.
17Yekaukuthizazingakananifuthizingakananiizinhlupho uninaahlushwangazolaphoamadodanaakheehlushwa ngokuklebhulwanangomlilo!
18KodwaIsizathuEsiphefumulelwesanikezainhliziyo yakheamandlaomuntungaphansikothandolwakhe lokuhlupheka,futhisamphakamisaukubaangabinandaba ngezifisozamanjezothandolukamama
19Futhinakubaakubonaukubhujiswakwabantwanabakhe abayisikhombisakanyenezinhloboeziningi nezinhlobonhlobozokuhlushwakwabo,umama ohloniphekilewabanikelangokuzithandelangokholo kuNkulunkulu
20Ngokubawabonakweyakheingqondo,njengalokhu kwakungabameliabanobuqiliendliniyomkhandlu, nemvelo,nobuzali,nothandolukanina,nabantwanabakhe phezukomgxobo,futhikwabasengathiyena,unina, enokukhethaphakathikwamavotiamabiliendabeni yabantwanabakhe,elinyeelokufakwabonelinye ukubasindisa,ngalokhoakabhekangaukusindisa kwamadodanaayisikhombisanjengobekuyintoencane engqondweniyakhe,u-AbrahamaIsibindisokwesaba uNkulunkulu
21Omamawohlanga,umlweliwoMthethowethu, umvikeliwenkoloyethu,futhiowinileumklomelo emzabalazweningaphakathikwakho!
22Owesifazane,ophakemeukumelananabesilisa,futhi unesibindikunamaqhaweakhuthazela!
23NgobanjengobaumkhumbikaNowa,kanyelelizwe lonkeeliphilayongenxayomthwalowawokuZamcolo obhubhisaumhlaba,wamelanalezikhukhulaezilamandla, ngokunjalowenamgciniwomthetho,watshaywa inhlangothizonkengamagagasiokutshisaokutshisayo, wahlukunyezwangokuhluphaokukhulukwamadodana akho,wamelanakuhlelesivunguvunguesivunguzayo
24Ngakho-ke,umaoyedwakokubiliowesifazane osekhulilengeminyaka,noninawamadodana ayisikhombisa,ekhuthazelelaukubonaabantwanabakhe behlushwakwazekwabasekufeni,Isizathu Esiphefumlelwekumelwesivunywengokusobalasibe umbusiophakemephezukwezinkanuko
25Ngalokho-kengifakazileukuthiakunqobanganje ukuhluphekakwamadoda,kodwanowesifazaneudelele ukuhlushwaokwesabekayo
26Futhizazingenamandlakangakoamabhubesiazungeze uDaniyeli,futhiisithandosomliloesivuthayo sikaMishayelisasingashisikangako,njengobasishiswa kuyeumzwelowokubaumamalaphoebonaamadodana akheayisikhombisaehlushwa
27Kodwangesizathusakheesiqondiswainkoloumama waqedaizinkanukozakhe,eziningifuthizinamandla njengobazazinjalo
28Ngobakukhonafuthilokhuokumelesikucabange, ukuthingabeowesifazanaubebuthakathakaemoyeni,lanxa ubuninabakhe,ngabewayebakhalela,mhlawumbe akhulumekanje.
29“Awu!Ngizaleabantwanaabayisikhombisa,ngisele ngingelamntwana!
30Ngakhulelwakasikhombisangeze,nomthwalowami wezinyangaeziyishumiwathwalwaizekasikhombisa,
nokuncelisakwamiakubanganazithelo,kwadabukisa abancelayobami.
31Omadodanaami,ngibekezeleleizeimiheloeminingi yomsebenzi,kanyenezinkathazoezinzimakakhulu zokukhuliswakwenu.
32Maye,ngamadodanaami,ukuthiabanye babengakashadi,futhilaboababeshadilebabengabatholi abantwana;Angisozengazibonaizinganezakho,futhi ngekengibizwengegamalikagogonomkhulu
33Mayemina,enganginabantwanaabaningiabahle,futhi ngingumfelokazinoyedwaosiziniwami!Ngekeibekhona indodanaezongingcwabasengifile!'
34KodwauninaongcwelenomesabayouNkulunkulu akabanganalesisililonangamunyewabo,futhiakabange esacelamuntuukubaabalekeekufeni,futhiakabakhalela njengabantuabafayo;kodwa,njengokungathi unomphefumulooqinilefuthievezaisibalosamadodana akhe,ngokwesibili,ekuphileniokungenakufa,kunalokho wawancengafuthiwawancengaukubaafengenxayenkolo.
