Zulu - Biblical Laws of Power

ImithethoYamandla YeBhayibheli

AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

UJesuwezawakhulumakubo,wathi:“Ngiphiweamandlaonkeezulwininasemhlabeni.Ngakho-ke hambaninifundiseizizwezonke,nibabhapathizeegamenilikaYiseneleNdodananelikaMoya oNgcwele,nibafundiseukugcinakonkeenginiyalengakho;bhekani,minanginaninjalokuzekube sekuphelenikwezwe”AmenMathewu28:18-20

Kodwanizakwamukeliswaamandla,uMoyaoNgcweleesefikilephezukwenu,nibengofakazibami eJerusalema,naseJudiyalonke,naseSamariya,kuzekubesekugcinenikomhlabaIzEnzo1:8

I-Pentateuch

NiyaziukuthingimkhonzeuyihlongamandlaamionkeKusemandleniesandlasamiukukulimaza; kodwauNkulunkulukayihloukhulumilekimiizoloebusuku,wathi:Qaphelaukuthiungakhulumi kuJakobeokuhlenomaokubi.Genesise31:6,29

Wathi:“IgamalakhoalisayikuthiwauJakobe,kephau-Israyeli,ngokubaunamandlanoNkulunkulu nabantunjengesikhulu,wanqoba”Genesise32:28

Rubeni,wenauyizibulolami,amandlaami,nokuqalakwamandlaami,ubuhlebesithunzi,nobukhulu bamandlaGenesise49:3

Futhingeqinisongikuphakamisilengenxayalesisizathu,ukuzengiboniseamandlaamikuwe,futhi ukuzeigamalamilimenyezelweemhlabeniwonkeEksodusi9:16

Isandlasakhosokunene,Jehova,sidunyisiwengamandla;isandlasakhosokunene,Jehova, sichobozileisitha.Eksodusi15:6

Umaingamthokozisiinkosiyayo,eyithembisileyona,iyakuvumaukubaihlengwe;ayiyikuba namandlaokuyithengisaesizwenisabezizwe,ngokubaiyiphathengenkohliso.Eksodusi21:8

UMosewamncengauJehovauNkulunkuluwakhe,wathi:“Jehova,ulakalwakholubavuthelani abantubakhoowabakhiphaezwenilaseGibithengamandlaamakhulunangesandlaesinamandlana?” Eksodusi32:11

Ngiyakuphulaukuzidlakwamandlaenu,ngenzeizululenulibenjengensimbi,nomhlabawenuube njengethusi.Bayakuwaomunyephezukomunye,njengokungathibaphambikwenkemba,kungekho obaxoshayo;aniyikubanamandlaokumaphambikwezithazenu.Levitikusi26:19,37

Manje-ke,ngiyakuncenga,amandlaeNkosiyamimawabemakhulu,njengalokhoushilo,uthi: Numeri14:17

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

UBileyamuwathikuBalaki:“Bheka,sengifikilekuwe;nginamandlayinimanjeokukhulumautho? IzwiuNkulunkulualifakaemlonyeniwami,yiloengizakulikhuluma.”Numeri22:38

Futhingenxayokuthiwayebathandaoyihlo,ngakho-kewakhethainzaloyaboemvakwabo, wakukhiphaphambikwakhengamandlaakheamakhulueGibhithe;UDuteronomi4:37

Futhiuthienhliziyweniyakho,Amandlaaminamandlaesandlasamikunginikelengcebo.Kepha womkhumbulauJehovauNkulunkuluwakho,ngokubanguyenaokuphaamandlaokutholaingcebo, ukuzeaqiniseisivumelwanosakheasifungelaoyihlonjenganamuhlaDuteronomi8:17-18

Nokhobangabantubakhonefalakho,owabakhiphangamandlaakhoamakhulunangengaloyakho eyeluliweyo.UDuteronomi9:29

NgokubauJehovauyakwahlulelaabantubakhe,azihawukeleizincekuzakhe,laphoebonaukuthi amandlaaboaphelile,futhikungekhomuntuovalelweyonomaoshiywe.UDuteronomi32:36

Umlando

Amadodaase-Ayiabhekaemuva,abona,bheka,umusiwomuziwenyukelaezulwini; ayengenamandlaokubalekangalaphanangalapha;abantuababebalekeleehlanebaphendukelaemuva kubaxoshiJoshuwa8:20

UJoshuwawakhulumanendlukaJosefa,u-EfrayiminoManase,wathi:“Niyisizweesikhulu, ninamandlaamakhulu;aniyikubanesabeloesisodwakuphela;Joshuwa17:17

KwakukhonaindodayakwaBhenjamini,egamalayokwakunguKishi,indodanaka-Abiyeli,indodana kaZerori,indodanakaBekorati,indodanaka-Afiya,umBhenjamini,indodaenamandlaenamandla.1 Samuweli9:1

UDavidenabantuababenayebaphakamisaizwilabo,bakhala,kwazekwabayilaphobengasekho amandlaokukhala1Samuweli30:4

UNkulunkuluungamandlaaminamandlaami;uyenzaindlelayamiiphelele2Samuweli22:33

KodwauJehova,owanikhuphulaezwenilaseGibhithengamandlaamakhulunangengaloeyeluliweyo, nguyeeniyakumesaba,nimkhonze,nimhlabele2AmaKhosi17:36

Ngakho-keizakhamuzizayozazinamandlaamancane,zashaywaluvalofuthizadumala; zazinjengotshanibasendle,notshaniobuluhlaza,njengotshaniobuphezukwezindlu,nanjengommbila oshisiweungakakhuli.2AmaKhosi19:26

Kwathiekuphelenikonyaka,ngesikhathiamakhosiaphumangasoimpi,uJowabewaholaamabutho empi,wachithaizwelabantwanabakwa-Amoni,wezawavimbezelaiRaba.UDavidewahlala eJerusalema;uJowabewalinqobaiRaba,walichitha1IziKronike20:1

OJehova,ubukhulu,namandla,nodumo,nokunqoba,nobukhosi,ngokubakonkeokusezulwini nasemhlabenikungokwakho;umbusoungowakho,Jehova,wenauphakemenjengenhlokophezu kwakhokonke.Ingcebonodumokuvelakuwe,wenaubusaphezukwakhokonke;esandlenisakho kukhonaamandlanobukhosi;esandlenisakhokukhonaukukhulisanokunikabonkeamandla1 IziKronike29:11-12

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

U-AsawakhalakuJehovauNkulunkuluwakhe,wathi:“Jehova,akukholuthoolukuweukusiza,noma ngabaninginomaabangenamandla;sisize,JehovaNkulunkuluwethu,ngokubasithembelekuwe, egamenilakhosiyakulesisixukuJehova,wenaunguNkulunkuluwethu;makungabikhomuntu onqobayo.”2IziKronike14:11

wathi:“JehovaNkulunkuluwawobaba,awusiyeuNkulunkuluezulwini,awusiyeumbusiwemibuso yonkeyezizwe,na?Akukhoyiniamandlanegunyaesandlenisakho,akakhoongamelananawena?” 2IziKronike20:6

Wamfunau-Ahaziya;bambamba,ngokubawayecasheeSamariya,bamyisakuJehu;bambulala, bammbela,ngokubabathi:“UyindodanakaJehoshafatiowafunauJehovangenhliziyoyakheyonke.” Ngakhoindluka-Ahaziyayayingenawoamandlaokugcinaumbuso.2IziKronike22:9

Kodwaumauthandaukuhamba,yenza,yibanamandlaempini;uNkulunkuluuyakukuwisaphambi kwesitha,ngokubauNkulunkuluunamandlaokusizanokuwisaphansi2IziKronike25:8

Ngaphansikwesandlasabokwakukhonaibutho,izinkulungwaneezingamakhuluamathathu nesikhombisanamakhuluamahlanu,elalilwangamandlaamakhulu,ukusizainkosiekulweninesitha 2IziKronike26:13

NgemvakwalokhouSaneheribiinkosiyase-AsiriyawathumelaizincekuzakheeJerusalema(kodwa yenangokwakhewayevimbezeleiLakishikanyenamandlaakheonkekanyenaye),kuHezekiya inkosiyakwaJudanakubobonkeabakwaJudaababeseJerusalema,wathi:2IziKronike32:9

Kwathilaphoikhophiyencwadiyenkosiu-AritahishashitaisifundiwephambikukaRehumi noShimshayiumbhalinabanganebabo,bakhuphukelaeJerusalemangokusheshakumaJuda, bawamisangamandlanangamandla.U-Ezra4:23

Ngobanganginamahloniukucelaenkosiniibutholabamahhashinabamahhashiukubabasisize esitheniendleleni,ngobasasikhulumenenkosisathi:“IsandlasikaNkulunkuluwethusiphezukwabo bonkeabamfunayoukubakubekuhle,kodwaamandlaakhenentukutheloyakhekuphezukwabo bonkeabamshiyayo.”U-Ezra8:22

Laba-keyizincekuzakhonabantubakho,obahlengilengamandlaakhoamakhulunangesandlasakho esinamandla.UNehemiya1:10

Kodwamanjeinyamayethuinjengenyamayabafowethu,abantwanabethubanjengabantwanababo; futhi,bheka,sigqilazaamadodanaethunamadodakaziethuukubaabeyizigqila,kantiamanye amadodakaziethuasegqilaziwekakade;futhiasinawoamandlaokuwahlenga;ngobaabanyeabantu banamasimuethunezivinizethu.UNehemiya5:5

Ngomnyakawesithathuwokubusakwakhe,wenzelazonkeizikhuluzakhenezincekuzakheidili, amandlaasePheresiyanaseMediya,izikhulunezikhuluzezifundazwe,ezaziphambikwakhe;U-Esteri 1:3

laphoinkosiyanikakhonaamaJudaayesemiziniyonkeithubalokubuthanandawonye,nokumela impiloyawo,ukubhubhisa,ukubulala,nokwenzaukubawonkeamandlaabantunezifundazwe ezazibahlasela,izinganenabesifazane,nokuthathaimpangoyaboibeyimpango,U-Esteri8:11

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ngenyangayeshuminambili,okuyinyangaka-Adari,ngosukulweshuminantathulwayo,lapho umyalowenkosinomthethowayokwasekusondelaukubakufezwe,ngosukuizithazamaJuda ezazinethembalokubanamandlaphezukwazo,nakubakwaguqulwangokuphambene,ukuthi amaJudaayebusaphezukwalaboababewazonda;U-Esteri9:1

Zonkeizenzozakhezamandlanamandlaakhe,kanyenesimemezelosobukhulubukaMoridekayi, inkosieyamphakamiselakubo,azilotshwangayiniencwadiniyezindabazemihlangemihla yamakhosiaseMediyanasePheresiya?U-Esteri10:2

Izinkondlo

UJehovawathikuSathane:“Bheka,konkeanakhokusezandlenizakho;kuphelakuyenaungabeki isandlasakho”USathanewasukaebuswenibukaJehovaJobe1:12

Endlaleniuyakukuhlengaekufeni,nasempiniemandlenienkembaJobe5:20

Kunganiababibephila,baguge,yebo,baqinengamandla?UJobe21:7

Uzongiphikisangamandlaakheamakhuluna?Cha,kodwauzonginikaamandla.UJobe23:6

Uyadonsanabanamandlangamandlaakhe;uyavuka,akakhooqinisekangokuphilaUJobe24:22

Umsizekanjaniongenamandla,usindisekanjaniingaloengenamandla?UJobe26:2

Uhlukanisaulwandlengamandlaakhe,futhingokuqondakwakheuyabashayaabaqhoshayo.Bheka, leziziyizingxenyezezindlelazakhe:kephayekaukuthikuzwakalakancanekangakananingaye, kephangubaniongakuqondaukudumakwamandlaakhe?Jobe26:12,14

Bheka,uNkulunkuluuphakemengamandlaakhe;ngubaniofundisanjengayena?UJobe36:22

UmasikhulumangoSomandla,asinakumthola:unamandlaamakhulu,nangokwehlulela, nangokwehlulelaokukhulu;akayikuhlupha.UJobe37:23

Ngekengifihleizingxenyezakhe,namandlaakhe,nomaubuhlebakheUJobe41:12

Phakama,Jehova,ngamandlaakho;ngakho-kesiyakuhlabelela,sidumiseamandlaakhoAmaHubo 21:13

Sindisaumphefumulowamienkembeni,isithandwasamiemandlenienjaAmaHubo22:20

IzwilikaJehovalinamandla,izwilikaJehovaligcweleubukhosiAmaHubo29:4

Ngimbonileomubienamandlaamakhulu,futhiesakazekanjengomuthioluhlazaoluhlaza.AmaHubo 37:35

KodwauNkulunkuluuzongikhululaumphefumulowamiemandleniesihogo,ngobauzongamukela Sela.AmaHubo49:15

Ungababulali,funaabantubamibakhohlwe;bahlakazengamandlaakho;ubawisephansi,Nkosi, sihlangusethu.Kephaminangiyakuhlabelelangamandlaakho,yebo,ngiyakuhlabelelangomusa

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

wakhoekuseni,ngokubaubuyisiphephelosaminosiphephelosamingosukulokuhluphekakwami IHubo59:11,16

UNkulunkuluukhulumilekanye,ngikuzwilekabiliukuthiamandlaangakaNkulunkuluAmaHubo 62:11

Ukuzengiboneamandlaakhonenkazimuloyakho,njengobangikubonileendliniengcwele. AmaHubo63:2

Yenaoqinisaizintabangamandlaakhe,ebhinceamandla.AmaHubo65:6

YishonikuNkulunkulu,uthi:“Yekaukwesabekakwakhoemisebenziniyakho!Ngenxayobukhulu bamandlaakhoizithazakhoziyakuzithobaphansikwakho.”Uyabusangamandlaakhekuzekube phakade;amehloakheayabukaizizwe;abahlubukimabangaphakamisiSelaAmaHubo66:3,7

ONkulunkulu,uyesabekaezindawenizakhoezingcwele:uNkulunkuluka-Israyelinguyenaonika abantubakheamandlanamandla.MakabongweuNkulunkulu.AmaHubo68:35

Futhinxasengimdala,ngimpunga,ungangishiyi,ngizengiboniseamandlaakhokulesisizukulwane, namandlaakhokubobonkeabazayo.AmaHubo71:18

Wavunguzaumoyawasempumalangaezulwini,walethaumoyawaseningizimungamandlaakhe. AmaHubo78:26

Ukububulakwesiboshwamakufikephambikwakho;londolozalaboabamiselweukufangobukhulu bamandlaakho;AmaHubo79:11

Ngubaniowaziyoamandlaentukutheloyakho,ngishonolakalwakholunjengokwesabakwakho?

AmaHubo90:11

Nokhowabasindisangenxayegamalakhe,ukuzeabonakaliseamandlaakheamakhuluAmaHubo 106:8

Abantubakhobazozinikelangenhliziyongosukulwamandlaakho,ebuhlenibobungcwelekusukela esizalwenisokusa;unamazoloobushabakho.AmaHubo110:3

Ubabonisileabantubakheamandlaemisebenziyakhe,ukuzeabanikeifalabezizweAmaHubo111:6

Bazakhulumangenkazimuloyombusowakho,bakhulumengamandlaakho;AmaHubo145:11

INkosiyethuinkulu,inamandlaamakhulu;ukuqondakwayoakunamkhawulo.AmaHubo147:5

DumisaniuJehova.DumisaniuNkulunkuluendliniyakheengcwele;mdumiseniesibhakabhakeni samandlaakheAmaHubo150:1

Ungagodleliokuhlelabookufanelebona,umakusemandleniesandlasakhoukukwenza.IzAga3:27

Ukufanokuphilakusemandleniolimi;nabaluthandayobayakudlaizithelozalo.IzAga18:21

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ngasengibuya,ngabonakonkeukucindezelaokwenziwaphansikwelanga;bhekaizinyembezi zabacindezelwayo,bengenamduduzi;futhiohlangothinilwabacindezelibabokwakukhonaamandla, kodwabonababengenamduduziUmShumayeli4:1

FuthiwonkeumuntuuNkulunkuluamnikeingcebonengcebo,wamnikanamandlaokudlakuyo, nokuthathaisabelosakhe,nokuthokozangomsebenziwakhe,lokhukuyisiphosikaNkulunkulu UmShumayeli5:19

UmuntuuNkulunkuluamnikeingcebo,ingcebo,nodumo,azeangasweliluthongomphefumulo wakhekukhokonkeakufisayo,nokhouNkulunkuluakamnikiamandlaokudlakukho,kepha umfokaziuyakukudla;lokhukuyize,kuyisifoesibiUmShumayeli6:2

Laphokukhonaizwilenkosi,kukhonaamandla;futhingubaniongashokuyoukuthi:Wenzani? Akukhomuntuonamandlaphezukomoyaukubambaumoya;futhiakanawoamandlangosukulokufa; futhiakukhoukukhululwakuleyompi;futhiububiabuyikukhululalaboabazinikelekubo. UmShumayeli8:4,8

Isiprofetho

Ngakho-keizakhamuzizayozazinamandlaamancane,zashaywaluvalofuthizadumala: zazinjengotshanibasendle,notshaniobuluhlaza,njengotshaniobuphezukwezindlu,nanjengommbila oshisiweungakakhuli.Isaya37:27

Phakamiselaniamehloenuphezulu,niboneukuthingubaniowadalalezizinto,okhiphaibutholazo ngesibalo;uzibizazonkengamagamangobukhulubamandlaakhe,ngokubaunamandlaamakhulu; akukhoneyodwaephelayoUnikaababuthakathakaamandla,nabangenamandlauyabandisaamandla Isaya40:26,29

Okhiphainqolanehhashi,ibuthonamandla;bayakulalandawonye,abayikuvuka;baphelile, bacinyiwenjengotshani.Isaya43:17

Bheka,bayakubanjengezinhlanga,umliloubashise,abayikuzisindisaemandlenielangabi, akuyikubakhoilahlelokufudumeza,akuyikubakhoumlilowokuhlalaphambikwawoIsaya47:14

Kungani,laphongifika,kwakungekhomuntu?laphongibiza,kwakungekhomuntuophendulayo? Isandlasamisifinyeziwenhlobo,ukuthiasinakuhlenga?Nomaanginamandlaokukhulula?Bheka, ngokukhuzakwamingiyawomisaulwandle,ngenzeimifulaibeyihlane;izinhlanzizayoziyanuka ngobakungekhomanzi,futhiziyafaukomaIsaya50:2

Wenzileumhlabangamandlaakhe,wamisaizwengokuhlakaniphakwakhe,welulaamazulu ngokuqondakwakheJeremiya10:12

Minangenzeumhlaba,umuntunesilwaneesisemhlabeni,ngamandlaamiamakhulunangengaloyami eyeluliweyo,futhingiwunikenomaubaniengibonakufaneleJeremiya27:5

Nkulunkulu,bheka,wenawenzileizulunomhlabangamandlaakhoamakhulunangengaloyakho eyeluliweyo;akukholuthoolunzimakuwe.Jeremiya32:17

Wenzileumhlabangamandlaakhe,wamisaizwengokuhlakaniphakwakhe,welulaizulungokuqonda kwakhe.Jeremiya51:15

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

“Thana,uthi:‘IshokanjeiNkosiuJehova:Izakuphumelelana?Ayizukusiphulaizimpandezayo, inqumeizithelozayo,ukuzeibune?Iyakubunakuwowonkeamaqabungaayoahlumayo,kungabikho mandlaamakhulunomaabantuabaningibokusiphulangezimpandezayo’Hezekeli17:9

Bheka,izikhuluzakwa-Israyeli,yilesonalesosasiphakathikwakhongamandlaasoukuchithaigazi Hezekeli22:6

UshokanjeuJehova,uthi:“NaboabasekelaiGibithebayakuwa,nokuziqhenyakwamandlaalo kuyakwehla;kusukelaembhoshongweniwaseSiyenebayakuwakulongenkemba,ishoiNkosi uJehova”Hezekeli30:6

Wenankosi,uyinkosiyamakhosi,ngokubauNkulunkuluwasezulwiniukunikileumbuso,amandla, namandla,nenkazimuloDaniyeli2:37

Izikhulu,ababusi,nezinduna,nabelulekibenkosi,babuthanandawonye,babonalawamadoda,umlilo wawoungenawoamandlaemizimbeniyawo,futhiizinwelezawoazizangezisha,futhiizingubo zawoazizangezishintshe,futhiiphungalomliloalizangelidlulekuwo.Daniyeli3:27

Inkosiyakhulumayathi:“AkulonayinileliiBabilonielikhuluengilakhilelibeyindluyombuso ngamandlaamiamakhulu,nangenxayodumolobukhosibami?”Daniyeli4:30

Uyakhulula,akhulule,futhiwenzaizibonakalisonezimangalisoezulwininasemhlabeni,yena okhululeuDaniyeliemandleniezingonyamaDaniyeli6:27

Yafikaenqamenieyayinezimpondoezimbili,engangiyibonileimiphambikomfula,yagijimelakuyo ngokufuthekakwamandlaayoNgayibonaisondelaenqameni,yavuthangolakakuyo,yayishaya inqama,yaphulaizimpondozayoezimbili;kwakungekhomandlaenqameniokumaphambikwayo, kodwayayiphonsaphansi,yayinyathela;kwakungekhomuntuowayengayophulainqamaesandleni sayo.Daniyeli8:6-7

Manjenjengobakwaphulwa,kwathieminyeemineyavelaesikhundlenisayo,imibusoemine iyakuvelaesizweni,kodwakungengamandlaayo.Amandlaayoayakubamakhulu,kodwa kungengamandlaayo;iyakubhubhisangokumangalisayo,iphumelele,yenze,ibhubhiseabantu abanamandlanabangcwele.Daniyeli8:22,24

Ekuphelenikweminyakabayakuhlangana,ngokubaindodakaziyenkosiyaseningizimuiyakufika enkosiniyasenyakathoukwenzaisivumelwano;kodwaayiyikugcinaamandlaengalo;nayo ayiyikuma,nengaloyayo;kodwaiyakunikelwa,nabayilethileyo,nowayizalayo,nowayiqinisayo kulezizikhathi.Daniyeli11:6

Uyovusaamandlaakhenesibindisakhengokumelenenenkosiyaseningizimungempienkulu;futhi inkosiyaseningizimuiyovuselwaempiningempienkulunenamandlakakhulu;kodwangekeime, ngobabayocebaamacebongokumelenenayoDaniyeli11:25

Kodwaiyobusaphezukwengceboyegolidenesiliva,naphezukwazozonkeizintoeziyigugu zaseGibhithe:futhiamaLibiyanamaTopiyaayobasezinyathelwenizayoDaniyeli11:43

Ngamuzwaumuntuowembetheilineni,owayephezukwamanziomfula,laphoephakamisaisandla sakhesokunenenesandlasakhesokhohloezulwini,efungaophilayokuzekubephakadeukuthi

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

kuyakubayisikhathi,nezikhathi,nengxenye;nalaphoeseqedileukuhlakazaamandlaabantu abangcwele,zonkelezizintoziyakuqedwa.Daniyeli12:7

Wabambaumfowabongesithendeesiswini,futhingamandlaakhewabanamandlanoNkulunkulu: Yebo,wayenamandlaphezukwengelosi,wanqoba;wakhala,wamnxusa;wamtholaeBethele,futhi laphowakhulumanathi;Hoseya12:3-4

Ngizobahlengaemandleniethuneni;Ngizobahlengaekufeni:Okufa,ngizobayizinhluphozakho;O ngcwaba,ngizobayimbubhisoyakho:ukuphendukakuzofihlwaemehlweniamiHoseya13:14

Mayekulaboabacebaububi,benzeokubiemibhedeniyabo!Laphokusakhanya,bayakwenza,ngoba kusemandleniesandlasabo!Mika2:1

KodwaminangigcweleamandlangoMoyakaJehova,nangokwahlulela,nangamandla,ukuze ngitsheleuJakobeiziphambekozakhe,no-Israyeliisonosakhe.Mika3:8

UJehovauyephuzaukuthukuthela,futhiunamandlaamakhulu,futhingekeamkhululenhloboomubi; uJehovaunendlelayakheesivunguvungwininasesiphephweni,namafuawuthulilwezinyawozakhe. Nahume1:3

Lowoophahlazaizingcezuukhuphukelephambikwakho;gcinainqaba,ulindeindlela,uqinise izinkalozakho,uqiniseamandlaakhokakhulu.Nahume2:1

