Incwadika-Aristeas
ISINGENISO
Encwadinika-Aristeas,enyeyezintoeziphawulekayo nezasenduloezitholwekabushakuleliqoqo,sihambe ibangaelidekakhuluku-Adamuno-Eva,ibangaelide kakhulukuZamcoloLokhukubhalakuvezaumbukwane wokuqinakohlangalwesintu,oluyelwakhakabusha uMhlaba,nezizweezinamandlaeziphilangokuzikhandla nangokukhazimula
Uzofundalaphangombhaliwokuqalaomkhuluwezincwadi -uPtolemyPhiladelphusUfisaukuqoqaizincwadizakhe emtatsheniwakhewezincwadie-Alexandria"zonke izincwadiemhlabeni."Ekugcineni,entshisekweniyakhe yokutholaincwadieyodwaenkulu-iMithethoYamaJudauthengisaabantuabayi-100,000ngaleyoncwadiCisheleli yinanieliphakemekakhuluelakelakhokhwangomsebenzi owodwaLivezaisizathuesingavamilesokuphela kokuThunjwaOkukhulu
Izehlakalozalendabazenzekangesikhathisokuphila kweNdlovukaziedumileu-Arsinoe,owashonango-270BC Usukuoluqondilelokubhalwakwaloaluqinisekile.
Imininingwaneyempiloyasenkantolo,ingxoxoyezinkinga zomphakathizangalesosikhathiithakazelisakakhulufuthi icacileKuyintoengavamileukubonainkosinezivakashi zayobedlalaimibuzonezimpendulongesikhathisedililabo.
Isakhiwosalomsebenziodonsayosimikanje: 1.UkunikezelwakwencwadikuPhilocrates.
2Isenzosokuqala:
(a)IsiphakamisosikaMgciniWezincwadisokukhulula abathunjwaabangamaJudaukuzebatholeincwadi.
(b)Ukukhululwa
(c)IncwadikaPhiladelphuseyaku-Eleazar (d)Impendulo.
(e)Amagamaekomitieqokweukuhumushaincwadi 3Incazeloyeziphozasebukhosini:
(a)Itafula(mhlawumbeifenishaeyinkimbinkimbikunazo zonkeezakezakhiqizwa)
(b)Omunyewethula. 4IncazeloyeJerusalema (a)Ithempeli(kanyenohlelolokusebenzakwamanzi) (b)Umcimbi.
(c)Inqaba (d)Idolobha (e)Indawoyasemakhaya. 5Ukuvalelisakuka-Eleazar 6Incazeloka-Eleyazarengomthetho(lokhu kuwukuhlakaniphaokujulile).
7Indawoyokwamukelaizivakashi 8Idili(imibuzonezimpenduloezingu-72)
9.UkuhunyushwakweNcwadi.
ISAHLUKO1
NgesikhathisokuthunjwakwamaJudaeGibhithe,uPtolemy Philadelphusuzembulanjengomuntuwokuqalaomkhulu othandaizincwadi.Ufisaukubanazozonkeizincwadi emhlabeniemtatsheniwakhewezincwadi;ukuzeathole iMithethokaMoseuthembisaukuhwebangezithunjwa eziyi-100,000ngalowomsebenziememezaethi,"Kuyinzuzo encanengempela!"
1Njengobangiqoqeizintozomlandookhumbulekayo wokuvakashelakwamiu-EleazaruMpristiOmkhulu wamaJuda,futhingenxayokuthiwena,Philocrates, njengobaungalahlekelwayithubalokungikhumbuza,ubeke inqwabayemininingwanelaphoutholaukulandisa ngezisusakanyenenhlosoyomsebenziwami,ngizame ukukuchazelangokucacilengalendaba,ngobangiyabona ukuthiunothandolwemvelolokufunda,imfaneloeyigugu kakhuluumuntuanalo-ukuzamanjalo'ukwengeza olwazinilwakhekanyenezintoazifundile' kungakhathalisekiukuthiufundaumlandonoma ngokuhlanganyelangempelaezenzakalweningokwazo 2Kungalendlela,ngokuthathaizakhiezinhlekakhulu, laphoumphefumulouqiniswakhonangobumsulwa,futhi ngemvakokugxilaekuzinikelenikuNkulunkulu,umgomo omuhlekunayoyonke,usebenzisalokhunjengesiqondiso sawoesingenaphuthafuthingaleyondlelautholainjongo eqondile
3Ukuzinikelakwamiekuphishekeleniulwazilwenkolo kwangenzangayaehhovisilenxusakumuntuengikhulume ngaye,owayehlonishwakakhuluyizakhamuzizakhekanye nabanye,kokubilingenxayobuhlebakhenobukhosibakhe, futhiowayenezincwadiezibalulekekakhulukumaJuda ezwenilakubonakwamanyeamazweukuzekuchazwe umthethowaphezulu,ngobaimithethoyawoibhalwe ezikhumbenizesikhumbangezinhlamvuzamaJuda
4Lelinxusangabesengilithathangentshiseko,okokuqala ngitholeithubalokuncengainkosiegamenilabathunjwa abangamaJudaababethuthwebesukaeJudiyabeyiswa eGibhithenguyisewenkosi,laphoeqalaukutholaleli dolobhafuthienqobaizwelaseGibhithe.
5Kuhleukuthingikuxoxelelendaba,njengoba ngiyaqinisekaukuthiwena,ngesimosakhosobungcwele kanyenozwelalwakhokubantuabaphilangokuvumelana nomthethoongcwele,uzolalelakalulaindabaengihlose ukuyiveza,njengobawenangokwakhousandakufikakithi uvelaesiqhinginifuthiulangazelelaukuzwakonke okwakhaumphefumulo
6Esikhathiniesidlulefuthi,ngikuthumeleleirekhodi lamaqinisoengangicabangaukuthikufanelengiwaxoxe ngohlangalwamaJuda,--irekhodiengangilitholekubapristi abaphakemeabafundekakhulubezwelaseGibhithe elifundilekakhulu.
7Njengobanilangazelelakangakaukutholaulwazilwalezo zintoezingazuzisaingqondo,nginomuzwawokuthi kuyisibophokimiukuninikalonkeulwaziolusemandleni ami
8Kufanelengizizwenginomthwaloofanayokubobonke ababenesimoesifanayokodwangizizwanginomthwalo ikakhulukazikininjengobaninezifisoezinhlekakhulu, futhinjengobaningeyenanjeumfowethungobuntu,hhayi ngaphansikwegazi,kodwanimunyenamifuthi niphishekelaokuhle
9Ngobainjabuloetholakalaegolideninomakunomaiyiphi enyeimpahlaeyaziswayizingqondoezingajulileayinikezi inzuzoefanayonokuphishekelaisikokanyenokufunda esikusebenzisayoekulivikeleni.
10Kodwaukuzengingakukhathazingesingenisoeside kakhulu,ngizoqhubekangokusheshanomongowendaba yami.
11UDemetriuswasePhalerum,umongameliwomtapo wolwaziwenkosi,watholaimalieningi,ngenhloso yokuqoqandawonye,ngangokunokwenzeka,zonke izincwadiemhlabeni
12Ngokuthenganangokubhalaphansi,wafeza, ngokusemandleniakheonke,injongoyenkosi.
13Ngesinyeisikhathilaphongikhonawabuzwa,Zingaki izincwadieziyizinkulungwaneezikhonaemtatsheni wezincwadi?waphendulawathi,'Ngingaphezu kwezinkulungwaneezimbili,Nkosi,futhingizozama maduzenjeukuqoqaezinyeezisele,ukuzekufinyelelwe ingqikithiyezinkulungwaneezingamakhuluamahlanu. NgitshelweukuthiimithethoyamaJudaifaneleukuqoshwa futhiifanelweindawoemtatsheniwakhowezincwadi!'
14“Yiniekuvimbelayoukwenzalokhu?”yaphendula inkosi“Konkeokudingekayosekubekweezandlenizakho!”
15“Kudingekazihunyushwe,”kuphendulauDemetriyu, “ngobaezwenilamaJudabasebenzisaizinhlamvu zamagamaezingavamile(njengobanjenabaseGibhithe benezinhloboezikhethekilezezinhlamvu)futhibakhuluma ulimilwesigodiolungavamile.”
16KumelwebasebenziseulimilwesiSiriya,kodwa akunjalo;ulimilwaboluhlukekakhulu
17Kwathiinkosiisizwisisilewonkeamaqinisoalelicala yayalaukubakubhalweincwadieyakuMpristiOmkhulu wamaJudaukuzekufezweinjongoyakhe(esiveleichazwe).
18Ngicabangaukuthikwasekufikeisikhathi sokuphoqelelaisicelo,engangivameukusibekaphambi kukaSosibiuswaseTarentumno-Andreas,indunayabalindi, sokukhululwakwamaJudaayethuthweesukaeJudiya nguyisewenkosingobalaphongokuhlanganiswa kwenhlanhlanesibindielethaukuhlaselakwakhekuso sonkeisifundasaseCoele-SyrianaseFenikekwabayindaba ephumelelayo,enkambisweniyokwesabisaizweukuba libuswe,wathuthaezinyezezithazakhekantiezinye wazithoba
19InanilalaboabathuthabesukaezwenilamaJudabeya eGibhithelalingaphezukwezinkulungwaneeziyikhulu.
