IziqhwagaZeBhayibheli
I-Pentateuch
Ngalezozinsukukwakukhonaiziqhwagaemhlabeni;futhingemvakwalokho,laphoamadodana kaNkulunkuluengenaemadodakaziniabantu,azalelaabantwana,wonaabangamadodaanamandlaasendulo, amadodaadumile.Genesise6:4
SabonalaphoamaGiant,amadodanaka-Anaki,avelakumaGiant;emehlweniethusasinjengezintethe,futhi sasinjalonasemehlweniabo.Numeri13:33
Ama-Emiayehlalakhonaezikhathinizasendulo,abantuabakhulu,abaningi,nabade,njengama-Anaki; ayebhekwanjengama-refa,njengama-Anaki;kodwaamaMowabiababizangokuthiama-Emi.Duteronomi 2:10-11
Duteronomi2:19-21
Umausondelaphambikwabantwanabakwa-Amoni,ungabacindezeli,ungalwinabo,ngokubaangiyikukunika izwelabantwanabakwa-Amonilibeyifalabo,ngokubangibanikileabantwanabakwaLotilibeyifalabo.(Lelo lalibizwanangokuthiizwelamaRefa;amaRefaayehlalakuloendulo;ama-Amoniababizangokuthi amaZamzumimi;abantuabakhulu,abaningi,nabade,njengama-Anaki;kephauJehovawabachithaphambi kwabo;babaxosha,bahlalaesikhundlenisabo.
Ngobau-OgiinkosiyaseBashanikuphelaowasalakwabaseleyobamaRefa;bheka,isihlalosakhesombhede sasiyisihlalosensimbi;asiseRabalabantwanabakwa-Amoniyini?Ubudebasobabuyizingalo eziyisishiyagalolunye,nobubanzibasobuyizingaloezine,ngokwengaloyomuntuLelizwe,esalithatha ngalesosikhathi,kusukelae-Aroweri,elingasemfulenii-Arinoni,nengxenyeyentabayaseGileyadi,nemizi yalo,ngalinikaabakwaRubeninabakwaGadiIngxenyeeseleyeGileyadi,nalolonkeiBashani,umbusoka-Ogi, ngalinikainxenyeyesizwesakwaManase;sonkeisifundasase-Arigobi,nalolonkeiBashani,elalibizwa ngokuthiizwelamaRefaDuteronomi3:11-13
Umlando
Futhiumkhawuloka-OgiinkosiyaseBashani,owayengowensaliyamaRefa,owayehlalae-AshitarotinaseEdrei,uJoshuwa12:4
wonkeumbusoka-OgieBashani,owayebusae-Ashitarotinase-Edireyi,owasalaensaliniyamaRefa;ngokuba uMosewabanqoba,wabaxosha.Joshuwa13:12
UmngcelewenyukangesigodisendodanakaHinomu,wayaohlangothinilwamaJebusingaseningizimu, okungukuthiiJerusalema;umngcelewenyukawayaesiqongwenisentabaephambikwesigodisikaHinomu ngasentshonalanga,esisekuphelenikwesigodisamaRefangasenyakathoJoshuwa15:8
UJoshuwawathikubo:“Umaningabantuabaningi,khuphukelaniehlathini,nizigawulelekhonaezweni lamaPherizinamaRefa,umaizintabazakwa-Efrayimizincanekakhulukuwe”Joshuwa17:15
UmngcelewehlelaekugcinenikwentabaephambikwesigodisendodanakaHinomu,esisesigodinisamaRefa enyakatho,wehlelaesigodinisikaHinomu,ohlangothinilwamaJebusingaseningizimu,wehlelae-Enirogeli, Joshuwa18:16
1Samuweli17
1AmaFilistiabuthaamabuthoawoukubaalwe,abuthanaeSokoelingelakwaJuda,amisaphakathikweSoko ne-Azekae-Efesidamimi
2USawulenabantubakwa-Israyelibabuthana,bamisangasesigodinisase-Ela,bahlelaimpiukulwa namaFilisti
3AmaFilistiayemientabeningakolunyeuhlangothi,u-Israyeliwayemientabeningakolunyeuhlangothi; kwakukhonaisigodiphakathikwabo.