Khona-keingqondoyakheiyoguquka,futhiuyodlula,futhiuyokwenzaicala,ethilokhukunamandla akhekunkulunkuluwakhe.Habakuki1:11

Mayekulowoofisaindluyakheingceboembi,ukuzeabekeisidlekesakhephezulu,ukuzeakhululwe emandleniobubi!Habakuki2:9

Ukukhanyakwakhekwakunjengokukhanya,kwaphumaizimpondoesandlenisakhe,lapho kwakukhonakhonaukufihlaamandlaakheHabakuki3:4

Wayesephendula,wakhulumakimi,wathi:“NantiizwilikaJehovakuZerubabele,lithi:‘Akusikho ngamandla,kungabingamandla,kodwangomoyawami,’ushouJehovaSebawoti’Zakariya4:6

Bheka,iNkosiizoyixosha,futhiizoshayaamandlaayoolwandle,futhiiyodliwangumlilo.Zakariya 9:4

AmaVangelikanyenezEnzo

Futhiungasingenisiesilingweni,kodwausikhululekokubi:Ngobaumbusoungowakho,namandla, nenkazimulo,kuzekubephakade.Amen.Mathewu6:13

KodwaukuzenaziukuthiiNdodanayomuntuinamandlaemhlabeniokuthethelelaizono,(wabe esethikofeuhlangothi):“Vuka,uthatheumbhedewakho,uyeendliniyakho.”Mathewu9:6

Kodwaizixukuzikubonalokho,zamangala,zamdumisauNkulunkulu,owanikaabantuamandla anjalo.Mathewu9:8

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Wabizaabafundibakheabayishuminambili,wabanikaamandlaphezukwemimoyaengcolileyo ukubabayikhiphe,nokuphulukisazonkeizifonokugulakonke.Mathewu10:1

UJesuwaphendulawathikubo:“Nidukile,ningayaziimibhalo,namandlakaNkulunkulu”Mathewu 22:29

Masinyaneemvakosizilwalezozinsukuilangaliyofiphala,nenyangangekeikhanyise,nezinkanyezi ziyowaezulwini,namandlaasezulwiniazanyazanyiswa.Khona-kekuyovelaisibonakaliso seNdodanayomuntuezulwini:besezonkeizizwezomhlabaziyakukhala,ziboneiNdodanayomuntu izaemafwiniezuluinamandlanenkazimuloenkulu.Mathewu24:29-30

UJesuwathikuye:“Ushokhona.”Nokhongithikini:KusukelamanjeniyakubonaiNdodana yomuntuihlezingakwesokunenesamandla,izaemafwiniezulu.”Mathewu26:64

UJesuwezawakhulumakubo,wathi:“Ngiphiweamandlaonkeezulwininasemhlabeni.”Ngakho-ke hambaninifundiseizizwezonke,nibabhapathizeegamenilikaYiseneleNdodananelikaMoya oNgcwele,20nibafundiseukugcinakonkeenginiyalengakho;bhekani,nginaninjalokuzekube sekuphelenikwezwe.Amen.Mathewu28:18-20

KodwaukuzenaziukuthiiNdodanayomuntuinamandlaemhlabeniokuthethelelaizono,(eshokofe uhlangothi,)UMarku2:10

Futhibabenamandlaokuphulukisaizifo,nokukhiphaamademoni.UMarku3:15

Wayesebizaabayishuminambili,waqalaukubathumangababili,wabanikaamandlaphezu kwemimoyaengcolileyo;UMarku6:7

Wathikubo:“Ngiqinisilengithikini:Bakhonaabanyekwabemilaphaabangayikuzwaukufa,baze baboneumbusokaNkulunkuluufikangamandla”UMarku9:1

UJesuwaphendulawathikubo:“Anidukiyiningalokhu,ngokubaningayaziimibhalo,namandla kaNkulunkuluna?”UMarku12:24

Izinkanyezizezuluziyakuwa,namandlaasezulwiniayakuzanyazanyiswaKhona-kebayakubona iNdodanayomuntuizaemafwiniinamandlaamakhulunenkazimulo.Marku13:25-26

UJesuwathi:“Nginguye;nizakubonaiNdodanayomuntuihlezingakwesokunenesamandla,iza emafwiniezulu.”UMarku14:62

Futhiuyakuhambaphambikwakhengomoyanangamandlaka-Eliya,ukuphendulelaizinhliziyo zawoyisekubantwana,nabangalaleliekuhlakaniphenikwabalungileyo,ukulungiselelaisizwe esilungisiweyoeNkosiniULuka1:17

Ingelosiyaphendulayathikuye:“UMoyaoNgcweleuzakuzaphezukwakho,amandlaoPhezukonke akusibekele;ngakho-kelokhookungcweleokuzozalwanguwekuyakuthiwaiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”ULuka1:35

UDeveliwathikuye:“Ngizokunikalonkeleligunyakanyenenkazimuloyalo,ngokubalinikwemina, futhingilinikanomaubaniengithandaukumnikalona”ULuka4:6

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

UJesuwabuyelaeGalilengamandlakaMoya;udumolwakhelwasakazekakulolonkeizwe elizungezile.Bamangalangemfundisoyakhe,ngokubaizwilakhelalinamandla.Bonkebamangala, bakhulumabodwa,bathi:“Yizwielinjanileli,ngokubauyalayaomoyaabangcolileyongegunya nangamandla,baphume?”ULuka4:14,32,36

Kwathingolunyeusuku,efundisa,kwakukhonaabaFarisinabafundisibomthethoababehlezikhona, bevelaemiziniyonkeyaseGalile,naseJudiya,naseJerusalema;amandlaeNkosiayekhona ukubaphulukisa.KodwaukuzenaziukuthiiNdodanayomuntuinamandlaemhlabeniokuthethelela izono,”wathikofeuhlangothi,“Ngithikuwe:Vuka,uthatheuhlakalwakho,uyeendliniyakho” Luka5:17,24

Wasebizaabafundibakheabayishuminambilindawonye,wabanikaamandlanegunyaphezu kwamademonionke,nokuphulukisaizifo.BonkebamangalangamandlaamakhulukaNkulunkulu. KephabesamangazweyizozonkeizintouJesuazenzileyo,wathikubafundibakhe:Luka9:1,43

Bhekani,ngininikaamandlaokunyathelaizinyokanofezela,naphezukwamandlaonkeesitha; akukholuthooluyonilimaza.ULuka10:19

Kodwangizonitshelakusengaphambiliukuthiubanienimelweukumesaba:Mesabenilowoothi esebuleleabenamandlaokuphonsaesihogweni;yebo,ngithikini:Mesabenilowo.Futhiuma beniyisaemasinagogeni,nakubabusi,nasemagunyeni,ningakhathazekingokuthinizophendula kanjaninokuthinizothini,nomaukuthinizothini.Luka12:5,11

Bamqaphela,bathumaizinhloli,ezazizenzaabalungileyo,ukuzezimbambeemazwiniakhe,ukuze zimnikeleemandleninasemandleniombusi.ULuka20:20

Izinhliziyozabantuziyaphelaamandlangenxayokwesaba,nokulindelaizintoezizayoemhlabeni: ngobaamandlaasezulwiniayakuzanyazanyiswa.Khona-kebayakubonaiNdodanayomuntuiza efwiniinamandlanenkazimuloenkuluLuka21:26-27

Ngesikhathinginaniethempeliniimihlangemihla,anizangeneluleleizandlakimi;kodwalesi yisikhathisenu,namandlaobumnyamaKusukelamanjeiNdodanayomuntuizakuhlala ngakwesokunenesamandlakaNkulunkulu.Luka22:53,69

Bhekani,ngiyathumelaisithembisosikaBabaphezukwenu;kephahlalaniemziniwaseJerusalema, nizenembathisweamandlaavelaphezulu.ULuka24:49

KodwabonkeabamamukelayowabaphaamandlaokubangabantwanabakaNkulunkulu,labo abakholwaegamenilakhe:Johane1:12

Akekhoongangithathelakona,kodwaminangikudelangokwami.Nginamandlaokukudela,futhi nginamandlaokubuyengikuthatheLomyalongiwamukelekuBabaJohane10:18

Njengobauyinikileamandlaphezukwenyamayonke,ukuzeinikebonkeoyinikebonaukuphila okuphakade.Johane17:2

UPilatuwathikuye:“Awukhuluminamina?Awaziukuthinginamandlaokukubethela esiphambanweni,futhinginamandlaokukukhulula?”UJesuwaphendulawathi:“Ubungekeube namandlangami,umaungawanikwangaevelaphezulu;ngakho-keonginikelekuweunesono esikhulu”Johane19:10-11

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Wathikubo:“AkusikhookwenuukwaziizikhathinomaizinkathiuBabaazibekengamandlaakhe.” Kodwanizakwamukeliswaamandla,uMoyaoNgcweleesefikilephezukwenu,nibengofakazibami eJerusalema,naseJudiyalonke,naseSamariya,kuzekubesekugcinenikomhlabaIzEnzo1:7-8

KwathiuPetruekubonalokho,waphendulawathikubantu:“Madodaakwa-Israyeli,nimangalelani ngalokhu,nomanisibhekakanjaningokungathingamandlaethunomangobungcwelebethusimenze lomuntuwahamba?”IzEnzo3:12

Basebebamisaphakathikwabo,bababuzabathi:“Nikwenzelokhungaliphiigunya,nomangaliphi igama?”AbaphostolibafakazangamandlaamakhulungokuvukakweNkosiuJesu;umusaomkhulu wawuphezukwabobonke.IzEnzo4:7,33

Ngesikhathiisekhona,bekungesiyoeyakhona?Futhingemvakokuthengiswakwayo,bekungesiyo eyakhoyini?Kunganiucabangelokhuenhliziyweniyakho?Awuqambangaamangakubantu,kodwa kuNkulunkuluIzEnzo5:4

UStefanu,egcweleukholonamandla,wenzaizimangalisoezinkulunezimangalisophakathi kwabantuIzEnzo6:8

Bamlalelabonke,kusukelakomncanekuyakomkhulu,bethi:“Lomuntuungamandlaamakhulu kaNkulunkulu.”Wathi,“Ngipheninamileligunya,ukuzenomaubaniengibekaizandlaphezu kwakheamukeleuMoyaoNgcwele.”IzEnzo8:10,19

IndlelauNkulunkuluamgcobangayouJesuwaseNazarethangoMoyaoNgcwelenangamandla: owahambaenzaokuhle,ephulukisabonkeabacindezelwenguDeveli,ngokubauNkulunkulu wayenayeIzEnzo10:38

Ukuvulaamehloabo,nokubaguqulaebumnyamenibayeekukhanyeni,nasekubusenikukaSathane bayekuNkulunkulu,ukuzebamukeleukuthethelelwakwezono,nefaphakathikwabangcwelisiwe ngokukholwakimiIzEnzo26:18

Izincwadi

FuthiwabonakaliswangamandlaukuthiuyiNdodanakaNkulunkulungokoMoyawobungcwele, ngokuvukakwabafileyo:NgokubaanginamahloningevangelilikaKristu,ngokubalingamandla kaNkulunkulu,kubeyinsindisokubobonkeabakholwayo,kumJudakuqala,nakumGrekifuthi. Ngobaizintozakheezingabonakalikusukelaekudalwenikomhlabazibonakalangokucacile, ziqondakalangezintoezenziwe,ngishonamandlaakheaphakadenobuNkulunkulubakhe, kangangokuthiabanazaba.KwabaseRoma1:4,16,20

Ngokubangiyaqinisekaukuthinakufa,nakuphila,nazingelosi,nababusi,namandla,nazintoezikhona, nazintoezizayo,KwabaseRoma8:38

NgobaumbhalouthikuFaro,“Ngikuphakamiseleyonalenjongo,ukuzengibonakaliseamandlaami kuwe,futhiukuzeigamalamilimenyezelweemhlabeniwonke”Umbumbiakanaloyiniigunya phezukobumba,lokwenzangesigaxaesifanayoisitshaesinyeesihloniphekayonesinye esingahloniphekiyo?KuthiwaniumauNkulunkulu,ethandaukubonakalisaulakalwakhe,nokwazisa amandlaakhe,wabekezelelangokubekezelaokukhuluizitshazolakaezilungiselweukubhujiswa, KwabaseRoma9:17,21-22

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Wonkeumphefumulomawuzithobeemandleniaphezulu,ngokubaakukhomandlaangaveli kuNkulunkulu;amandlaakhonaamiswenguNkulunkuluNgakho-kenomangubaniomelana namandla,umelananesimisosikaNkulunkulu;futhilaboabamelananawobayakwamukelaisijeziso Ngokubaababusiabamesabiimisebenziemihle,kodwaababi.Ngakho-keawuyikwesabaamandla? Yenzaokuhle,uyakudunyiswayiwoKwabaseRoma13:1-3

UNkulunkuluwethembamakanigcwalisengenjabuloyonkenokuthulaekukholweni,ukuzenivame ethembeningamandlakaMoyaoNgcweleNgezibonakalisonezimangalisozamandla,ngamandla kaMoyakaNkulunkulu;kangangokuthikusukelaeJerusalema,nasezindaweniezizungezilekuze kubese-Iliriku,ngishumayeleivangelilikaKristungokugcweleKwabaseRoma15:13,19

Manjekuyeonamandlaokuniqinisangokwevangelilami,nangokushunyayelwakukaJesuKristu, ngokwembulwakwemfihlakaloeyayifihliwekwasekuqalenikwezwe,KwabaseRoma16:25

Ngokubaintshumayeloyesiphambanokwababhubhayoiyibuwula,kephakithinaesisindiswayo ingamandlakaNkulunkulu.Kephakuboababiziweyo,amaJudanamaGreki,uKristuamandla kaNkulunkulunokuhlakaniphakukaNkulunkulu.1Korinte1:18,24

Futhiinkulumoyaminokushumayelakwamikwakungengamazwiokuhlakaniphaokuhehayo,kodwa kwabangokubonakaliswakoMoyanokwamandlaUkuzeukukholwakwenukungabi ngokuhlakaniphakwabantu,kodwangamandlakaNkulunkulu.1Korinte2:4-5

Kodwangizokuzakiningokushesha,umaiNkosiithanda,futhingizokwazi,hhayiinkulumoyalabo abakhukhumele,kodwaamandla.NgobaumbusokaNkulunkuluawukhongezwi,kodwangamandla. 1Korinte4:19-20

EgamenileNkosiyethuuJesuKristu,laphonihlangenendawonye,nomoyawami,ngamandlaeNkosi yethuuJesuKristu,1KwabaseKhorinte5:4

Konkekuvunyelwekimi,kodwaakusizozonkeizintoezinhle;konkekuvunyelwekimi,kodwamina angiyikubuswayinomayiliphiigunyaUNkulunkuluwayivusaiNkosi,nathiuyakusivusangamandla akhe.1Korinte6:12,14

Umfaziakanawoamandlaphezukomzimbawakhe,kodwayindodayakhe;kanjalonendodaayinawo amandlaphezukomzimbawayo,kodwangumfaziwayo.Kodwalowoomieqinileenhliziyweni yakhe,engenasidingo,kodwaenamandlaphezukwentandoyakhe,futhienqumileenhliziyweni yakheukuthiuzogcinaubuntombibakhe,wenzakahle.1Korinte7:4,37

Asinawoamandlaokudlanokuphuza?Asinawoyiniamandlaokuholaudadewethu,umkami,kanye nabanyeabaphostoli,nanjengabafowabobeNkosi,noKhefase?NomayiminoBarnabakuphela esingenaloyiniigunyalokuyekaukusebenza?1Korinte9:4-6

Umaabanyebehlanganyelalawamandlaphezukwenu,akunjalothinakakhulu?Nokho asiwasebenzisangalawamandla,kodwasibekezelelakonke,ukuzesingavimbeliivangelilikaKristu. Uyiniumvuzowami-ke?Impela,umangishumayelaivangeli,ngizokwenzaivangelilikaKristu lingabinazindleko,ukuzengingasebenzisikabiamandlaamievangelini1Korinte9:12,18

Ngenxayalokhuowesifazanekufaneleabenegunyaekhandalakhengenxayezingelosi1Korinte 11:10

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Besekufikaukuphela,laphoeyonikelaumbusokuNkulunkuluuBaba,laphoeyobeechithekonke ukubusa,nalolonkeigunya,namandla1KwabaseKhorinte15:24

Kuhlwanyelwaehlazweni,kuvuswaenkazimulweni;kuvuswaebuthakathakeni,kuvuswaemandleni; 1KwabaseKhorinte15:43

Kodwasilaloleliguguezitshenizobumba,ukuzeubukhulubamandlabubengokaNkulunkulu, kungabingobethu2KwabaseKhorinte4:7

Ngezwileqiniso,ngamandlakaNkulunkulu,ngezikhalizokulungangakwesokunene nangakwesobunxele,2KwabaseKhorinte6:7

Ngobangokwamandlaabo,ngiyafakaza,yebo,nangaphezukwamandlaabobavuma;2 KwabaseKhorinte8:3

Ngobabathi,izincwadizakhezinzimafuthizinamandla;kodwaukubakhonakwakhengokomzimba kubuthakathaka,nokukhulumakwakhekuyadelela.2KwabaseKhorinte10:10

Wathikimi:“Umusawamiukwanele;ngokubaamandlaamiapheleliswaebuthakathakeni.” Ngakho-kengithandakakhuluukuzibongangobuthakathakabami,ukuzeamandlakaKristuahlale phezukwami.”2KwabaseKhorinte12:9

Ngokubanomawabethelwaesiphambanweningobuthakathaka,nokhouyaphilangamandla kaNkulunkulu.Ngokubanathisibuthakathakakuye,kodwasiyakuphilanayengamandla kaNkulunkulungakini2KwabaseKhorinte13:4

Ngakho-kengibhalalezizintongingekho,ukuzekuthilaphongikhonangingasebenzisiubukhali, ngokwamandlaiNkosienginikewonaokwakha,hhayiokubhidliza2KwabaseKhorinte13:10

Futhiubukhulubamandlaakheobukhulukakhulukithiesikholwayo,ngokokusebenzakwamandla akheamakhulu,Ngaphezukwakhokonkeukubusa,namandla,namandla,nobukhosi,namagama onkeaqanjwayo,kungekulelizwekuphela,kodwanakuloelizayo:Kwabase-Efesu1:19,21

Enibenihambakuzongokwendlelayalelizwe,ngokombusiwamandlaomkhathi,umoyaosebenza manjekubantwanabokungalaleli,Kwabase-Efesu2:2

engenziwaisikhonzisalongokwesiphosomusakaNkulunkuluengisiphiwengokusebenza kwamandlaakheUkuzemanjeohulumeninamandlaezindawenizasezulwinikwaziweyibandla ukuhlakaniphakukaNkulunkuluokuninginingi,Manjekuyeonamandlaokwenzaokungaphezu kwalokhoesikucelayonesikucabangayo,ngokwamandlaasebenzakithi,Kwabase-Efesu3:7,10,20

Okokugcina,bazalwanebami,qinanieNkosininasemandleniayoamakhulu.Ngokubaasilwi nenyamanegazi,kodwasilwanemibuso,namandla,nababusibobumnyamabalelizwe,nobubi bomoyaezindawenieziphakemeyo.Kwabase-Efesu6:10,12

Ukuzengimaziyena,namandlaokuvukakwakhe,nokuhlanganyelaezinhluphekwenizakhe,ngifane nokufakwakhe;KwabaseFilipi3:10

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Niqiniswengamandlaonke,ngokwamandlaakheamangalisayo,ukuzenibenokubekezelakonke nokubekezelangenjabulo;Owasikhululaemandleniobumnyama,wasiyisaembusweniweNdodana yakheethandekayo;Ngokubakonkekwadalwangaye,okusezulwininasemhlabeni,okubonakalayo nokungabonakali,nomakuyizihlalozobukhosi,nomaimibuso,nomaohulumeni,nomaamandla; konkekwadalwangaye,kwadalelwayena.KwabaseKolose1:11,13,16

Futhiniphelelekuye,oyinhlokoyabobonkeubukhosinamandla.Esechitheohulumeninamandla, wababonisaubukhosiobala,ebanqobakukho.KwabaseKolose2:10,15

Ngokubaivangelilethualizangakiningezwikuphela,kodwanangamandla,nangoMoyaoNgcwele, nangokuqinisekaokukhulu,njengalokhunaziukuthisasingabantuabanjaniphakathikwenungenxa yenu.1Thesalonika1:5

Abayakujeziswangokubhujiswaokuphakade,basukeebuswenibeNkosinasenkazimulweni yamandlaayo;Ngakho-kesiyanithandazelanjalo,ukuzeuNkulunkuluwethuanibalenjengabafanele ukubizwakwenu,agcwaliseyonkeintandoyakheyobuhlenomsebenziwokukholwangamandla2 Thesalonika1:9,11

NgishonalowookufikakwakhekungokokusebenzakukaSathanengawoonkeamandla nezibonakalisonezimangalisozamanga,2Thesalonika2:9

Hhayingobasingenawoamandla,kodwaukuzesizenzeisibonelokinisokusilandela.2Thesalonika 3:9

Yenayedwaonokungafi,ohlalaekukhanyeniokungekhomuntuongasondelakukho,okungekho muntuowambona,nongambonanga;makubekuyeudumonamandlaaphakadeAmen1 Thimothewu6:16

NgobauNkulunkuluakasinikangaumoyawokwesaba,kodwaowamandla,nothando,nengqondo ehluzekile.Ngakho-keungabinamahloningobufakazibeNkosiyethu,nomangamiisiboshwasayo; kodwahlanganyelaekuhluphekenikwevangelingamandlakaNkulunkulu;2Thimothewu1:7-8

BenesimosokumesabauNkulunkulu,kephabephikaamandlaakho;abanjalogwema.2Thimothewu 3:5

Bakhumbuzeukuthibathobeleohulumeninamandla,balaleleohulumeni,balungeleyonke imisebenziemihle,KuThithu3:1

Yena,engukukhanyakwenkazimuloyakhe,nomfanekisowobukhonabakhe,ephethekonkengezwi lamandlaakhe,esehlanzileizonozethu,wahlalangakwesokunenesoMkhuluphezulu;KumaHebheru 1:3

Ngakho-kenjengokubaabantwanabehlanganyelaigazinenyama,nayeuqobowahlanganyelakukho lokho,ukuzengokufaambhubhiselowoowayenamandlaokufa,okungukuthiuDeveli;Hebheru2:14

NgobaizwilikaNkulunkululiphilile,linamandla,libukhalikunanomaiyiphiinkembaesika nhlangothizombili,lihlabakuzekwahlukanisweumphefumulonomoya,namalunganomnkantsha, futhiliyahlulelaimicabangonezinhlosozenhliziyo.KumaHebheru4:12

FuthisenizwileizwielihlelikaNkulunkulu,namandlaezweelizayo,KumaHebheru6:5

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Owenziwanga,hhayingokomthethowomyalowenyama,kodwangamandlaokuphilaokungapheli. KumaHebheru7:16

NinaenilondolozwangamandlakaNkulunkulungokukholwakuzekubeyinsindisoelungele ukwambulwangesikhathisokugcina1Petru1:5

Owenyukelaezulwini,futhiusesandlenisokunenesikaNkulunkulu,izingelosi,namagunya,namandla, kuthotshisiwephansikwakhe1Petru3:22

NjengobaamandlaakheobuNkulunkuluesinikekonkeokuqondenenokuphilanokumesaba uNkulunkulu,ngokumaziyenaowasibizelaenkazimulweninasebuhleni,Ngobaasilandelanga izinganekwaneeziklanywengobuqili,laphosinazisaamandlanokufikakweNkosiyethuuJesuKristu, kodwasasingofakazibobukhosibakhe2Petru1:3,16

Kantiizingelosi,ezinkulungamandlaamakhulu,azibamangalelingokuhlambalazaphambikweNkosi 2Petru2:11

KuNkulunkuluoyedwaohlakaniphileyo,uMsindisiwethu,makubeyinkazimulonobukhosi, ubukhosinamandla,kokubilimanjenaphakade.Amen.UJuda1:25

IsAmbulo

Futhilowoonqobayo,agcineimisebenziyamikuzekubesekupheleni,ngiyakumnikaamandlaphezu kwezizwe;IsAmbulo2:26