20Kulabawahlomisaamadodaakhethiweyo ayizinkulungwaneezingamashumiamathathu,wawabeka ezikhundlenizamabuthoezifundenizasemaphandleni 21(Ngishonangaphambikwalesisikhathiinanielikhulu lamaJudalalifikileeGibhithenamaPheresiya,futhi esikhathinisangaphambiliniabanyebabethunyelwe eGibhitheukuyosizauPsammetichusemkhankasweni wakhewokulwanenkosiyamaTopiya.Kodwalaba babengafaninhlobonabathunjwauPtolemyindodana kaLagusabathutha)
22Njengobasengishilokakade,uPtolemywakhetha abangconokakhulukulaba,amadodaayesemashafuthi avelelengesibindisawo,wabahlomisa,kodwaisixuku esikhulusabanye,laboababesebakhulilenomaabasebasha kakhulungalenjongo,kanyenabesifazanenabo,wabenza izigqila,hhayiukuthiwayefisaukwenzalokhu ngokuzithandelakwakhe,kodwawaphoqwaamasosha akheayebabizanjengomvuzowezinkonzoababezenzile empini.
23Njengobasekushiwokakade,ngitholeithubalokuthola inkululekoyabo,ngakhulumanenkosingalezi zimpikiswano ezilandelayo: 'Masingabi ngabangenangqondokangangokuthisivumeleizenzozethu zivezeamangaemazwiniethu'
24Njengobaumthethoesingafuniukuwubhalanjekuphela kodwafuthinokuwuhumushaungowalolonkeuhlanga lwamaJuda,yisiphiisizathuesizokwaziukusithola ngenxusalethukuyilaphoinanielikhulukangakalabo lisesebugqiliniembusweniwakho?
25Ngokuphelelanangobuningibomusawakhokhulula laboababoshiweebugqiliniobubuhlungukangaka, njengobabengilokhungizamaukuthola,uNkulunkulu obanikeumthethowabonguNkulunkuluogcinaumbuso wakho.
26BakhulekelauNkulunkuluofanayoiNkosinoMdali WendawoYonke,njengabobonkeabanyeabantu, njengathi,Nkosi,yizesimbizangamagamaahlukene, njengoZeus1nomauDis
27Leligamalanikezwayenangokufanelekakhulu okhokhobethubokuqala,ukuzekubonisweukuthiLowo, okwathingayezonkeizintozanikwaukuphilafuthizaba khona,ngokuqinisekileunguMgibelineNkosiyeNdalo Yonke.
28Bekabonkeabantuisibonelosomusangokukhululalabo ababoshiwe
29Ngemvakwesikhashanaesifushane,ngesikhathi ngithandazangobuqothokuNkulunkuluukuthiasuse ingqondoyenkosiukuzebonkeabathunjiwebakhululwe (ngobaisintu,njengobasiyindalokaNkulunkulu, siyashukunyiswafuthisithonyweNguye
30Ngakho-kengemithandazoeminingieyahlukahlukene ngambizaLowoobusainhliziyoukuzeinkosiiphoqeleke ukwamukelaisicelosami
31Ngobanganginethembaelikhulumayelana nokusindiswakwabantunjengobangangiqinisekaukuthi uNkulunkuluuzogcwalisaumthandazowami
32Ngobalaphoabantuabanezisusaezimsulwabehlela isenzoesithilengenxayokulungakanyenokwenza imisebenziemihle,uNkulunkuluuMninimandlaonke ulethaimizamonezinhlosozaboendabeniephumelelayo)-inkosiyaphakamisaikhandalayoyangibhekangobuso
ISAHLUKO6
Izincazelozamasikoabantuezibonisaukuthikusho ukuthiniigamaelithi,“Okungcolile”Ingqikithikanye nomsuka“wokukholwakukaNkulunkulu”Amavesi48-44 anikezaincazeloekhangayoyobuNkulunkulube-physiology 1Kuhleukukhulumakafushanengolwazialunikezayo ephendulaimibuzoyethu.
2Ngobangicabangaukuthiabantuabaningi banesithakazelosokufunaukwazingeminyeyemithetho, ikakhulukazileyoephathelenenenyamaneziphuzokanye nezilwaneezibhekwanjengezingcolile
3Laphosibuzaukuthikungani,njengobakukhonauhlobo olulodwalwendalo,ezinyeizilwanezibhekwa njengezingcolileukubazidliwe,kantiezinyezingcolile ngishonomauzithinta(ngobayizeumthethouqaphile kakhuluezintwenieziningi,uqaphilekakhuluezindabeni ezinjengalezi)waqalaimpenduloyakhekanje:
4'Niyabona,'esho,'umphumelaonjaniezindlelenizethu zokuphilakanyenobudlelwanobethuobusibangelawona; ngokuzihlanganisanababi,abantubabambaububibabo futhibabelusizikukhokonkeukuphilakwabo;kodwauma behlalanabahlakaniphilenabahlakaniphile,bathola izindlelazokubalekelaukungazinokulungisaizimpilozabo 5OkokuqalauMniki-mthethowethuwabekaizimiso zokuzinikelanokulungafuthiwazigxilisaiphuzungephuzu, hhayinjengemithethoevimbelayokodwa nangokusebenzisaizibonelo,ebonisaimiphumelaemibi yesonokanyenezijezisoezilethwanguNkulunkulukulabo abanecala
6NgobaokokuqalawabonisaukuthikunoNkulunkulu oyedwakuphelanokuthiamandlaakheabonakalakuyo yonkeindawo,njengobayonkeindawoigcweleubukhosi bakhefuthiakukholutholwezintoezenziwengasese ngabantuemhlabenioluphunyukayokulwazilwakhe 7Ngobakonkeumuntuakwenzayonakhokonke okuzokwenzekaesikhathiniesizayokusobalakuye. 8Esebenzisalamaqinisongokucophelelafuthi esewacacisile,wabonisaukuthingishonomaumuntu engacabangaukwenzaokubiingasaphathwa eyokukwenzangempelawayengekeaphunyuke ekubanjweni,ngobawakwenzakwacacaukuthiamandla kaNkulunkuluayegcweleumthethowonke.
9Kusukelaekuqalenikwakhe,waqhubekawabonisa ukuthisonkeisintungaphandlekwethusikholelwaekubeni khonakonkulunkuluabaningi,yizebonangokwabo benamandlakakhulukunezidalwaabazikhulekelangeze 10Ngobalaphobezenzeizithombezamatshenokhuni, bathiziyizithombezalaboabasunguleokuthileokuwusizo empilwenifuthibayakukhulekela,yizebenobufakazi obucacilebokuthiabanamizwa
11Ngobakungabaubuwulaobupheleleukucabangaukuthi nomaubaniwabaunkulunkulungenxayezintoazisungulile
12Ngobaabasungulibamanebathathaizintoezithile esezidaliwefuthingokuzihlanganisandawonye,babonisa ukuthizinezinsizaezintsha:abazangebonangokwabo badaleingqikithiyalento,ngakho-kekuyintoeyize newubuwulangabantuukwenzaonkulunkulubabantu abanjengabo
13Ngobaezikhathinizethubaningiabanekhono lokusungulaizintoezintshanabafundekakhulu
kunamadodaezinsukuzangaphambiliayenziwe onkulunkulu,kodwababengekebezeukuzowakhulekela. 14Abenzinababhalibalezizinganekwanebacabanga ukuthibahlakaniphekakhulukunamaGreki.
15Kunganikudingekasikhulumengabanyeabantu abathathekile,abaseGibhithenabanyeabanjalo, abathembelaezilwanenizasendlekanyenezinhlobo eziningizezintoezinwabuzelayonezinkomo,futhi bazikhulekele,futhibazinikeleimihlatshelokokubili besaphilanalaphosebefile?
16ManjeuMniki-mthethowethu,njengobaayengumuntu ohlakaniphilefuthienikwengokukhethekile nguNkulunkuluukuqondazonkeizinto,wabhekayonke imininingwaneethile,wasibiyelangezindonga ezingenakunqotshwanezindongazensimbi,ukuze singazihlanganisinhlobonanomayiziphiezinyeizizwe, kodwasihlalesihlanzekileemzimbeninasemphefumulweni, singenazozonkeizinkolelo-ze,sikhulekelauNkulunkulu uMninimandlaonkeoyedwangaphezukwendaloyonke.
17Ngakho-keabapristiabakhulubaseGibhithe sebehlolisiseizintoeziningi,futhibeqaphelaizindabazethu, basibizangokuthi“abantubakaNkulunkulu.”
