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Iminikelo-izingubo,ukudla,nomaimalienikezwaabantuabampofu

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Qaphelaniukuthiningenziiziphozenuphambikwabantuukuzenibonweyibo;umakungenjalo aninamvuzokuYihloosezulwini.Ngakho-kenxanenzaiziphozenu,ningakhalisiicilongophambi kwenu,njengalokhukwenzaabazenzisiemasinagogeninasezitaladini,ukuzebadunyiswengabantu Ngiqinisilengithikini:Banomvuzowabo.Kodwanxanenzaizipho,isandlasenusokhohlo masingaziukuthiesokunenesenzani,ukuzeiziphozenuzibesekusithekeni;noYihloobona ekusithekeniuyakunivuzaobala.Mathewu6:1-4

UJesuwaphendulawathi:“UmuntuothilewehlaeJerusalemawayaeJeriko,wawaphakathi kwezigebengu,zamhlubulaizingubo,zamlimaza,zamuka,zamshiyazimshiyaumndondo.Kwaba ngengozikwehlaumpristiothilengaleyondlela;kwathiembona,wadlulangakolunyeuhlangothi NomLevi,esekuleyondawo,wezawambona,wadlulangakolunyeuhlangothi.KodwaumSamariya othile,ehamba,wafikalaphoayekhona;kwathiembona,wamzwelaububele,wayakuye,wabopha amanxebaakhe,ethelaamafuthanewayini,wamkhwelisaesilwanenisakhe,wamyisaendlini yezihambi,wamnakekela.Ngakusasaesehamba,wakhiphaodenariyuababili,wabanikaumninindlu, wathikuye:‘Mnakekele;futhinomayinioyichithayo,ngiyakukubuyiselalaphongibuya’Ucabanga ukuthiubanikulabaabathathuowayengumakhelwanewalowoowawelaphakathikwezigebenguna?’ Wathi:‘Lowoowamenzelaisihawu.’UJesuwathikuye:“Hamba,wenzenjalonawe.”Luka10:3037

Kodwa-keyiphaniiziphoezikhonakini,khona-kekonkekuhlanzekilekiniLuka11:41

Thengisanilokhoeninakho,nipheizipho;nizenzeleizikhwamaezingagugiyo,ingceboengapheli ezulwini,laphokungasondelikhonaisela,nalaphoinunduingonakalisikhonaNgokubalapho kukhonaingceboyenu,laphoiyakubakhonanenhliziyoyenu.Luka12:33-34

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UPetrunoJohanebakhuphukelaethempelinikanyekanyengehoralomkhuleko,okuyihora lesishiyagalolunye.Kwathwalwaindodaethileeyayiyisishoshakwasesiswinisikanina,ababeyibeka imihlangemihlaesangwenilethempelielithiwaElihle,ukubaiceleiziphokwabangenaethempelini; ebonauPetrunoJohanebezakungenaethempelini,wacelaizipho.UPetru,emgqolozelakanye

Ngesikhathisika-Enemessarnganikaabafowethuiziphoeziningi,ngabanikaabalambileisinkwa sami,nabahambazeizingubozami:futhiumangibonanomaubaniwesizwesakithiefile,noma ezungezweizindongazaseNineve,ngangimngcwabaTobit1:16-17

Nikelaiziphongempahlayakho;futhiumaunikelaizipho,isolakhomalingabinomona,futhi ungaphendukezeliubusobakhokunomayimuphiompofu,futhiubusobukaNkulunkulungeke busukekuwe.Umaunensadanikelaiziphongokufanele:umaunakhookuncane,ungesabiukunikeza ngokwalokhookuncane:NgobauzibekelaingceboenhlengosukulokuswelaNgobaizipho ziyakhululaekufeni,futhiazivumeliukubazingeneebumnyameni.Ngobaiziphoziyisiphoesihle kubobonkeabasinikezayoemehlwenioPhezukonkeUTobit4:7-11

Nikaabalambileisinkwasakho,nabahambazeizingubozakho,upheiziphongokwenalayakho;iso lakhomalingabinomona,laphouphaiziphoTobit4:16

Umthandazomuhlengokuzilaukudla,iziphozomusakanyenokulungaOkuncanengokulunga kungconokunokuningingokungalungile.Kungconoukuphaiziphozomusakunokuqongelelaigolide: Ngobaiziphozomusazikhululaekufeni,futhizihlanzazonkeizono.Laboabenzaiziphozomusa nokulungabayogcwalaukuphila:Tobit12:8-9