Ufanele,Nkosi,ukwamukelainkazimulonodumonamandla,ngokubawenawadalazonkeizinto, nangenxayentandoyakhozikhona,zadalwaIsAmbulo4:11

bethingezwielikhulu:“LifaneleiWundluelahlatshwayoukwamukelaamandla,nengcebo, nokuhlakanipha,namandla,nodumo,nenkazimulo,nesibusiso”IsAmbulo5:12

Futhizonkeizidalwaezisezulwini,nasemhlabeni,nangaphansikomhlaba,nasolwandle,nakhokonke okukukho,ngakuzwakuthi:“Isibusiso,nodumo,nenkazimulo,namandlamakubekuyeohlezi esihlalwenisobukhosi,nakuloiWundlukuzekubephakadenaphakade.”IsAmbulo5:13

Kwaphumaelinyeihhashielibomvu,nohleziphezukwalowanikwaamandlaokususaukuthula emhlabeni,nokubababulalane;wanikwanenkembaenkuluNgabheka,bhekaihhashielimhlophe, nohleziphezukwaloigamalakhelalinguKufa,neHayideselalandelanayeBanikwaamandlaphezu kwengxenyeyesineyomhlaba,ukubulalangenkemba,nangendlala,nangokufa,nangezilwane zomhlabaIsAmbulo6:4,8

Bethi:“Amen:Isibusiso,nenkazimulo,nokuhlakanipha,nokubonga,nodumo,namandla,namandla makubekuNkulunkuluwethukuzekubephakadenaphakade”IsAmbulo7:12

Kwaphumaentuthwiniizinkumbizezaemhlabeni;zanikwaamandlanjengamandlaofezelabomhlaba Zazinemisilaefananeyofezela,futhikwakukhonaizintiemisileniyazo;futhiamandlaazo ayengukulimazaabantuizinyangaezinhlanu.Ngobaamandlaazoasemilonyeniyazonasemisileni yazo:ngobaimisilayazoyayifananezinyoka,inamakhanda,futhiziyalimazangayoIsAmbulo9:3, 10,19

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Futhingizonikaofakazibamiababiliamandla,futhibazoprofethaizinsukueziyinkulungwane namakhuluamabilinamashumiayisithupha,begqokeindwanguyamasakaLababanamandla okuvalaizulu,ukubalinganingezinsukuzokuprofethakwabo;futhibanamandlaphezukwamanzi okuwaphendulaabeyigazi,nokushayaumhlabangazozonkeizinhlupho,nomaninilaphobethanda. IsAmbulo11:3,6

Bethi:“Siyakubonga,NkosiNkulunkulu,Mninimandlaonke,okhonanowawukhona,nozayo, ngokubauthatheamandlaakhoamakhulu,wabusa”IsAmbulo11:17

Ngasengizwaizwielikhuluezulwinilithi:“Manjesekufikileinsindiso,namandla,nombuso kaNkulunkuluwethu,namandlakaKristuwakhe;ngokubaummangaleliwabazalwanebethu uphonswephansi,obamangalelaphambikukaNkulunkuluwethuimininobusuku.”IsAmbulo12:10

Isiloengasibonasasifananengwe,nezinyawozasozazinjengezebhere,nomlomowaso wawunjengomlomowengonyamaUdrakowasinikaamandlaakhe,nesihlalosakhesobukhosi, negunyaelikhulu.Bakhulekakudrakoowanikaisiloamandla;bakhulekanakusoisilo,bethi: “Ngubaniofananesilo,ngubaniongalwanaso?”Sanikwaumlomookhulumaizintoezinkulu nezinhlamba,sanikwanamandlaokuqhubekaizinyangaezingamashumiamanenambiliIsAmbulo 13:2,4,5

Sanikwaukulwanabangcwelenokubanqoba,sanikwanamandlaphezukwemindeniyonke,nezilimi, nezizwe.Futhisisebenzisawonkeamandlaesilosokuqalaphambikwaso,futhisenzaumhlaba nabakhileyokuwobakhulekeleisilosokuqala,esinxebalasoelibulalayolelaphiliswaFuthiibadukisa abahlalaemhlabeningezibonakalisoeyayinazoamandlaokuzenzaphambikwesilo,ithi kwabakhileyoemhlabenimabasenzeleumfanekisoisilo,esasinenxebalenkemba,sasindaSanikwa amandlaokunikaumfanekisowesiloumoya,ukuzeumfanekisowesiloukhulume,futhiubangele ukubabonkeabangakhulekikumfanekisowesilobabulawe.IsAmbulo13:7,12,14,15

Enyeingelosiyaphumae-altare,eyayinamandlaphezukomlilo,yamemezangezwielikhulukuyo eyayinesikelaelibukhali,yathi:“Fakaisikelalakhoelibukhali,ubutheamahlukuzoomviniwomhlaba, ngokubaizithelozawosezivuthiwe”IsAmbulo14:18

IthempelilagcwalaumusiovelaenkazimulwenikaNkulunkulunasemandleniakhe;akakho owayengangenaethempelini,kwazekwaphelaizinhluphoeziyisikhombisazezingelosi eziyisikhombisa.IsAmbulo15:8

Ingelosiyesineyathululelaisitshasayoelangeni,yanikwaamandlaokushisaabantungomlilo. Abantubashiswaukushisaokukhulu,bahlambalazaigamalikaNkulunkuluonamandlaphezukwalezi zinhlupho,kephaabaphendukangaukubabamdumise.IsAmbulo16:8-9

Izimpondoeziyishumiowazibonayozingamakhosiayishumiangakamukeliumbuso,kodwaamukela amandlanjengamakhosiihoraelilodwakanyenesilo.Lababanomqondomunye,futhibazonikaisilo amandlaabonamandlaaboIsAmbulo17:12-13

Ngemvakwalezizintongabonaenyeingelosiyehlaezulwini,inamandlaamakhulu;umhlaba wakhanyiswayinkazimuloyayoIsAmbulo18:1

Emvakwalokhongezwaizwielikhululabantuabaningiezulwini,lithi:“Haleluya!Insindiso, nenkazimulo,nodumo,namandla,makubeeNkosiniuNkulunkuluwethu”IsAmbulo19:1

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ubusisiwefuthiungcwelelowoonesabeloekuvukenikokuqala;ukufakwesibiliakunamandlaphezu kwabo,kodwabayakubangabapristibakaNkulunkulunabakaKristu,babusekanyenayeiminyaka eyinkulungwaneIsAmbulo20:6

I-Apocrypha

Manjeaningikholwayini?Inkosiayinkuluyiningamandlaayo?Azikhoyinizonkeizifunda ezesabayoukuyithinta?1Esdras4:28

Akukhoukungalungiekwahlulelenikwayo;futhiingamandla,umbuso,amandla,nobukhosi,babo bonkeubudala.MakabongweuNkulunkuluweqiniso.1Esdras4:40

KodwalaphoobababethubemthukuthelisauNkulunkulu,bonaeNkosiniyakwa-Israyeliesezulwini, yabanikelaesandlenisikaNebukadinesariinkosiyaseBabele,yamaKaledi;1Esdras6:15

NgobasasishiloenkosiniukuthiamandlaeNkosiuNkulunkuluwethukufaneleabenalabo abamfunayo,ukuzeabasekelengazozonkeizindlela1Esdras8:52

Ngibhubhiseamakhosiamaningingenxayawo;ngibhubhiseuFaronezincekuzakhenawowonke amandlaakhe2Esdras1:10

Inanilabantwanabakho,obubalangazelela,seligcwalisekile:ncengaamandlaeNkosi,ukuzeabantu bakho,ababizwekusukelaekuqaleni,bangcweliswe.2Esdras2:41

Ngaphambikokubakubonakaleizimbaliezinhle,nomangaphambikokubakumisweamandla anyakazayo,ngaphambikokubaizingelosieziningiezingenakubalwazibuthenendawonye,2Esdras 6:3

KanjalonezikhathizoPhezukonkezinesiqaloesicacilengezimangalisonemisebenziyamandla,kanye neziphethongemiphumelanezibonakaliso2Esdras9:6

Owesinewafika,wanqobazonkeizilwaneezadlula,wabanamandlaphezukomhlabangokwesaba okukhulu,naphezukwawowonkeumhlabangokucindezelaokukhuluokubi;wahlalaisikhathieside kangakaemhlabeningenkohliso.2Esdras11:40

Ngobakuyobakhonaukuvukelanaphakathikwabantu,bahlaseleomunyenomunye;abayikunaka amakhosiabonomaizikhuluzabo,futhiinkamboyezenzozaboiyokumaemandleniaboNgeke ngibayeke;hambani,bantwana,ningabinamandla,ningangcolisiindluyamiengcwele2Esdras 15:16,25

FuthiamaKarmaniyaathukuthelekakhuluayophumanjengengulubeyasendleehlathini,futhi ngamandlaamakhuluayofika,alwenawo,futhiayochithaingxenyeyezwelama-Asiriya.Khona-ke odrakobayobanamandla,bekhumbulaimveloyabo;futhiumabephenduka,becebandawonye ngamandlaamakhuluukubashushisa,khona-kelababayokhathazwaigazi,futhibathulengamandla abo,futhibabaleke2Esdras15:30-32

Futhiinkazimuloyamandlaakhoiyobunanjengembali,kuzovelaukushisaokuthunyelwephezu kwakho2Esdras15:50

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Umhlabauyazamazama,nezisekelozawo;ulwandleluyaphakamangamazaavelaekujuleni,namaza aloayanyakaziswa,nezinhlanzizalonazo,phambikweNkosi,naphambikwenkazimuloyamandla ayo:Ukuqalakosizinokulilaokukhulu;Ukuqalakwendlalanokufaokukhulu;Ukuqalakwezimpi, namandlaayokumangokwesaba;Ukuqalakobubi!Ngizokwenzenjanilaphokufikalobububi?2 Esdras16:12,18

Wabeesehambangezinhlelozakhezokulwaelwanenkosiu-Arpakishadingonyakaweshumi nesikhombisa,wanqobaempiniyakhe:ngobawachithawonkeamandlaka-Arpakishadi,nabobonke abamahhashibakhe,nazozonkeizinqolazakhe,uJudith1:13

Ngobanjengobangiphila,nangamandlaombusowami,konkeengikukhulumile,ngizokwenza ngesandlasami.”WabeesephumanawowonkeamandlaakheukuyaphambikweNkosi uNebukadinesariohambweni,nokumbozabonkeubusobomhlabangasentshonalangangezinqola zabo,namahhashi,nabagibelibaboabakhethiwebezinyawoUJudith2:12,19

Babenomlothaezigqokwenizabo,bakhalaeNkosiningamandlaaboonke,ukubaibhekeyonkeindlu ka-Israyelingomusa.Judith4:15

Wathikubo:“Ngitshelenimanje,bantwanabakwaKhanani,ukuthibangobanilababantuabahlala ezintabeni,nokuthiiyiniimiziabahlalakuyo,nokuthiiyiniinqwabayempiyabo,nokuthiamandla abonamandlaaboakuphi,nokuthiiyiphiinkosiebekwephezukwabo,nomaindunayempiyabo; ngokuba,bathi,asiyikwesabaubusobabantwanabakwa-Israyeli;ngokuba,bheka,bangabantu abangenawoamandlanomaamandlaokulwaimpienamandla.”UJudith5:3,23

Uzothumelaamandlaakhe,ababhubhiseebuswenibomhlaba,uNkulunkuluwaboakayikubasindisa: kodwathinazincekuzakhesizobabhubhisanjengomuntuoyedwa,ngobaabakwaziukusekela amandlaamahhashiethuJudith6:3

Ngobaumaengekeasisizephakathinalezizinsukuezinhlanu,unamandlaokusivikelanomanini laphoethanda,ngishonsukuzonke,nomaokusibhubhisaphambikwezithazethu.Judith8:15

Ngoba,bheka,ama-Asiriyaandangamandlaawo;aphakemengamahhashinamadoda;aziqhenya ngamandlaabagibelangezinyawozawo;athembeleesihlanguni,nakumkhonto,nakumnsalo, nakusilingisi;futhiawakwaziukuthiunguJehovaophulaizimpi;uJehovaigamalakhoPhonsa amandlaawongamandlaakho,wehliseamandlaawongolakalwakho;ngobabahloseukungcolisa indluyakhoengcwele,nokungcolisaitabernakelelaphoigamalakhoelikhazimulayolihlalakhona nokuphonsaphansiuphondolwe-altarelakhongenkembaBhekaukuziqhenyakwabo,beseuthumela ulakalwakhoemakhandaabo:nikelaesandlenisami,minaengingumfelokazi,amandla engiwakhulelweNgobaamandlaakhoawamingobuningi,namandlaakhoawamiemadodeni anamandla;ngobawenaunguNkulunkuluwabahluphekayo,umsiziwabacindezelweyo,umxhasi wababuthakathaka,umvikeliwabaswele,umsindisiwabangenathemba.Futhiwenzezonkeizizwe nezizwezivumeukuthiwenaunguNkulunkuluwawowonkeamandlanamandla,nokuthiakekho omunyeovikelaabantubakwa-Israyelingaphandlekwakho.UJudith9:7-9,11,14

NjengobauNebukadinesariinkosiyomhlabawonkeephila,namandlaakheephila,okuthumileukuba usekelekonkeokuphilayo:ngobaakuzonanjekuphelaabantuabazomkhonzangawe,kodwa nezilwanezasendle,nezinkomo,nezinyonizezulu,ziyakuphilangamandlaakhongaphansi kukaNebukadinesarinayoyonkeindluyakhe.Judith11:7

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ngakhobonkebaphumafuthiakusalangamuntuekamelwenilokulala,omncanenomaomkhulu UJudith,emieduzekombhedewakhe,wathienhliziyweniyakhe:“ONkosiNkulunkuluwamandla onke,bhekalesisiphongemisebenziyezandlazamiukuzekuphakanyisweiJerusalema”UJudith wayesethikude,kubalindibesango:“Vulani,vulaniisangomanje:UNkulunkulu,uNkulunkulu wethu,unathi,ukuzeaboniseamandlaakheeJerusalema,namabuthoakhengokumelenenesitha, njengobaenzilenanamuhlaNgenxayalokhuukuzethembakwakhongekekusukeezinhliziyweni zabantu,abakhumbulaamandlakaNkulunkulukuzekubephakade.”UJudith13:4,11,19

Bethi,Nkosi,NkosiSomandla,ngokubaumhlabawonkeusemandleniakho,futhiumaumise ukusindisau-Israyeli,akekhoongakuphikisa:Izengezoku-Esteri13:9

Khumbula,Nkosi,zazisengesikhathisokuhluphekakwethu,ungipheisibindi,Nkosiyezizwe, neNkosiyamandlaonke.Okungeziweku-Esteri14:12

NgobaimicabangoephambenenoNkulunkulu:futhiamandlaakhe,laphoevivinywa,ayasola abangenangqondoUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni1:3

NgobaamandlaanikwenguJehova,nobukhosiobuvelakoPhezukonke,oyohlolaimisebenziyakho, ahloleamaceboakhoUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni6:3

Unomusakumuntu,oqinile,oqinisekile,ongenakukhathazeka,onamandlaonke,oqondisazonke izinto,futhiodlulakukhokonkeukuqonda,imimoyaemsulwa,nehlakaniphilekakhulu.Ngoba ungumoyawamandlakaNkulunkulu,kanyenethonyaelimsulwaeligelezalivelaenkazimulweni kaSomandla:ngakho-keakukholuthoolungcolileoluwelakuyeNgobaungukukhanyakokukhanya okuphakade,isibukoesingenabalasamandlakaNkulunkulu,kanyenomfanekisowobuhlebakhe. UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni7:23,25-26

Ngobauyazifuthiuyaqondazonkeizinto,futhiuzongiholangokuqondaezenzwenizami, angilondolozeemandleniakheUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni9:11

WamnikaamandlaokubusazonkeizintoAkamshiyangaeboshiwe,wazewamlethelaintonga yombuso,namandlangokumelenenalaboabamcindezelayo:laboababemmangalele,wababonisa ukuthibangabaqambimanga,wamnikainkazimuloengapheli.UkuhlakaniphaKukaSolomoni10:2,14

Yebo,futhingaphandlekwalezizintobabengasebawephansingomsindoowodwa,beshushiswa ngempindiselo,futhibahlakazekengomoyawamandlaakho:kodwawenauhlelezonkeizinto ngesilinganiso,ngenaninangesisindoNgobaungabonisaamandlaakhoamakhulungasosonke isikhathilaphouthanda;futhingubaniongamelananamandlaengaloyakho?Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni11:20-21

Ngakho-kenjengobaulungilewenangokwakho,uhlelazonkeizintongokulunga;ucabangaukuthi akuvumelaninamandlaakhoukusolalowoongafanelweukujeziswaNgobaamandlaakhoayisiqalo sokulunga,futhingobauyiNkosiyabobonke,kukwenzaubenomusakubobonke.Ngobalapho abantubengakholwaukuthiunamandlaaphelele,ubonisaamandlaakho,futhiphakathikwalabo abakwaziyoubonakalisaisibindisabo.Kodwawena,ulawulaamandlaakho,wahlulelangokulunga, futhiusiqondisangomusaomkhulu:ngobaungasebenzisaamandlalaphouthanda.Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni12:15-18

Kodwaumabemangalangamandlaabonobuhlebabo,mabaqondengaboukuthiunamandla kangakananilowoowabenzayoUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni13:4

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ngobaakusiwoamandlaalaboabafungangabo,kodwaimpindiseloefaneleyezoni,ejezisanjalo ububibababiUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni14:31

Ngobaumasona,singabakho,sisaziamandlaakho;kodwaasiyikona,saziukuthisibalwe njengabakhoNgobaukukwaziwenakuwukulungaokuphelele:yebo,ukwaziamandlaakho kuyimpandeyokungafi.UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni15:2-3

Ngobaunamandlaokuphilanokufa:uholelaemasangweniesihogo,futhiuyavusafuthi UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni16:13

Futhingesinyeisikhathiivuthangishonaphakathikwamanzingaphezukwamandlaomlilo,ukuze ibhubhiseizithelozezweelingalungile.UkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni16:19

Akukhomandlaomliloayengabakhanyisela:futhiamalangabiakhanyayoezinkanyezi ayengenakukwaziukukhanyisalobobusukuobubiUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni17:5

Umlilowawunamandlaemanzini,ukhohlwaubuhlebawo:namanziakhohlwaubuntubawo bokucimaUkuhlakaniphakukaSolomoni19:20

NgobaamandlaeNkosimakhulu,futhiidunyiswangabaphansiUmShumayeli3:20

Wozakuyongenhliziyoyakhoyonke,ugcineizindlelazayongamandlaakhoonke.UmShumayeli 6:26

Ungabiyisibambisoesingaphezukwamandlaakho:ngobaumauyisibambiso,qaphelaukuthi usikhokheUmShumayeli8:13

Zigcinekudenomuntuonamandlaokubulala;ukuzeungangabaziukwesabaukufa:futhiumauza kuye,ungamsoli,funaakuthatheleimpiloyakhomanje:khumbulaukuthiuhambaphakathi kwezingibe,nokuthiuhambaphezukwezinqabazomuziUmShumayeli9:13

AmandlaomhlabaasezandlenizeNkosi,futhingesikhathiesifaneleuyomisaphezukwawoonenzuzo. UmShumayeli10:4

Ungazithwalisiumthwaloongaphezukwamandlaakhousaphila;futhiungabinobudlelwano nomuntuonamandlanocebilekunawe:ngobaigedlelanembizayobumbakuhlanganakanjani ndawonye?ngobaumaenyeishaywakwenye,iyophuka.UmShumayeli13:2

NgobaukuhlakaniphakweNkosikukhulu,futhiinamandlaamakhulu,futhiibonakonke: UmShumayeli15:18

INkosiyamenzalukhuniuFaro,ukuzeangamazi,ukuzeimisebenziyakheyamandlayaziwe emhlabeniwonkeUmShumayeli16:15

Wabanikaizinsukuezimbalwa,nesikhathiesifushane,kanyenamandlaphezukwezintoezikuwo. Ubonaamandlaokuphakamakwezulu;futhibonkeabantubangumhlabanomlothaUmShumayeli 17:2,32

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Obusaumhlabangesandlasakhe,futhizonkeizintozilalelaintandoyakhe:ngobauyiNkosiyabo bonke,ngamandlaakheehlukanisaizintoezingcwelephakathikwazonezingcolileyo.Ngubani amnikeamandlaokumemezelaimisebenziyakhe?futhingubaniozotholaizenzozakheezinhle? UmShumayeli18:3-4

Futhiumangenxayokuswelaamandlaevinjelwaukubaangoni,kodwaumaetholaithubauyokwenza okubi.UmShumayeli19:28

EbandleniloPhezukonkeliyovulaumlomowalo,linqobephambikwamandlaakheKanjaloemzini othandekayowangiphaukuphumula,futhiamandlaamiayekhonaeJerusalema.UmShumayeli 24:2,11

Sizaumakhelwanewakhongokwamandlaakho,futhiuqapheleukuthiungawelikukho. UmShumayeli29:20

Unganikiindodanayakhonomkakho,umfowenunomnganewakho,amandlaphezukwakhousaphila, futhiunganikiomunyeimpahlayakho:funaazisole,beseuphindaucelelokhofuthi.UmShumayeli 33:19

Phakamisaisandlasakhophezukwezizweezingaziwa,ukuzeziboneamandlaakho.UmShumayeli 36:3

INkosiayibanikangaabangcweleamandlaokumemezelayonkeimisebenziyayoemangalisayo, iNkosiuMninimandlaonkeeyimisilengokuqinile,ukuzekonkeokukhonakumiswengenxa yenkazimuloyayo.UmShumayeli42:17

Ngamandlaakheamakhuluwenzaamafuaqine,amatsheesichothoaqhekekeINkosiiyesabekafuthi inkulukakhulu,futhiamandlaayoayamangalisa.UmShumayeli43:15,29

INkosiibenzeleinkazimuloenkulungamandlaayoamakhulukusukelaekuqaleni.Laboababusa emibusweniyabo,amadodaadumilengamandlaawo,enikezaiselulekongokuqondakwawo,futhi ememezelaiziprofetho:UmShumayeli44:2-3

Futhingesichothoesinamandlaamakhuluwenzaimpiyawelaphezukwezizwengobudlova,futhi ekwehlenikweBeti-horoniwababhubhisalaboababemelene,ukuzeizizwezaziwonkeamandlaazo, ngobawalwaphambikweNkosi,futhiwalandelauMninimandlaonke.UmShumayeli46:6

Ngakho-kewanikelaamandlaabokwabanye,nodumolwaboesizweniesingaziwa.UmShumayeli 49:5

Baqoqaimalingokwamandlaomuntungamunye:uBharuki1:6

Manje,JehovaNkulunkuluka-Israyeli,owakhiphaabantubakhoezwenilaseGibhithengesandla esinamandlanangengaloephakemeyo,nangezibonakaliso,nangezimangaliso,nangamandla amakhulu,wazewazuzaigama,njengobalinjalonamuhla:UBharuki2:11

Ungakhumbuliububibokhokhobethu:kodwakhumbulaamandlaakhonegamalakhomanjengalesi sikhathi.(Bharuki3:5)

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Yibaninesibindi,bantwanabami,khalanikuJehova,uzonikhululaemandleninasesandlenisezitha UBharuki4:21

Ngakho-kekungconoukubayinkosiebonisaamandlaayo,nomaisitshaesinenzuzoendlini, umniniyoazosisebenzisa,kunonkulunkulubamangaabanjalo;nomaukubangumnyangoendlini, ukugcinaizintoezinjalokuyo,kunonkulunkulubamangaabanjalonomainsikayokhuniesigodlweni, kunonkulunkulubamangaabanjalo.Futhiumliloothunyelweuvelaphezuluukuzoshisaamagquma nezinkuniwenzanjengobakuyaliwe:kodwalabaabafaninabongokubonakalanomangamandla. IncwadikaJeremiya1:59,63

Mabajabhengamandlaaboonkenamandlaaboonke,amandlaaboaphulwe;Ninanonkemandla eNkosi,bonganiuJehova:mdumiseninimphakamisengaphezukwakhokonkekuzekubephakade. Umthandazoka-Azariya1:21,39