18Lesiyisiquesingesonaesabanyeabantukodwaesalabo abakhulekelauNkulunkuluweqinisokuphela
19AbanyeabantuabasiboabakaNkulunkulukodwa bangabantubokudlaneziphuzonezingubo
20Ngobaisimosabosonkesibaholelaekutholeniinduduzo kulezizintoazibalwanjengezingabalulekanga,kodwa zibhekwanjengezibalulekilekuzozonkeizintozabo
21Phakathikwabantubakithiimpiloyonkeenjalointo abayikhathalelakakhuluubukhosibukaNkulunkulu.
22Ngakho-keukuzesingangcoliswayinomayisiphi isinengiso,nomaizimpilozethuziphambukiswe ukuxhumanaokubi,wasibiyelanxazonkengemithetho yobumsulwa,ethintangokufanayolokhoesikudlayo,noma esikuphuzayo,nomaesikuthintayo,nomaesikuzwayo, nomaesikubonayo.
23Ngobanomakunjalo,ngokuvamile,zonkeizinto ziyafanangokwakhekakwazokwemvelo,njengobazonke zibuswaamandlaafanayo,kodwakunesizathuesijulile esimweningasinyesokuthikunganisingasebenzisiizinto ezithilefuthisijabuleleukusetshenziswaokuvamile kwezinye.
24Ukuzengiboniseisibonelo,ngizodlulaiphuzuelilodwa nomaamabilibesenginichazelawona
25Ngobaakumelweniweleemcabangweniohlazisayo wokuthikwakungenxayamagundanenama-weaselnezinye izintoezinjaloukuthiuMosewabhalaimithethoyakhe ngokucophelelaokukhulukangaka
26Zonkelezizimisozenzelweukulungaukuzekusizwe ekufuneniubuhlekanyenokupheleliswakobuntu
27Ngobazonkeizinyoniesizisebenzisayozithambilefuthi zihlukaniswangokuhlanzekakwazo,zidlaizinhlobo ezahlukenezokusanhlamvukanyenobhontshisi, njengejuba,amahobhe,izinkumbi,ama-partridge, amahansi,nazozonkeezinyeizinyonizaloluhlobo
28Kodwaizinyoniezenqatshelweuzozitholazisendlefuthi zidlainyama,zicindezelaezinyengamandlaazo,futhi zitholaukudlangonyangokudlaizinyoniezifuywayo ezibalwengenhla.
29Futhiakusikholokhokuphela,kodwababamba amawundlunamazinyane,futhibalimazenabantu,
kungakhathalisekiukuthibafilenomabaphila,ngakho-ke ngokubabizangokuthibangcolile,wanikezaisibonakaliso ngabosokuthilabo,ngenxayabo, umthethowamiswa,kumelebenzeukulunga ezinhliziywenizabofuthibangacindezelimuntu ngokuthembelaemandleniabonomababaphucelutho, kodwabaqondiseinkamboyaboyokuphilangokuvumelana nobulungisa,njengobanjeizinyoniezifuywayo,esezishiwo kakade,zidlaizinhloboezahlukeneze-pulseezikhula emhlabenifuthizingacindezelikuzekubhujisweizihlobo zazo
30Ngakho-keisishayamthethosethusasifundisaukuthi yizindlelaezinjengalezilaphokunikezwakhonaizinkomba kwabahlakaniphileyo,ukuthikumelwebabenobulungiswa futhibangenziluthongobudlova,futhibagweme ukucindezelaabanyengokuthembelaemandleniabo.
31Ngobanjengobakubhekwanjengokungafanelengisho nokuthintaizilwaneezingcolile,njengobasekushiwo, ngenxayemikhubayazoethile,akufaneleyinisithathe zonkeizinyathelozokuqaphafunaubuntubethu bubhujiswengezingaelifanayo?
32Ngakho-keyonkeimithethoayibekilemayelana nalokhookuvunyelweendabeniyalezizinyoninezinye izilwane,uyimisilengenhlosoyokusifundisaisifundo sokuziphatha.
33Ngobaukwehlukaniswakwezinselonokuhlukaniswa kwezinziphokuhlosweukusifundisaukuthikumelwe sihlukanisephakathikwezenzozethungabanyengenhloso yokwenzaokuhle
34Ngobaamandlaomzimbawethuwonkekanye nomsebenziwawokuncikeemahlombeethunasezithweni zethu
35Ngakho-keusiphoqelelaukubasiqapheleukuthi kumelwesenzezonkeizenzozethungobandlululo ngokwezingalokulunga,-ikakhulukazingoba sihlukaniswengokusobalanabanyeabantu
36Ngobainingilabanyeabantuliyazingcolisa ngokuziphathaokubi,ngaleyondlelalenzaububiobukhulu, futhiwonkeamazwenamadolobhaayaziqhenyangobubi obunjalo.
37Ngobaabagcininjengokulalanamadodakodwa bangcolisaoninangishonamadodakaziabo
38Kodwasigcinwesahlukenenezonoezinjalo.
39Futhiabantuabahlukanisiwengendlelaeshiwongenhla bachazwanguMniki-mthethonjengabanesipho sokukhumbula.
40Ngobazonkeizilwane"ezinezinyawoezihlukenefuthi ezihlafunayo"zimelelauphawulwenkumbulo kwabaqalisiwe
41Ngobaisenzosokuhlafunaukudlaakusikhookunye ngaphandlekokukhumbulaimpilonokuphila
42Ngobaukuphilakuzosekelwangokudla,ngakho-ke usinxusaemiBhalwenifuthingalamazwi: "NgokuqinisekileuzokhumbulaiNkosieyakwenzakuwe lezozintoezinkulunezimangalisayo"
43Ngobaumasezicatshangelwekahle,zibonakalazinkulu futhizikhazimulayo;okokuqalaukwakhekakomzimba kanyenokuhlelwakokudlakanyenokuhlukaniswa kwesithongasinye,futhingaphezukwalokho,ukuhlelwa kwezinzwa,ukusebenzakanyenokunyakaza okungabonakalikwengqondo,ukusheshakwezenzozayo
ezithilekanyenokutholwakwayokobuciko,kubonisa ubuhlakaniobungenamkhawulo.
44Ngakho-keusinxusaukubasikhumbuleukuthi izingxenyeezishiwongenhlazigcinwandawonye ngamandlaaphezulungekhonoeliphelele.
45Ngobaumisileisikhathinendawoukuzesihlale simkhumbulauNkulunkuluobusayonosilondolozayo
46Ngobaendabeniyokudlaneziphuzouthimasiqale sinikeleingxenyenjengomhlatshelobesesijabulelaukudla kwethungokushesha
47Ngaphezukwalokho,usinikeuphawulwesikhumbuzo ezingutshenizethu,futhingendlelaefanayousinike umyalelowokubasibekeamazwiangcweleemasangweni nasezicabhenizethunjengesikhumbuzosikaNkulunkulu
48Futhiezandlenizethu,uyalangokucacileukuthiuphawu luboshwe,okubonisangokusobalaukuthikufanelesenze yonkeintongokulunga,sikhumbulaindaloyethu,futhi ngaphezukwakhokonkeukwesabauNkulunkulu
49Utshelaabantufuthi,laphobelelephansiukuzebalale futhibevukafuthi,ukubabazindlengemisebenzi kaNkulunkulu,hhayingezwikuphela,kodwanangokubona ngokucacileushintshonombonoovezwakubo,ukuthi bazolalanini,kanyenokuvukakwabo,ukuthiushintsho oluvelakwesinyesalezizimoluyekwesinye lungolwaphezulufuthialuqondakalikangakanani.
50Ubuhlebokufaniswangokuphathelenenobandlululo kanyenenkumbulomanjesebuveziwekuwe, ngokwencazeloyethu"yenseloehlukanisiwekanye nokuhlafunaokwetshisayo"
51Ngobaimithethoyethuayizangeihlelwe ngokungahleliwenomangokuvumelananomcabango wokuqalaovamileowafikaengqondweni,kodwa ngenhlosoyeqinisokanyenokubonakaliswakwesizathu esifanele.
52Ngobangeziqondisoazinikezayomaqondananokudla neziphuzokanyenezindabaezithilezokuthintana,usitshela ukuthisingenzinomasilalelenomayiningokungacabangi nomasisebenziseukungabinabulungisangokusebenzisa kabiamandlaokucabanga
53Umakwenzekaezilwanenizasendle,isimisoesifanayo singatholakala
54Ngobaisimose-weaselkanyenesamagundane nezilwaneezinjengalezi,okukhulunywengazongokucacile, siyabhubhisa
55Amagundaneangcolisafuthionayonkeinto,hhayinje ngokudlakwawokodwangishonasezingenilokwenza umuntuangabinalusizonhlobokunomayiniewalimazayo
56Isigabase-weaselnasosiyingqayizivele:ngoba ngaphandlekwalokhookushiwoyo,sinesiciesingcolisayo: Sikhulelwangezindlebefuthisikhiphengomlomo
57Futhikungenxayalesisizathuukuthiumkhubaofanayo kuthiwaungcolilekubantu.
