Ukuthunyelwa Kwezimpahla Ezingcwelisweni UHabakuki UBel noDrako 1:33-42 33 Kwakukhona eJudiya umprofethi ogama lakhe linguHabakuki, owayepheka ukudla okuphekiwe, wahlephula isinkwa esitsheni, waya ensimini ukuyosiyisa kubavuni. 34 Kodwa ingelosi yeNkosi yathi kuHabakuki: Hamba, ulethe isidlo sakho sakusihlwa eBhabhiloni kuDaniyeli, osemphandwini wezingonyama. 35 UHabakuki wathi: “Nkosi, angikaze ngiyibone iBabiloni; futhi angazi ukuthi umgodi uphi.” 36 Ingelosi yeNkosi yamthatha ngomqhele, yamthwala ngezinwele zekhanda lakhe, futhi ngenxa yolaka lomoya wakhe yamfaka eBhabhiloni phezu komgodi. 37 UHabakuki wamemeza, wathi: “Daniyeli, Daniyeli, dla isidlo sakusihlwa uNkulunkulu akuthumele sona.” 38 UDaniyeli wathi: “Ungikhumbule, Nkulunkulu; awubashiyanga labo abakufunayo nabakuthandayo.” 39 Ngakho uDaniyeli wavuka, wadla; ingelosi yeNkosi yambeka uHabakuki endaweni yakhe ngokushesha. 40 Ngosuku lwesikhombisa inkosi yaya ukuyokhalela uDaniyeli; yathi isifikile emgodini, yabheka, bheka, uDaniyeli wayehlezi. 41 Inkosi yayisimemeza ngezwi elikhulu, yathi: “Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaDaniyeli, mkhulu, akakho omunye ngaphandle kwakho.” 42 Wamkhipha, wabaphonsa labo ababeyimbangela yokubhujiswa kwakhe emgodini; badliwa ngomzuzwana phambi kobuso bakhe.
Raphael Ingelosi UTobhithi 12:1-22 1 UThobithi wabiza indodana yakhe uThobiya, wathi kuye: “Ndodana yami, bheka ukuthi lowo muntu ohambe nawe uthola inkokhelo yakhe, futhi kumelwe umnike okwengeziwe.” 2 UThobiya wathi kuye: “Baba, akukubi kimi ukumnika ingxenye yalezo zinto engizilethile; 3 Ngoba ungibuyisele kuwe ngiphephile, waphilisa umkami, wangilethela imali, wakwelapha nawe. 4 Ixhegu lathi, “Kufanele libe ngelakhe.” 5 Ngakho wabiza ingelosi, wathi kuyo: “Thatha ingxenye yakho konke okulethile uhambe ngokuphepha.”
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6 Wasebathatha bobabili wabahlukanisa, wathi kubo: “Dumisani uNkulunkulu, nimdumise, nimphakamise, nimdumise ngezinto aniphe zona phambi kwabo bonke abaphilayo. Kuhle ukudumisa uNkulunkulu, nokuphakamisa igama lakhe, nokwazisa imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngenhlonipho; ngakho-ke ningenqeni ukumdumisa.” 7 Kuhle ukugcina imfihlo yenkosi iyimfihlo, kodwa kuyinto enhle ukwembula imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Yenza okuhle, futhi akukho okubi okuzokuthinta. 8 Umthandazo muhle ngokuzila ukudla, izipho zomusa kanye nokulunga. Okuncane ngokulunga kungcono kunokuningi ngokungalungile. Kungcono ukupha izipho zomusa kunokuqongelela igolide. 9 Ngoba izipho zomusa zikhulula ekufeni, zihlanze zonke izono. Labo abenza izipho zomusa nokulunga bayakugcwaliswa ngokuphila. 