4KwaphumaiqhaweekamulamaFilisti,igamalalolinguGoliyatiwaseGati,ubudebalobabuyizingalo eziyisithuphanobubanzibesandla.
5Wayenesigqokosethusiekhandalakhe,egqokeijazilensimbi;isisindosalosasingamashekeli ayizinkulungwaneeziyisihlanuethusi.
6Wayenezigqokozethusiemilenzeniyakhe,nesikhalisethusiphakathikwamahlombeakhe.
7Ukhunilomkhontowakhelwalunjengogongololomeluki;ikhandalomkhontowakhelalingamashekeli angamakhuluayisithuphaensimbi;ophetheisihlanguwayehambaphambikwakhe.
8Wema,wamemezaemaviyweniakwa-Israyeli,wathikuwo:“Niphumeleniukuhlelaimpiyenuna?Angisiye umFilisti,ninaniyizincekuzikaSawulena?Zikhetheleniumuntu,ehleezekimi.”
9Umaekwaziukulwanami,angibulale,siyakubayizigqilazenu;kephaumangimahlula,ngimbulale, niyakubayizigqilazethu,nisikhonze.”
10UmFilistiwathi:“Ngiyazeyisaizimpizakwa-Israyelinamuhla;nginikeniumuntu,silwesobabili.”
11LaphouSawuleno-IsrayeliwonkebezwalawomazwiomFilisti,bashaywaluvalo,besabakakhulu.
12UDavidewayeyindodanayalowomEfratiwaseBetlehemaJudaogamalakhelalinguJese;wayenamadodana ayisishiyagalombili;lowomuntuwayesemdalaphakathikwamadodaezinsukwinizikaSawule.
13AmadodanaamathathuamakhulukaJeseahambaamlandelauSawuleayaempini;amagamaamadodana akheamathathuayaempiniayengu-Eliyabeizibulo,no-Abinadabaowesibili,noShamaowesithathu 14UDavidewayengomncanekunabobonke;abathathuabadalabalandelauSawule 15UDavidewayehambaabuyekuSawuleukuyokwalusaizimvuzikayiseeBetlehema 16UmFilistiwasondelaekuseninakusihlwa,wemaizinsukuezingamashumiamane 17UJesewathikuDavideindodanayakhe:“Thathamanjei-efalalokhukolweniokugazingiwenalezizinkwa eziyishumi,ugijimeleekamukubafowenu;
18Uyiselezizingcezueziyishumizikashizienduneniyenkulungwaneyabo,ubhekeukuthiabafowenubanjani, uthatheisibambisosabo
19USawule,kanyenabo,nawoonkeamadodaakwa-Israyeli,babesesigodinisase-Ela,belwanamaFilisti 20UDavidewavukaekusenikakhulu,washiyaizimvukumgciniwezimvu,wathatha,wahamba,njengalokho uJeseayemyalile;wafikaekamu,ibutholiphumaliyaempini,lamemezaimpi 21U-IsrayelinamaFilistibabehleleimpi,ibutholibhekenenebutho
22UDavidewashiyainqolayakheesandlenisomgciniwenqola,wagijimelaempini,wafikawabingelela abafowabo
23Esakhulumanabo,bheka,kwenyukaiqhawe,umFilistiwaseGati,ogamalakhelinguGoliyati,ephuma emabuthweniamaFilisti,wakhulumawonalawomazwi;uDavidewawazwa
24Bonkeabantubakwa-Israyeli,laphobembonalowomuntu,bambalekela,besabakakhulu
25Amadodaakwa-Israyeliathi:“Nimbonilelomuntuowenyukilena?Impelaukweyisau-Israyeli;kuyakuthi umuntuombulalayo,inkosiimcebisengengceboenkulu,imnikeindodakaziyakhe,yenzeindlukayiseibe ngekhululekilekwa-Israyeli”
26UDavidewakhulumakubantuababemingakuye,wathi:“KuyakwenziwanikumuntuobulalalowomFilisti, asuseihlazokwa-Israyelina?NgokubaungubanilowomFilistiongasokileukubaadeleleamabutho kaNkulunkuluophilayona?”