58Ngobangokukhulumakonkeabakutholangezindlebe, bafakaabanyeebubinifuthiabenziukungcolaokuvamile, bonangokwabobengcoliswengokupheleleukungcola kobuwula
59Futhiinkosiyakho,njengobasitshelwe,yenzakahle kakhulungokubhubhisaabantuabanjalo
60Ngabesengithi'Ngicabangaukuthiushoizimpimpi, ngobauhlalaebavezaekuhlushweninasezinhlotsheni ezibuhlunguzokufa'
ezifanelekulemibuzoengibabuzile,futhibonkebenze uNkulunkuluwabayisisekelosamazwiabo.'
54FuthiuMenedemus,isazisefilosofisase-Eretria,wathi, 'Yiqiniso,Nkosingobanjengobaindawoyonkeilawulwa ngokuqondiswafuthinjengobasiqondangokufaneleukuthi umuntuuyindalokaNkulunkulu,kushoukuthiwonke amandlanobuhlebenkulumobuvelakuNkulunkulu'
55Laphoinkosiisivumengekhandaukuvumakwayolo mbono,inkulumoyaphelabasebeqalaukuzijabulisa Laphosekuhlwile,idililaphela
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ImibuzonezimpenduloezengeziweQaphelaivesi20 ngokubhekiselakwaloekundizeniemoyeniokwabhalwa ngo-150BC
1Ngosukuolulandelayobahlalaphansietafulenifuthi baqhubekanedilingendlelaefanayo
2Laphoinkosiicabangaukuthiithubaelifaneleselifikile lokubuzaizivakashizayoimibuzo,yaqhubekanokubuza imibuzoeyengeziwekumadodaayehlezieduzekwawo ukuzeibuzelawoayephendulengosukuolwandulele.
3Waqalaingxoxonendodayeshuminanye,ngoba babeyishumiababebuzweimibuzoesikhathiniesidlule
4Laphosekuthule,wabuzaukuthiangaqhubekakanjani ecebile?
5Ngemvakokucabangisisakafushane,indodaeyayibuzwe lombuzoyaphendula'Umaengenzangalutho olungafaneleisikhundlasakhe,engazangeenze ngokunganaki,engazangeasebenziseimalieningi ezintweniezingenaluthoneziyize,kodwangezenzozomusa wenzazonkeizikhonzizakhezathambekelakahlekuye NgobanguNkulunkuluongumbhaliwazozonkeizinto ezinhlefuthiYenaumuntuokumelweamlalele.'
6Inkosiyamdumisayabeisibuzaomunyeukuthi angaligcinakanjaniiqiniso?
7Ephendulaumbuzowathi,'Ngokuqaphelaukuthiamanga alethaihlazoelikhulukubobonkeabantu,futhi ikakhulukaziamakhosiNgobanjengobabenamandla okwenzanomayiniabayifunayo,kunganikufanele basebenziseamanga?Ngaphezukwalokhukumelweuhlale ukhumbula,Nkosi,ukuthiuNkulunkuluungumthandi weqiniso.
8Inkosiyatholaimpendulongenjabuloenkulu,yabheka omunyeyathi,'Iyiniimfundisoyokuhlakanipha?'
9Omunyewaphendulawathi,'Njengobaufisasengathi akukhookubiokukwehlelayo,kodwaukubauhlanganyele kuzozonkeizintoezinhle,ngakho-kekufanelewenze ngesimisoesifanayokubantubakhokanye nakwabaphambukile,futhikufaneleuxwayisengobumnene abahloniphekilenabahleNgobauNkulunkuluudonsela bonkeabantukuyengomusawakhe.'
10Inkosiyamdumisayabuzaolandelayoukuthiangaba kanjaniumnganewabantu?
11Waphendulawathi,'Ngokubonaukuthiisintusiyanda futhisizalwasinezinkingaezininginokuhluphekaokukhulu: ngakho-keakumelweujezisenomaubahluphekalula, njengobawaziukuthiimpiloyabantuyakhiweyizinhlungu nezijezisoNgobaukubeubuqondakonkeubuzogcwala isihawu,ngobanoNkulunkuluuyadabukisa!
12Inkosiyatholaimpendulongokuvunyelwafuthiyabuza olandelayo,'Yisiphiisiciesibalulekekakhulusokubusa?'
13'Ukuzigcina,'ephendula,'ungenamaliyokufumbathisa futhiasebenziseukulinganiselaphakathinesikhathi esiningisokuphilakomuntu,ukuhloniphaukulunga ngaphezukwakhokonke,nokwenzaabanganebabantu baloluhlobo.NgobanoNkulunkuluungumthandi wobulungisa!
13Eseboniseukwamukelwakwakhe,inkosiyathi komunye,'Luyiniuphawulwangempelalokuzinikela?'
14Waphendulawathi,'UkuqondaukuthiuNkulunkulu usebenzanjaloeNdaweniYonkefuthiwazizonkeizinto, futhiakekhoumuntuowenzangokungalungilefuthi osebenzaokubiongaphunyukaekuqapheleniKwakhe NjengobauNkulunkuluengumzuziwomhlabawonke, nawe,kumelweumlingisefuthiungabinasikhubekiso!
15Inkosiyabonisaisivumelwanosayoyathikomunye: ‘Uyiniumongowobukhosi?’
16Waphendulawathi,'Ukuzibusakahlefuthiungadukiswa yingcebonomaudumouyeezifisweniezingafanelenoma ezingafanele,lenayindlelayangempelayokubusauma ucabangisisakahlengalendabaNgobakonkeokudingayo ngempelakungokwakho,futhiuNkulunkuluakanasidingo futhiakanamusa.Imicabangoyakhomayibeyindoda, ungafisiizintoeziningikodwakuphelalokho okudingekayoekubuseni!'
17Inkosiyamdumisayabuzaenyeindoda,ukuthi izingxoxozakhezingabakanjaniezinhlekakhulu?
18Waphendulawathi,'Umaebekaubulungisaphambi kwakhenjalokukhokonkefuthiecabangaukuthiukungabi nabulungisakufananokuncishwaukuphilaNgoba uNkulunkuluuhlalaethembisaizibusisoeziphakeme kakhulukwabalungileyo!'
19Ngemvakokumdumisa,inkosiyabuzaolandelayo, ukuthiangakhululekakanjaniemicabangweni ephazamisayoebuthongwenibakhe?
20Waphendulawathi,'Ungibuzeumbuzookunzima kakhuluukuwuphendula,ngobaasikwaziukuziveza singabantuabangokoqobophakathinamahoraokulala, kodwasibanjweyimicabangoengenakulawulwayingqondo Ngobaimiphefumuloyethuinomuzwawokuthiibona ngempelaizintoezingenaengqondweniyethungesikhathi sokulalaKodwasenzaiphuthaumasicabangaukuthi empelenisihambaolwandlengezikebhenomasindiza emoyeninomasiyakwezinyeizindawonomakunomayini enyeyaloluhloboKodwaempelenisicabangaukuthi izintoezinjalozenzeka
21Umangikwaziukunquma,sengifinyeleleesiphethweni esilandelayoKumelwengazozonkeizindlela,Nkosi, ulawuleamazwinezenzozakhongomthethowobungcwele ukuzeubenokuqondaukuthiulondolozaubuhlenokuthi awukhethiukuzanelisangezindlekozokucabangafuthi awukazeusebenzisekabiamandlaakhoukuzewenyanye ukulunga.
22Ngobaingqondoimatasakakhuluebuthongweni ngezintoezifanayo,ezizikhathazangazolaphoivukile Futhilowoocabangayonkenezenzozakheuzimisele ngezinjongoezinhlekakhuluuzimiselaekulungeni kokubililaphoevukilenalaphoelele.Ngakho-ke,kumelwe uqineekuzithibeniokuqhubekayokobuwena
23Inkosiyadumisaindodayathikomunye‘Njengoba ungoweshumiukuphendula,umausukhulumile, sizozinikelaedilini’Wabeesebuzaumbuzoothi, ngingakugwemakanjaniukwenzanomayiniengangifanele?
24Waphendulawathi,'Bhekanjaloudumolwakhokanye nesikhundlasakhoesiphakeme,ukuzeukhulumefuthi ucabangekuphelaizintoezihambisananalokho,wazi ukuthibonkeabantubakhobacabangafuthibakhuluma ngawe.Ngobaakumelweubonakaleumubikunabadlali, abafundangokucophelelaindima,okudingekabayidlale, futhibalolongezonkeizenzozabongokuvumelananayo Awudlaliindima,kodwauyinkosingempela,njengoba uNkulunkuluekunikeigunyalobukhosingokuvumelana nobuntubakho'
25Laphoinkosiisishayeihlombeelikhulunelidengendlela enomusa,izimenywazanxuswaukubazifuneukuphumula Ngakho-kelaphoingxoxoisiphelile,zanikelaesidlweni esilandelayosedili
26Ngosukuolulandelayo,kwagcinwailungiselelo elifanayo,kwathilaphoinkosiitholaithubalokubuza amadodaimibuzo,yabuzaowokuqalakulaboababesele ukuzebaphenywengokulandelayo,Yiluphiuhlobo lukahulumenioluphakemekakhulu?