10 Kodwa labo abenza isono bayizitha empilweni yabo. 11 Impela angizukukufihlela lutho. Ngoba ngithe, “Kuhle ukugcina imfihlo yenkosi iyimfihlo, kodwa kuyinto enhle ukwembula imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu.” 12 Ngakho-ke, lapho uthandaza, noSara umalokazana wakho, ngilethe isikhumbuzo semithandazo yakho phambi koNgcwele; futhi lapho ungcwaba abafileyo, nami nganginawe. 13 Futhi lapho ungalibalanga ukuvuka, ushiye isidlo sakho sakusihlwa, uhambe uyomboza abafileyo, isenzo sakho esihle asizange sifihleke kimi; kodwa benginawe. 14 Manje uNkulunkulu ungithumile ukuba ngiphulukise wena noSara umalokazana wakho. 15 NginguRafayeli, omunye wezingelosi ezingcwele eziyisikhombisa, eziletha imithandazo yabangcwele, futhi ezingena ziphuma phambi kwenkazimulo yoNgcwele. 16 Base besaba bobabili, bawa ngobuso babo, ngokuba babesaba. 17 Kodwa wathi kubo: “Ningesabi, ngokuba kuzonihambela kahle; ngakho-ke dumisani uNkulunkulu.” 18 Ngoba angizange ngibe nomusa kimi, kodwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu wethu; ngakho-ke mdumiseni kuze kube phakade. 19 Zonke lezi zinsuku ngabonakala kini; kodwa angidlanga futhi angiphuzanga, kodwa nibone umbono. 20 Ngakho-ke bongani uNkulunkulu, ngoba ngiyakhuphukela kuye ongithumileyo; kodwa ngibhala konke okwenziwa encwadini. 21 Kwathi sebevukile, ababange besambona. 22 Base bevuma imisebenzi emikhulu nemangalisayo kaNkulunkulu, nokuthi ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kanjani kubo.
UHezekeli UHezekeli 3:12-15 12 UMoya wangiphakamisa, ngezwa emva kwami izwi lokuduma okukhulu, lithi: “Mayibusiswe inkazimulo kaJehova endaweni yakhe.” 13 Ngase ngizwa umsindo wamaphiko ezidalwa eziphilayo ethintana, nomsindo wamasondo eceleni kwazo, nomsindo wokuvunguza okukhulu. 14 UMoya wangiphakamisa, wangisusa; ngahamba nginomunyu, ngivutha emoyeni wami; kodwa isandla sikaJehova sasinamandla phezu kwami. 15 Ngafika kwabathunjiweyo eThelabibi, ababehlala ngasemfuleni iKhebari, ngahlala lapho babehlezi khona; ngahlala lapho ngimangele phakathi kwabo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. UHezekeli 8:1-4 1 Kwathi ngomnyaka wesithupha, ngenyanga yesithupha, ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga, ngihlezi endlini yami, amalunga akwaJuda ehlezi phambi kwami, isandla seNkosi uJehova sawela phezu kwami lapho.
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2 Ngase ngibona, bheka, kwakukhona umfanekiso onjengomlilo; kusukela ekubukekeni kokhalo lwakhe kuya phansi, umlilo; kusukela okhalweni lwakhe kuya phezulu, kwakunjengokubonakala kokukhanya, njengombala we-amber. 3 Welula isimo sesandla, wangibamba ngesihluthulelo sekhanda lami; uMoya wangiphakamisa phakathi komhlaba nezulu, wangiyisa eJerusalema ngemibono kaNkulunkulu, emnyango wesango elingaphakathi elibheke ngasenyakatho, lapho kwakukhona isihlalo sesithombe somhawu, esivusa umhawu. 4 Bheka, inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli yayilapho, njengombono engawubona ethafeni.