NgakhouTobitwaqedaukudumisauNkulunkuluWayeneminyakaeyisishiyagalombilinamashumi amahlanuubudalalaphoelahlekelwaukubona,okwabuyiselwakuyengemvakweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili:wanikelangezipho,wakhulaekwesabeniiNkosiuNkulunkulu,wamdumisa. Tobit14:1-2

Futhiungingcwabekahle,kanyenonyokokanyenami;kodwaungasalieNineveKhumbula,ndodana yami,indlelau-Amanaphathangayou-Achicharusowamkhuphula,indlelaamkhiphangayo ekukhanyeniwamyisaebumnyameni,nendlelaamvuzangayofuthi:nokhou-Achicharuswasindiswa, kodwaomunyewatholaumvuzowakhe:ngobawehlelaebumnyameniUManasewanikelangezipho, waphunyukaezingibenizokufaababembekezona;kodwau-Amanwawelaogibeni,wabhubha. Ngakho-kemanje,ndodanayami,cabangangalokhookwenziwayizipho,nokuthiukulunga kukhululakanjaniEseshilolezizinto,wafaembhedeni,eneminyakaeyikhulunesishiyagalombili namashumiamahlanuubudala;wamngcwabangenhlonipho.UTobit14:10-11

Amanziazocimaumliloovuthayo,futhiiziphozenzainhlawuloyezono.Sirach3:30

Ungapheliamandlalaphowenzaumthandazowakho,futhiungakhohlwaukunikezaiziphoSirach 7:10

Akukhookuhleokuzofikakulowoohlalaematasangobubi,nakulowoonganikeliizipho.(Sirach12:3)

Iziphozomuntuzinjengophawukuye,futhiuzogcinaimisebenziemihleyomuntunjenge-apulaleso, futhianikeamadodananamadodakaziakheukuphenduka.Sirach17:22

Valaiziphoezinqolobanenizakho,futhizizokukhululakuzozonkeizinhlupheko.(Sirach29:12)

Nginitshengisilekonke,ukuthingokusebenzakanzimakangakakufanelenisizeababuthakathaka, futhingikhumbuleamazwieNkosiuJesu,ukuthiwathini, Kubusisiwekakhuluukuphakunokwamukela IzEnzo20:35

Othandaigolidengekealungisiswe,futhiolandelaukubolauyokwaneliswayiloIgolidelibe yincithakaloyabaningi,futhiukubhujiswakwabokwakukhona.Kuyisikhubekisokulaboabanikela kulo,futhibonkeabayisiwulabayobanjwanaloUbusisiweocebileotholakalaengenasici,futhi ongazangealandeleigolideUngubani?futhisizombizangokuthiubusisiwe:ngobawenzeizinto ezimangalisayophakathikwabantubakhe.Ngubanioyewavivinywangakho,futhiwatholakala ephelele?khona-kemakadumiseNgubaniongaseakhubekise,futhiangoni?nomaenzeokubi, kodwaangakwenzanga?Impahlayakheiyomiswa,futhiibandlaliyomemezelaiziphozakhe.Sirach 31:5-11

Obuyiselaokuhleunikelangofulawaocolekileyo,nonikelangeziphounikelangokubonga.(Sirach 35:2)

Abazalwanenosizobamelenenesikhathisokuhlupheka:kodwaiziphoziyakukhululaokungaphezu kwabobobabiliSirach40:24

IzincwadiEzilahlekileZeBhayibheli

IntombiebusisiwenekhazimulayouMariya,eyavelaozalwenilwasebukhosininasemndenini kaDavide,yazalelwaedolobhenilaseNazaretha,yafundiswaeJerusalema,ethempelinileNkosi. IgamalikayisekwakunguJoachim,kantiigamalikaninakwakungu-Ana.Umndenikayise kwakunguGalilekanyenomuziwaseNazarethaUmndenikaninawawungowaseBetlehemaUkuphila kwabokwakucacilefuthikulungileemehlwenieNkosi,bengcwelefuthibengenasiciphambi kwabantuNgobabahlukanisayonkeimpahlayaboibeizingxenyeezintathu:Esinyebasinika ethempelinikanyenezikhuluzethempeli;esinyebasabelakubantuabangabazi,kanyenabantu abampofu;kantiesesithathubazigcinelabonakanyenokusetshenziswakomndeniwabo.IVangeli LokuzalwaKukaMariya1:1-4

Ungesabi,Joachim,futhiungakhathazekingokungibona,ngobangiyingelosiyeNkosiethunyelwe yiyokuwe,ukuzengikwazise,ukuthiimithandazoyakhoizwakele,nokuthiiziphozakhozenyukile emehlwenikaNkulunkulu.IVangeliLokuzalwaKukaMariya2:3