35Omama,qhawelikaNkulunkuluodabenilwenkolo, ixhegukanyenowesifazane,wamnqobakokubili umashiqelangokubekezelelakwakho,futhiwatholakala unamandlakunendoda,ngezenzokanyenangamazwi
36Ngokubaimpela,laphouboshiwenamadodanaakho, wawumilaphoubonau-Eleyazareehlushwa,wakhuluma kumadodanaakhongolimilwesiHeberu
37“Madodaami,impiilungile;nani,enibizelwekukho ukubanifakazeleisizwesakithi,nilwengentshiseko ngomthethowawobaba
38Ngobakungabayihlazo,ubaixhegulelilibekezelela ubuhlungungenxayenkolo,linalijahalihlehlaphambi kobuhlungu
39KhumbulaniukuthingenxakaNkulunkulunize emhlabeni,futhinajabulelaukuphila,futhingalokho-ke nikweletauNkulunkuluukubekezelelabonkeubuhlungu ngenxayakhe;ngobaubabawethuu-Abrahama waphangisaukunikelangendodanayakheu-Isakaukhokho wesizwesakithiu-Isakaebonaisandlasikayise simphakamiselaummese,akahlehle
40UDaniyeli,olungile,waphonswaezingonyameni,noAnaniya,no-Azariya,noMishayeli,baphonswa esithandwenisomlilo,bakhuthazelangenxakaNkulunkulu 41Futhinani,eninokholoolufanayokuNkulunkulu, ningakhathazeki;ngokubabekungafaneleukubanina,nazi ukulunga,ningamelaninezinhlungu'
42Ngalamazwiuninawabayisikhombisawakhuthaza wonkeamadodanaakheukuthiafekulokweqaumlayo kaNkulunkulu;bonangokwabobazikahleukuthiabantu abafelauNkulunkulubaphilelauNkulunkulu,njengoba bephilaoAbrahama,noIsaka,noJakobe,nabobonke okhokho
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Abadumile"AbagijimiBokulunga"Iphethalaphaindaba yesibindiebizwangokuthiIncwadiYesineYamaMaccabees 1Abanyebabalindibathiesezabanjwalayeukuthiabulawe, waziphosaemlilweniukuzekungabilamuntuongathinti umzimbawakhe
2Omama,ukuthikanyenamadodanaakhoayisikhombisa naphulaamandlaomashiqela,futhibawenzaizeamacebo akheamabi,futhiwanikezaisibonelosobuhlebokholo
3Wabekwangokuhloniphekayonjengophahlaphezu kwamadodanaakhonjengezinsika,nokuzamazama komhlabakobuhlunguakuzangekukunyakazise
4Ngakhothokoza,mamaohlanzekileyo,ulethemba lokubekezelakwakhoeliqinisekileyoesandleni sikaNkulunkulu
5Inyangakayimiphakathikwezinkanyezizezulu, njengawe,ukhanyisaindlelayamadodanaakho ayisikhombisaanjengenkanyezieyaekulungeni,umi ekudumiseniuNkulunkulu;futhiubekweezulwinikanye nabo
6Ngobaukuzalakwakhokwavelaendodaneni kaAbrahama.
7Ukubebekungokomthethongathiukudweba, njengomdwebiothile,indabayokuzinikelakwakho, izibukelibebengayikuthuthumelayiningonina wamadodanaayisikhombisaehlushwangenxayokulunga ngokuhlushwaokuningikuzekubesekufenina?
8Futhingempelakwakufanelekileukulobalawamazwi endaweniyawoyokuphumula,akhulumeabe yisikhumbuzoezizukulwaneniezizayozabantubakithi LAPHAKULALAUMFUNDISIOSEMUDE KANYENOWESIFAZANEOGCWELEIMINYAKA NAMADODANAAKHEAYISIKHOMBISA NGOBUDLOVABOMSHISHINI
UFISAUKUBULALAISIZWESAMAHEBERU BAWAVULELEAMALUNGELOABANTUBETHU UKUBUKAUNKULUNKULUFUTHIOKUMELELE UKUHLUPHEKAKUZEKUBEEKUFENI
9Ngokubangempelakwakuyimpiengcweleababeyilwile Ngokubangalolosukuamandla,nibavivinya ngokubekezela,nibekephambikwaboumvuzowokunqoba ngokungonakaliekuphileniokuphakade
10Kodwaowokuqalaempinikwakungu-Eleyazare;unina wamadodanaayisikhombisawadlalaindimayakhe, abafowabobalwa
11Umashiqelawayeyisithasabofuthiumhlabakanye nempiloyomuntukwakuyizibukeli
12Futhiukulungakwazuzaumnqobifuthikunikeza umqhelekubagijimibakhe.Obaniababemangala ngabasubathiboMthethoweqiniso?
13Obaniabangazangebamangalengabo?Umashiqela ngokwakhekanyenomkhandluwakhewonke babekuthandaukukhuthazelakwabo,laphomanjesebema eduzekwesihlalosobukhosisikaNkulunkulufuthibaphile inkathiebusisekile.
14NgobauMozisiuthi:Labobonkeabazingcwelisileyo bangaphansikwesandlasakho.