UJesu Kristu Mathewu 4:1-11 1 Khona uJesu waholwa nguMoya ehlane ukuba alingwe nguDeveli. 2 Esezilile ukudla izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane, walamba kakhulu. 3 Kwase kufika umlingi kuye, wathi: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho ukuba lawa matshe abe yizinkwa.” 4 Kodwa waphendula wathi: “ Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akayikuphila ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngamazwi onke aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu.’ 5 UDeveli wamthatha wamyisa emzini ongcwele, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, 6 Wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi; ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Uyakuyaleza izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikuthwale ngezandla zazo, funa uqhumuke unyawo lwakho etsheni.’ ” 7 UJesu wathi kuye: “ Kulotshiwe futhi ukuthi: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ 8 UDeveli waphinda wamyisa entabeni ende kakhulu, wamkhombisa yonke imibuso yezwe nenkazimulo yayo; 9 wathi kuye: “Konke lokhu ngizokunika khona, uma uziwisa phansi, ungikhulekele.” 10 UJesu wasesithi kuye: Suka lapha, Sathane; ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Uzakhonza iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, njalo uzakhonza yena yedwa. 11 UDeveli wayesemshiya, bheka, kwafika izingelosi, zamkhonza. ULuka 4:1-13 1 UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wabuya eJordani, waholelwa nguMoya ehlane, 2 Elingwa nguDeveli izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Ngalezo zinsuku akadlanga lutho; kwathi seziphelile, walamba. 3 UDeveli wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kuleli tshe ukuba libe yisinkwa.” 4 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “ Kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Umuntu akayikuphila ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngamazwi onke kaNkulunkulu.’ 5 UDeveli wamyisa entabeni ende, wambonisa imibuso yonke yezwe ngesikhashanyana. 6 UDeveli wathi kuye: “Ngizokunika lonke leli gunya kanye nenkazimulo yalo, ngoba linikwe mina, futhi ngilinika noma ubani engithanda ukumnika lona.” 7 Ngakho-ke wena uma ukhuleka kimi, konke kuzakuba ngokwakho. 8 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “ Suka emva kwami, Sathane, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wokhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’ 9 Wamyisa eJerusalema, wammisa esiqongweni sethempeli, wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi lapha.” 10 Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Uzakuyala izingilosi zakhe ngawe, ukuthi zikulondoloze; 11 Futhi bazakuthwala ngezandla zabo, funa unyawo lwakho luqhumuke etsheni. 12 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “ Kuthiwa: ‘Ungayilingi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.’ 13 UDeveli eseqedile ukulinga konke, wasuka kuye isikhashana. 3
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ULuka 24:13-53 13 Bheka, ababili babo babehamba ngalolo suku baya emzaneni othiwa i-Emawuse, oqhele ngamakhilomitha angamashumi ayisithupha ukusuka eJerusalema. 14 Baxoxa bodwa ngazo zonke lezo zinto ezenzekileyo. 15 Kwathi besaxoxa futhi bexoxa, uJesu ngokwakhe wasondela, wahamba nabo. 16 Kodwa amehlo abo ayebanjiwe ukuze bangamqondi. 17 Wathi kubo: “ Zindaba zini lezi enikhuluma ngazo omunye nomunye njengoba nihamba, nidabukile?” 18 Omunye wabo, ogama lakhe linguKleyophase, waphendula wathi kuye: “Wena wedwa uyisihambi eJerusalema, ongazazi izinto ezenzekileyo khona kulezi zinsuku na?” 19 Wathi kubo: “ Zinto zini?” Bathi kuye: “NgoJesu waseNazaretha, owayengumprofethi onamandla ngesenzo nangezwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu bonke; 20 nokuthi abapristi abakhulu nababusi bethu bamnikela kanjani ukuba agwetshelwe ukufa, baze bambethela esiphambanweni. 