Ngakho-keinkosiyababulala,yanikelauBeliesandlenisikaDaniyeli,owambhubhisayena nethempelilakheUBelinoDrako1:22

ONkosi,NkulunkuluSomandlawawobababethu,u-Abrahama,u-Isaka,noJakobe,nenzaloyabo elungileyo;wenaowenzaizulunomhlaba,nazozonkeizintoezihlotshiswengazo;wenaobophe ulwandlengezwilomyalowakho;wenaovaleulwandle,waluvalangegamalakhoelibi nelikhazimulayo;wenabonkeabantuabamesabayo,futhibethuthumelaphambikwamandlaakho; ngobaubukhulubenkazimuloyakhoabunakuthwalwa,futhiukusongelakwakhongentukuthelo kuzonikubalulekile;kodwaisithembisosakhosomusaasinakulinganiswafuthiasinakuhlolwa;ngoba wenauyiNkosiePhakemekakhulu,onesihawuesikhulu,obekezelayo,onesihawuesikhulu,futhi ophendukayoebubinibabantu.Wena,Nkosi,ngokobuhlebakhoobukhuluuthembiseukuphenduka nokuthethelelwakwaboabonilekuwe;futhingesihawusakhoesingenamkhawuloumisele ukuphendukakuzoni,ukuzezisindisweNgakho-ke,ONkosi,wenaonguNkulunkuluwabalungileyo, awumiselangaukuphendukakwabalungileyo,njengo-Abrahama,no-Isaka,noJakobe,abangonanga kuwe;kodwawenaumiseleukuphendukakimiengisoni;ngobangonilengaphezukwenani lesihlabathisolwandle.Iziphambekozami,Nkosi,zandile;iziphambekozamizandile,futhi angifaneleukubonanokubonaukuphakamakwezulungenxayobuningibobubibamiNgikhothame ngezibophoeziningizensimbi,kangangokuthiangikwaziukuphakamisaikhandalami,futhi anginakhoukukhululeka;ngobangivuseintukutheloyakho,ngenzaokubiphambikwakho; angizangengenzeintandoyakho,futhiangigcinangaimiyaloyakho;ngimiseizinengiso,futhi ngiphindaphindeiziphambeko.Ngakho-kemanjengiguqaidololenhliziyoyami,ngincengaumusa wakho.Ngonile,Nkosi,ngonile,futhingiyazivumaiziphambekozami:ngakho-ke,ngiyakuncenga ngokuthobeka,ngithethelele,Nkosi,ngithethelele,futhiungangibhubhisingamaphuthaami Ungangithukuthelelikuzekubephakade,ngokungigcinelaokubi;futhiungangilahliezingxenyeni eziphansizomhlabaNgobawenaunguNkulunkulu,yebouNkulunkuluwalaboabaphendukayo;futhi kimiuzobonisabonkeubuhlebakho:ngobauzongisindisa,engifanele,ngokwesihesakhoesikhulu. Ngakho-kengizokudumisakuzekubephakadezonkeizinsukuzokuphilakwami:ngobawonke amandlaasezulwiniayakudumisa,futhiinkazimuloingeyakhokuzekubephakadenaphakadeAmen UmthandazokaManase

Ngakhobaphumangamandlaaboonke,bafikabamisangase-Emawuseezwenielisethafeni. Abathengisibezwe,bezwaudumolwabo,bathathaisilivanegolideeliningikakhulu,kanye nezinceku,bafikaekamuukuyothengaabantwanabakwa-Israyelibabeyizigqila;futhinebutho laseSiriyanelasezwenilamaFilistilazihlanganisanabo.1Maccabees3:40-41

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Valelalelibuthoesandlenisabantubakhou-Israyeli,futhimabajabhengamandlaabokanye namahhashiabo:1Maccabees4:31

Ngemvakwalokhowawelelakubantwanabakwa-Amoni,laphoatholakhonaamandlaamakhulu, nabantuabaningi,kanyenoThimothiindunayabo.1Maccabees5:6

FuthiukuthiuLisiya,owaphumakuqalangamandlaamakhulu,waxoshwaamaJuda;nokuthi aqiniswayizikhalizempi,namandla,nempahlaeningiababeyitholileemabuthweni ababewabhubhisile:Ngacabangangaphakathikwami,Ngifikekuluphiusizi,nokuthilungakanani usiziolukhulu,engikulomanje!Ngobanganginomusafuthingithandwangamandlaami.1 Maccabees6:6,11

Ngakhobahamba,bafikanebuthoelikhuluezwenilaseJudiya,laphobathumelakhonaizithunywa kuJudanabafowabongamazwiokuthulangobuqiliKodwaabazangebalaleleamazwiabo;ngoba babonaukuthibezenebuthoelikhulu.1Maccabees7:10-11

Wabeesenikelaizweku-Alcimus,washiyanayeamandlaokumsiza:ngakhouBakidewayaenkosini. Bonkeababehluphaabantubaphendukelakuye,okwathingemvakokutholaizwelakwaJuda,benza okubikakhulukwa-Israyeli1Maccabees7:20,22

KwathiuBacchidesezwalokhu,wafikangesabathaogwinilwaseJordanienebuthoelikhulu1 Maccabees9:43

Sizwilengawe,ukuthiuyindodaenamandlaamakhulu,futhikufanelekileukubaubeumnganewethu 1Maccabees10:19

Wenawedwauziphakamisangokumelenenathi,futhingiyahlekwangenxayakho,futhi ngihlanjalazwa;futhikunganiuziphakamisangamandlaakhongokumelenenathiezintabeni?

Ngakho-ke,umauthembelaemandleniakho,yehlauzekithiuyeendleethafeni,futhimasihlole khonaindabandawonye:ngobaamandlaemizianami.Ngakho-kemanjengekeukwaziukumelana namahhashikanyenamandlaamakhulukangakaethafeni,laphokungekhokhonaitshe,nomaitshe eliyingcezu,nomaindawoyokubalekela1Maccabees10:70-71,73

Kodwalaphou-Alexanderezwangalokhu,wezaukuzolwanaye:laphoinkosiuPtolemeeyakhipha ibutholayo,yamhlangabezangamandlaamakhulu,yamenzawabaleka.1Maccabees11:15

ManjelaphouJonathaniezwaukuthiizikhuluzikaDemetriyuzifikileeKadeshi,eliseGalile, zinamandlaamakhulu,zihloseukumsusaezweni,1Maccabees11:63

WathumelauJonathaniindodanaka-AbsalomukanyenebuthoelikhulueJopha;baxoshaababekulo bahlalalapho.NgakhouTrifoniwasukaePtolemausnebuthoelikhuluukuyohlaselaizwelaseJudiya, uJonathaniwayenayeesitokisini1Maccabees13:11-12

Njengobaelaphoekhonakanyenomlindiwakheeduzekwengcebo,iNkosiyemimoya,kanye neNkosiyamandlaonke,yabangelaumbonoomkhulu,kangangokuthibonkeababecabangaukuthi bangenenayebamangalangamandlakaNkulunkulu,baphelaamandla,besabakakhulu.Ngakho-ke lowo,owayesandakufikaneqembuelikhulukanyenabobonkeabalindibakhebangenakulengcebo, bamthatha,bengakwaziukuzibambangezikhalizakhe:futhibavumangokusobalaamandla kaNkulunkuluFuthinjengobausushayweuvelaezulwini,memezelakubobonkeabantuamandla amakhulukaNkulunkuluFuthilaphosebekhulumilelamazwi,abasabonakaliUmaunesithanoma

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

umkhapheli,mthumelelapho,futhiuzomamukelaeshaywekahle,umaephunyukanokuphilakwakhe: ngobakuleyondawo,akungabazeki;kukhonaamandlaakhethekilekaNkulunkulu.2Maccabees 3:24,28,34,38

Kodwalaphoelethwaphambikwenkosi,laphoisimkhulisilengenxayokubukekakwakhe okukhazimulayokwamandlaakhe,yazitholelaubupristi,yanikelangamatalentaesilivaangamakhulu amathathukunoJasoni.Ngakho-kengenxayokuhahakwalaboababenamandlauMenelauswahlala enegunya,ekhulaebubini,futhiengumkhapheliomkhulukubantu.2Maccabees4:24,50

Wabeesebhekaenkosini,wathi:“Unamandlaphezukwabantu,uyabhubha,wenzalokhookufunayo; kodwaungacabangiukuthiisizwesethusilahliwenguNkulunkulu;kodwahlalaisikhashana,ubone amandlaakheamakhulu,ukuthiuzokuhluphakanjaniwenanenzaloyakho.”2Maccabees7:16-17

Ngakho-kelowoowayecabangaukuthiangayalaamagagasiolwandle,(wayeziqhenyakakhulu ngendlelaumuntuayengayazi)futhialinganiseizintabaeziphakeme,manjewaphonswaphansi, wathwalwangehhashi,evezaamandlakaNkulunkuluabonakalayoYebo,nokuthiwayezobaumJuda ngokwakhe,futhiahambekulolonkeizweelalihlalwe,futhiamemezeleamandlakaNkulunkulu.2 Maccabees9:8,17

EngacabanginhlobongamandlakaNkulunkulukodwawakhukhumalangezinkulungwaneeziyishumi zamasoshaakheahambangezinyawo,nezinkulungwanezamahhashiakhe,nezindlovuzakhe ezingamashumiayisishiyagalombili.2Maccabees11:4

KodwalaphouJudaneqembulakhesebebizeuNkulunkuluuMninimandlaonke,ophulaamandla ezithazakhengamandlaakhe,bawunqobaumuzi,babulalaizinkulungwaneezingamashumiamabili nanhlanuzalaboababengaphakathi,2Maccabees12:28

NgonyakawekhulunamashumiamanenesishiyagalolunyekwabikwakuJudaukuthiu-Antiochus EupatorwayezanebuthoelikhulueJudiya,kanyenoLisiyaumvikeliwakhe,nombusiwezindaba zakhe,ngamunyewaboenebutholamaGrekilabahambangezinyawo,izinkulungwaneeziyikhulu neshumi,nabamahhashiabayizinkulungwaneezinhlanunamakhuluamathathu,nezindlovu ezingamashumiamabilinambili,nezinqolaezingamakhuluamathathuezihlomengezingwegwe2 Maccabees13:1-2

NgemvakweminyakaemithathuuJudawatshelwaukuthiuDemetriyuindodanakaSeleucus, esengenengasesikhumulwenisaseTripolienamandlaamakhulukanyenebutholempi,2Maccabees 14:1

KwabanjalongoNikanori:kusukelangalesosikhathikuqhubekeamaHebheruayephetheumuzi Futhilaphangizowuqeda.2Maccabees15:37

U-Enoke

Wenawenzilezonkeizinto,futhiunamandlaphezukwazozonkeizinto:zonkeizintozizefuthi zivulekileemehlweniakho,futhiubonazonkeizinto,futhiakukholuthoolungacashakuwe.Enoke 9:5

Njengobaedalefuthiwanikezaumuntuamandlaokuqondaizwilokuhlakanipha,kanjalowangidala namifuthiwanginikaamandlaokusolaabalindi,abantwanabasezulwiniU-Enoke14:3

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Kusukelangalesosikhathilaboabadlaumhlabangekebesabanamandlafuthibaphakanyiswe:Futhi ngekebakwaziukubonaubusobabangcwele,ngobaiNkosiyemimoyayenzeukukhanyakwayo kwabonakalaebuswenibabangcwele,abalungilenabakhethiweyoU-Enoke38:4

Wathikimi:LonaowokuqalanguMikayeli,onesihenobekezelayo;owesibili,obekwephezukwazo zonkeizifonazozonkeizilondazabantwanababantu,nguRafayeli;owesithathu,obekwephezu kwawowonkeamandla,nguGabriyeli;owesine,obekwephezukokuphendukakubeyithembalalabo abadlaifalokuphilaokuphakade,ubizwangokuthiuFanuweli.FuthilabayizingelosiezinezeNkosi yemimoyakanyenamazwiamaneengawezwangalezozinsukuU-Enoke40:9

Ngobaakukhongelosievimbelayofuthiakukhomandlaangakwaziukuvimbela;ngobaumisa umahluleliwabobonkefuthiuyabahlulelabonkephambikwaKhe.U-Enoke41:9

Futhiyibolabaabahlulelaizinkanyezizezulu,futhibaphakamiseizandlazabongokumelene noPhezukonke,futhibanyathelaumhlabafuthibahlalekuwo.Futhizonkeizenzozaboziveza ukungalungi,futhiamandlaaboahlalaengcebweniyabo,futhiukhololwabolukunkulunkulu ababenzangezandlazabo,futhibayaliphikaigamaleNkosiyemimoya,u-Enoke46:7.

Nalezizintabaamehloakhoazibonile,intabayensimbi,nentabayethusi,nentabayesiliva,nentaba yegolide,nentabayensimbiethambile,nentabayomthofu,Konkelokhukuyakubaphambi koKhethiweyonjengenhlaka:phambikomlilo,Nanjengamanziagobhozaevelaphezuluphezu kwalezozintaba,Futhibayobanamandlaphambikwezinyawozakhe.U-Enoke52:6

Futhilaphokufikausuku,namandla,nesijeziso,nokwahlulela,iNkosiyemimoyaelungiselelelabo abangamkhonziumthethoolungileyo,nalaboabaphikaisahluleloesilungileyo,nalaboabaphatha igamalaKhengezelolosukululungiselweabakhethiweyoisivumelwano,kodwaizoniziyophenya U-Enoke60:5

Nezindawozomoya,nokuthiimimoyaihlukaniswekanjani,nokuthiilinganiswakanjani,nokuthi iminyangoyomoyaibalwakanjani,ngayinyengokwamandlaomoya,namandlaokukhanya kwenyanga,nangamandlaafanele:nokuhlukaniswakwezinkanyezingokwamagamaazo,nokuthi zonkeizigabazihlukaniswekanjaniU-Enoke60:12

Ngobalaphoumbaniukhanya,ukudumakwezulukuzwakalisaizwilalo,nomoyauphoqelela ukuthulangesikhathisokuduma,futhiuhlukanisengokulinganayophakathikwabo;ngobaingcebo yamaphikoaboinjengesihlabathi,futhingayinyeyabonjengobaidumaibanjwengetomu,futhi ibuyiselwaemuvangamandlaomoya,futhiiqhutshwephambilingokwezindawoeziningizomhlaba U-Enoke60:15

Bonkeabahlalaphezuluezulwinibatholaumyalonamandlakanyenezwielilodwakanye nokukhanyaokukodwaokufananomlilo.Enoke61:6

Futhiuzobizalonkeibandlalasezulwini,nabobonkeabangcweleabaphezulu,nebandla likaNkulunkulu,iKherubi,iSeraphinne-Ophannin,nazozonkeizingelosizamandla,nazozonke izingelosizezikhulu,kanyenoKhethiweyo,kanyenamanyeamandlaemhlabeninaphezukwamanzi. U-Enoke61:10

Futhiamandlaakhoayamangalisakuzozonkeizintoezifihliwekusukelaezizukulwanenikuya ezizukulwaneni,kanyenenkazimuloyakhokuzekubephakadenaphakade:Zonkeizimfihlozakho zijulilefuthiazinakubalwa,futhiukulungakwakhoakunakubalwaEnoke63:3

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

FuthikuphumeumyaloovelaebuswenibeNkosimayelananalaboabahlalaemhlabeniwokuthi ukubhujiswakwabokuqediwengobasebefundezonkeizimfihlozezingelosi,kanyenobudlova bukaSathane,nawowonkeamandlaabo-lawoayimfihlokakhulu-kanyenawowonkeamandla alaboabenzaubuthakathi,kanyenamandlaobuthakathi,kanyenamandlaalaboabenzaizithombe ezibunjiweyozomhlabawonke:U-Enoke65:6

Ngemvakwalokhowangibonisaizingelosizesijezisoezilungeleukuzazikhululewonkeamandla amanziangaphansikomhlabaukuzezenzeisahlulelonembubhisokubobonkeabahlalaemhlabeni INkosiyemimoyayayalaizingelosiezaziphumaukuthizingabangeliamanziukubaakhuphuke kodwakufaneleziwabambe;ngobalezozingelosizaziphezukwamandlaamanziU-Enoke66:1-2

NgalolosukuuMikayeliwaphendulauRafayeliwathi:Amandlaomoyaayangithuthafuthiangenza ngithuthumelengenxayobunzimabokwahlulelakwezimfihlo,ukwahlulelakwezingelosi:ngubani ongabekezelelaisahluleloesinzimaesikhishwe,futhingaphambikwasozincibilike?U-Enoke68:2

Ngobaabantubadalwanjengezingelosi,ngenhlosoyokubabaqhubekebemsulwafuthibelungile, futhiukufa,okubhubhisakonke,bekungekekubabambe,kodwangalokhuulwazilwabobayabhubha, futhingalamandlakuyangidlaU-Enoke69:11

Futhiyilokhuamandlaalesisifungo,ngobasinamandlafuthisinamandla,futhiwabekalesisifungo u-AkâeesandlenisikaMikayeli.U-Enoke69:15

BonkelababayakholwafuthibabongephambikweNkosiyemimoya,futhibayikhazimulise ngamandlaaboonke,futhiukudlakwabokukhonakuzozonkeizenzozokubonga:babongafuthi badumisefuthibaphakamiseigamaleNkosiyemimoyakuzekubephakadenaphakadeEnoke69:24

Ngawangobusobami,umzimbawamiwonkewaphumula,nomoyawamiwaguqulwa;Ngamemeza ngezwielikhulu,ngomoyawamandla,Ngabusiswa,ngakhazinyuliswafuthingaphakanyiswaUEnoke71:11

Futhiunamandlaphezukobusukuneminiezulwiniukuzeabangeleukukhanyakukhanyisele abantuilanga,inyanganezinkanyezi,nawowonkeamandlaezuluajikelezaezinqolenizawo eziyindilingaU-Enoke82:8

Makabongwe,Nkosi,Nkosi,Umkhulufuthiunamandlangobukhulubakho,Nkosiyayoyonkeindalo yasezulwini,NkosiyamakhosinoNkulunkuluwomhlabawonkeAmandlaakhonobukhosibakho buhlalakuzekubephakadenaphakade,Nokubusakwakhokuzozonkeizizukulwane;Futhiwonke amazuluayisihlalosakhosobukhosikuzekubephakade,Nomhlabawonkeuyisihlalosakho sezinyawokuzekubephakadenaphakade.U-Enoke84:2

Ngemvakwalokhongabonaizimpisi,nokuthizazicindezelakanjaniizimvukakhulungamandlaazo onke;futhiizimvuzamemezakakhulu.Ngabonaizimvuzazezasukaphakathikwezimpisi;kodwa amehloezimpisiayephuphuthekile,futhilezozimpisizahambazilandelaizimvungamandlaazoonke U-Enoke89:19,21

Lezozimvuzandazanda;kodwazonkeizinja,nezimpungushe,nezingulubezasendlezesaba zabalekaphambikwayo,leyonqamayazishayayazibulalaizilwanezasendle,lezozilwanezasendle azisabanganamandlaphakathikwezimvufuthiazibangezisaphangaluthoLeyonqamayazala

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

izimvueziningiyalala;imvuencaneyabayinqamaesikhundlenisayo,yabayisikhulunomholi walezozimvu.U-Enoke89:49

Ngaqalaukumemezangamandlaamionke,futhinganxusaiNkosiyezimvu,futhingamelaYena mayelananezimvuezazidliweyizozonkeizilwanezasendle.U-Enoke89:57

Futhilawomagwababaalwanayofuthiafunaukuyibekaphansiuphondolwayo,kodwa ayengenamandlaphezukwayo.U-Enoke90:12

Izululokuqalalizomukalidlule,futhikuzovelaizuluelisha,futhiwonkeamandlaasezulwini azokhanyisakasikhombisaU-Enoke91:16

Uzobanomusakwabalungileyo,amnikeubuqothoobuphakade,futhiuzomnikaamandlaukuze anikezweubuhlenokulungaFuthiuzohambaekukhanyeniokuphakadeU-Enoke92:4

Ngobaamadodaazogqokaimihlobisoeminingikunowesifazane,nezinguboezinemibalaeminingi kunentombi:Ebukhosininasebukhazikhazininasemandleni,nasesiliva,nasegolide,nasebubende, nasebukhazikhazininasekudlenikuzothululwanjengamanzi.U-Enoke98:2

I-Jasher

Bahlanganisabonkeamakhosinezikhulueziyikhulunamashumiamathathu,babekau-Enokeinkosi phezukwabofuthibonkebabengaphansikwamandlaakhenokuqondiswakwakheJasher3:10

UJehovawathumelazonkeizilwanenezilwaneezaziminxazonkezomkhumbi.Izilwanezanqoba, zabaxoshakuleyondawo,yilowonalowowahambaindlelayakhe,baphindebahlakazekaebusweni bomhlaba.Jasher6:25

KwathiuNimrodeeseneminyakaengamashumiamaneubudala,ngalesosikhathikwabakhonaimpi phakathikwabafowabonabantwanabakaJafete,kangangokuthibasebephethweyizithazabo.