27Abantubamphendulakanje,bathi:“Kuyakwenziwakanjalokumuntuombulalayo”
28U-Eliyabeumfowaboomkhuluwezwalaphoekhulumanalamadoda;intukutheloka-Eliyabeyamvuthela uDavide,wathi:“Wehlelenilapha?Uzishiyenobanilezozimvuezimbalwaehlanena?Ngiyaziukuqhosha kwakhonobubibenhliziyoyakho,ngokubawehleleukuzobonaimpi”
29UDavidewathi:“Ngenzenimanje?Akukhosizathuyini?”
30Waphendukelakomunye,wakhulumanjengalelozwi;abantubaphendulakuyenjengalelozwilokuqala
31LaphobezwaamazwiuDavideawakhulumayo,bawalandisaphambikukaSawule;wathumelaukuba alandwe
32UDavidewathikuSawule:“Makungabikhomuntuophelaamandlangenxayakhe;incekuyakhoiyakuya ilwenalomFilisti”
33USawulewathikuDavide:“AwunakuyakulomFilistiukulwanaye,ngokubaungumfananje,yena uyindodayempikwasebushenibakhe.”
34UDavidewathikuSawule:“Incekuyakhoyayilusaizimvuzikayise;kwafikaingonyamanebhere, kwathathaimvuemhlambini.
35Ngaphumangamlandela,ngamshaya,ngamkhululaemlonyeniwakhe;kwathilaphoengivukela, ngambambangesilevusakhe,ngamshaya,ngambulala.
36Incekuyakhoyabulalaingonyamanebhere;lomFilistiongasokileuyakubanjengenyeyazo,lokhuedelele amabuthokaNkulunkuluophilayo.”
37UDavidewathifuthi:“UJehovaowangophulaezidladlenizengonyamanasesidladlenisebhere uyakungophulaesandlenisalomFilisti.”USawulewathikuDavide:“Hamba,uJehovaabenawe.”
38USawulewagqokisauDavideizambathozakhe,wafakaisigqokosethusiekhandalakhe,wamgqokisa nejazilensimbi.
39UDavidewabhincainkembayakhephezukwezingubozakhe,wazamaukuhamba,ngokuba wayengakazilingi.UDavidewathikuSawule:“Anginakuhambanalezi,ngokubaangikazilingi.”UDavide wazikhumula.
40Wathathaindukuyakhengesandla,wazikhethelaamatsheayisihlanuabusheleziemfudlaneni,wawafaka esikhwamenisakhesomalusiayenaso,ngishonasesikhwamenisakhe,nendwayimaneyakheisesandlenisakhe; wasondelakumFilisti.
41UmFilistiwezawasondelakuDavide;umuntuophetheisihlanguwayehambaphambikwakhe
42UmFilistiwabuka,wambonauDavide,wamdelela,ngokubawayengumfananje,ebomvana,enobuso obuhle
43UmFilistiwathikuDavide:“Ngiyinjayini,uzekimiunezindukuna?”UmFilistiwamthukauDavide ngonkulunkulubakhe
44UmFilistiwathikuDavide:“Wozakimi,nginikeizinyonizezulunezilwanezasendleinyamayakho”
45UDavidewayesethikumFilisti:“Uzakiminenkemba,nomkhonto,nesihlangu,kephaminangizakuwe ngegamalikaJehovaSebawoti,uNkulunkuluwempiyakwa-Israyelioyeyisile”
46NamuhlauJehovauyakukunikelaesandlenisami;ngiyakukubulala,ngisuseikhandalakhokuwe,nginike izidumbuzempiyamaFilistinamuhlaezinyoninizezulunasezilwanenizasendlezomhlabaizidumbuzempi yamaFilisti,ukuzeumhlabawonkewaziukuthikukhonauNkulunkulukwa-Israyeli
47LonkelelibandlaliyakwaziukuthiuJehovaakasindisingenkembanangomkhonto;ngokubaimpi ingekaJehova,uyakuninikelaesandlenisethu
48KwathilaphoumFilistiesukuma,wezawasondelaukumhlangabezauDavide,uDavidewashesha wagijimelaempiniukuyomhlangabezaumFilisti
49UDavidewafakaisandlasakheesikhwamenisakhe,wakhiphaitshelapho,waliphonsangesabula, wamshayaumFilistiebunzini,itshelashonaebunzinilakhe,wawelaphansingobuso
50UDavidewamahlulaumFilistingendwayimananangetshe,wamshayaumFilisti,wambulala;kodwa kwakungekhonkembaesandlenisikaDavide
51UDavidewagijima,wemaphezukomFilisti,wathathainkembayakhe,wayihoshaemgodleniwayo, wambulala,wamnqumaikhandangayoAmaFilistiesebonaukuthiiqhawelawolifile,abaleka
52Amadodaakwa-IsrayelinawakwaJudaasukuma,amemeza,axoshaamaFilistikwazekwabasesigodini nasemasangweniase-Ekroni;abalimelebamaFilistibawangasendlelenieyaeShaharayimi,kwazekwaba seGati,kwazekwabase-Ekroni
53Abantwanabakwa-IsrayelisebebuyileekuxosheniamaFilisti,baphangaamatendeawo
54UDavidewathathaikhandalomFilisti,waliyisaeJerusalema,kephawabekaizikhalizakheetendenilakhe.