Ngemvakwalokhoingelosiyabonakalaku-Anaumkakheyathi:Ungesabi,futhiungacabangiukuthi lokhookubonayokungumoyaNgobangiyingelosieyeyanikelaimithandazoyakhoneziphozakho phambikukaNkulunkulu,futhimanjengithunyelwekuwe,ukuzengikwaziseukuthiuzozalelwa indodakazi,ezobizwangokuthiuMariya,futhiibusiswengaphezukwabobonkeabesifazane. IVangeliLokuzalwaKukaMariya3:1-2

IncwadiYesithathuYomalusiKaHermas2:1-13(Ukufana)

1Njengobangangihambangiyaensimini,ngibhekai-elmnomvini,futhingizindlangezithelozawo, ingelosiyabonakalakimi,yathikimi:Yinileoyicabangayoisikhathiesidekangakangaphakathi kwakho?

2Ngathikuye,Nkosi,ngicabangangalomvinikanyenalomthiwesundungobaizithelozawozinhle. Wathikimi:LemithiemibiliibekelweisibonelosezincekuzikaNkulunkulu.

3Ngathikuye,Nkosi,bengifunaukwaziukuthilesisibonelosemithioyishoyosihlanganisaniLalela, kushoyena;uyayibonalemvininalemithiyesundu;Nkosi,ngathi,ngiyayibona, 4Lomvini,kushoyena,uyathelaizithelo,kodwaumviniungomuthiongenazitheloKodwalomvini ngaphandlekokubaubekweyilomvini,futhiusekelweyiwo,ngekeutheleizitheloeziningi;kodwa

Nginitshengisilekonke,ukuthingokusebenzakanzimakangakakufanelenisizeababuthakathaka, futhingikhumbuleamazwieNkosiuJesu,ukuthiwathini, Kubusisiwekakhuluukuphakunokwamukela IzEnzo20:35

umaulelephansi,uzothelaizitheloezimbi,ngobaawulengangaphezukomvini;kanti,usekelwe phezukomvini,uthelaizithelozombilingokwawonangalokho.

5Ngakho-ke,bhekaukuthii-elmayinciphisi,kodwaithelaizitheloeziningi,kunesiviniNgathi, Nkosi,kanjaniukuthiithelaizitheloeziningikunesivini?Ngoba,wathi,isiviniesisekelwephezu kwe-elmsithelaizitheloezininginezinhle;kanti,umasilalaphansi,besizothelaokuncane,futhi lokhokubikakhulu

6Ngakho-ke,lesisifanisosinikezwaizincekuzikaNkulunkulu;futhisimelelaumuntuocebile nompofu.Ngaphendulangathi,“Nkosi,ngiboniselokhu.”Lalela,wathi;umuntuocebileunengcebo; kodwaeNkosiniumpofu;ngobaunesithakazeloengcebweniyakhe,futhiuthandazakancane eNkosini;futhiimithandazoayenzayoiyavilaphafuthiayinampoqo.

7Ngakho-ke,laphoumuntuocebileenikezaompofulezozintoazifunayo,umuntuompofu uthandazelaocebileeNkosini;futhiuNkulunkuluumnikaocebilezonkeizintoezinhle,ngoba ompofuucebileemthandazweni;futhiizicelozakhezinamandlaamakhulueNkosini.

8Khona-keumuntuocebileukhonzaabampofukonke,ngobaebonaukuthiuJehovauyamlalela: futhilaphoethandakakhulufuthiengangabazi,uyamnikalokhoakufunayo,futhiuyaqaphelaukuthi akukholuthoaluswele

9FuthiompofuubongaiNkosingenxayabacebileyo;ngobabobabilibenzaumsebenziwaboovela eNkosini.

10Ngakho-ke,kubantu,i-elmayicatshangwaukuthiithelaizithelo;futhiabazifuthiabaqondiukuthi inkampaniyayoyengezwaemvinini,umviniuthelaukwandaokuphindwekabili,kokubiliwona kanyene-elm

11KanjalonabampofuabathandazelaabacebileeNkosini,bayalalelwanguye;futhiingceboyabo iyanda,ngobabakhonzaabampofungengceboyabo.Ngakho-kebobabilibenziwaabahlanganyeli emisebenziniemihleyomunyenomunye

12Ngakho-ke,nomangubaniozokwenzalezizinto,ngekeashiyweyiNkosi,kodwauyobhalwa encwadiniyokuphila

13Bayajabulalaboabacebile,futhiabazibonabenothile:ngobalowooqondayongalokhu,uzokwazi ukukhonzaabanyengandlelathile.