21 Kodwa besithemba ukuthi nguye ozakuhlenga u-Israyeli; futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke lokhu, namuhla usuku lwesithathu selokhu lezi zinto zenzekile. 22 Yebo, nabesifazane abathile bakithi basimangalisile, ababefike ethuneni ekuseni; 23 Kodwa lapho bengasifumani isidumbu sakhe, beza, bathi babone nombono wezingelosi, ezithe uyaphila. 24 Abanye ababenathi baya ethuneni, bakuthola kunjalo njengoba abesifazane babeshilo; kodwa yena abambonanga. 25 Wayesethi kubo: “O nina eningaqondiyo, nenilibele enhliziyweni ukukholwa yikho konke abakushilo abaprofethi! 26 Bekungafanele yini ukuthi uKristu ahlupheke ngalezi zinto, aze angene enkazimulweni yakhe na? 27 Waqala kuMose nakubaprofethi bonke, wabachazela emibhalweni yonke izinto eziphathelene naye. 28 Basondela emzaneni ababeya kuwo; yena wazenza sengathi usezodlulela phambili. 29 Kodwa bamncenga, bathi: “Hlala nathi, ngokuba sekuhlwile, nemini isiphelile.” Wangena wahlala nabo. 30 Kwathi ehlezi nabo ekudleni, wathatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wabanika. 31 Amehlo abo avuleka, bamazi; wanyamalala emehlweni abo. 32 Bathi omunye komunye: “Inhliziyo yethu ibingavuthi yini phakathi kwethu, lapho ekhuluma nathi endleleni, nalapho esivulela imibhalo na?” 33 Base besuka ngalona lelo hora, babuyela eJerusalema, bafumana abayishumi nanye behlangene kanye nababe nabo, 34 Bethi: “INkosi ivukile impela, ibonakele kuSimoni.” 35 Base belanda okwenzekileyo endleleni, nokuthi waziwa kanjani yibo ekuhlephuleni isinkwa. 36 Besakhuluma lokho, uJesu uqobo wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “ Ukuthula makube kini.” 37 Kodwa besaba kakhulu, besaba ukuthi babona umoya. 38 Wayesethi kubo: “ Nikhathazekelani na? Kungani kuvela imicabango ezinhliziyweni zenu na?” 39 Bhekani izandla zami nezinyawo zami, ukuthi yimina uqobo; ngiphatheni, nibone; ngokuba umoya awunanyama namathambo, njengoba ningibona nginakho. 40 Eseshilo lokho wababonisa izandla zakhe nezinyawo zakhe. 41 Kwathi bengakakholwa ngenxa yentokozo, bemangala, wathi kubo: “ Ninakho ukudla lapha na?” 42 Bamnika ucezu lwenhlanzi eyosiwe kanye noju lwezinyosi. 43 Wakuthatha, wadla phambi kwabo. 44 Wathi kubo: “ Yilawa amazwi engawakhuluma kini ngisenani, okuthi konke okulotshiweyo emthethweni kaMose nakubaprofethi nasemaHutsheni, kumelwe kugcwaliseke ngami.” 45 Wasevula ingqondo yabo, ukuze baqonde imibhalo,
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46 Wathi kubo: “ Kulotshiwe kanje, ukuthi uKristu umelwe ukuhlupheka, avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu; 47 Nokuthi ukuphenduka nokuthethelelwa kwezono kushunyayelwe egameni lakhe phakathi kwezizwe zonke, kuqalwe eJerusalema. 48 Nina ningofakazi balezi zinto. 49 Bhekani, ngiyathumela isithembiso sikaBaba phezu kwenu; kepha hlalani emzini waseJerusalema, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu. 50 Wabahola baze bafika eBethaniya, waphakamisa izandla zakhe, wababusisa. 51 Kwathi esababusisa, wahlukana nabo, wenyuselwa ezulwini. 52 Bakhuleka kuye, babuyela eJerusalema benokuthokoza okukhulu. 53 Bahlala ethempelini njalo, bedumisa futhi bedumisa uNkulunkulu. Amen. Johane 6:16-21 16 Kwathi sekuhlwile, abafundi bakhe behlela elwandle, 17 Bangena emkhunjini, bawela ulwandle baya eKapernawume; kwase kumnyama, uJesu engakafiki kubo. 18 Ulwandle lwavuka ngenxa yomoya omkhulu owawuvunguza. 19 Ngakho sebegwedlile amakhilomitha angaba ngamashumi amabili nanhlanu noma amashumi amathathu, babona uJesu ehamba phezu kolwandle, esondela emkhunjini; besaba. 20 Kodwa wathi kubo: “Yimi; ningesabi.” 21 Base bevuma ukumngenisa emkhunjini; umkhumbi wafika masinyane ezweni ababeya kulo.