55LaphouSawuleebonauDavideephumaukuyolwanomFilisti,wathiku-Abineri,indunayempi:“Abhineri, uyindodanakabanilomfana?”U-Abineriwathi:“Kuphilakomphefumulowakho,nkosi,angazi.”
56Inkosiyathi:“Buzaukuthilensizwaiyindodanakabani”
57KwathiuDavideesebuyileekubulaleniumFilisti,u-Abineriwamthatha,wamyisaphambikukaSawule ephetheikhandalomFilistiesandlenisakhe
58USawulewathikuye:“Uyindodanakabaniwenansizwa?”UDavidewaphendulawathi:“Ngiyindodana yencekuyakhouJesewaseBetlehema”
U-Ishibibenobi,owayengowamadodanaamaRafa,isisindosomkhontowakhesasingamashekeliangamakhulu amathathuethusi,ebhinceinkembaentsha,wacabangaukubulalauDavideKodwau-Abishayiindodana kaSeruyawamsiza,wamshayaumFilisti,wambulalaAmadodakaDavideafungakuye,athi: “Awusayikuphumanathiukuyaempini,ukuzeungacimiisibanisika-Israyeli”Kwathiemvakwalokho kwaphindekwabakhonaimpinamaFilistieGobi;uSibekayiumHushawabulalauSafi,owayengowamadodana amaRafaKwabuyekwabakhonaimpinamaFilistieGobi,laphou-ElihananiindodanakaJahare-oregimi, waseBetlehema,wabulalakhonaumfowabokaGoliyatiumGiti,omphiniwomkhontowakhe wawunjengogongololomeluki.KwabuyekwabakhonaimpieGati,laphokwakukhonakhonaumuntuomude kakhulu,oneminweeyisithuphakuzozonkeizandla,nezinzwaneeziyisithuphakuzozonkeizinyawo, amashumiamabilinanengenani;nayewazalelwaamaRafa.Kwathilaphoedelelau-Israyeli,uJonathani indodanakaShimeyaumfowabokaDavidewambulala.LabaabanebazalwayiRafaeGati,bawangesandla sikaDavidenangesandlasezincekuzakhe.2Samuweli21:16-22
KwathiemvakwalokhokwavukaimpinamaFilistieGezeri;ngalesosikhathiuSibekayiumHushatiwabulala uSipayi,owayengowabantwanabamaRefa;banqotshwa.KwabuyekwabakhonaimpinamaFilisti;u-Elihanani indodanakaJayirewabulalauLahimiumfowabokaGoliyatiumGiti,owayenothilomkhontoolufana nogongololomeluki.KwabuyekwabakhonaimpieGati,laphokwakukhonaumuntuomudekakhulu, oneminwenezinzwaneezingamashumiamabilinane,isithuphaesandleningasinye,nesithuphaonyaweni ngalunye;nayewayeyindodanayesiqhwaga.Kephalaphoedelelau-Israyeli,uJonathaniindodanakaShimeya umfowabokaDavidewambulala.LababazalelwaisiqhwagaeGati;bawangesandlasikaDavidenangesandla sezincekuzakhe.1IziKronike20:4-8
Ungiphulangokuphahlazekaphezukokuphahlazeka,ugijimelakiminjengesiqhwaga.Jobe16:14
I-Apocrypha
Ngobaonamandlaakabulawangayizinsizwa,futhiamadodanaamaTitanawazangeamshaye,futhiiziqhwaga ezinkuluazizangezimhlasele:kodwauJudithiindodakazikaMerariyamqedaamandlangobuhlebobusobakhe. Judith16:7
Ngobaezikhathinizasendulo,laphoiziqhwagaeziqhoshayozibhubha,ithembalomhlabaelibuswayisandla sakholaphunyukaesitsheniesibuthakathaka,lashiywakubobonkeubudalaimbewuyesizukulwane. UkuhlakaniphaKukaSolomoni14:6
Akazangeaxolisengama-giantamadala,awelaphansingamandlaobuwulabawo.UmShumayeli16:7