27Waphendulawathi,'Ukuzibusahhayiukuthatheka yizifisoNgobabonkeabantubanengqondoethileyemvelo Kungenzekaukuthiiningilabantulithandaukudla, ukuphuzakanyenenjabulo,kantiamakhosiathanda ukutholaindawokanyenodumoolukhuluKodwakuhle ukuthikubenokulinganiselakuzozonkeizinto.
28LokhouNkulunkuluakuphayo,kumelweukuthathe futhiukugcine,kodwaungafisiizintoezingaphezu kwamandlaakho.’
29Ijabulengalamazwi,inkosiyabuzaolandelayo,ukuthi angakhululekakanjaniemoneni?
30Ngemvakokuthulaisikhashanawaphendulawathi, 'UmaucabangakuqalaukuthinguNkulunkuluonikawonke amakhosiinkazimulonengceboenkulufuthiakekhoobusa ngamandlaakhe.Bonkeabantubafisaukwabelanangale nkazimulokodwaabakwazi,ngobaiyisipho sikaNkulunkulu!'
31Inkosiyamdumisalendodangenkulumoendeyabe isibuzaenye,ukuthiingazidelelakanjaniizithazayo?
32Waphendulawathi,'Umaubonisaumusakubobonke abantufuthiubazuzelaubungane,akudingekiwesabe muntuUkuthandwangabantubonkekuyisiphoesihle kakhuluongasitholakuNkulunkulu!'
33Ngemvakokudumisalempenduloinkosiyayalaindoda elandelayoukubaiphenduleumbuzoothi,ingaligcina kanjaniudumolwayoolukhulu?
34Waphendulawathi'Umaunomusafuthiunenhliziyo evulekileekuboniseniumusanezenzozomusakwabanye, awusozewalahlekelwaudumolwakho,kodwaumaufisa ukuthiumusaoshiwongenhlauqhubekenowakho, kumelweubizeuNkulunkulunjalo'
35Inkosiyazwakalisaukuvumakwayoyabuzaolandelayo, “Umuntukufaneleabonisebaniumusa?”
36Waphendulawathi:'Bonkeabantubayavumaukuthi kufanelesiboniseumusakulaboabasithandayo,kodwa ngicabangaukuthikufanelesiboniseumoyaofanayo wokuphakulaboabasiphikisayoukuzengalendlela sibazuzelekokulungilenakulokhookuzuzisathina.Kodwa kumelwesithandazekuNkulunkuluukuthilokhukufezeke, ngobaubusaizingqondozabobonkeabantu'
37Ngemvakokuvezaukuvumelanakwayonempendulo, inkosiyacelaowesithuphaukubaaphenduleumbuzoothi, kufanelesibonisebaniukubonga?
38Waphendulawathi,'Kubazalibethunjalo,ngoba uNkulunkuluusinikeumyaloobalulekekakhulu maqondananenhloniphoefaneleabazaliEndaweni elandelayoubhekaisimosengqondosomnganekumngane ngobaukhuluma"ngomnganeonjengomphefumulo wakho"Wenzakahlengokuzamaukuhlanganisabonke abantunobunganenawe'
39Inkosiyakhulumanayengomusayabeisibuza olandelayo,“Yinileefananobuhlengenani?”
40Wayesethi,'Ukuzinikela,ngobakuyindlelaevelele yobuhle,futhiamandlaayoasothandweni,oluyisipho sikaNkulunkuluLokhuusuveleukutholilefuthinakho konkeokubusisiwekokuphila.'
41Inkosingendlelaenomusakakhuluyashayaihlombe lempenduloyabuzaomunye,ukuthi,umaehluleka, angalitholakanjaniidumelalakhefuthingezingaelifanayo?
42Wathi,'Akunakwenzekaukuthiwehluleke,ngoba uhlwanyelekubobonkeabantuimbewuyokubongaeveza isivunosentandoenhle,futhilokhukunamandla kunezikhalieziqinekakhulufuthikuqinisekisaukulondeka okukhuluKodwaumaumuntuehluleka,akumelwe aphindeenzelezozintoezibangeleukwehlulekakwakhe, kodwakumeleakheubunganefuthienzengokulunga NgobakuyisiphosikaNkulunkuluukukwaziukwenza izenzoezinhlehhayiokuphambenenalokho.'
43Ijabulengalamazwi,inkosiyabuzaomunye,ukuthi angakhululekakanjaniosizini?
44Waphendulawathi,'Umaengazangealimazemuntu, kodwawenzaokuhlekubobonkefuthiwalandelaindlela yokulunga,ngobaizithelozayozilethaukukhululeka osizini.KodwakumelwesithandazekuNkulunkuluukuthi ububiobungalindelekilenjengokufanomaukugulanoma ubuhlungunomayiniyaloluhlobobungasifikelifuthi busilimaze.Kodwanjengobanizinikeleekuzinikeleni kuNkulunkulu,akukhookubiokunjalookuyoke kunifikele'
45Inkosiyamdumisakakhulu,yabuzaoweshumi,yathi: “Yiluphiuhlobooluphakemekakhululodumo?”
46Wathi,'UkuhloniphauNkulunkulu,futhilokhu akwenziwangeziphonemihlatshelokodwangobumsulwa bomphefumulonokuqinisekaokungcwele,njengobazonke izintozenziwefuthizilawulwanguNkulunkulu ngokuvumelananentandoyaKhe.Lenjongouhlala uyitholanjengobabonkeabantubengakwenzakusukela ekufezenikwakhoesikhathiniesidlulenamanje'
47Ngezwielikhuluinkosiyababingelelabonke, yakhulumanabongomusa,bonkeababekhonabazwakalisa ukwamukelakwabo,ikakhulukaziizazizefilosofi.Ngoba babephakemekakhulukunabokokubilingokuziphatha nangokuphikisana,ngobababehlalabebekauNkulunkulu indawoyaboyokuqala
48Ngemvakwalokhuinkosiukuzeiboniseumuzwawayo omuhleyaqhubekanokuphuzaimpiloyezivakashizayo
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Ivesi8lichazaukubalulekakolwaziIvesi28,uthando lobuzaliQaphelaikakhulukaziumbuzoosevesini26kanye nempenduloPhawulafuthiumbuzoosevesini47kanye nempendulo.Lesiiselulekoesihlakaniphilesamadoda ebhizinisi
1Ngosukuolulandelayokwenziwaamalungiseleloafanayo edili,kwathilaphokuvelaithuba,inkosiyaqalaukubuza imibuzoemadodeniayehlezieduzekwalawo ayesephendulile,yathikowokuqala'Ingabeukuhlakanipha kungafundiswa?'
2Wathi,'Umphefumulowakhekekangangokuthi ngamandlaaphezuluuyakwaziukwamukelakonkeokuhle nokwenqabaokuphambenenalokho.'
3Inkosiyazwakalisaukuvumakwayoyabuzaindoda elandelayoukuthi,Yiniewusizokakhuluempilweni?
4Wathi,'Ukuzithiba,futhiakunakwenzekaukukuthola lokhungaphandlekokubauNkulunkuluedaleisimo sengqondongakho.'
5Inkosiyakhulumangomusanalendodayathikomunye, 'Umuntuangayikhokhakanjaningokufaneleisikweletu sokubongakubazalibakhe?'
6Wathi,'Ngokungabazwisiubuhlungu,futhilokhu akunakwenzekangaphandlekokubauNkulunkuluelahlela ingqondoekufuneniizinhlosoezinhlekakhulu.'
7Inkosiyabonisaukuvumafuthiyabuzaolandelayo, ukuthiangabakanjaniisilaleliesizimisele?
8Wathi,'Ngokukhumbulaukuthilonkeulwaziluwusizo, ngobalukwenzaukwazingosizolukaNkulunkulu ngesikhathiesiphuthumayoukukhethaezinyezezinto ozifundilefuthiuzisebenziseenkingeniobhekenenayo. Ngakho-keimizamoyabantuiyagcwalisekangosizo lukaNkulunkulu'
9Inkosiyamdumisayabuzaolandelayoukuthi angakugwemakanjaniukwenzanomayiniephambene nomthetho?
10Wathi,'UmaniqaphelaukuthinguNkulunkuluofake imicabangoezinhliziywenizabanikibomthethoukuze impiloyabantuilondolozwe,nizoyilandela'
11Inkosiyaqaphelaimpenduloyalomuntuyathikomunye, 'Iyiniinzuzoyobuhlobo?'
12Waphendulawathi,'Umasicabangaukuthithina ngokwethusihlushwayizinhlekeleleezehlelaizihlobo zethufuthiumaukuhluphekakwazokubangeyethukhona-keamandlaobuhloboabonakalangokushesha, ngobayilaphokuphelaumuzwaonjalouboniswalapho sizozuzakhonaudumonesithunziemehlweniazoNgoba usizo,umaluhlotshaniswanomusa,luyisibopho esingenakuqhekekanhlobo.Futhingosukulokuchuma kwazoakumelwesifiseizimpahlazazo,kodwakumelwe sithandazekuNkulunkuluukubaabaphezonkeizinhlobo ezinhle.'