15Ngakho-kelamadoda,esezingcwelisilengenxa kaNkulunkulu,awazangeatholeloludumokuphela,kodwa futhinodumolokuthingawoisithasasingasenawoamandla phezukwabantubethu,futhiumashiqelawatholaisijeziso, futhiizwelethulahlanjululwa,njengobalabanjengokuthi labayinhlawuloyesonosesizwesethu;futhingegazilalaba bantuabalungilenenhlawuloyokufakwabo,ukuPhatha kukaNkulunkulukwakhululau-Israyeliowayecengwekabi ngaphambili.
16Ngokubalaphoumashiqelau-Antiochusebona ubuqhawebokulungakwabo,kanyenokubekezelakwabo ngaphansikokuhlushwa,wakuphakamiselaobala ukubekezelakwaboemasosheniakhenjengesibonelo;futhi ngaleyondlelawaphefumulelaamadodaakhengomqondo
wokuhloniphakanyenobuqhaweenkundleniyempikanye nasemsebenziniwokuvimbezela,kangangokuthiwaphanga futhiwagumbuqelazonkeizithazakhe
17Oma-Israyeli,bantwanaabazalwaenzalwenikaAbrahama,lalelaniloMthetho,futhinibengabalungileyo ngazozonkeizindlela,niqaphelaukuthiUmqondo Ophefumulelweuyinkosiphezukwezinkanuko nezinhlungu,hhayingaphakathikuphela,kodwa nangaphandlekwethu;ngalokholawomadoda,enikela ngemizimbayawoekuhlushweningenxayokulunga, awazuzanganjeukutuswaisintu,kodwaabhekwa njengabafanelekeleifalikaNkulunkulu
18Futhingaboisizwesatholaukuthulafuthiukubuyisela ukugcinwakoMthethoezwenilakithikwalithumba idolobhaesitheni
19Futhiimpindiseloimlandeleu-Antiyochus ongumashiqelaemhlabeni,futhiekufeniuhlushwaisijeziso 20Ngokubalaphoehlulekangokupheleleukuphoqaabantu baseJerusalemaukubabaphilenjengabezizwefuthibalahle amasikoawokhokhobethu,wasukaeJerusalemawamuka wahlaselaamaPheresiya
21Lawangamazwiuninawamadodanaayisikhombisa, owesifazaneolungileyo,awakhulumakubantwanabakhe: 22‘Ngangiyintombiehlanzekileyo,futhiangizange ngiphambukeendlinikababa,futhingalindaubambo olwalwakhiweku-Eva
23Akekhoumkhohlisiwasehlane,nomaumkhohlisi ensimini,ongonakalisile;neNyokayamanga,ekhohlisayo ayizangeingcoliseubumsulwabobuntombibami;Ngahlala nomyeniwamizonkeizinsukuzobushabami;kodwalapho amadodanaamiesekhulile,uyisewafa.
24Wayebusisiwe;ngobawayephilaimpiloebusisekile ngabantwana,futhiwayengabaziubuhlungu bokulahlekelwakwabo.
25owathiesenathi,wanifundisaumthethonabaprofethi; Wasifundelango-AbelaowabulawanguKhayini,no-Isaka owanikelwanjengomnikelowokushiswa,noJosefa etilongweni
26WakhulumakithingoFineyasiumpristioshisekayo, wanifundisaingomaka-Ananiya,no-Azariya,noMishayeli emlilweni
27FuthiyamkhazimulisauDaniyeliemphandwini wezingonyama,yambusisa;wakhumbulaizwilika-Isaya.
28Yebo,nomaudabulaemlilweni,ilangabi aliyikukulimaza
29WasihlabelelelaamazwikaDavideumhubi,ethi: “Ziningiizinhluphekozolungileyo; 30WacaphunakithiisagasikaSolomoniesithi: “Ungumuthiwokuphilakubobonkeabenzaintandoyakhe 31WaqinisaamazwikaHezekeli,wathi:“Amathambo omileyoayakuphilana?Ngokubaakakhohlwangaingoma uMoseayifundisayoethi:"Ngiyakubulala,ngiphilise; lokhukuyimpiloyakhonesibusisosezinsukuzakho"
32Ah,usukulwalunonya,nokholungenalounya,lapho umashiqelaononyawamaGrekiethungelaumliloovuthayo ezitshenizakheezinonya,futhingokufuthekakwakhe okubilayokwalethaemshininifuthiwabuyisela ekuhlushwenikwakheamadodanaayisikhombisa endodakazika-Abrahama,futhiwaphuphuthekisa izinkonyanazamehloawo,futhiwanqumaizilimizawo ngezinhloboeziningizokuhlukumeza
33NgalesosizathuisahlulelosikaNkulunkulusiyamsukela, simxoshe,oqalekisiweyo.
34Kodwaamadodanaka-Abrahama,kanyenonina onqobayo,abuthelwandawonyeendaweniyawokhokho bawo,esetholeimiphefumuloehlanzekilenengenakufa evelakuNkulunkulu,makubekuyeinkazimulokuzekube phakadenaphakade