Zonkeizizwenezilimizezwangodumolwakhe,zabuthanakuye,zakhothamaphansi,zamlethela iminikelo,wabayinkosiyazonenkosiyazo,zahlalanayeemziniwaseShinari,uNimrodewabusa emhlabeniphezukwawowonkeamadodanakaNowa,futhiwonkeayengaphansikwamandlaakhe neselulekosakhe.Jasher7:45

Izincekuzakhozamangalangombonoesawubona,zesabakakhulu,sanqumangombono,sazi ngokuhlakaniphakwethuincazeloefaneleyawo,ukuthilentoiphathelenenomntwanaozelwe uThera,ozokhulaandekakhulu,abenamandla,abulalewonkeamakhosiomhlaba,adleifalawo wonkeamazweawo,yenanenzaloyakhekuzekubephakade.Jasher8:11

UTherawabonaukuthiintukutheloyenkosiiyamvuthela,waphendulainkosi,wathi:“Konke enginakhokusezandlenizenkosi;nomayiniinkosiefisaukuyenzaencekwiniyayo,mayiyenze,yebo, ngishonendodanayami,isezandlenizenkosi,ayinanani,yonanabafowaboababiliabadalakunayo” Jasher8:28

Ingabekukhonaumoya,umphefumulonomaamandlakulabaonkulunkuluokwenzakonke ongitshelekhona?Abawonayiniamatshenezinkuni,futhiangizangengizenzemina,futhi ungakhulumaamangaanjalo,uthiunkulunkuluomkhuluowayenaboubashayile?Nguweowabeka isandoezandlenizakhe,wabeesethiubashayilebonke.U-Abramawaphendulauyisewathikuye:

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

“Ungazikhonzakanjani-kelezizithombeokungekhomandlaokwenzaluthokuzo?Ingabelezo zithombeozethembayozingakusindisa?Ingabezingayizwaimithandazoyakholaphouzibiza? Ingabezingakuhlengaezandlenizezithazakho,nomazingakulwelaizimpizakhonezithazakho, ukuzeukhonzeukhuninetsheokungenakhoukukhulumanokuzwa?”Jasher11:42-43

Inkosiyathiku-Abrama,“Babenamandlayiniokukhulumanokudlanokwenzanjengobaushilo?”UAbramawaphendulainkosi,wathi,“Umakungekhomandlakubo,kunganiubakhonzafuthiubangele abantwanababantuukubabadukiswengobuwulabakho?Ucabangaukuthibangakukhululanoma benzenomayiniencanenomaenkulu,ukuthiubakhonze?KunganiungamzwauNkulunkulu wendawoyonke,owakudalafuthionamandlaakheukubulalanokulonda?Jasher11:54-55

U-Abramawathienkosini:“UNkulunkuluwezulunomhlabaengimethembayo,onamandlaonke, ungikhululileemlilweniongiphonsilekuwo.”Jasher12:35

Ngomnyakawesihlanuwokuhlalakuka-AbramaezwenilaseKhanani,abantubaseSodoma naseGomoranayoyonkeimiziyasethafenibahlubukaesandlenisikaKedorlawomere,inkosiyaseElamu;ngobawonkeamakhosiemiziyasethafeniayekhonzeuKedorlawomereiminyakaeyishumi nambili,futhiayemnikaintelayonyaka,kodwangalezozinsukungonyakaweshuminantathu, amhlubukaJasher13:11

UJehovawalilalelaizwilikaSarayi,futhiuJehovawathumelaingelosiukubaikhululeuSarayi esandlenisikaFaro.Jasher15:19

NgalesosikhathiuKedorlawomereinkosiyase-Elamuwathumelakumakhosionkeangomakhelwane, kuNimrode,inkosiyaseShinariowayengaphansikombusowakhengalesosikhathi,nakuTidali,inkosi yaseGoyimi,naku-Ariyoki,inkosiyase-Elasari,awenzanaboisivumelwano,wathi:“Khuphukelani kiminingisize,ukuzesichitheyonkeimiziyaseSodomanabakhileyokuyo,ngokubabangihlubukile kuleminyakaeyishuminantathu.”Jasher16:1

U-AbrahamawaqhubekanokukhuzauSathane,uSathanewasukakubo,kwathiebonaukuthi akanakubanqoba,wazifihlakubo,wahambawadlulaphambikwaboendleleni;waphendukawaba umfudlanaomkhuluwamanziendleleni,u-Abrahamano-Isakanezinsizwazakheezimbilibafika kuleyondawo,babonaumfudlanaomkhulunonamandlanjengamanziamakhulu.Jasher23:34

Futhingesikhathibekhothamelakuyo,ikhulumanabokuzozonkeizintoabazicelayokuyo, ngamandlaegamaelilotshwekuyo.Jasher31:42

UJashubi,inkosiyaseTafenaki,wabonisananabelulekibakhengalendaba,abelulekibakhebathi kuye:“WenawedwaawuyikunqobaamaHebheru,ngobakumelweabenamandlaokwenzalo msebenzikulolonkeidolobha.”UJasheri34:44

Ngesandlasakhoesinamandlanangengaloyakhoeyeluliwekhululaamadodanaaminezincekuzawo kubo,ngobaamandlanamandlakusezandlenizakhoukwenzakonkelokhu.AmadodanakaJakobe nezincekuzawoayakulamakhosi,athembelaeNkosiniuNkulunkuluwawo,kwathilaphoehamba, uJakobeuyisenayewathandazaeNkosiniwathi,NkosiNkulunkulu,Nkulunkuluonamandla nophakanyisiweyo,obusekusukelaezinsukwinizakudala,kusukelalaphokuzekubemanjekuze kubephakade;Wenauvusaizimpifuthiuziqede,esandlenisakhokukhonaamandlanamandla okuphakamisanokwehlisa;Kwangathiumthandazowamiungamukelekaphambikwakhoukuba uphendukelekimingesihesakho,ukuzeuthinteizinhliziyozalamakhosinabantubawongokwesaba amadodanaami,futhiuthusewonanamakamuawo,futhingomusawakhoomkhuluukhululebonke

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

abathembelakuwe,ngobanguweongalethaabantungaphansikwethufuthiunciphiseizizwe ngaphansikwamandlaethu.Jasher34:68-70

UJakobewathandazakuJehovangenxayamadodanaakhe,welulaizandlazakhekuJehova,wathi: “Nkulunkulu,unguNkulunkuluuSomandla,ungubabawethu,wasidalafuthithinasiyimisebenzi yezandlazakho;ngicelaukhululeamadodanaamingomusawakhoesandlenisezithazabo,eziza namuhlaukuzolwanabofuthiubasindiseesandlenisabo,ngobaesandlenisakhokukhonaamandla namandla,ukusindisaabambalwakwabaningi.”Jasher37:14

UJashubinayoyonkeibutholakhebabesondelakwaJuda,futhiwayegibeleihhashielinamandla kakhulunelinamandla,futhiuJashubiwayeyindodaenamandlakakhulu,egcweleinsimbinethusi kusukelaekhandakuyaezinyaweni.UJasher37:28

KwathilaphoinkosiyaseShilou-Ihuriisifile,amakhosiamaneaseleabalekaendaweniyawokanye nezinyeizinduna,azamaukuhlehla,ethi,AsisenawoamandlanamaHebherungemvakokubulala amakhosiamathathunezindunazawoezazinamandlakunathiJasher38:2

ULeviwathathainkembayendodaenamandlaesandlenisakhe,wayithathangenkaniendodeni, wayishayangayoekhandalendodaenamandla,wayinqumaikhandaAmadodaayishuminanye asondelaukuyolwanoLevi,ngobaabonaukuthiomunyewaboubulewe,amadodanakaJakobealwa, kodwaamadodanakaJakobeawakwazangaukuwanqoba,ngobalawomadodaayenamandlakakhulu LaphoamadodanakaJakobeebonaukuthiawakwaziukuwanqoba,uSimeyoniwamemezakakhulu, amadodaayishuminanyeanamandlaashaqekangezwilokumemezakukaSimeyoni.UJuda wayesekudeelaziizwilokumemezakukaSimeyoni,uNafetalinoJudabagijimelakuSimeyoninoLevi ngezihlanguzabo,babatholabelwanalawomadodaanamandla,bengenakuwanqobanjengoba izihlanguzabozaziphukileUJasher38:39-42

BonkeabakhileyoemziniwaseSartonbabengamadodaanamandla,oyedwakubowayexosha inkulungwane,ababilikubobabengenakubalekakubantuabayizinkulungwaneeziyishumiabasele Jasher38:50

LaphouJudaebonaukuthiamadodaaseGahashiayebasindakakhulu,wakhalakakhulufuthi edabukisakakhulu,futhiwonkeamadodaaseGahashiesabakakhulungezwilokukhalakukaJuda, futhiamadodaawelaodongeningokukhalakwakheokukhulu,futhibonkeababevelangaphandle nangaphakathikomuzibesabakakhulungokuphilakwabo.UJasher39:19

Kuyiniinkingayakhoempiniongenakukwaziukuyinqoba?Ungawenzayini-keumuzionamandla waseGahashinabakhileyokuwonjengobawenzaemiziniyama-Amorieyayingenamandlakangako? Ngokuqinisekilelaboababuthakathakaphakathikwethuwabenzalezozinto,wababulalaemnyango womuzi,ngobababengenamandlalaphobesabangomsindowokumemezakwakho.Jasher39:25

IkhandalikaJudalamlimazangenxayokushaywayindodaenamandla,uJudawayesecishewafa ngenxayalokho.

KwathilaphoamadodanakaJakobeeseqedileukubulalaizakhamuzizaseGahashi,azulazula edolobheniukuzeaphucebonkeababulewe,afikaengxenyeniengaphakathiyomuzifuthiaqhubeka nohamboahlangananamadodaamathathuanamandlakakhulu,futhikwakungekhonkembaesandleni sawo.AmadodanakaJakobeafikaendawenilaphoayekhona,amadodaanamandlaabaleka,kanti omunyewawowathumbauZebuloni,owayembonaengumfanaomncanefuthiomfushane,wamshaya ngamandlaakheUJasher39:56-57

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Indodaenamandlayavukaemhlabathiniithukuthelekakhulu,uJudawezakuyeengakafikilaphoeya khona,wayishayaekhandangenkemba,ikhandalayolaqhekeka,wafaIndodaenamandlayesithathu, ibonaukuthiabanganebayobabulewe,yabalekaphambikwamadodanakaJakobe,amadodana kaJakobeayixoshaemzini;kwathilaphoindodaenamandlaibalekayatholaenyeyezinkemba zabantubasemzini,yayithathayaphendukelaemadodanenikaJakobeyalwanabongaleyonkemba IndodaenamandlayagijimelakuJudaukuzeimshayeekhandangenkemba,kodwakwakungekho sihlanguesandlenisikaJuda;kwathilaphoehloseukumshaya,uNafetaliwasheshawathathaisihlangu sakhewasibekaekhandalikaJuda,inkembayendodaenamandlayashayaisihlangusikaNafetali, uJudawasindaenkembeni.USimeyoninoLevibagijimelaindodaenamandlangezinkembazabo, bayishayangamandlangezinkembazabo,izinkembaezimbilizangenaemzimbeniwendoda enamandla,zahlukanisakabili,ubudebazo.UJasher39:60-63

AbantubaseBethchorinbalwaubusukubonke,indodaeyodwanomfowabo,kantienye nomakhelwanewayo,bamemezanxazonkeenqabeni,futhiukukhalakwabokwezwakalakude,futhi wonkeumhlabawazamazamangezwilabo,ngobababenamandlangaphezukwabobonkeabantu bomhlaba.Jasher40:7

Manjeamadodaaqinilenanamandlaamthengisekithi,amandlaalowoenimbonilenamuhla; mhlawumbebamntshontshileezwenilakhengamandlaabonangengaloyaboenamandla,ngakho-ke bamthengiselekithingenanielincaneesalibanikelonaJasher42:22

KwathingolunyeusukuuJosefawayenzaumsebenziwenkosiyakheendlini,uZelikawafikangasese wamhlangabezangokuzumayo,uJosefawamvukela,futhiwayenamandlakunaye,wamwisaphansi Jasher44:40

Izinkomoezimbieziyisikhombisaziyizikhulueziyisikhombisa,ezizomelananazoezinsukwini zokugcinafuthizizibhubhise;futhiizikhwebueziyisikhombisazamabeleziyizikhuluezinkulu eziyisikhombisazaseGibhithe,ezizowelaezandlenizezikhulueziyisikhombisaezingenamandla ezithazazo,ezimpinizenkosiyethuinkosi.Jasher48:17

Izikhwebueziyisikhombisaezinhlenezimbiozibonileephushenilesibilizingabantwanaabayishumi nane,futhikuzothiezinsukwinizokugcinazisukumezilwezodwa,futhieziyisikhombisakuzo zizoshayaeziyisikhombisaezinamandlakakhuluAbanyebabobasholamazwienkosini,bathi: “Izinkomoeziyisikhombisaezinhlezishoukuthiuzozalelwaabantwanaabayisikhombisa,futhi zizobulalaabayisikhombisakubantwanabakhoezinsukwinizokugcina;futhiizikhwebu eziyisikhombisaezinhleozibonileephushenilesibili,yilezozikhuluezinyeizikhulueziyisikhombisa ezingenamandlazizokulwanazofuthizizibhubhiseezinsukwinizokugcina,futhiziphindiseleicala labantwanabakho,futhiuhulumeniuzophindeabuyeleenzalweniyakho”Jasher48:22-23

UJosefawaphumakubowangenaekamelweni,wakhalakakhulu,ngokubaisihawusakhe sasibavuthele,wagezaubusobakhe,wabuyelakubofuthi,wamthathauSimeyonikubo,wayala ukubaaboshwe,kodwauSimeyoniwayengafuniukwenziwakanjalo,ngobawayeyindodaenamandla kakhulufuthibabengenakumbophaJasher51:37

Awaziyinifuthiawuzwangayiniukuthilenkosiinamandlakakhulufuthiihlakaniphile,futhiakekho onjengayeemhlabeniwonke?Bhekasibonewonkeamakhosiomhlabafuthiasikazesiboneeyodwa efananaleyonkosi,inkosiyaseGibhithe;ngokuqinisekilephakathikwawowonkeamakhosiomhlaba akekhoomkhulukuno-AbimelekiinkosiyamaFilisti,kodwainkosiyaseGibhitheinkulufuthi inamandlakunaye,futhiu-AbimelekiungafaniswanenyeyezikhuluzakheUJasher52:12

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ubabonilebonkeabantwanabethubekhalangawengenxayendlalafuthiungenawoamandla esandlenisakhookusuthisa?Manjeakeubavuseleisihawusakho,umthumeumfowethunathi, sizohambaJasher52:20

UJakobewasukumaemadodaneniakhewelulaizandlazakhe,wathandazakuJehovangenxa yamadodanaakhe,wathi:“OJehovaNkulunkuluwezulunomhlaba,khumbulaisivumelwanosakho nobabau-Abrahama,usikhumbulenobabau-Isaka,ubenomusangamadodanaami,ungabanikeli esandlenisenkosiyaseGibhithe;ngiyakuncenga,Nkulunkulu,ngenxayesihesakho,ukhululebonke abantwanabami,ubakhululeemandleniaseGibhithe,ubathumeleleabafowaboababili.”UJasher 52:26

KusukelaencekwiniyakhouJakobe,indodanaka-Isaka,indodanaka-AbrahamaumHebheru, isikhulusikaNkulunkulu,kuyaenkosinienamandlanehlakaniphile,umambuliwezimfihlo,inkosi yaseGibhithe,ukubingelela.Jasher52:29

Awaziyini,nkosiyaseGibhithe,ukuthiamandlakaNkulunkuluanathi,nokuthiuNkulunkuluuhlala ezwaimithandazoyethufuthiakasishiyizonkeizinsuku?(Jasher52:38)

UJudawathikuye:“Impelaumangivulaumlomowamingawenamuhlabengizokugwinyaukuze ubhujisweemhlabeni,ubhubhenamuhlaembusweniwakho”UJosefawathi:“Impelaumauvula umlomowakhonginamandlaokuvalaumlomowakhongetsheuzeungakwaziukukhuluma;bheka ukuthimangakiamatshephambikwethu,ngingathathaitshe,ngiliphoqeemlonyeniwakhobese ngiphulaimihlathiyakho”UJasher54:12

UJosefawathi,“Akuninanodwaeninikweamandla,ngobanathisingamadodaanamandla,futhi kunganinizigqajangathisonke?”UJudawathikuJosefa,“Ngicelanithumeleumfowethu,ningachithi izwelakininamuhla.”Jasher54:31

UJosefawaphendulawathi:“Nikhulumaiqiniso,akukhoamangaemlonyeniwenu,ngokuba sitshelweukuthiamaHeberuanamandlanokuthiuJehovauNkulunkuluwawouyawajabulelakakhulu, ngubani-keongemaphambikwawona?”Jasher54:61

Laphoabantwanabakwa-EsawubebonaukuthiabantwanabakwaSeyiribanamandlakunabo, amadodaathileabantwanabakwa-EsawuaphendukaasizaabantwanabakwaSeyiriizithazabo.

LonkeiGibhithelalingaphansikokunakekelwakukaJosefa,uJosefawalwanazozonkeizithazakhe ezazimzungezile,wazinqoba;futhilonkeizwenawowonkeamaFilisti,kwazekwabasemingceleni yaseKhanani,uJosefawawanqoba,futhibonkebabengaphansikwamandlaakhefuthibanikauJosefa intelayonyaka.Jasher58:8

UZefowabusaphezukwabobonkeabantwanabaseKitimingokuphepha,kodwawayengamazi uJehovaowayemkhululileyenanabobonkeabantubakheesandlenisenkosiyase-Afrika;futhi amabuthoase-AfrikaawaphindangaafikaeKitimiukuzophanganjengenjwayelo,ngobaayazi ngamandlakaZefoowayebabulalebonkengosikolwenkemba,ngakhou-AngeaswesabauZefo indodanaka-Elifazi,kanyenabantwanabaseKitimizonkeizinsuku.UJasher64:6

BonkeabantubaseGibhithebabonaububiabantwanabakwa-Israyeliababebenzekubo,ngakho bonkeabaseGibhithebesabakakhuluabantwanabakwa-Israyeli,ngobababeboneamandlaabo amakhulu,nokuthiakukhonoyedwakuboowawaJasher64:49

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Futhiuwabonileamandlaaboamakhulu,ngobalamandlaavelakoyise,ngobabambalwaabantu abamelananesizweesikhulunjengesihlabathi,bababulalangosikolwenkemba,futhiakukho noyedwaowawa,kangangokuthiukubebabebaningingabebababhubhisengokupheleleJasher65:4

NgakhouJobewathienkosini:“Bhekabonkeabakhileyoezwenibasezandlenizakho,inkosimayenze okuhleemehlweniayo.”Jasher67:43

EzinsukwinizakheuMowabiwahlubukaemandlenika-Edomi,njengobaebengaphansikuka-Edomi kusukelaezinsukwinizikaHadadiindodanakaBedadi,owabanqobakanyenoMidiyani,futhiwabeka uMowabingaphansikuka-Edomi

KwathiesebusawanqumaukulwanabantwanabakwaMowabi,ukubabekangaphansikwesandla sabantwanabakwa-Esawunjengakuqala,kodwaakakwazanga,ngobaabantwanabakwaMowabi bezwalokhu,basukumabasheshaukukhethainkosiphezukwabophakathikwabafowabo.Jasher 78:4

KwathiesefikileeHorebe,uJehovawabonakalakuyelaphoesihlahleni,watholaisihlahlasivutha umlilo,kodwaumlilowawungenamandlaphezukwesihlahlaukusiqedaJasher79:3

UFarowathikubo:“Ngitshelenimanjeamandlaakhenamandlaakhe;bathikuye:‘Wadalaizulu nomhlaba,izilwandlenazozonkeizinhlanzizazo,wadalaukukhanya,wadalaubumnyama, wabangelaimvulaemhlabeni,wawunisela,wenzaizimilanotshaniukubakuhlume,wadalaumuntu nezilwanenezilwanezasehlathini,izinyonizezulunezinhlanzizolwandle,futhingomlomowakhe ziphilafuthizife.’Jasher79:49

Ngakho-kemasivukeekusenikakhulusibabuyisele,futhikuzothiumabebuyelanathieGibhithe kumakhosiabo,khona-kesizokwaziukuthikukhonaukuthembelakubo,kodwaumabengabuyi, khona-kesizolwanabo,futhisibabuyiselengamandlaamakhulunangesandlaesinamandlaJasher 81:10

OJehovaNkulunkuluwomhlabawonke,sindisaabantubakhoobakhuphulileeGibhithe,futhi abaseGibhithemabangazigqajingokuthiamandlanamandlakungokwabo.Jasher81:35

Futhiu-OgiinkosiyaseBashaniwayeyindodaenamandlakakhulu,kodwaindodanayakheuNaaroni yayinamandlakakhulu,inamandlakakhulukunaye.UJasher85:22

AbadalabakwaMowabibathi:“Bhekani,amakhosiamabiliama-Amori,uSihonino-Ogi, ayenamandlakunawowonkeamakhosiomhlaba,awakwazangaukumelananabantwanabakwaIsrayeli;pho-kesingamakanjaniphambikwabo?”Jasher85:35

Onkeamakhosiomhlabaayakukudumisa,izikhuluzomhlabaziyakuhlabelelangawe,abantwana bakwa-Israyelibayakujabulangensindisoyakho,bayakuhlabelela,badumiseamandlaakho.Jasher 89:4

AmaJubili

Kodwabangabantubakhonefalakho,obakhululengamandlaakhoamakhuluezandleni zabaseGibhithe:dalakuboinhliziyoehlanzekilenomoyaongcwele,futhiungabavumelibabanjwe ezonwenizabokusukelamanjekuzekubephakade.AmaJubili1:20

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ingelosiyobukhonaeyayihambaphambikwekamulakwa-Israyeliyathathaamatafulaezigaba zeminyaka-kusukelaesikhathinisokudalwa-komthethonobufakazibamasontoejubili, ngokweminyakangayinye,ngokwenanilonkelejubili[ngokushokweminyakangayinye],kusukela ngosukulokudalwa[okusha]laphoamazulunomhlabakuzovuselelwakanyenakhokonkeukudalwa kwawongokwamandlaezulu,nangokushokwakhokonkeukudalwakomhlaba,kuzekubeyilapho indluengcweleyeNkosiisenziwaeJerusalemaeNtabeniiZiyoni,futhizonkeizibanizivuselelwe ukuphulukiswanokuthulanesibusisokubobonkeabakhethiweyobakwa-Israyeli,futhiukuzekube njalokusukelangalolosukukuzekubeyizinsukuzonkezomhlabaAmaJubili1:28

Futhimabangabusiphezukwemimoyayabaphilayo;ngobaWenawedwaungababusaFuthi mabangabusiphezukwamadodanaabalungileyokusukelamanjekuzekubephakade.FuthiiNkosi uNkulunkuluwethuyasiyalaukubasibophebonke.Futhiinhlokoyemimoya,uMastêmâ,yezayathi: Nkosi,Mdali,vumelaabanyebabobahlalephambikwami,futhimabalaleleizwilami,benzekonke engikushoyokubo;ngobaumaabanyebabobengashiywangakimi,ngekengikwaziukwenza amandlaentandoyamiphezukwamadodanaabantu;ngobalababangokonakalafuthibadukisa phambikokwahlulelakwami,ngobaububibamadodanaabantubukhulu.AmaJubili10:6-8

UTherauyisewathikuye:Hambangokuthula:KwangathiuNkulunkuluongunaphakadeangalungisa indlelayakho.INkosimayibenawe,ikuvikeleebubinibonke,ikupheumusa,isihenomusaphambi kwalaboabakubonayo,Futhikwangathikungabikhomuntuwabantwanababantuonamandlaphezu kwakhookukulimaza;Hambangokuthula.AmaJubili12:29

Kodwaphezukuka-Israyeliakamisangaingelosinomaumoya,ngobanguyeyedwaongumbusiwabo, futhiuzobalondolozafuthiabafuneesandlenisezingelosizakhenemimoyayakhe,nasesandleni samandlaakheonkeukuzeabalondolozefuthiababusise,futhibabengabakhefuthiYenaabe ngowabokusukelamanjekuzekubephakadeAmaJubili15:32

Futhiakambonanga,ngobakwakuyisenzoesivelaezulwinisokususaamandlaakheokuqondakanti u-Isakaakambonanga,ngobaizandlazakhezazinoboyanjengezomfowabou-Esawu,ngakho wambusisaAmaJubili26:18

WathikuJuda:“KwangathiuJehovaangakunikaamandlanamandlaokunyathelaphansibonke abakuzondayo;wenakanyenomunyewamadodanaakho,uzobayisikhuluphezukwamadodana kaJakobe;Kwangathiigamalakhonegamalamadodanaakholingaphumalihambekuwowonke amazwenezifunda.Khona-keizizweziyakwesabaphambikwakho,nezizwezonke ziyakuthuthumela”AmaJubili31:18

FuthiungesabingenxakaJakobe,ngobaumgcinikaJakobemkhulu,unamandlafuthiuyahlonishwa, futhiudunyiswakakhulukunomgcinika-Esawu.AmaJubili35:17

Bathikuye:“Asiyikukulalelaukubawenzeukuthulanaye,ngokubaamandlaethumakhulukunawo, futhisinamandlakunaye;sizomhlaselasimbulale,simbhubhiseyenanamadodanaakhe.Uma ungahambinathi,sizokulimazanawe”AmaJubili37:5

NgemvakwalokhouJudawakhulumanoJakobeuyise,wathikuye:“Gobaumnsalowakho,baba, uthumeimicibisholoyakho,uphonsephansiisitha,ubulaleisitha;futhikwangathiungabanamandla, ngobangekesimbulaleumfowenu,ngobaunjengawe,futhiunjengawe,masimnikeloludumo.” AmaJubili38:1

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

AkazangeyiningamandlaakheonkeafuneukukubulalanokukhululaabaseGibhitheesandlenisakho laphoebonaukuthiuthunyweukwahlulelanokuziphindiselelakwabaseGibhithe?Naphezukwazo zonkelezizibonakalisonezimangaliso,isikhuluuMastêmâasizangesibenamahloningobasaba nesibindifuthisamemezaabaseGibhitheukubabakuxoshengawowonkeamandlaaseGibhithe, ngezinqolazabo,namahhashiabo,kanyenawowonkeamabuthoabantubaseGibhithe.AmaJubili 48:3,12

Ngobangalobubusuku,ukuqalakomkhosinokuqalakwenjabulo,benidlaiphasikaeGibhithe,lapho wonkeamandlakaMastêmâayekhululiweukubulalawonkeamazibuloezwenilaseGibhithe, kusukelaezibulolikaFarokuyaezibulolencekukazieyisithunjwaesigayweni,nasezinkomeni. AmandlaeNkosienzakonkenjengobauJehovaayebayalile,badlulakubobonkeabantwanabakwaIsrayeli,futhiisifoasifikangakuboukubasibhubhisenomayimuphiumphefumulowenkomo,noma umuntu,nomainja.AmaJubili49:2,4

IzincwadiEzilahlekileZeBhayibheli

NgobauMoyaoNgcweleuzokwehlelaphezukwakho,futhiamandlaoPhezukonkeazokusibekela, ngaphandlekokushisakwenkanukoIVangeliLokuzalwaKukaMariya7:19