Njengobaamafuthaesuswaemihlatshelweniyokuthula,uDavidewakhethwakubantwanabakwa-Israyeli. Wadlalanamabhubesinjengamazinyane,namabherenjengamawundluAkabulalangayiniisiqhwaga, esesemncane?Futhiakazangeyiniasuseisihlambakubantu,laphoephakamisaisandlasakhengetshe elisesihlilingini,futhiwawisaphansiukuzidlakukaGoliyati?NgobawabizaiNkosiePhezukonke;wamnika amandlaesandlenisakhesokuneneukubaabulaleleloqhaweelinamandla,futhiamiseuphondolwabantu bakheUmShumayeli47:2-5
Kwakukhonaiziqhwagaezazidumilekusukelaekuqaleni,ezazinobudeobukhulu,futhizingochwepheshe empiniLaboiNkosiayizangeibakhethe,futhiayizangeibanikeindlelayokwazi:Kodwababhujiswa,ngoba babengenakuhlakanipha,futhibabhubhangobuwulababoUBharuki3:26-28
IndodanayakheuJuda,ogamalakhelinguMaccabeus,yasukumaesikhundlenisakheBonkeabafowabo bamsiza,kanyenabobonkeababebambenenoyise,balwangenjabuloimpiyakwa-IsrayeliNgakhowazuzela abantubakheudumoolukhulu,wagqokaisivikelosesifubanjengeqhaweelikhulu,wabhincaizikhalizakhe zempinxazonke,wenzaizimpi,evikelaibuthongenkembayakheEzenzwenizakhewayefananengonyama, nanjengengonyamaebhongelainyamazaneyakheNgobawaxoshaababi,wabafuna,washisalabo ababehluphaabantubakheNgakho-keababibawangenxayokumesaba,nabobonkeabenzibobubi bakhathazeka,ngobainsindisoyaphumelelaesandlenisakheWadabukisanamakhosiamaningi,wenza uJakobewajabulangezenzozakhe,futhiisikhumbuzosakhesibusisiwekuzekubephakadeNgaphezu kwalokhowadabulaimiziyakwaJuda,ebhubhisaababikubo,esusaintukuthelokwa-Israyeli:Wazewaduma ezindaweniezikudezomhlaba,futhiwamukelakuyelaboababelungeleukubhubha1Maccabees3:1-9
U-Enoke
Bonkeabanyekanyenabobazithathelaabafazi,ngamunyewazikhethelaoyedwa,baqalaukungenakubo bazingcolisangabo,babafundisaizintelezinemilingo,nokusikaizimpande,babajwayelanisanezitshalo Bakhulelwa,bazalaiziqhwagaezinkulu,ukuphakamakwazokwakungama-ellsayizinkulungwaneezintathu (i-elliyiyunithiyokulinganisayasenyakatho-ntshonalangayeYurophu,ekuqalenieyayiqondwanjengengalo, ubudeobuhlanganisiwebengalonesandlaeseluliweEzinyeizilinganisoze-ellzilingananama-intshiangu-2745):OwadlakonkeokwatholwangabantuKwathilaphoabantubengasakwaziukubanakekela,iziqhwaga zaphendukazadlaabantuZaqalaukonaezinyonini,nasezilwaneni,nasezinwabuzelayo,nasezinhlanzini, nasekudleniinyamayomunyenomunye,nasekuphuzeniigaziKhona-keumhlabawabekaicalangokumelene nabangenamthethoU-Enoke7:1-6
Abesifazanebazaleiziqhwaga,futhingenxayalokhowonkeumhlabaugcweleigazinokungalungiU-Enoke 9:9