13Kwathieseyinikeudumoolufanayonolwabanye,inkosi yabuzaomunye,ukuthiangayitholakanjaniinkululeko ekwesabeni?
14Wathi,'Laphoingqondoiqaphelaukuthiayizangeyenze okubi,nalaphouNkulunkulueyiqondisakuzozonke izelulekoezinhle.'
15Inkosiyazwakalisaukuvumakwayoyabuzaomunye, ukuthiingahlalakanjaniigcinaisahluleloesifanele?
16Waphendulawathi,'Umaebekaphambikwamehloakhe njaloizinhluphekoezehlelaabantufuthiaqapheleukuthi nguNkulunkuluosusaukuchumakwabanyefuthialethe abanyeudumoolukhulunenkazimulo'
17Inkosiyamukelaindodangomusayabuzaolandelayo ukuthiaphenduleumbuzo,ukuthiangakugwemakanjani ukuphilaokunethezekilenenjabulo?
18Waphendulawathi,'Umaebekhumbulanjaloukuthi ungumbusiwombusoomkhulukanyenenkosiyezixuku ezinkulu,nokuthiingqondoyakheakufaneleikhathazeke ngezinyeizinto,kodwa,kufaneleahlaleecabanga ngendlelaangayithuthukisangayoinhlalakahleyazo. KumelwefuthiathandazekuNkulunkuluukuthi kungabikhomsebenzionganakwa' 19Ngemvakokumdumisa,inkosiyabuzaoweshumi, ukuthiingababonakanjanilaboababemkhohlisa?
20Waphendulaumbuzoothi,'Umaebonaukuthi ukuziphathakwalaboabamzungezilekwakungokwemvelo yininokuthibagcinaumthethoofanelewokubaphambili emihlanganweniyemibuthano,nasebudlelwanenibabo obuvamile,bengalokothibeqeimingceleyokufaneleka ekuhalaliseleninomakwezinyeizindabazokuziphatha KodwauNkulunkuluuzoqondisaingqondoyakho,Nkosi, kukhokonkeokuhle'
21Laphoinkosiisizwakaliseukwamukelakwayo okukhulufuthiibadumisabonkengabanye(phakathi kokunconywayibobonkeababekhona),baphendukela enjabulweniyedili
22Ngosukuolulandelayo,laphoithubalivela,inkosi yabuzaindodaelandelayo,Yiluphiuhloboolubikakhulu lokunganaki?
23Waphendulawathi,'Umaindodaingabanakekeli abantwanabayofuthiizinikeleyonkeimizamo emfundweniyaboNgobasihlalasithandazakuNkulunkulu hhayikakhulukithikodwakubantwanabethuukuthizonke izibusisozibengezaboIsifisosethusokuthiabantwana bethubabenokuzithibasigcwalisekakuphelangamandla kaNkulunkulu.'
24Inkosiyathiikhulumekahleyabeisibuzaomunye, ukuthiingabakanjaninothandolwezwe?
25'Ngokukhumbula,'ephendula,'umqondowokuthikuhle ukuphilanokufaezwenilakuboUkuhlalakwelinyeizwe kulethaukudelelakwabampofukanyenehlazokwabacebile njengokungathibaxoshiwengenxayobugebengu.Uma unikezabonkeizinzuzo,njengobawenzanjalo, uNkulunkuluuzokunikaumusakubobonkefuthi uzobhekwanjengothandaizwe.'
26Ngemvakokulalelalendoda,inkosiyabuzaolandelayo ngokulandelana,ukuthiangaphilakanjaningokuthula nomkakhe?
27Waphendulawathi,'Ngokuqaphelaukuthiabesifazane ngokwemvelobangabantuabanenkanifuthibanamandla ekufezeniizifisozabo,futhibangashintshaimibonoyabo ngokuzumayongokucabangaokungamanga,futhiimvelo yaboibuthakathakakakhulu.Kubalulekileukubhekana nabongokuhlakaniphahhayiukubangelaingxabano Ukuzeimpiloiphumelele,umqondisikumeleaziumgomo okufaneleawuqondisekuwoKungokubizausizo lukaNkulunkulukuphelalaphoabantubengaqondisakhona inkamboyangempelayokuphilangasosonkeisikhathi' 28Inkosiyavezaisivumelwanosayoyabuzaolandelayo, ukuthiingabakanjaniingenaphutha?
29Waphendulawathi,'Umauhlalawenza ngokucabangisisafuthiungalokothiukholelwe ekunyundeleni,kodwauzibonakaliseleizintoezishiwo kuwefuthiunqumengokwahlulelakwakhoizicelo ezenziwakuwefuthiwenzekonkengokukhanya kokwahlulelakwakho,ngekeubenaphutha,NkosiKodwa
ulwazikanyenokuzijwayezakwalezizintokungumsebenzi wamandlaaphezulu.'
30Ijabulengalamazwi,inkosiyabuzaomunye,ukuthi angakhululekakanjaniolakeni?
31Futhiwathiephendulaumbuzo,'Ukubeubeqaphela ukuthiunamandlaphezukwabobonkengisho nokubabulala,ukubeubevumelaulaka,nokuthibekungeke kubeyizefuthikubebuhlunguukubeyena,ngobanje eyinkosi,ubephucaabantuabaningiimpilo
32Kwakunesidingosinisolaka,laphobonkeabantu babemthobelafuthikungekhomuntuowayemzonda? KuyadingekaukuqaphelaukuthiuNkulunkuluubusa umhlabawonkengomoyawomusafuthiengenalonhlobo ulaka,futhiwena,'esho,'ONkosi,kumelweulingise isiboneloSakhengokuphoqelekile'
33Inkosiyathiiphendulekahleyabeisibuzakumuntu olandelayo,ukuthi,Iyiniiselulekoesihle?
34'Ukwenzakahlengasosonkeisikhathinangokucabanga okufanele,'wachaza,'siqhathanisalokhookuzuzisa inqubomgomoyethunemiphumelaemibiengaba umphumelawokwamukelaumbonoophambene,ukuze ngokulinganisaiphuzungalinyeselulekwekahlefuthi injongoyethuifezweFuthiokubalulekekakhulu, ngamandlakaNkulunkuluyonkeicebolakho lizogcwalisekangobawenzaukuzinikela.'
35Inkosiyathilomuntuuphendulekahle,yabuzaomunye, Kuyiniifilosofi?
36Wachaza,'Ukucabangakahlengokuphathelenenanoma yimuphiumbuzoovelayofuthiungazeuthathweyizifiso, kodwaukuzindlangokulimalaokubangelwayizifiso, nokwenzakahlenjengobaizimozidinga,ukuzijwayeza ukulinganiselaKodwakumelwesithandazekuNkulunkulu ukubaafakeengqondweniyethuukunakalezizinto'
37Inkosiyabonisaimvumeyayoyabuzaomunye,ukuthi ingayitholakanjaniinhlonipholaphoihambakwamanye amazwe?
38'Ngokubanobulungiswakubobonkeabantu,'ephendula, 'nangokubonakalasengathiuphansikunokubamkhulu kunalaboayehambanaboNgobakuyisimiso esiqashelwayoukuthiuNkulunkulungokwemveloYakhe uyabamukelaabathobekileFuthiisintusiyabathandalabo abazimiseleukubathobela'
39Ngemvakokubonisaukuvumakwakhekulempendulo, inkosiyabuzaomunye,ukuthiangakhakanjaningendlela yokuthiizakhiwozakhezihlaleisikhathiesidengemva kwakhe?
40Waphendulaumbuzoothi,'Ukubeindaloyakhe yayisezingenielikhulunelihloniphekile,kangangokuthi ababukibabezoyisindisangenxayobuhlebayo,futhiukube akazangeaxoshenomayimuphiwalaboabenzaimisebenzi enjalofuthiakakazeaphoqeleleabanyeukubabamkhonze ngaphandlekwenkokhelo.
41NgokubonaindlelauNkulunkuluanakekelangayoisintu, esiphaimpilonekhonolokucabanganazozonkeezinye izipho,yenangokwakhekufanelealandeleisibonelosaKhe ngokunikaabantuumvuzongomsebenziwaboonzima Ngobayizenzoezenziwangokulungaezihlalanjalo!
42Inkosiyathinalomuntuuphendulekahle,yabuza oweshumiukuthi,Iyiniisithelosokuhlakanipha?
43Waphendulawathi,'Umuntukufaneleazingaphakathi kuyeukuthiakenzangaluthoolubinokuthikufaneleaphile impiloyakheeqinisweniNjengobakuvelakulokhu,Nkosi
enamandla,laphoinjabuloenkulunokuqinakomphefumulo nokholooluqinilekuNkulunkulukukhulakhonaumaubusa umbusowakhongokuzinikela'
44Kwathilaphobezwaimpendulobonkebamemeza ngokumemezaokukhulu,kwathingemvakwalokhoinkosi egcweleinjabuloyaqalaukuphuzaimpiloyabo
45Ngakusasaidililalandelaindlelaefanayoneyezikhathi zangaphambilini,kwathilaphoithubalivelainkosi yaqhubekanokubuzaizimenywaeziseleimibuzo,yathi kowokuqala,'Umuntuangazigcinakanjani ekuzikhukhumezeni?'