UFiliphu IzEnzo 8:26-40 26 Ingelosi yeNkosi yakhuluma kuFiliphu, yathi: “Suka uye ngaseningizimu endleleni ehla isuka eJerusalema iya eGaza, eyihlane.” 27 Wasukuma wahamba; bheka, indoda yase-Etiyopiya, umthenwa onesikhundla esikhulu ngaphansi kukaKhandake indlovukazi yama-Etiyopiya, eyayiphethe yonke ingcebo yayo, eyayize eJerusalema ukuzokhuleka, 28 Wayebuya, ehlezi enqoleni yakhe efunda umprofethi u-Isaya. 29 UMoya wathi kuFiliphu: “Sondela, unamathele kule nqola.” 30 UFiliphu wagijimela khona, wezwa ifunda umprofethi u-Isaya, wathi: “Uyakuqonda yini okufundayo?” 31 Yathi: “Ngingakwenza kanjani, uma kungekho ongiqondisayo na?” Yanxusa uFiliphu ukuba akhuphuke ahlale naye. 32 Indawo yombhalo ayifundile yilokhu, Waholwa njengemvu eya ekuhlatshweni; njengewundlu elithule phambi komgundi walo, kanjalo akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe. 33 Ekuthotshisweni kwakhe ukwahlulelwa kwakhe kwasuswa; futhi ngubani ozolandisa ngesizukulwane sakhe, ngoba impilo yakhe isusiwe emhlabeni? 34 Umthenwa wasephendula uFiliphu wathi: Ngiyakuncenga, umprofethi ukhuluma lokhu ngobani? Ngaye noma ngomunye umuntu? 35 UFiliphu wavula umlomo wakhe, waqala ngalowo mbhalo, washumayela ivangeli ngoJesu. 36 Kwathi besahamba, bafika emanzini athile; umthenwa wathi: “Bheka, nanka amanzi; yini engivimbela ukuba ngibhapathizwe?” 37 UFiliphu wathi: “Uma ukholwa ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, kungenziwa.” Waphendula wathi: “Ngiyakholwa ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” 38 Wayala ukuba inqola ime; base behlela emanzini bobabili, uFiliphu nomthenwa; wambhapathiza. 39 Kwathi sebekhuphukile emanzini, uMoya weNkosi wamthatha uFiliphu, umthenwa akabange esambona; wahamba ngendlela yakhe ethokoza. 5
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40 Kodwa uFiliphu watholakala e-Azotu, wahamba eshumayela kuyo yonke imizi, waze wafika eKesariya.
uPawulu Ngamazi umuntu okuKristu eminyakeni eyishumi nane edlule, (noma wayesemzimbeni, angazi; noma engekho emzimbeni, angazi; uNkulunkulu uyazi;) onjalo wahlwithwa wayiswa ezulwini lesithathu. Futhi ngiyamazi umuntu onjalo, (noma wayesemzimbeni, noma engekho emzimbeni, angazi; uNkulunkulu uyazi;) ukuthi wahlwithwa wayiswa epharadesi, wezwa amazwi angakhulumekiyo, okungavunyelwe ukuba umuntu awakhulume. 2 KwabaseKorinte 12:2-4
U-Enoke Kwathi lapho u-Enoke esetshele amadodana akhe, izingelosi zamthatha zamyisa emaphikweni azo zamkhuphulela ezulwini lokuqala zambeka emafwini. Ngabheka lapho, ngaphinde ngabheka phezulu, ngabona i-ether, zangibeka ezulwini lokuqala zangibonisa uLwandle olukhulu kakhulu, olukhulu kunolwandle lwasemhlabeni. Izimfihlo zika-Enoke 3:1 Lapho u-Enoke esekhulumile nabantu, iNkosi yathumela ubumnyama emhlabeni, kwaba khona ubumnyama, bagubuzela labo bantu ababemi no-Enoke, bamthatha u-Enoke baya ezulwini eliphezulu, lapho iNkosi ikhona; wamamukela wambeka phambi kobuso bakhe, ubumnyama basuka emhlabeni, kwavela ukukhanya futhi. Abantu babona kodwa abaqondanga ukuthi u-Enoke uthathwe kanjani, badumisa uNkulunkulu, bathola umqulu lapho kubhalwe khona 'uNkulunkulu ongabonakali'; bonke baya emakhaya abo. Izimfihlo zika-Enoke 67:1-2
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