Kodwaingelosiyaphendulayathi,“Akunjalo,Mariya,kodwauMoyaoNgcweleuzokwehlelaphezu kwakho,namandlaoPhezukonkeakusibekele;”(Protevangelion9:13)

Ngenxayodumolwakhelelizwelathuthumela,futhiekufikenikwakhelingaphansikwesiphithiphithi kanyenokwesabaokukhonamanje;futhithinangokwethusesatshiswaubukhulubamandlaakhe.1 IVangeliLobuntwana4:12

KusukelangalesosikhathiumfanawaphulukiswangamandlaeNkosiuKristu,waqalaukuhlabelela izindumiso,nokubongaiNkosieyayimphilisile1IVangeliLobuntwana4:17

Ngobangokusheshanjelaphoefikaphakathikwethu,isithombesaphuka,futhibonkeonkulunkulu bawaphansi,futhibabhujiswangamandlaamakhulu1IVangeliLobuntwana4:22

Wathiendodaneniyakhe,OJesuKristu,buyiselanomauphulukisengokwamandlaakhoangavamile lenyulu,futhiuyinikeisimosomuntunesidalwaesinengqondo,njengobayayinjalongaphambili1 IVangeliLobuntwana7:25

Uninawayesethi,ONkosikaziMariya,manjesengiyaqinisekaukuthiamandlakaNkulunkuluahlala kuwe,ukuzeindodanayakhoikwaziukwelaphaabantwanaabafananayo,ngokusheshanjelapho bethintaizingubozayo1IVangeliLobuntwana11:7

Waphendula,wamchazelai-physicskanyene-metaphysicsFuthilezozintoezazingaphezulu nangaphansikwamandlaemvelo;kanyenamandlaomzimba,amahlayaawo,kanyenemiphumela yawo.1IVangeliLobuntwana21:12-14

Makubekuyeudumo,nodumo,namandla,nobukhosi,kusukelamanjekuzekubephakade,Amen.1 IVangeliLobuntwana22:7

Khona-keuPilatuwathi,“Ukukhiphaamademoniakubonakalikungumsebenziwomoyaongcolile, kodwakungumsebenziovelaemandlenikaNkulunkulu”IVangelilikaNikodemu1:6

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

UJesuwaphendulawathi:“Ukubebebengenaloikhonolokukhuluma,ngabebangakwazi ukukhuluma;kodwangobayilowonalowounekhonololimilwakhelokukhulumaokuhlenokubi, makaqaphelelokho”IVangelilikaNikodemu2:5

UJesuwathikuPilatu,“Kholwaniukuthiiqinisolikhonaemhlabeniphakathikwalabo,lapho benamandlaokwahlulela,ababuswayiqiniso,futhibakhaukwahlulelaokulungile”IVangeli likaNikodemu3:14

Abanyebabobathi,“LamandlaawavelikuNkulunkulu”UPilatuwathikumaJuda,“Kungani amademoniengabathobeliodokotelabenu?”Abanyebabobathi,“Amandlaokuphathaamademoni awavelikuNkulunkulu”IVangelilikaNikodemu5:42-44

Ngobawenqabeleizincekuzakhoukumemezelaizintoeziyimfihlo,ezenziwengamandlaakho aphezuluesihogweniIVangelilikaNikodemu13:2

KulokhuisikhulusesihogosaphendulakuSathane,sathi,Ngubanilesosikhuluesinamandlakangaka, kodwafuthiumuntuowesabaukufa?Ngobabonkeababusibomhlababangaphansikwamandlaami, owabathobangamandlaakho.Kodwaumaenamandlakangakangesimosakhesobuntu, ngiyakuqinisekisangeqiniso,ukuthiunamandlaonkengesimosakhesobuNkulunkulu,futhiakekho ongamelananamandlaakhe.IVangelilikaNikodemu15:4-6

Laboabagcinwelaphabazebaphileemhlabeni,basuswalapha,hhayingamandlaabo,kodwa ngemithandazoeyenziwakuNkulunkulu,futhiuNkulunkuluwaboonamandlaonkewabasusakimi. Ungubani-kelowoJesuwaseNazarethaowasusaabafileyokimingezwilakhengaphandle komthandazokuNkulunkulu?MhlawumbenguyenalowoowasusakimiuLazaru,ngemva kwezinsukuezineefile,futhiwanukafuthiwabola,futhienganginayenjengomuntuofile,kodwa wamvusangamandlaakheUSathaneephendula,waphendulaenkosiniyesihogo,wathi,Nguyelowo muntuofanayo,uJesuwaseNazaretha.Laphoinkosiyesihogoizwa,yathikuye,Ngiyakufungisa ngamandlaakhonawami,ukuthiungamlethikimiNgobalaphongizwangamandlaezwilakhe, ngathuthumelangokwesaba,futhibonkeabantubamiababibaphazamisekangesikhathiesifanayo; FuthiasikwazangaukubophauLazaru,kodwawazithuthumela,futhingazozonkeizibonakaliso zobubi,wasukakithingokushesha;kanyenomhlabathi,laphoisidumbusikaLazarusasilelekhona, wamenzawaphila.IVangelilikaNikodemu15:12-18

Laphoisikhulusesihogosizwalokhu,sathikuSathane,“Sukakimi,uphumeezindawenizami zokuhlala;umauyiqhaweelinamandla,yilwaneNkosiyenkazimulo.Kodwaunaninaye?”IVangeli likaNikodemu16:2

Laphobonkeabangcwelebezwalezizintoezikhulunywangu-Isaya,bathienkosiniyesihogo,“Vula amasangoakhomanje,ususeimigoqoyakhoyensimbi;ngobamanjeuzoboshwa,ungabinamandla.” UDavidewaphendulaenkosiniyesihogo,wathi,“Ngiyawaqondaamazwialelozwi,ngoba ngiwakhulumengomoyawakhe”Manje,njengobangishilongenhla,ngithikuwe,iNkosienamandla nenamandla,iNkosienamandlaempini:iyiNkosiyenkazimulo,futhiiyiNkosiezulwininasemhlabeni; Futhiyaphulaizibophoezazingenakugqashulwangaphambili;futhingamandlaayo angenakunqotshwawavakashelalaboababehleziebumnyameniobukhulungobubi,nasethunzini lokufangesono.”IVangelilikaNikodemu16:12,15,19

Ungubaniwena,unamandlakangakafuthiubuthakathakakangaka,umkhulukangakafuthiumncane kangaka,uyisiwulakodwanokhouyisoshalesigabasokuqala,ongalawulangesimosenceku njengesoshaelivamile?Kuvelaphi,JesuKristu,ukuthiungumuntuonamandlakangakafuthi

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

okhazimulayongobukhulu,okhanyakangangokuthiakanabala,futhiumsulwakangangokuthi awunacala?Ngobalelozweelingaphansilomhlaba,elalingaphansikwethukuzekubemanje,futhi laphosatholakhonaintela,alikazelisithumeleleumuntuofilekangakangaphambili,alikaze lithumeleiziphoezinjengaleziezikhulwinizesihogoNgakho-keungubaniwena,ongenangesibindi kangakaphakathikwezindawozethuzokuhlala,futhiawusabinjekuphelaukusisongelangezijeziso ezinkulukakhulu,kodwafuthiuzamaukusindisabonkeabanyeemaketangeniesibabambekuwo?

MhlawumbeunguyelowoJesu,uSathaneasandakukhulumangayemanjeenkosiniyethu,ukuthi ngokufakwesiphambanowawusuzokwamukelaamandlaokufa.Khona-keiNkosiyenkazimulo inyathelaukufa,yabambaisikhulusesihogo,yasiphucawonkeamandlaayo,yathathaubabawethu wasemhlabeniu-Adamuwayanayeenkazimulweniyakhe.IVangelilikaNikodemu17:4,10-13

NgobabhekanimanjeukuthiuJesuwaseNazaretha,ngokukhanyakobuNkulunkulubakhe obukhazimulayo,uxoshawonkeamandlaamabiobumnyamanokufa;IVangelilikaNikodemu18:3

Uhlengeabaphilayongesiphambanosakho,wehlelakithi,ukuzengokufakwesiphambanousikhulule esihogweni,nangamandlaakhoekufeniIVangelilikaNikodemu19:9

Eziphambukisaizingqondozabantungendlelaenamandlakangakaemikhubeniyaboyangaphambili kanyenemikhubayabo,kangangokuthibengilokhungimangala,futhingiqinisekangokugcwele ngakhongezimpikiswanoeziningikuzekubemanje.SenecakuPawulu9:2

Kodwayena,njengobaayengumuntuonamandlaamakhulue-Antiyokiya,wambambaemgwaqweni wamanga;uTheklaakavumanga,kodwawabhekauPawulunxazonke,wamemezangezwielikhulu elibuhlungu,wathi:“Ungangiphoqi,minangingumfokazi;ungangiphoqi,minangiyinceku kaNkulunkulu;ngingomunyewabantuabavelelebase-Ikoniyu,futhingaphoqelekaukubangiphume kulowomuzingobangangingekengishadenoThamyris”IzEnzoZikaPawulunoThekla7:4

Imimoyaengcolileyoyaxoshwa,yenzaumsindo;bonkebamukelaabagulayobabobephilile, badumisauNkulunkulu,owanikaintombiuTheklaamandlaanjalo;IzEnzozikaPawulunoThekla 10:17

Amadodaemaemangelengokuphelelengesimangalisoesimangalisayokangaka,futhiayengenawo amandlaokubophaincekukaNkulunkulu;kodwakuphela,ebambeivelilayo,nomai-hood, aklebhulaingxenyeyalo;IzEnzozikaPawulunoThecla11:13

Ukuzebonkeabantubazi,ukuthilaboabanhliziyombili,abangathembiamandlakaNkulunkulu, balungeleukulahlwa,nokubayisibonakalisokuzozonkeizinkathiezilandelayo1Clementtothe Corinthians6:4

Futhiuthifuthi,Ngimbonileomubienamandlaamakhulufuthiesakazekanjengomsedari waseLebhanoni.Ngadlula,bheka!Wayengekho;Ngafunaindawoyakhe,kodwaayitholakalanga.1 ClementkwabaseKorinte7:11

FuthiikakhulukazimabafundeukuthiukuthobekakunamandlaamakhulukangakananikuNkulunkulu; ukuthiuthandooluhlanzekilenolungcweleluzuzisakangakananikuye;ukuthiukwesabakwakhe kuhlekangakananifuthikukhulukangakanani;nokuthikuzosindisakanjanibonkeabaphendukela kuyengobungcwelengengqondoemsulwa1ClementkwabaseKorinte10:13

Futhikusukelaekuqhekekeni,amandlaamakhuluokuhlinzekakweNkosiayawuvusafuthi;futhi kuvelaimbewueyodwaabaningi,batheleizithelo1ClementkwabaseKorinte11:20

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

FuthiingabesicabangaukuthikuyintoenkulukakhulufuthiengavamileukuthiiNkosiyabobonke ivuselaboabamhloniphayongesiqinisekisosokwethembekaokuhle,laphongishonangenyoni isibonisaubukhulubamandlaayoukugcwalisaisithembisosayo?Ngezwilamandlaakhewenza zonkeizinto;futhingezwielifanayouyakwaziukuzibhubhisanomaninilaphoethanda.Ngubani ongathikuye,wenzani?Nomangubaniomelananamandlaakhe?1ClementkwabaseKorinte 12:6,13-14

NgamandlaakheuSomandlawamisaamazulu,futhingokuhlakaniphakwakheokungaqondakali wawahlobisa.Kanjalonolwandlenazozonkeizidalwaezikulo;esekudalilekuqala,wazivalelakulo ngamandlaakhe1ClementkwabaseKorinte15:3,6

Umuntumakabeqotho,abenamandlaekukhulumeniulwazi:makabeohlakaniphileekwahluleleni amazwingendlelaefanele,abemsulwakuzozonkeizenzozakhe1ClementkwabaseKorinte20:30

Uyokukhululaezinhluphekwenieziyisithupha;yebo,kweziyisikhombisaakuyikuthintwaokubi Endlaleniuyokuhlengaekufeni,nasempiniemandlenienkemba.1ClementkwabaseKorinte23:9

Makanikewonkeumphefumulowomuntuobizaigamalakheelikhazimulayonelingcwele, ukukholwa,ukwesaba,ukuthula,ukubekezela,ukubekezela,ukuzithiba,ubungcwelenokuqonda, kubobonkeabamthokozisayoemehlweniakhe;ngoMpristiwethuOmkhulunoMvikeliuJesuKristu, okungayeinkazimulo,nobukhosi,namandla,nodumo,kubekuyemanjenaphakade.Amen.1 ClementkwabaseKorinte24:2

NgobaiNkosiithi,“Niyakubanjengezimvuphakathikwezimpisi.”UPetruwaphendulawathi, “Kuthiwaniumaizimpisizidwengulaizimvu?”UJesuwathikuPetru,“Ningazesabiizimvungemva kokufa:Futhiningabesabiabanibulalayo,futhingemvakwalokhoningasenaluthoabangalwenzakini; kodwayesabanilowongemvakokufakwenuonamandlaokuphonsakokubiliumphefumulo nomzimbaesihogwenisomlilo”2ClementkwabaseKorinte3:2

Njengobaizinsukuzimbikakhulu,futhiisithasinamandlaalelizwelamanje,kufanelesikhuthale kakhuluukuphenyangezahluleloezilungileyozeNkosiIncwadiEjwayelekileKaBarnaba2:1

Masibeyithempelielingokomoya,eliphelelekuNkulunkuluNomangabesikuphi,masizindle ngokwesabauNkulunkulu;futhisizamengamandlaethuonkeukugcinaimiyaloyakhe;ukuze sijabulengezahlulelozakheezilungileyo.IncwadiEjwayelekileKaBarnaba3:12

Kodwaubanimanjeongakwaziukubusaphezukwezilwanezasendle,nomaizinhlanzi,noma izinyonizezulu?Ngobaniyaziukuthiukubusakushoukubanamandla,ukuthiumuntukufanele abekwephezukwalokhoakubusayo.IncwadiEjwayelekilekaBarnaba5:23

INkosiyathikuye:“Kukhonaizizweezimbiliesiswinisakho,kuyakuvelaizizweezimbiliesiswini sakho;esinyesiyakubusaesinye,esikhulusiyakukhonzaesincane.”Qondalaphaukuthi wayengubaniu-Isaka;uRebekawayengubani;futhiokwabikezelwangaye,lababantubayoba mkhulukunalabo.IncwadiEjwayelekileKaBarnaba12:4

ManjeakesiqhubekelekolunyeuhlobololwazinemfundisoKunezindlelaezimbilizemfundiso namandla;enyeyokukhanya,enyeyobumnyama.IncwadiEjwayelekileKaBarnaba14:3

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

KodwaindlelayobumnyamaigobilefuthiigcweleisiqalekisoNgobayindlelayokufaokuphakade, enesijeziso;laphoabahambayobehlanganakhonanezintoezibhubhisaimiphefumuloyabo.Lezi yizintoezifananokukhonzaizithombe,ukuzethemba,ukuqhoshakwamandla,ubuzenzisi,ukuba nomqondoombaxambili,ukuphinga,ukubulala,ukuphanga,ukuqhosha,ukweqaumthetho,inkohliso, ububi,ukuzidla,ubuthakathi,ukuhaha,kanyenokungabinakwesabauNkulunkulu.Incwadi EjwayelekileKaBarnaba15:1-2

Makungabikhomuntuozikhohlisayo;umaumuntuengekhoe-altare,uphucwaisinkwa sikaNkulunkuluNgobaumaimithandazoyomunyenomaemibiliinamandlakangaka,njengoba sitsheliwe,inamandlakangakananileyoyombhishobhikanyenebandlalonke?Incwadika-Ignatius eyakwabase-Efesu2:2

Nginincengaukubaningenzengibengumhlanganyelinjalo,ukuzengitholakalengiyingxenye yamaKristuase-Efesu,abelokhuevumelananabaPhostoli,ngamandlakaJesuKristuNgakho-ke makubekiniukukhathalelaukuhlanganangokugcwele,kubeudumonenkazimulokaNkulunkulu. Ngobaumanihlanganandawonyengokugcweleendaweniefanayo,amandlakadeveliayabhujiswa, futhiububibakhebuyachithwaubunyebokhololwabo.NgobaubuKristuakuwonaumsebenzi wokuvumakwangaphandle;kodwabuzibonakalisaemandleniokholo,umaumuntuetholakala ethembekilekuzekubesekupheleniIncwadika-Ignatiuseyakwabase-Efesu3:8,11,17

Ngakho-kewonkeamandlaomlingoahlakazeka;futhizonkeizibophozobubizabhujiswa:ukungazi kwabantukwasuswa;nombusoomdalawaqedwa;uNkulunkulungokwakheebonakalangesimo somuntu,ukuzekuvuselelweukuphilaokuphakade.Incwadika-Ignatiuseyakwabase-Efesu4:13

Ngakho-kekuyobakuhlekuwefuthiukungasebenzisiumbhishobhiwakhongokujwayelekilengenxa yobushabakhe;kodwaukumhloniphangokuphelelengokwamandlakaNkulunkuluuBaba;njengoba namingibonaukuthiabadalabakhoabangcwelebenza:ungabhekiiminyakayakhe,empeleni esemncanengokubukeka;kodwanjengobakufanelelaboabahlakaniphilekuNkulunkulu,bezithoba kuye,nomakunalokhohhayikuye,kodwakuYiseweNkosiyethuuJesuKristu,umbhishobhiwethu sonke.Incwadika-IgnatiuseyakwabaseMagnesian1:6

Ukubukekakwakhekuyafundisa;futhiubumnenebakhebunamandla:engiqinisekayoukuthi,bona kanyelaboabangakholwakuNkulunkuluabakwaziukuyekaukumhlonipha.Incwadika-Ignatiuseya kumaTrallians1:10

OwayengowohlangalukaDavidengokwenyama,kodwaiNdodanakaNkulunkulungokwentando namandlakaNkulunkulu;wazalwayiNtombikazingempela,wabhapathizwanguJohane;ukuze kugcwalisekeukulungakonkengaye.Incwadika-IgnatiuskwabaseSmirna1:3

Kuphelakumelweubathandazele,ukuzeumakuyintandokaNkulunkulubaphenduke;okuyobanzima kakhulu.KodwaiNkosiyethuuJesuKristuinamandlaalokhu,okungukuphilakwethukwangempela. Incwadika-IgnatiuskwabaseSmirna2:3

Ngibingelelaimindeniyabafowethu,kanyenabafazibabonezinganezabo;kanyenezintombi ezibizwangokuthiabafelokazi.QinaningamandlakaMoyaoNgcwele.UPhilo,okhonanami uyakhonzakini.Incwadika-IgnatiuskwabaseSmirna3:24

UmKristuakanawoamandlaakhe:kodwakumelweahlaleekhululekileenkonzwenikaNkulunkulu. ManjelomsebenziungokaNkulunkulunowakho:umausuwuqedileIncwadika-Ignatiuseya kuPolycarp3:3

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Umausezandlenizakhoukwenzaokuhle,ungakuhlehlisi,ngobauthandolukhululaekufeni.Incwadi kaPolycarpeyakwabaseFilipi3:11

BhekaiNkosienamandla,eyadalaumhlabangamandlaayoangabonakali,nangokuhlakaniphakwayo okukhulu,yahlobisaisidalwasayongecebolayoelikhazimulayo,yamisaizulungezwilamandlaayo, yasekelaumhlabaphezukwamanzi;futhingalobubuhleobunamandlayamisaiSontolayo eliNgcwele,elibusisile.1IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imibono)1:28

Ngakho-kezwaniniukuthikunganiumbhoshongowakhiwephezukwamanzi:ngobaimpiloyakho iyasindiswangamanziNgobayasungulwangezwilegamaelinamandlanelihloniphekile,futhi isekelwaamandlaangabonakalikanyenobuhlebukaNkulunkulu.1IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas (Imibono)3:42

Waphendulawathikimi,“Awuzangeuhlanganenalutho,Omuntu?”Ngaphendulangathi, “Nkosikazi,ngihlanganenesiloesinjalo,esasibonakalasingakwaziukugwinyaisizwesonke;kodwa ngamandlakaNkulunkulu,nangomusawakheoyingqayizivele,ngasindakuso.”1IncwadiYomalusi KaHermas(Imibono)4:16

Kodwangenxayezonozabozangaphambili,uNkulunkuluonamandlaokuphulukisauzonikeza ikhambi;ngobaunamandlaazozonkeizinto2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)4:12

Ngakho-keiNkosiyethuenesihawuyazwelananesidalwasayo,yasimiselalokhokuphenduka, yanginikaamandlaalokhoNgakho-kengithikini,umaumuntuemvakwalolobizoolukhulu nolungcweleelingwaudevelinesono,unokuphendukaokukodwa.Kodwaumaevameukonafuthi ephendukangekekumsizeonjalo;ngobangekeaphileleuNkulunkulu2IncwadiYomalusi KaHermas(Imiyalo)4:22

Manje,uthi,yizwaniububibentukuthelo;ukuthikubifuthikuyalimazakangakanani,nokuthiichitha kanjaniizincekuzikaNkulunkulu;ngobaayikwaziukulimazalaboabagcweleukholongobaamandla kaNkulunkuluanabo;kodwaichithaabangabazayo,nalaboabangenaloukholoNgobalezizinto ziwubuwula,futhiazinamsebenzi,futhiziyizeezincekwinizikaNkulunkuluKodwaukulingana kunamandla,futhikuyaphoqa;futhikunamandlaamakhulu,futhikuhlalangokukhuliswaokukhulu; kuyathokoza,kujabulangokuthula;futhikudumisauNkulunkulungasosonkeisikhathingobumnene 2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)5:11,13

MesabeuNkulunkulu,uthi,futhiugcineimiyaloyakheNgobaumaugcinaimiyaloyakheuzoba namandlakuyoyonkeimisebenzi,futhiyonkeimisebenziyakhoiyobamihlekakhulu.Ngoba ngokwesabauNkulunkulu,uyokwenzakonkekahleLokhuyilokhokwesabaokumeleuthinteke ngakhoukuzeusindiswe.Kodwaungamesabiudeveli:ngobaumawesabaiNkosi,uyobusaphezu kwayo;ngobaakukhomandlakuyo.Manjeumakungekhomandlakuyo,khona-kenayeakufanele esatshweKodwalowoonamandlaamakhulukuyo,kumelweesatshwe:ngobawonkeumuntu onamandla,kumelweesatshwe.Kodwaongenamandlauyadelelwayiwowonkeumuntu.2Incwadi YomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)7:1-3

Ngakho-keyidelele,futhiuzoyibusangasosonkeisikhathi.Gqokaukholooluqinilenolunamandla: ngobaukhololuthembisazonkeizintofuthiluphelelisazonkeizintoKodwaukungabazangeke kukholwa,ukuthikuzozuzanomayini,ngakhokonkeokungakwenza.Ngakho-ke,ushokanje,ukuthi ukhololuvelaphezulu,luvelakuNkulunkulu;futhilunamandlaamakhuluKodwaukungabaza

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

kungumoyawasemhlabeni,futhikuvelakudeveli,futhiakunamandla2IncwadiYomalusi KaHermas(Imiyalo)9:9-10

FuthilomprofethioqambaamangaongenawoamandlaoMoyaoNgcwelekuye,uyabaphendula ngokwezidingozabo,futhiugcwalisaimiphefumuloyabongezithembisonjengobabefisa.Kodwa lowomprofethiuyize,futhiuphendulaizintoeziyizekulaboabazizebona2IncwadiYomalusi KaHermas(Imiyalo)10:5

NgobawonkeumoyaovelakuNkulunkuluakudingekiucelwe;kodwaukubanamandla obuNkulunkulukukhulumakonkengokwako;ngobauvelaphezulu,emandlenikaNkulunkulu.2 IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)10:9

Ngakho-keubonaimpiloyalowonalowowaloluhlobolwabaprofethi.Ngakho-kefakazalowomuntu ngempiloyakhenangemisebenziyakhe,othiunoMoyaoNgcweleFuthikholwanguMoyaovela kuNkulunkulu,futhiunamandlaanjalo.Kodwaningakholwangumoyawasemhlabeninongenalutho, ovelakudeveli,okungekhokuyeukholonomaubuhle2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo) 11:12