46Waphendulawathi,'Umaegcinaukulinganafuthi ekhumbulangezikhathizonkeukuthiungumuntuobusa abantuFuthiuNkulunkuluuyabachithaabazidlayo,futhi uphakamisaabamnenenabathobekile!'
47Inkosiyakhulumanayengomusayabuzaolandelayo, yathi:“Ngubaniokufaneleamkhetheabelulekibakhe?”
48Waphendulawathi,'Laboabayebavivinywaezindabeni eziningifuthibalondolozaumusaongaxubilekuyefuthi bahlanganyelanesimosakheFuthiuNkulunkulu uzibonakalisakulaboabafanelekelaukuthilezizinjongo zifinyelelwe.'
49Inkosiyamdumisayabuzaomunye,Iyiphiimpahla edingekakakhuluenkosini?
50'Ubunganenothandolwabantubakhe,'ephendula, 'ngobakungalokhuukuthiisibophosenhliziyoenhle asiqhekekiFuthinguNkulunkuluoqinisekisaukuthilokhu kungenzekangokwesifisosakho.'
51Inkosiyamdumisayabuzakomunye,Uyiniumgomo wenkulumo?Waphendulawathi,'Ukuqinisekisaumphikisi wakhongokumbonisaamaphuthaakheebuthweni lempikiswanoelihlelekile'
52Ngobangalendlelaniyozuzaozwayo,hhayi ngokumphikisa,kodwangokumdumisangenhloso yokumkholisaFuthikungenxayamandlakaNkulunkulu ukuthiukukholisakufezwa
53Inkosiyathiinikezeimpenduloenhle,yabeisibuza omunye,ukuthiingaphilakanjaningokuthulanezinhlanga eziningiezahlukeneezakhaumphakathiwombusowayo?
54'Ngokwenzaingxenyeefanelekomunyenomunye,' ephendula,'nokuthathaukulunganjengomhlahlandlela wenu,njengobanenzamanjengosizolokuqonda uNkulunkuluaninikakhona.'
55Inkosiyajabulakakhulungalempendulo,yabuza omunye,'Kungaphansikwaziphiizimolaphoumuntu kufaneleahluphekekhonangosizi?'
56'Ezinhluphekweniezehlelaabanganibethu,'ephendula, 'laphosibonaukuthibathathaisikhathiesidefuthi abalungisekiUkucabangaakusivumeliukubasililelelabo abafileyofuthiabakhululiweebubini,kodwabonkeabantu bayalilangabongobabazicabangelabonakuphelakanye nenzuzoyabo.NgamandlakaNkulunkulukuphela esingaphunyukakukhokonkeokubi!
57Inkosiyathiinikezeimpenduloefanele,yabeisibuza omunye,idumelalilahlekakanjani?
58Waphendulawathi,'Laphoukuqhoshanokuzethemba okungenamingcelekulawula,ihlazonokulahlekelwa idumelakuyavelaNgobauNkulunkuluuyiNkosiyazo zonkeidumelafuthiulinikalaphoethandakhona' 59Inkosiyaqinisekisaimpenduloyayo,yabuzaindoda elandelayoukuthi,“Abantukufanelebazithembekubani?”
60'Kulabo,'ephendula,'abanikhonzangenhliziyoenhle hhayingokwesabanomangokuzicabangelabona, becabangangenzuzoyabokuphelaNgobaomunye uphawulothando,omunyeuphawulwenzondonokukhonza isikhathieside.
61Ngobaumuntuohlalaebhekeinzuzoyakhe ungumhlubukienhliziyweniKodwaunothandolwabo bonkeabantubakhongosizolweselulekoesihle uNkulunkuluakunikezasona
62Inkosiyathiiphendulengokuhlakanipha,yabuza omunye,Yiniegcinaumbusouphephile?
63Waphendulaumbuzoothi,'Qaphelafuthiucabange kusengaphambiliukuthiakukhookubiokungenziwayilabo ababekweesikhundlenisegunyaphezukwabantu,futhi lokhunikwenzanjalongosizolukaNkulunkulu okuphefumulelangokwahlulelaokukhulu.'
64Inkosiyamkhuthaza,yabuzaomunye,ukuthi,Yini egcinaukubonganodumo?
65Waphendulawathi,'Ubuhle,ngobabungumdali wezenzoezinhle,futhiububibuyabhujiswangakho, njengobanjeubonisaubuntuobuhlekubobonkengesipho uNkulunkuluakuphasona.'
66Inkosiyavumangomusaimpenduloyabuzaoweshumi nanye(njengobababengaphezukwababiliabangamashumi ayisikhombisa),ukuthiwayezohlalakanjanienokuthula komphefumulongesikhathisempi?
67Waphendulawathi,'Ngokukhumbulaukuthiakenzanga luthoolubikunomayimuphiwabantubakhe,nokuthi bonkebazomlwelangenxayezinzuzoabazitholile,bazi ukuthinomabelahlekelwayimpiloyabo,nizobanakekela laboabathembelekubo.Ngobaanisozenahlulekaukwenza isinxephezelokunomaubani-yileyondlelauNkulunkulu akuphefumulelengayo'
68Inkosiyabahalaliselabonkengezwielikhulu, yakhulumanabongomusaomkhulu,yabeisiphuza isiphuzoesideukuzengamunyewaboabenempiloenhle, izinikelaekujabuleni,futhiyanikezaizivakashizayo ubunganeobukhulunobujabulisayo
ISAHLUKO10
ImibuzonezimpenduloziyaqhubekaKubonisaindlela izikhuluzempiokufanelezikhethwengayoYimuphiumuntu ofanelweukunconywakanyenezinyeizinkingazokuphila kwansukuzonkeeziyiqinisonamuhlanjengobakunjalo eminyakeniengu-2000edlule.Amavesi15-17aphawuleka ngokuncomaindawoyemidlaloyaseshashalaziniAmavesi 21-22achazaukuhlakaniphakokukhethaumongameli nomaukubanenkosi
1Ngosukulwesikhombisakwenziwaamalungiselelo amaningikakhulu,futhikwakukhonanabanyeabaningi abavelaemadolobheniahlukene(phakathikwabo kwakukhonainanielikhululamanxusa)
2Laphokuvelaithuba,inkosiyabuzaowokuqalakulabo ababengakabuzi,ukuthiingakugwemakanjani ukukhohliswaukucabangaokungelonaiqiniso?
3Waphendulawathi,'Ngokuqaphelangokucophelela isikhulumi,intoekhulunywayo,kanyenesihloko okuxoxwangaso,nangokubuzaimibuzoefanayofuthi ngemvakwesikhashanangezindlelaezahlukene.Kodwa ukubanengqondoephaphemenokukwaziukwakha
isahluleloesinengqondokuzozonkeizimokungenye yeziphoezinhlezikaNkulunkulu,futhiunaso,Nkosi.'
4Inkosiyashayaihlombeelikhuluimpenduloyabeisibuza omunye,Kunganiiningilamadodalingalokothilibe nomusa?
5'Ngoba,'ephendula,'bonkeabantungokwemvelo bayazithibafuthibathambekeleenjabulweniNgakho-ke, ukungabinabulungisakuyavelafuthikugcwaleubugovu. Umkhubawobuhleuyisithiyokulaboabazinikele empilweniyenjabulongobaubayalaukubabakhethe ukuzithibanokulungaNgobauNkulunkuluungumnikazi walezizinto'
6Inkosiyathiiphendulekahle,yabuza,Yiniokufanele amakhosiayilalele?Yathi,'Imithetho,ukuzengemithetho yokulungaibuyiseleukuphilakwabantuNjengobanje nawengokuziphathaokunjalongokulalelaumyalo kaNkulunkuluuzibekeleisikhumbuzoesiphakade'
7Inkosiyathinalomuntuukhulumekahle,yabuza olandelayoukuthi,Ubaniokufanelesimmisenjengababusi? Waphendulawathi,'Bonkeabazondaububi,futhi abalingisaukuziphathakwakho,benzaukulungaukuze bahlalebenodumooluhle.Ngobayilokhuokwenzayo, Nkosienamandla,'esho,'futhinguNkulunkuluokunike umqhelewokulunga'
9Inkosiyamemezakakhuluimpendulo,yabeisibheka indodaelandelayoyathi,'Ubaniokufanelesimmiseabe yizikhuluphezukwamabutho?'
10Wachaza,'Laboabavelelengesibindinokulungakanye nalaboabakhathalelakakhuluukuphephakwamadodaabo kunokutholaukunqobangokubekaizimpilozaboengozini ngokuxhamazela.NgobanjengobauNkulunkuluenzakahle kubobonkeabantu,naningokumlingisaningabasizibabo bonkeabantuenibabusayo'
11Inkosiyathiiphendulekahleyabeisibuzaomunye,ithi: “Ngumuphiumuntuofanelweukunconywa?”