Waphendulawathikimi,ngezwaizwiLakhe:Ungesabi,Enoke,wenamuntuolungileyonombhaliwokulunga: sondelalaphauzweizwilamiHamba,uthikubalindibasezulwini,abakuthumileukubaubanxusele:Kufanele unxuseleamadoda,hhayiamadodangenxayakho:Kunganinishiyeizulueliphakeme,elingcwele,neliphakade, nalalanabesifazane,nazingcolisangamadodakaziabantu,nazithathelaabafazi,nenzanjengabantwana bomhlaba,nazalaiziqhwaganjengamadodanaenu?Nakubananingcwele,ningokomoya,niphilaukuphila okuphakade,nizingcolisilengegazilabesifazane,nazalaabantwanangegazilenyama,futhi,njengabantwana babantu,nikhanukeleinyamanegazinjengalaboabafayonababhubhayo.Ngakho-kengibanikileabafaziukuze babakhulelise,bazaleabantwanangabo,ukuzekungabikholuthoolubalahlekelayoemhlabeni.Kodwa nanikadeningokomoya,niphilaukuphilaokuphakade,futhiningafikuzozonkeizizukulwanezomhlaba. Ngakho-keanginibekelangaabafazi;ngobangokuqondenenabangokomoyabasezulwini,indawoyabo yokuhlalaisezulwini.Manje,iziqhwaga,ezidalweyimimoyanenyama,zizobizwangokuthiimimoyaemibi emhlabeni,futhiemhlabenikuyakubayindawoyaboyokuhlala.Imimoyaemibiiphumeemizimbeniyabo; ngobaizalwangabantu,futhikusukelakuBalindiabangcwelekuyisiqalosabonemvelaphiyaboyokuqala; bayobaimimoyaemibiemhlabeni,futhibazobizwangokuthiimimoyaemibi.Ngokuqondenenemimoya yasezulwini,indawoyaboyokuhlalaisezulwini,kodwangokuqondenenemimoyayomhlabaeyazalelwa emhlabeni,indawoyaboyokuhlalaisemhlabeni.Futhiimimoyayeziqhwagaiyahlupha,icindezele,ibhubhise, ihlasele,ilwe,futhiisebenzeukubhubhisaemhlabeni,futhiibangeleinkathazo:ayidliukudla,kodwanoma kunjaloilambilefuthiyome,futhiibangeleukukhubekaFuthilemimoyaiyovukelaabantwanabesilisa nabesifazane,ngobaisukekubo.U-Enoke15:1-11
Kusukelaezinsukwinizokubulawanokubhujiswanokufakwama-giant,emiphefumulweniyawoimimoya, esephumile,iyobhubhisangaphandlekokutholaisahluleloKanjalobayobhubhisakuzekubeusukulokuqedwa, isahluleloesikhululaphoinkathiiyoqedwakhona,phezukwabalindinabangamesabiuNkulunkulu,yebo, iyoqedwangokupheleleU-Enoke16:1
Mina,u-Enoke,ngaphendulangathikuye:INkosiizokwenzaintoentshaemhlabeni,futhilokhusengikubonile kakadeembonweni,futhingikwaziseukuthiesizukulwanenisikababauJaredeezinyezezingelosizasezulwini zeqaizwileNkosiBheka,benzaisonofuthibaphulaumthetho,bazihlanganisanabesifazanefuthibenzaisono
nabo,futhibashadanabanyebabo,futhibazalaabantwanangaboFuthibazozalaemhlabeniiziqhwagahhayi ngokomoya,kodwangokomzimba,futhikuyobakhonaisijezisoesikhuluemhlabeni,futhiumhlaba uzohlanzwakukhokonkeukungcolaYebo,kuzofikaimbubhisoenkuluphezukomhlabawonke,futhikuzoba khonauzamcolokanyenembubhisoenkuluunyakaowodwaU-Enoke106:13-16
AmaJubili
Kwathilaphoabantwanababantubeqalaukwandaebuswenibomhlabafuthibezalaamadodakazi,izingelosi zikaNkulunkuluzababonangonyakaothilewalelijubili,ukuthibabebahleukubukeka;bazithathelaabafazi kubobonkeababakhethayo,bazalelaamadodanafuthiayeyiziqhwagaAmaJubili5:1
Ngobangenxayalezizintoezintathukwafikauzamcoloemhlabeni,okungukuthi,ngenxayobufebelapho abalindibephikisananomthethowezimisozabobaphingakhonanamadodakaziabantu,bazithathelaabafazi kubobonkeabakhethayo:futhibenzaukuqalakokungcolaBazalaamadodanaamaNafidi,futhibonke babengafani,badlanabodwa:amaGiantsabulalaamaNafidi,namaNafidiabulalaama-Eljo,nama-Eljoabantu, nomuntuoyedwaBonkebazithengisaukwenzaububinokuchithaigazieliningi,umhlabawagcwalaububi AmaJubili7:21-23