Qondakakhuluamandlaavelaphezulu,ngalomfanekisoIzinhlayiyazesichothoeziwelaphansi zincanekakhulu;kodwaumaziwelaekhandalomuntu,zimbangelakanjaniubuhlungu?Futhifuthi; cabangangamaconsiendlu:ukuthiamaconsiamancaneawelaemhlabathini,enzakanjaniumgodi ematsheni.Ngakho-kengendlelaefanayoizintoezincaneezivelaphezulu,beseziwelaemhlabathini, zinamandlaamakhulu.Ngakho-kezihlanganisenalomoya,onamandla;futhiusukekomunye ongenalutho2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)11:15-17

Engaguquguquki,engaziubukhulubukaNkulunkuluukuthimkhulufuthiuyamangalisakangakanani; owadalaumhlabangenxayomuntu,wenzazonkeizidalwazabangaphansikwakhe:futhiwamnika wonkeamandla,ukuzeakwaziukufezayonkelemiyalo.2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo) 12:19

FuthiphendukelanieNkosiniuNkulunkuluwenu,nishiyeudevelinezinjabulozakhe,ngobazimbi, ziyababa,futhizingcolileNingesabiudeveli,ngobaakanawoamandlaphezukwenu2Incwadi YomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)12:22

Kodwaudeveliulukhuni,futhingamandlaakheubusaphezukwezincekuzikaNkulunkulu.Wathi akanakubusaphezukwezincekuzikaNkulunkulu,ezithembelakuyengezinhliziyozazozonke. Udeveliangalwa,kodwaakanakubanqobaNgobaumanimelananaye,uzonibalekelangokudideka Kodwalaboabangagcweleokholweni,besabaudeveli,njengokungathiunamandlaamakhulu.Ngoba udeveliuyabavivinyaizincekuzikaNkulunkulufuthiumaezitholazingenalutho,uyazibhubhisa2 IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)12:25-27

Ngathikuye:Nkosi,sengiqinisekisiwekuyoyonkeimiyaloyeNkosingenkathiunami,futhingiyazi ukuthiuzophulawonkeamandlakadeveli.2IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Imiyalo)12:34

Omuntuoyisiwula,ongabazayo,nodabukile;ongaqondiukuthizonkelezizintozingezabanye abantu,futhizingaphansikwamandlaomunyeumuntu.NgobaiNkosiyalomuziithikuwe:Lalela imithethoyami,nomauphumeemziniwami3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)1:3

Ngakho-ke,laphoumuntuocebileefinyelelakwabampofulezozintoazifunayo,umuntuompofu uthandazelaabacebileeNkosini;futhiuNkulunkuluunikaumuntuocebilezonkeizintoezinhle,

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

ngobaumuntuompofuucebileemthandazweni;futhiizicelozakhezinamandlaamakhulueNkosini3 IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)2:7

Ngakho-kewenaoqinisweyilesosithunywaesihloniphekile,futhiutholeisiphoesinamandla kangakasomthandazo;njengobaungavilaphi,kunganimanjeungaceliukuqondaeNkosini,futhi ukuthole?3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)5:40

Lalelani,esho;iNdodanakaNkulunkuluayibekwangaesimwenisenceku,kodwaisemandleni amakhulunegunyaNgathikuye'kanjani,mnumzane?Angikuqondi'3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas (Izifaniso)5:50

Uyabona,kushoyena,ukuthiuyiNkosiyabantubakhe,njengobaetholewonkeamandlakuYise. KodwakunganiiNkosiyathathaiNdodanayayoyabacebisa,mayelananokwabiwakwefa,kanye nezingelosiezinhle,lalelamanje3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)5:53

Waphendulawathi,Ngokuphathelenenezenzozabantuzangaphambiliniabazenzilengokungazi, uNkulunkulukuphelaongakwaziukuzilungisa;ngobawonkeamandlaangawakhe.3Incwadi YomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)5:61

IngelosienkulunehloniphekileoyibonileyayinguMikayeli,onamandlaphezukwabantubakhe,futhi obabusayoNgobautshaleumthethoezinhliziywenizalaboabakholwayo;ngakho-keuyabavakashela laboabanikeumthetho,ukuzeaboneukuthibawugcinileyini.3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas (Izifaniso)8:25

Ngathikuye,Nkosi,kunganiethumeleezinyeembhoshongweni,washiyaezinyelaphakuwe?

Waphendulawathi,laboabaphuleumthetho,abawutholekuye,bashiyweemandleniami,ukuze baphendukeezonwenizabo:kodwalaboabagcwalisaumthethofuthibawugcina,bangaphansi kwamandlaakhe.3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)8:27

Kodwamanjeukhanyiselweyingelosi,kodwanokhongoMoyaofanayo.Kodwakufaneleucabangele zonkeizintongokucophelela;ngobayingakhongithunyelweendliniyakhoyilesosithunywa esihloniphekile,ukuzelaphousubonezonkeizintongamandla,ungesabinjengakuqala3Incwadi YomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:4

NgobangekekukusizengaluthoukuthathaigamaleNdodanakaNkulunkulu,ngaphandlekokuthi wamukelenenguboyabokubo.NgobalezizintombizingamandlaeNdodanakaNkulunkulu.Ngakhokeindodaizothwalaigamalayongeze,ngaphandlekokuthiiphiweamandlaayo3Incwadi YomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:122

Ngokuphathelenenalawomatshe,waqhubeka,lawoalethwangezandlazawo,owawabonaehlala esakhiweni,ayegqokiswengamandlaawo;yingakhoubonawonkeumbhoshongoonombalaofanayo nedwala,futhiwenziwenjengetsheelilodwa3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:125

Uthe,“Ukubona,qaphelaukubuzangenkuthalokuzozonkeizinto,zwananangalawomatshe alahliwe.”BonkelababamukelaigamaleNdodanakaNkulunkulu,kanyenamandlaalezizintombi.3 IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:128

Kodwangemvakwalokhobabanjwalabobesifazaneobabonilebembetheinguboemnyama, amahlombeaboekhululekilenezinwelezabozikhululekile;bagxilaizifisozabokubo,belingwa

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

ubuhlebabo;futhibagqokiswaamandlaabo,futhibalahlaizingubozezintombi:3IncwadiYomalusi KaHermas(Izifaniso)9:130

Bazongena,kushoyena,umabezoyekayonkeimisebenziyalabobesifazane,futhibavuselele amandlaalezizintombi,futhibahambeemisebenziniyabo.3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso) 9:133

Lalelani,kushoyena,amagamaalezozintombiezinamandlakakhulu,nimeemakhoneniesango. Lawaamagamaazo:ElokuqalalibizwangokuthiuKholo;elesibiliiContinence;elesithathu,amandla; elesine,ukubekezela;okunyeokumingaphansikwalokhu,Ubulula,Ubumsulwa,Ubumsulwa, Ukujabula,Iqiniso,Ukuqonda,Isivumelwano,Uthando3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Ukufana) 9:141-142

Waphendulawathi,“Ngobalababaphostolinabafundisi,abashumayelaigamaleNdodana kaNkulunkulu,befangemvakokwamukelaukholonamandlaayo,bashumayelakulaboababefile ngaphambili;futhibabanikaloluphawu”3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:157

Futhiakakuboniyiniukuthilowookufanelealandeleubuhleuyonakakhulu,umaekhethaingxenye yesono;kunalowoowonayoengawaziamandlakaNkulunkulu?3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas (Izifaniso)9:172

UNkulunkuluwethuneNkosiyethu,obusaphezukwezintozonke,futhionamandlaphezukwazo zonkeizidalwazakhe,ngekeakhumbuleiziphambekozethu,kodwauthotshiswakalulayilabo abavumaizonozabo:kodwaumuntunjengobaebuthakathaka,efa,ebuthakathaka,futhiegcwele izono,uphikelelaentukuthelweniyakhekumuntu;njengokungathikusemandleniakheukumsindisa nomaukumbhubhisa3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:208

Kodwaabanyebabo,sebephendukile,basindiswa,futhikanjalonabanyebohloboolufanayo bayakusindiswa,umabephenduka;kodwaumakungenjalo,bayokufayilabobesifazaneabanamandla namandlaabo.3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)9:228

Ngobazonkeizizweziyajezisaizincekuzazoeziphikaamakhosiazo;nicabangaukuthiiNkosi izokwenzanikini,ninaeninamandlaazozonkeizinto?3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso) 9:242

Ngakho-kethathaubukhulubakhenesizothasakhekuwe,futhiutshelebonkeukuthiuhloniphekile futhiudumilekuNkulunkulu,futhiuyisikhuluesinamandlaamakhulufuthiunamandlaesikhundleni sakhe.Kuyekuphelaamandlaokuphendukaanikezwaemhlabeniwonke.Awubonakaliyinikuwe njengonegunyaelikhulu?3IncwadiYomalusiKaHermas(Izifaniso)10:5-6

Manjeumakukhonaindawoyesicelosethu,Pilatu,ngobasasikesabasemandleni,ngcwabaindlu yamingokucophelela;ngobakulungileukuthisingcwatshwenguwe,kunokubasingcwatshwe ngabapristi,okuthi,ngemvakwesikhashana,njengobaimiBhaloisho,ekufikenikukaJesuKristu, impindiseloizofikaIncwadikaHerodeeyakuPilatuuMbusi

Ngitholeulwazi,oluhlekakhulu,ngenxayalokhongibanjweukwesabanokuthuthumela.Ngoba kulesisifundazweengisiphethe,esinyesezindawozasoiJerusalema,lonkeisixukusamaJuda sanginikaindodaethileebizwangokuthiuJesu,futhisamangalelakakhulu,abakwazanga ukukuqinisekisangobufakaziobuhambisanayoKodwabammangalelangokuhlubukaokukodwa, okungukuthi,UJesuwathiiSabathaalilonaukuphumula,futhialifaneleligcinweyiboNgobawenza

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

ukuphulukisaokuningingalolosuku,wenzaizimpumputhezabona,nezinyongazahamba,wavusa abafileyo,wahlanzaabanochoko,waphulukisaabakhubazekileababengakwazinhloboukuhambisa imizimbayabonomaukuqinisaimizwayabo,kodwababekwaziukukhulumanokukhulumakuphela, futhiwabanikaamandlaokuhambanokugijima,esusaubuthakathakababongezwilakhekuphela Kukhonaesinyeisenzoesinamandlakakhuluesingajwayelekilekonkulunkuluesinabo:wavusa indodaeyayisifileizinsukuezine,wayibizangezwilakhekuphela,laphoindodaefileisiqalile ukubola,futhiumzimbawayowonakalayizimpethuezazikhuliswe,futhiyayinephungalenja;kodwa, embonaeleleethuneni,wamyalaukubaabaleke,futhilowoofileakazangealibazise,kodwa njengomkhwenyanaophumaekamelwenilakhe,waphumaethunenilakheegcweleamakhaamaningi Ngaphezukwalokho,ngishonalaboababengabafokazi,nababenamademoningokusobala,ababehlala emahlane,futhibedlainyamayabo,futhibezulazulanjengezinkomonezintoezinwabuzelayo, waphendukawabangabantuabahlalaemizini,futhingezwiwabenzabaqonda,futhiwabalungiselela ukubabahlakaniphefuthibabenamandla,futhibabonakale,bedlaukudlakwabonazozonkeizitha zomoyaabangcolileababebhubhisakubo,futhiabaphonsaekujulenikolwandleUmbikokaPilatu uMbusi,MayelananeNkosiyethuuJesuKristu;eyathunyelwaku-AugustusCaesar,eRoma

KwathilaphoelethwaemziniwamaRoma,uKesariezwaukuthiusefikile,wahlalaethempelini lawonkulunkulu,ngaphezukwesenateyonke,kanyenebutholonke,kanyenabobonkeubuningi bamandlaakhe,wayalaukubauPilatuameemnyangoUKesariwathikuye:“Wenaongengcwele, umaubonaizibonakalisoezinkulukangakazenziwayilowomuntu,kunganiunesibindisokwenza kanjalo?Ngokuzamaukwenzaisenzoesibi,ubhubhiseumhlabawonke”UPilatuwathi:“Nkosi noMbusi,anginacalangalezizinto,kodwauquqabalwamaJudalunecalafuthilunecala.”UKesari wathi:“Bangobanibona?”UPilatuwathi:“Herode,Arkelawu,Filiphu,AnasinoKayafase,kanye noquqabalwamaJudalonke”UKesariwathi:“Ufezenganiinjongoyabo?”UPilatuwathi:“Isizwe sabosiyavukelaumbusofuthiasithobeli,futhiasithobeliamandlaakho.”UKhesariwathi: “Ngesikhathibemnikelakuwe,bekufaneleumvikelefuthiumthumelekimi,futhiawuvumangaukuba bambetheleumuntuonjaloesiphambanweni,owayelungilefuthiwenzaizimangalisoezinkulu nezinhlekangaka,njengobaushiloembikweniwakho.”1NgobangezimangalisoezinjalouJesu wabonakaliswaukuthiunguKristu,iNkosiyamaJudaIcalaNokulahlwaKukaPilatu

Wamnikelakubantungosukuolwandulelaisinkwaesingenamvubelo,idililaboBamthathaiNkosi bamsunduzanjengobabegijima,bathi:“MasimdonselekudeiNdodanakaNkulunkulu,isithole amandlaphezukwayo.”Bamembathisainguboebomvu,bambekaesihlalwenisokwahlulela,bathi: “Yahlulelangokulunga,Nkosiyakwa-Israyeli”Omunyewabowalethaumqhelewameva,wawubeka ekhandaleNkosi.Abanyebama,bamkhafulelaemehlweni,abanyebamshayaezihlathini;abanye bamgwazangomhlanga;abanyebamshaya,bathi:“NgaloludumomasidumiseiNdodana kaNkulunkulu”IVangelilikaPetru1:3

Kwakusemini,ubumnyamabafikaphezukweJudiyalonke;bakhathazeka,bekhathazekile,funa ilangalishoneesaphila;ngokubakulotshiwengaboukuthiilangaalishoniphezukobuleweyo. Omunyewabowathi:“Mnikeinyongonoviniga.”Bamxuba,bamnikaukubaaphuze,bagcwalisa konke,bafezaizonozaboekhandalaboAbaningibabehambanezibani,bethikusebusuku,bawa INkosiyamemeza,yathi:“Amandlaami,amandlaami,ungishiyile.”Eseshilolokhowaphakanyiswa. NgalesosikhathiisihenqosethempelilaseJerusalemasadabukakabiliIVangelilikaPetru1:5

IzincwadiZase-EdeneEzikhohliwe

Ngobawena,Nkulunkulu,wambangelaubuthongo,wathathaithamboohlangothinilwakhe, wabuyiselainyamaesikhundlenisalo,ngamandlaakhoaphezuluWangithatha,ithambo,wangenza owesifazaneokhanyayonjengaye,onenhliziyo,ukucabanga,nokukhuluma;nasenyameni,

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

njengokwakhe;wangenzangesimosobusobakhe,ngesihesakhonamandlaakho1IncwadikaAdamuno-Eva5:9-10

Kodwalaphoufikaukuzohlalakulelizweelingajwayelekile,umzimbawakhowesilwane wawungekeubesemhlabeningaphandlekokudlakwasemhlabeni,ukuwuqinisanokubuyisela amandlaawo1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva40:2

U-Adamuwabeesethiku-Eva,Bhekalomliloesinawoisabelosawokithi:owawusinikezile ngaphambili,kodwaawusawenzi,njengobaseseqeumkhawulowendalo,futhisashintshaisimosethu, futhiimveloyethuiyashintsha.Kodwaumliloawushintshiemvelweniwawo,futhiawushintshi ekudalwenikwawoNgakho-kemanjeunamandlaphezukwethu;futhilaphosisondelakuwo, uyashisainyamayethu.1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva44:9

UNkulunkuluwaphindawathiku-Eva,“Yiniayithembisayonaensimini,ethi,‘Ngesikhathienidla ngasoumuthi,amehloenuayovuleka,nibenjengonkulunkulu,naziokuhlenokubi.’Kodwabhekani! Ushiseimizimbayenungomlilo,wanenzananambithaukunambithekakomlilo,ngenxa yokunambithekakwensimu;wanenzanabonaukushakomlilo,nobubibawo,namandlaanawophezu kwenu.’1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva46:6

Bheka,ngimbophilewazewafikawambonafuthiwabonaubuthakathakabakhe,ukuthiakukho mandlaaselekuye1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva51:10

KodwauSathane,umzondiwakhokonkeokuhle,akabavumelangaukubabaqedeimithandazoyabo. Ngobawabizaamabuthoakhe,futhieza,wonkeWabeesethikubo,Selokhuu-Adamuno-Eva, esibakhohlisile,bevumelenendawonyeukuthandazakuNkulunkuluubusukunemini,nokumncenga ukubaabakhulule,futhinjengobabengekebaphumeemhumenikuzekubesekuphelenikosuku lwamashumiamaneFuthinjengobabezoqhubekanemithandazoyabonjengobabobabilibevumelene ukwenza,ukuthiuzobakhululaezandlenizethu,futhiababuyiseleesimwenisabosangaphambili, bhekaukuthisizokwenzenjanikuboAmabuthoakheathikuye,“Amandlaakho,Nkosiyethu, okwenzalokhookufunayo.”1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva59:1-2

Ngakho-ke,akungenxayakhenjekuphelaukuthilemithiikhulengesikhathiesisodwa;kodwa ngikuhawukelefuthingayalaukubaikhule.Yakhulayabayimithiemibiliemikhulu,ukuze nisibekelweamagatshaayo,nitholeukuphumula;nokuthinginiboniseamandlaaminemisebenzi yamiemangalisayo.Futhi,ukuzenginiboniseububibukaSathane,nemisebenziyakheemibi, kusukelaniphumaensimini,akayekanga,cha,ngishonosukuolulodwa,ukunilimaza.Kodwa angimnikangaamandlaphezukwenu1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva63:9-10

Ngobasiyaziimisebenziyakhoemangalisayo,Nkulunkulu,ukuthimikhulu,nokuthingamandlaakho ungakhiphaintoeyodwakwenye,ngaphandlekwesifisosomuntu.Ngobaamandlaakhoangenza amatsheabeyimithi,nemithiibeyidwala.1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva63:14

Ingelosiyabeisisukaku-Adamuno-Eva,abadlaamakhiwanebazebasuthiseindlalayabo.Base bebekaeceleniokwakusele;kodwangamandlakaNkulunkulu,amakhiwaneagcwalanjengakuqala, ngobauNkulunkuluwababusisa.1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva64:8

Laphobabonaumuthi,batholakuwoimanaeqinile;bamangalangamandlakaNkulunkuluIzingelosi zabayalaukubabadleimanalaphobelambile.1Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva68:8

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Sitshele,Nkulunkulu,ukuthisingabavumelingaphandlekomyaloWakho,funausiqedeNgobauma ungasinikiumyalo,sizonqotshwa,silandelelesoselulekosikaSathane;futhiuzosibhubhisafuthi.1 Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva72:22

Kodwalaphou-Adamuefikaebonaubuhlebomntwana,ubuhlebakhe,nesimosakheesiphelele, wajabulangaye,waduduzekango-AbelaWabeeseqambaumntwanangokuthiuSeti,okushoukuthi, "ukuthiuNkulunkuluuzwileumkhulekowami,wangikhululaekuhluphekenikwami."Kodwafuthi kusho"amandlanamandla."2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva2:3

Futhibheka,OAdamu,kuye,owazibizangokuthiunguNkulunkulu!IngabeuNkulunkuluangaba mnyama?IngabeuNkulunkuluangathathaisimosowesifazane?Ingabeukhonaonamandla kunoNkulunkulu?Futhianganqotshwa?2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva4:4

Ngemvakwalokho,njengobaehlae-altare,eseqedileukunikelakwakhe,uSathanewabonakalakuye ngesimosengelosienhle,ekhazimulangokukhanya;ephetheintongayokukhanyaesandlenisakhe, yenaebhinceibhandelokukhanyaNgobaezwenilethuasinayeuNkulunkulu;kodwasonke singonkulunkulu;sonkesingabokukhanya,abasezulwini,abanamandla,abanamandla nabakhazimulayo.2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva5:4,11

Laphou-AdamueseqedileumyalowakhekuSeti,imilenzeyakheyakhululeka,izandlanezinyawo zakhezaphelelwaamandla,umlomowakhewabayisimungulu,nolimilwakhelwaphelaukukhuluma Wavalaamehloakhewafa.2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva9:1

Khona-keimilenzekaSetiyakhululwa;izandlanezinyawozakhezaphelelwaamandla;umlomo wakhewabayisimungulufuthiwangakwaziukukhuluma;wafangosukuolulandelaunyakawakhe wamakhuluayisishiyagalolunyeneshuminambili;ngosukulwamashumiamabilinesikhombisa lwenyangaka-Abhibhi;u-Enokeeneminyakaengamashumiamabiliubudalangalesosikhathi2 Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva12:13

ULamekawamzwelauzwela,wathi:“Ngempela,umaeyedwa,anganqotshwangabantubakule ndawo”2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva13:3

KodwamanjengicelaWena,Nkulunkulu,ukubaungikhululekulesisizwe,engihlalaphakathikwaso manje,njengobawangikhululakulawomadimoniThumelaingelosiyakhoukubaingikhiphe phakathikwabo;ngobaanginawoamandlaokuphunyukaphakathikwabo.2Incwadika-AdamunoEva17:47

KodwakulokhulaphobengenaemhumeniabamtholangauJarede,kodwabatholaisibanisicinyiwe, nezidumbuzoyisezihlakazekile,futhikwavelaamazwikubongamandlakaNkulunkulu,athi, “USathanengombonoukhohlisileindodanayethu,efunaukuyibhubhisa,njengobaabhubhisa indodanayethuuKayini.”Bathifuthi,“NkosiNkulunkuluwezulunomhlaba,khululaindodanayethu esandlenisikaSathane,owenzaumbonoomkhulunowamangaphambikwakhe,”Bakhuluma nangezinyeizindaba,ngamandlakaNkulunkulu.2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva18:2-3 Khona-kewonkeamazwiaphelangaphandlekwezwilikababawethuu-Adamu,owakhuluma noJaredengamandlakaNkulunkulu,njengobanjeumuntuengakhulumanomnganewakhe,ethi,O Jarede,ndodanayami,nikelangeziphokuNkulunkulungokukukhululaesandlenisikaSathane;futhi umaulethaleyominikelo,ngakho-keyinikelee-altareenganikelakulo.Futhi-ke,qaphelauSathane; ngobawangikhohlisakaningingemibonoyakhe,efunaukungibhubhisa,kodwauNkulunkulu wangikhululaesandlenisakhe2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva18:10

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Kwathilaphoabantubebonaukuthibanqotshiwe,futhibebonaabanyeabanganqotshwanga,labo abashaywayobezaeGenun,baphephelakuye,wabenzaabahlanganyelibakhe2Incwadika-Adamu no-Eva20:9

Kodwangiyazi,ngamandlakaNkulunkulu,ukuthingekeakushiyekulentabaengcwele,ngoba abantwanabakhobeqeumyalowaKhenowabokhokhobethu,esasiwutholekubo.2IncwadikaAdamuno-Eva21:5

Futhiomunyeovelaeqenjinilezingelosi,esephendukeleeceleningohleloolwalungaphansikwakhe, wacabangaumcabangoongenakwenzeka,wokubekaisihlalosakhesobukhosiphezulukunamafu ngaphezukomhlaba,ukuzealinganengesikhundlanamandlaami.Izimfihlozika-Enoke29:3

Pho-ke,umuntuangazifihlaphiolwazinilwakho,Nkulunkulu?Imisebenziyethuincikeekukhetheni kwethunamandlaethuokwenzaokulungilenomaokungalungileemisebenziniyezandlazethu;Futhi ngokulungakwakhouyabavakashelaabantwanababantuAmaHubokaSolomoni9

Ngobangubani,Nkulunkulu,onamandlangaphandlekokubongaWenangeqiniso?Futhiungubani umuntuonamandlangaphandlekokubongaigamalakho?AmaHubokaSolomoni15

Akukhomuntu,Nkulunkuluwami,ongashintshaindawoyakhoengcwele;futhiakunakwenzeka ukuthiayishintsheayibekekwenyeindawo,ngobaakanawoamandlaphezukwayo:AmaHubo kaSolomoni4:1-2