IzincwadiZase-EdeneEzikhohliwe

ITestamentelikaZebuloni2:1-21

1Manjebantwana,ngiyanitshelaukuthinigcineimiyaloyeNkosi,futhiniboniseisihawu komakhelwanebenu,futhinibenesihawukubobonke,hhayikubantukuphela,kodwanasezilwaneni 2NgenxayakhokonkelokhuiNkosiyangibusisa,futhilaphobonkeabafowethubegula,ngasinda ngaphandlekokugula,ngobaiNkosiiyaziizinhlosozomuntungamunye

3Ngakho-ke,yibaninobubeleezinhliziywenizenu,bantwanabami,ngobanjengobanjeumuntu enzakumakhelwanewakhe,iNkosinayoizomenzakanjalo

4NgokubaamadodanaabafowethuayegulafuthiefangenxakaJosefa,ngobaawazangeabonise isihawuezinhliziywenizawo;kodwaamadodanaamiagcinwangaphandlekokugula,njengobanazi.

5NgesikhathingisezwenilaseKhanani,ngasogwinilolwandle,ngabambaizinhlanzieziningi zikaJakobeubaba;kwathilaphoeziningiziminzaolwandle,ngaqhubekangingalimalanga.

6Ngangingowokuqalaukwenzaisikebhesokuhambaolwandle,ngobauJehovawanginikaukuqonda nokuhlakaniphakulo

7Ngasengehlisaiphinilokuqondisangemuvakwalo,ngabesengilulaiseyiliphezukolunyeukhuni oluqondilephakathi

Nginitshengisilekonke,ukuthingokusebenzakanzimakangakakufanelenisizeababuthakathaka, futhingikhumbuleamazwieNkosiuJesu,ukuthiwathini, Kubusisiwekakhuluukuphakunokwamukela IzEnzo20:35

8Ngahambangomkhumbingasogwinilolwandle,ngidobaizinhlanzizendlukababasazesafika eGibhithe.

9Futhingenxayesihawungabelanangezinhlanzizaminabobonkeabantuengingabazi

10Futhiumaumuntuengumfokazi,nomaegula,nomaegugile,ngangiphekaizinhlanzi,ngizipheke kahle,besengizinikawonkeumuntu,njengobawonkeumuntuayedinga,ngidabukilefuthi nginesihawungazo

11Ngakho-keiNkosiyangisuthisangezinhlanzieziningilaphongibambaizinhlanzi;ngobalowo owabelananomakhelwanewakheutholaokuningieNkosini.

12Iminyakaemihlanungibambeizinhlanzifuthingazinikawonkeumuntuengangimbona,futhi zaneleyonkeindlukababa.

13Futhiehlobongangibambaizinhlanzi,kantiebusikangangigcinaizimvunabafowethu

14Manjengizonitshelalokhoengakwenza.

15Ngabonaumuntuodabukilengenxayokuhambazeebusika,ngamzwelauzwela,ngebaingubo ngaseseendlinikababa,ngayinikalowoowayesosizini

16Ngakho-ke,bantwanabami,ngalokhouNkulunkuluaninikakhona,bonisaniububelenesihawu ngaphandlekokungabazakubobonkeabantu,futhiniphewonkeumuntungenhliziyoenhle

17Futhiumaningenaloithubalokumnikaosweleyo,yibaninozwelongesiheesijulileyo.

18Ngiyaziukuthiisandlasamiasitholangaithubalokumnikalowoowayedinga,futhingahamba nayengikhalaamakhilomithaayisikhombisa,futhiizibilinizamizamlangazelelangesihawu

19Ngakho-kenani,bantwanabami,yibaninobubelekubobonkeabantu,ukuzeiNkosiibenobubele nomusakini

20NgobafuthiezinsukwinizokugcinauNkulunkuluuzothumelaisihawusakheemhlabeni,futhi nomaphilaphoetholakhonaizinhliziyozesihawuuhlalakuye.

21Ngokubangezingaumuntuazwelanangalonomakhelwanebakhe,ngezingaelifanayoiNkosi nayoizwelananaye.

Nginitshengisilekonke,ukuthingokusebenzakanzimakangakakufanelenisizeababuthakathaka, futhingikhumbuleamazwieNkosiuJesu,ukuthiwathini, Kubusisiwekakhuluukuphakunokwamukela IzEnzo20:35

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