Wabatshelangokwahlulelakwama-giant,kanyenokwahlulelakwamaSodoma,ukuthibahlulelwekanjani ngenxayobubibabo,futhibafangenxayobufebebabo,nokungcola,kanyenokonakalakwabongobufebe AmaJubili20:5
KodwangaphambilibabevameukubizaizwelaseGileyadingokuthiizwelamaRefa;ngobakwakuyizwe lamaRefa,futhikwazalelwaamaRefalapho,amaRefaayenobudeobuyishumi,obuyisishiyagalolunye, obuyisishiyagalombili,kuzekubeyizingaloeziyisikhombisaAmaJubili29:9
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Amadodaangiyisaezulwinilesihlanuangibeka,laphongabonaamasoshaamaningiangenakubalwa,abizwa ngokuthiuGrigori,abonakalanjengabantu,futhiubukhulubawobabubukhulukunobeziqhwagaezinkulufuthi ubusobawobubuna,nokuthulakwemilomoyawokungapheli,futhikwakungekhonkonzoezulwinilesihlanu, ngathikumadodaayenami:Kunganilababebunakakhulufuthiubusobabobudabukile,nemilomoyaboithule, futhikunganikungekhonkonzokulelizulu?Bathikimi:LababangamaGrigori,abathikanyenenkosanayabo uSathaneilbenqabaiNkosiyokukhanya,futhingemvakwabokukhonalaboabagcinweebumnyameni obukhuluezulwinilesibili,futhiabathathubabobehlelaemhlabenibesukaesihlalwenisobukhosiseNkosi, bayaendawenii-Ermon,baphulaizifungozaboehlombelentabai-Ermonbabonaamadodakaziabantuukuthi bahlekangakanani,bazithathelaabafazi,bangcolisaumhlabangezenzozabo,ababesenzaukungabinamthetho nokuxubanakuzozonkeizikhathizabo,futhikuzalwaiziqhwagafuthiamadodaamakhuluamangalisayo nobuthaobukhuluNgakho-keuNkulunkuluwabahlulelangokwahlulelaokukhulu,futhibakhalelaabafowabo futhibazojeziswangosukuolukhululweNkosiIzimfihlozika-Enoke18:1-4
Ngakho-ke,balekelaniubufebe,bantwanabami,niyaleomkenunamadodakazienu,ukubabangahlobisi amakhandanobusobaboukuzebakhohliseingqondo:ngobabonkeabesifazaneabasebenzisalamaqhinga bagcinelweisijezisosaphakade.Ngobabahehakanjaloabalindiababengaphambikukazamcolo;ngoba njengobalabababebabhekanjalo,babakhanukela,futhibacabangalesisenzoengqondweniyabo;ngoba bazishintshababanesimosamadoda,futhibabonakalakubolaphobenabayenibaboNabesifazane abakhanukelaizimozabo,bazalaiziqhwaga,ngobaabalindibabonakalakubosengathibafinyelelaezulwini Ngakho-ke,qaphelaniubufebe;futhiumanifisaukubamsulwaengqondweni,qaphaniizingqondozenukubo bonkeabesifazaneITestamentelikaRubeni2:17-20
U-Akori,inkosi,indodaendekakhulu,ngamthola,ephonsaimikhontongaphambilinangemuvanjengoba ehleziehhashini,ngathathaitsheelingamakhilogremuangamashumiayisithupha,ngaliphonsangalishaya
ihhashilakhe,ngalibulalaUJakobeubabawabulalauBeelesathi,inkosiyawowonkeamakhosi,isiqhwaga esinamandla,ukuphakamaokungamamithaayishuminambiliITestamentelikaJuda1:18,22