VumaniamandlaaKhe,niboniseumusawaKhe.Haleluya.AmaHubokaSolomoni7:28

Ngobababengavunyelweukukhumulauphawulwalo:ngobaamandlaayephezukophawu ayemakhulukunabo.AmaHubokaSolomoni23:8

Wambonisaisibonakalisosakhe:wangiholaekukhanyenikwakhe,wanginikaintongayamandlaakhe; ukuzenginqobeimicabangoyabantu;namandlaamadodaanamandlaokubathobisa;ukulwangezwi lakhe,nokunqobangamandlaakhe(OdesofSolomon29:7-9)

Kwababusisiwekukhonainjabuloevelaezinhliziywenizabo,nokukhanyaokuvelakuLowoohlala kubo:NamazwiavelaeQinisweni,owazisungulayena:ngobauqiniswangamandlaangcwele oPhezukonke:futhiakaphazamisekikuzekubephakadenaphakade.Haleluya.AmaHubo kaSolomoni32:1-2

ImifulaemikhuluingamandlaeNkosi:AmazwikaSolomoni39:1

Encwadinika-Aristeas,enyeyezintoeziphawulekayonezasenduloezitholwekabushakuleliqoqo, sihambeibangaelidekakhuluku-Adamuno-Eva,ibangaelidekakhulukuZamcoloLombhalo wethulaumbukwanewokuqinakohlangalwesintu,oluyelwakhakabushauMhlaba,nezizwe ezinamandlaezihlalangokuzikhandlanangokukhazimulaIsingenisoseNcwadika-Aristeas

Njengobanilangazelelakangakaukutholaulwazilwalezozintoezingazuzisaingqondo,nginomuzwa wokuthikuyisibophokimiukuninikalonkeulwaziolusemandleniamiIncwadika-Aristeas1:7

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

UdunyiswekakhulunguNkulunkuluuMninimandlaonkefuthiwaphakanyiswangaphezukwabo bonkeokhokhobakhongenkazimulofuthikufanelekileukuthiunikelekuYeumnikelowokubonga omkhulukunayoyonkengamandlaakhoIncwadika-Aristeas1:36

Ngicabangaukuthikuzobawusizoukufakaikhophiyesimemezelo,ngobangalendlelaumusa wenkosi,eyanikwaamandlanguNkulunkuluokusindisaizixukuezinkulukangaka,uzocaciswafuthi ubonakalekakhulu.Incwadika-Aristeas1:40

NjengobakunamaJudaamaningiahlalaembusweniwethuathathwaeJerusalemangamaPheresiya ngesikhathisokubusakwawokanyenabanyeabaningiabafikanobabaeGibhithenjengabathunjwa inanielikhululalabawalibekaebuthwenifuthiwabakhokhelaamaholoaphezulukunokuvamile, kwathilaphoeseboniseukwethembekakwabaholibabowakhaizinqabawababekangaphansikwabo ukuzeabaseGibhithebomdabubesabengabo.Incwadika-Aristeas2:16

NgobaokokuqalawafakazelaukuthikunoNkulunkuluoyedwakuphelanokuthiamandlaakhe abonakalakuyoyonkeindawo,njengobayonkeindawoigcweleubukhosibakhefuthiakukholutho lwezintoezenziwangasesengabantuemhlabenioluphunyukaulwazilwakhe.Ngobakonkeumuntu akwenzayonakhokonkeokuzokwenzekaesikhathiniesizayokuyabonakalakuYe.Esebenzisala maqinisongokucophelelafuthiewabekeobala,wabonisaukuthinomaumuntuengacabanga ukwenzaokubi-ingasaphathwaeyokukwenzangempela,-wayengekeaphunyukeekubonweni, ngobawakwenzakwacacaukuthiamandlakaNkulunkuluayegcweleumthethowonkeKusukela ekuqalenikwakhe,waqhubekawabonisaukuthisonkeisintungaphandlekwethusikholelwaekubeni khonakonkulunkuluabaningi,yizebonangokwabobenamandlakakhulukunezidalwa abazikhulekelangezeIncwadika-Aristeas6:6-9

Ngobanomakunjalo,ngokuvamile,zonkeizintoziyafanangokwakhekakwazokwemvelo,njengoba zonkezibuswaamandlaafanayo,kodwakunesizathuesijulileesimweningasinyesokuthikungani singasebenzisiizintoezithilefuthisijabuleleukusetshenziswaokuvamilekwezinye.IncwadikaAristeas6:23

Ngakho-keusinxusaukubasikhumbuleukuthiizingxenyeezishiwongenhlazigcinwandawonye ngamandlaaphezulungekhonoelipheleleIncwadika-Aristeas6:44

Ngobangeziqondisoazinikezayomaqondananokudlaneziphuzokanyenezindabaezithile zokuthintana,usitshelaukuthisingenzinomasilalelenomayiningokungacabanginomasisebenzise ukungabinabulungisangokusebenzisakabiamandlaokucabanga.Incwadika-Aristeas6:52

Emukelalempendulo,wabuzaomunyeukuthiangabakanjani.intoyokwesabaizithazakhe. Waphendulawathi,Umangesikhathiegcinaizikhaliezininginamabuthoekhumbulaukuthilezizinto azinamandlaokufezaumphumelaohlalanjalonowokugcina.NgobangishonoNkulunkuluufaka ukwesabaezingqondwenizabantungokunikezaikhefunokwenzanjeukubonakaliswakobukhulu bamandlaakheLomuntuinkosiyamdumisayabeisithikomunye,Yinienhlekakhuluempilweni? Yaphendulayathi,UkwaziukuthiuNkulunkuluuyiNkosiyeNdaloYonke,nokuthiekufezenikwethu okuhlekakhuluakusikhothinaesitholaimpumelelokodwauNkulunkuluogcwalisazonkeizinto ngamandlaakhefuthiasiholeleemgomweni.Incwadika-Aristeas7:42-45

FuthiuMenedemus,isazisefilosofisase-Eretria,wathi,“Kuyiqiniso,Nkosi,ngobanjengobaindawo yonkeilawulwangokuqondiswafuthinjengobasiqondangokufaneleukuthiumuntuuyindalo kaNkulunkulu,kulandelaukuthiwonkeamandlanobuhlebenkulumobuvelakuNkulunkulu” Incwadika-Aristeas7:54

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Inkosiyamdumisayabeisibuzaomunyeukuthiangaligcinakanjaniiqiniso?Ephendulaumbuzo wathi,Ngokuqaphelaukuthiamangaalethaihlazoelikhulukubobonkeabantu,futhiikakhulukazi emakhosiniNgobanjengobabenamandlaokwenzanomayiniabayifunayo,kunganikufanele basebenziseamanga?Ngaphezukwalokhukufaneleuhlaleukhumbula,Nkosi,ukuthiuNkulunkulu ungumthandiweqinisoIncwadika-Aristeas8:6-7

Umangikwaziukunquma,sengifinyeleleesiphethweniesilandelayo.Kumelwengazozonkeizindlela, Nkosi,ulawuleamazwinezenzozakhongomthethowobungcweleukuzeubenokuqondaukuthi ulondolozaubuhlenokuthiawukhethiukuzanelisangezindlekozokucabangafuthiungalokothi usebenzisekabiamandlaakhoukuzewenyanyeukulungaIncwadika-Aristeas8:21

Ijabulengalamazwi,inkosiyabuzaolandelayo,ukuthiangakhululekakanjaniemona?Ngemva kokuthulaisikhashanayaphendula,UmaucabangakuqalaukuthinguNkulunkuluonikawonke amakhosiinkazimulonengceboenkulufuthiakekhoobusangamandlaakhe.Bonkeabantubafisa ukwabelanangalenkazimulokodwaabakwazi,ngobaiyisiphosikaNkulunkulu!Incwadika-Aristeas 8:29-30

Inkosiyakhulumanayengomusayabeisibuzaolandelayo,“Yiniefananobuhlengenani?”Wathi, “Ukuzinikela,ngobakuyindlelaeveleleyobuhle,futhiamandlaayoasothandweni,oluyisipho sikaNkulunkulu”Lokhuusuveleukutholilefuthikanyenakhokonkeokubusisiwekokuphila” Incwadika-Aristeas8:39-40

Ngosukuolulandelayokwenziwaamalungiseleloafanayoedili,kwathilaphokuvelaithuba,inkosi yaqalaukubuzaimibuzoemadodeniayehlezieduzekwalawoayesephendulile,yathikowokuqala, Ingabeukuhlakaniphakungafundiswa?Yathi,Umphefumulowakhiwengendlelayokuthingamandla aphezuluuyakwaziukwamukelakonkeokuhlenokwenqabaokuphambenenalokhoIncwadikaAristeas9:1-2

Ngosukuolulandelayo,laphoithubalivela,inkosiyabuzaindodaelandelayo,ukuthi,Yiluphiuhlobo olubikakhululokunganakwa?Yaphendulayathi,Umaindodaingabakhathaleliabantwanabayofuthi inikelayonkeimizamoemfundweniyaboNgobasihlalasithandazakuNkulunkuluhhayikakhulu kithikodwakubantwanabethuukuthizonkeizibusisozibezezabo.Isifisosethusokuthiabantwana bethubabenokuzithibasigcwalisekakuphelangamandlakaNkulunkuluIncwadika-Aristeas9:22-23

Inkosiyavezaisivumelwanosayoyabuzaolandelayo,ukuthiangakhululekakanjaniemaphutheni? Yaphendulayathi,“Umauhlalawenzangokucabangisisafuthiungalokothiukholelweekunyundeleni, kodwauzibonakaliseleizintoezishiwokuwefuthiunqumengokwahlulelakwakhoiziceloezenziwa kuwefuthiwenzekonkengokukhanyakwesahlulelosakho,ngekeulahlekelweyiphutha,Nkosi Kodwaulwazikanyenokuzijwayezakwalezizintokungumsebenziwamandlaaphezulu.”Ijabule ngalamazwi,inkosiyabuzaomunye,ukuthiingakhululekakanjanientukuthelweni?Yathiephendula umbuzo,“Umaiqaphelaukuthiinamandlaphezukwabobonkengishonokubabulala,umaivumela ulaka,nokuthibekungekekubeyizefuthikubebuhlunguumayona,ngobanjeiyinkosi,iphuca abaningiukuphila”Incwadika-Aristeas9:28-31

Inkosiyathiiphendulekahleyabeisibuzaindodaelandelayo,“Kuyiniiselulekoesihle?”Ukuziphatha kahlengasosonkeisikhathinangokucabangaokufanele,”yachaza,iqhathanisalokhookuzuzisa inqubomgomoyethunemiphumelaemibiengabakhonangokwamukelaumbonoophambene,ukuze ngokulinganisaiphuzungalinyeselulekwekahlefuthiinjongoyethuifezweFuthiokubaluleke

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

kakhulu,ngamandlakaNkulunkuluwonkeamaceboakhoazogcwalisekangobawenzaukuzinikela Incwadika-Aristeas9:33-34

Inkosiyamdumisayabuzakomunye,Uyiniumgomowenkulumo?Waphendulawathi,Ukuqinisekisa umphikisiwakhongokumbonisaamaphuthaakhengebuthoelihlelekilelempikiswano.Ngobangale ndlelauzozuzaozwayo,hhayingokumphikisa,kodwangokumdumisangenhlosoyokumkholisa FuthingamandlakaNkulunkuluukukholisakufezwa.Incwadika-Aristeas9:51-52

Inkosiyajabulangalempendulo,yabuzaomunye,“Kungaphansikwaziphiizimolaphoumuntu kufaneleahluphekekhonangosizi?”Ezinhluphekweniezehlelaabanganibethu,yaphendula,lapho sibonaukuthizindefuthiazilungisekiIngqondoayisivumeliukubasililelelaboabafileyofuthi abakhululiweebubini,kodwabonkeabantubayalilangabongobabazicabangelabonakuphelakanye nenzuzoyabo.KungamandlakaNkulunkulukuphelalaphosingaphunyukakhonaebubinibonke! Incwadika-Aristeas9:55-56

Inkosiyathiiphendulekahleyabeisibuzaomunye,“Ngumuphiumuntuofanelweukunconywa?” Yaphendulayathi,“Umuntuonikezweudumonengcebonamandlafuthionomphefumuloolingana nakhokonke.Wenangokwakhoubonisangezenzozakhoukuthiufaneleukunconywakakhulu ngosizolukaNkulunkuluokwenzaunakekelelezizinto”Incwadika-Aristeas10:11-12

AkukhonayiniukuthiiNgqondoinamandlaokucindezelaizifiso?NgombonowamikunjaloNgoba ukubeiNgqondoyayingenawoamandlaokuvimbaintukutheloyabongabeayikhulumangakanje.4 Maccabees1:28,47

Akekhokiniongasusaisimosengqondoesibi,kodwaukuhlakaniphakungabaumsiziwakhe onamandlaekuhlaselweniyinzondo4Maccabees2:5

U-Apolloniusesephenyilengemininingwaneyaloludaba,wancomauSimoningenkonzoyakhe eqothoenkosini,waphuthumaenkantolokaSeleucus,wamembulelaingceboeyigugu;wabeesethola igunyalokubhekananaloludaba,wangenangokusheshaezwenilakithi,ephelezelwauSimoni oqalekisiwekanyenebuthoelinamandlakakhulu,wamemezelaukuthiulaphongomyalowenkosi wokuthathaimalieyimfihloengcebweni4Maccabees2:20

U-Antiochus,embheka,wathi:'Ngaphambikokubangivumeleukuhlushwakuqalekuwe,ndoda ehloniphekile,bengizokunikezalesiseluleko,sokuthikufaneleudleinyamayengulubeusindise impiloyakho;ngobangiyawuhloniphaubudalabakhonezinwelezakhoezimpunga,yizengizigqoke isikhathiesidekangaka,futhingisabambeleleenkolweniyobuJuda,kungenzangicabangeukuthi awusiyeisazisefilosofi...Ngobacabangangalokhufuthi,ukuthinomangabekukhonaamandlaathile abhekekulenkoloyakho,uzohlalaekuthethelelangesiphambekoesenziwengenkani'4Maccabees 2:38,42

Ngakho-ke,ngaphandlekokungabaza,iNcabangoEphefumulelweiyinkosiphezukwezinkanuko; ngobaukubeizinkanukonomaukuhluphekakwayobekunqobeiNcabangoyayobesizoyinikalobu bufakazibamandlaayoaphezuluKodwamanjeiNcabangoyayoisinqobeizinkanukozayo,siyinika amandlaokuzilawula.4Maccabees3:19-20

Ngobaamandlaomliloabukhalifuthiaqinile,futhingokusheshaalethaimizimbayabo ekubhujisweni.4Maccabees6:40

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Kodwanomakunjalo,nakubaayenezilingoeziningikangakazokuvumelaimizwayakheyobumama, akukhonakanyelaphoukuhlushwaokwesabekayookwabanamandlaokushintshakhonaiNgqondo yakhe;kodwaumamawanxusaindodanangayinyengokwehlukana,futhibonkendawonye,ukuba bafeleinkoloyabo4Maccabees7:8

Ngakho-ke,lababantu,sebezingcwelisilengenxakaNkulunkulu,abagcinanganjengokutholalolu dumo,kodwafuthinodumolokuthingaboisithasasingasenawoamandlaphezukwabantubakithi, nokuthiumashiqelawajeziswa,futhiizwelethulahlanzwa,njengobanjelabayisihlengosesono sesizwesakithi;futhingegazilalababantuabalungileyokanyenokuhlawulelwakokufakwabo, iSibonelelosaphezulusakhululau-Israyeliowayephathwakabingaphambili.4Maccabees8:15

UHaiqârwabeesehambawayolethauNadanindodanakadadewabo.Wamkhothamela,wamfisela amandlanodumo.Wambheka,wamncoma,wajabulangaye,wathikuHaiqâr:Ingabelouyindodana yakho,Haiqâr?NgithandazelaukuthiuNkulunkuluamlondolozeNjengobaungikhonzeminanobaba uSarhadum,kanjalonalomfanawakhomakangikhonzefuthiafezeimisebenziyami,izidingozami, kanyenomsebenziwami,ukuzengimdumisefuthingimenzeabenamandlangenxayakhoUHaiqâr wakhothamaenkosini,wathikuye:“Ikhandalakhomaliphile,nkosiyami,phakade!Ngicelakuwe ukuthiubekezeleleumfanawamiuNadanfuthiumthetheleleamaphuthaakheukuzeakukhonze njengobakufanele”Inkosiyabeisifungakuyeukuthiizomenzaomkhulukunabobonke abathandekayobayo,futhiibenamandlakunabobonkekubanganebayo,nokuthikufaneleabenaye ngodumonenhloniphoyonkeWamangaizandlazakhe,wamvalelisaIndabaka-Ahikar1:21-24

Ondodanayami,ungamelaninomuntuezinsukwinizamandlaakhe,nomaumfulaezinsukwini zesikhukhulasawoIndabaka-Ahikar2:62

NgemvakwalokhouHaiqârwahlalaendliniyakhewanikelakuNadanyonkeimpahlayakhe, nezigqila,nezincekukazi,namahhashi,nezinkomo,nakhokonkeayenakhofuthiakutholile;futhi amandlaokubhidanokwenqabelaahlalaesandlenisikaNadan.UHaiqârwahlalaephumuleendlini yakhe,futhingezikhathiezithileuHaiqârwayehambaayohloniphainkosi,wabuyelaekhayaManje laphouNadanebonaukuthiamandlaokubhidanokwenqabelaayesesandlenisakhe,wadelela isikhundlasikaHaiqârwamhlekausulu,waqalaukumsolanomaninilaphoefika,ethi,Umalume wamiuHaiqârusesesimenisakhe,futhiakaziluthomanjeIndabaka-Ahikar3:2-4

ManjelaphouNadanebonaokwenzekilewabanjwaumonanomona,waqalaukukhonondakubo bonkeababembuza,nokuhlekausuluumalumewakheuHaiqâr,ethi:Umalumeungixoshileendlini yakhe,futhiukhetheumfowethukunami,kodwaumauNkulunkuluoPhezukonkeenginikaamandla, ngizomlethelaishwalokubulawaIndabaka-Ahikar3:11

UNadanwamthathawahambanayewayaenkosiniKwathilaphouHaiqârengenaebuswenibenkosi wakhothamaphambikwayophansi,wafisaamandlanokuphilaokuphakadeenkosini.IndabakaAhikar3:32

UNadanwabeesememezawathi,“Haiqâr,Omnyama!Uyiniukuzindlakwakhonomaamandlaakho ekwenzenilesisenzoenkosini?”Indabaka-Ahikar3:36

MinangosizolukaNkulunkuluoPhezukonkenangomusawakhoomkhulunangamandlaenkosiyami inkosingizokwakhelalonanjengobaufisaIndabaka-Ahikar5:23

Eyesihlanuamandlaokukhuluma,okuzangawoulwaziEyesikhombisaamandlaokuzalakanye nobulili,okuthingokuthandainjabuloizonozingenekuwoITestamentelikaRubeni1:18,20

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

Ngobaabesifazanebabi,bantwanabami;futhinjengobabengenawoamandlanomaamandlaphezu kwendoda,basebenzisaamaqhingangokukhangakwangaphandle,ukuzebamdonselekubo ITestamentelikaRubeni2:13

KodwalaphongizwalokhungathukuthelelakakhuluuJudangokumyekaephila,futhingaqhubeka ngimthukuthelelaizinyangaezinhlanu.KodwauJehovawangivimba,wangigodlelaamandlaezandla zami;ngobaisandlasamisokunenesasibunileisigamusezinsukueziyisikhombisa.Futhingangazi, bantwanabami,ukuthilokhukwakungehlelengenxakaJosefa,futhingaphendukangakhala;futhi nganxusaiNkosiuNkulunkuluukubaisandlasamisibuyiselwefuthingizithibekukhokonke ukungcolanomonakanyenobuwulabonkeITestamentelikaSimeyoni1:12-14

FuthiumuntuovuselelaumthethongamandlaoPhezukonke,niyombizangokuthiumkhohlisi;futhi ekugcineniniyomgijimelaukuzenimbulale,ningasaziisithunzisakhe,nithatheigazielingenacala ngobubiemakhandaenu.ITestamentelikaLevi4:27

Futhiu-Adviluzoboshwanguye,futhiuzonikaabantwanabakheamandlaokunyathelaimimoya emibi.ITestamentelikaLevi5:27

KwathingisemanziniaseKozeba,amadodaaseJobeliahlaselathinaukuzolwa.Salwanawo, sawanqoba;sababulalaabasizibabobaseShilo,asibavumelangaukubabangeneukulwanathi ITestamentelikaJuda1:37-38

Ngobanomaumuntuebayinkosifuthiefeba,uyaphucwaubukhosingokubayisigqilasobufebe, njengobanamingahlupheka.Ngobanginikeindukuyami,okungukuthi,insikayesizwesami; nebhandelami,okungukuthi,amandlaami;nomqhelewami,okungukuthi,inkazimuloyombuso wamiITestamentelikaJuda3:19-20

INkosiyambusisauLevi,neNgelosiyoBukhona,mina;amandlaenkazimulo,uSimeyoni;izulu, uRubeni;umhlaba,u-Isakare;ulwandle,uZebuloni;izintaba,uJosefa;itabernakele,uBhenjamini; izikhanyiso,uDani;i-Edene,uNafetali;ilanga,uGadi;inyanga,u-AsheriITestamentelikaJuda4:29

Futhiimimoyayokukhohlisaayinawoamandlaokumelananaye,ngobaakabhekiubuhle babesifazane,funaangcoliseingqondoyakhengokonakalaITestamentelika-Isakare1:35

Ngobaintukutheloiyintoembi,bantwanabami,ngobaihluphangishonomphefumulouqobo.Futhi umzimbawomuntuothukutheleuyawenzaowawo,futhiphezukomphefumulowakheuthola amandla,futhiunikezaumzimbaamandlaokwenzakonkeokubi.Futhilaphoumzimbawenzazonke lezizinto,umphefumulouthethelelaokwenziwayo,njengobaubonakungafaneleNgakho-kelowo othukuthele,umaeyindodaenamandla,unamandlaamathathuentukuthelweniyakhe:elilodwa ngosizolwezincekuzakhe;kantielesibilingengceboyakhe,laphoekholisafuthienqobakhona ngokungafanele;kantiokwesithathu,enamandlaakheemvelousebenzangayoububiFuthinakuba umuntuothukutheleebuthakathaka,kodwaunamandlaaphindwekabilikulokhookungokwemvelo; ngobaintukutheloihlalaisizaabanjaloekungalunginiLomoyauhlalaulalangakwesokunene sikaSathane,ukuzengonyanangokuqambaamangaimisebenziyakheingaseyenziwe.Ngakho-ke, qondaniamandlaentukuthelo,ukuthiayize.ITestamentelikaDaniyeli1:15-21

NgobauNkulunkuluwenzazonkeizintozabazinhlengokulandelanakwazo,izinzwaezinhlanu ekhanda,futhiwahlanganisaentanyeniekhanda,wanezelaizinwelekuzoukuzekubenobuhle nenkazimulo,kwabesekubanenhliziyoyokuqonda,isisusendle,nesisusokugaya,umbhobho

ImithethoYamandlaYeBhayibheli AmandlaaphelelekaJesuKristuawonakalisi.

wokuphefumula,isibindisentukuthelo,inyongoyokubaba,umpengewokuhleka,izinso zokuhlakanipha,imisiphayezinqezamandla,amaphaphuokudonsa,izinqezamandla,njalonjalo. ITestamentelikaNafetali1:20

Omunyeuyaphingafuthiafeba,futhiuyadedaekudleni,futhiumaezilaukudlawenzaokubi,futhi ngamandlaengceboyakheunqobaabaningi;futhinaphezukobubibakheobukhuluwenzaimiyalo: nalokhu,nakho,kunesiciesikabili,kodwakonkekubi.ITestamentelika-Asheri1:17

KodwaukuzewaziukuthiububibababiabunamandlaphezukwabakhulekelauNkulunkulu ngobumsulwa,bheka,ngizokuthathakukhongidlephambikwakho.ITestamentelikaJosefa1:55

Ukuthambekelakomuntuomuhleakukhoemandleniokukhohlisakomoyawobubi,ngobaingelosi yokuthulaiqondisaumphefumulowakhe.ITestamentelikaBenjamini1:33