12Waphendulawathi,'Umuntuohlonyiswengedumela nengcebonamandlafuthionomphefumuloolingananakho konkeWenangokwakhoubonisangezenzozakhoukuthi ufaneleukunconywakakhulungosizolukaNkulunkulu okwenzaunakekelelezizinto.'
113Inkosiyazwakalisaukuvumakwayoyathikomunye, 'Yiziphiizindabaokufaneleamakhosiazinikeisikhathi esiningikuzo?'
14Waphendulawathi,'Ekufundeninasekufundeni imibhaloyohamboolusemthethweni,ebhalwe ngokubhekiseleemibuswenieyahlukene,ngenhloso yokuguqulwanokulondolozwakwezihlokoFuthi kungenxayomsebenzionjaloukuthinifinyelele enkazimulweniengakazeifinyelelwengabanye,ngosizo lukaNkulunkuluogcwalisazonkeizifisozenu'
15Inkosiyakhulumangentshisekonalendodayabuzaenye, indodakufaneleizixakekanjaningezikhathizayo zokuphumulanokuzilibazisa?
16Waphendulawathi,'Ukubukelaleyomidlaloedlalwa ngokufanelenokubekaphambikwamehloakhoizigcawu ezithathweekuphilenifuthizenziwengesithunzi nangokuziphathaokuhlekuyazuzisafuthikufanelekile.
17Ngobakukhonaukwakhiwaokuthileokutholakala ngishonakulezizintozokuzijabulisa,ngobangokuvamile isifundoesifiselekayosifundiswayizindabazokuphila ezingabalulekilekakhuluKodwangokwenzakonke
okusemandleniakho,ukhombisileukuthiuyisazisefilosofi futhiuNkulunkuluuyakuhloniphangenxayobuhlebakho. 18Inkosi,ijabulengamazwiasandakukhulunywa,yathi endodeniyesishiyagalolunye,Umuntukufaneleaziphathe kanjaniemadilini?
19Waphendulawathi,'Kufaneleubizeamadodaafundile ecelenikwakhonalaboabakwaziukukunikezaamacebiso awusizomayelananezindabazombusowakhokanye nokuphilakwabantubakho(ngobaawukwazangaukuthola nomayisiphiisihlokoesifanelekanomaesifundisayo ngaphezukwalesi)njengobaamadodaanjaloethandeka kuNkulunkulungobaaqeqesheizingqondozawoukuba azindlengezihlokoezinhlekakhulunjengobanawe wenza,njengobazonkeizenzozakhoziqondiswa nguNkulunkulu'
20Ijabulengempendulo,inkosiyabuzaindodaelandelayo, yathi:“Yiniengconokakhulukubantu,ukuthiisakhamuzi esizimelesibeyinkosiphezukwabonomailungulomndeni wasebukhosini?”
21Waphendulawathi,'Lowoongconongokwemvelo Ngobaamakhosiavelaozalwenilwasebukhosiniavame ukubanolakafuthiabenonyakubantubawo.Futhilokhu kunjalonangabanyebalaboabakhuphukeezikhundleni zezakhamuziezizimele,okuthingemvakokubhekana nobubifuthibathwalaingxenyeyaboyobumpofu,lapho bebusaphezukwabantuabaningibabanonyakakhulu kunababusiabangamesabiuNkulunkulu
22Kodwa,njengobangishilo,isimoesihleesiqeqeshwe kahlesiyakwaziukubusa,futhiuyinkosienkulu,hhayi ngobauveleleenkazimulweniyokubusakwakhonengcebo yakhokodwangobaudlulebonkeabantungesihawu nangomusa,sibongauNkulunkuluokuphelezizimfanelo
23Inkosiyachithaisikhathiesithileidumisalendodayabe isibuzaowokugcinakubobonke,Yikuphiukuphumelela okukhuluekubuseniumbuso?
24Waphendulawathi,'Ukuthiabantukufanelebahlale ngokuthulanjalo,nokuthiubulungiswakufanele buphathwengokusheshaumakunezingxabano'
25Lemiphumelaitholakalangethonyalombusi,lapho engumuntuozondaokubifuthiethandaokuhlefuthi enikelangamandlaakheekusindiseniizimpilozabantu, njengobanjeubhekaukungabinabulungisanjengohlobo olubikakhululobubifuthingokuphathakwakhookulungile uzenzeleidumelaelingapheli,njengobauNkulunkulu ekunikaingqondoemsulwafuthiengangcoliswayinoma yikuphiokubi.
26Kwathilaphoeqeda,kwadumaihlombeelikhulu nelijabulisayoisikhathieside.Lapholiphela,inkosi yathathaindebeyanikelangesinkwasokubongabonke abamenyiwekanyenamazwiababewakhulumile
27Wabeesethiekuphetheni,ngitholeinzuzoenkulu kakhulungokubakhonakwakho.Ngizuzekakhulu ngokugcinwaokuhlakaniphileonginikekhonamaqondana nobucikobokubusa
28Wabeeseyalaukubakunikezweamatalentaamathathu esilivakulowonalowokubo,wabeesemisaenyeyezinceku zakheukubainikezeimali.
29Bonkebamemezangokusheshabevuma,idililaba yindawoyokujabula,kuyilaphoinkosiizinikela emzuliswanenioqhubekayowomkhosi.
ISAHLUKO11
Ukuzeutholeukuphawulange-stenographyyasendulo, bhekaiVesi7Ukuhumushakuthunyelweukuzekuvunywe futhikwamukelwenjengokufundwayo,futhi(iVesi23) kuthathwaivotieliphakanyisiwelokuvunywafuthi lithathwengazwilinye
1Ngibhaleisikhathiesidefuthikumelengifiseuxolo lwakho,Philocrates
2Ngamangalakakhulungalamadodanendlelaanikeza ngayoizimpendulongokusheshaokwakudingaisikhathi esideukuzicabanga
3Ngobanakubaumuntuobuzayoayecabangisisekahle ngombuzongamunye,laboababephendulaomunye ngemvakomunyebabenezimpendulozabozemibuzo ezilungelengokusheshafuthingakhokwabonakalakimi nakubobonkeababekhonaikakhulukazikwabefilosofi njengabafanelweukunconywa
4Futhingicabangaukuthilentoizobonakalaingakholeki kulaboabazofundaindabayamiesikhathiniesizayo
5Kodwaakufanelekiukuhlanekezelaamaqinisoaqoshwe ezinqolobanenizomphakathi.
6Futhibekungekekubekuhlekimiukweqaendabeniefana naleNgixoxaindabanjengobanjeyenzekile,ngigwema nomayiliphiiphuthangobuqotho.
7Ngahlabekaumxhwelekakhulungamandlaalokho ababekusho,kangangokuthingenzaumzamo wokubonisananalabookwakungumsebenziwaboukubhala phansikonkeokwenzekaezilalelininasemadilini asebukhosini
8Ngobakuyisiko,njengobanazi,kusukelangesikhathi inkosiiqalaukwenzaibhizinisikuzekubeyisikhathilapho ithathaumhlalaphansiukuzeiphumule,ukubakuthathwe umbhalowazozonkeizintoezikhulumilenezenzile ilungiseleloelihlekakhuluneliwusizo
9Ngobangosukuolulandelayoamaminithiezenzo namazwiosukuoludluleayafundwangaphambikokuba kuqaleibhizinisi,futhiumakubekhonaukungahambi kahle,indabaiyalungiswangokushesha
10Ngakho-ke,njengobasekushiwo,ngitholeulwazi olunembileoluvelakumarekhodiomphakathi,futhi ngibekeamaqinisongokulandelanaokufanelenjengoba ngaziukuthinikulangazelelakangakananiukutholaulwazi oluwusizo
11NgemvakwezinsukuezintathuuDemetriyuwathatha amadodawadlulaodongenilolwandle,amastadiya ayisikhombisaubude,wayaesiqhingini,wawelaibhuloho wayaezifundeniezisenyakathozePharos.
12Laphowabahlanganisaendlini,eyayakhiweogwini lolwandle,enhlekakhulufuthiisendawenieyimfihlo, wabamemaukubabenzeumsebenziwokuhumusha, njengobakonkeababekudingangalenjongokwakubekwe ezandlenizabo
13Ngakhobaqalaukusebenzangokuqhathanisa imiphumelayaboemininganafuthibayenzaivumelane, futhinomayiniababevumelanangayoyayikopishwa ngendlelaefanelengaphansikokuqondisakukaDemetriyu.
14Iseshiniyaqhubekakwazekwabayihora lesishiyagalolunye;ngemvakwalokhubakhululwaukuba bakhonzeizidingozaboezingokwenyama.
15Konkeababekufunakwakulungiselelwabonangezinga elikhuluNgaphezukwalokhuuDorotheus
wayebalungiselelansukuzonkeokufanayonalokho okwakwenzelwainkosiuqobo-ngobawayeyalwekanjalo yinkosi
16EkusenikakhulubabevelansukuzonkeeNkantolo, kuthingemvakokubingelelainkosibabuyeleendaweni yabo
17NjengobakuyisikolawowonkeamaJuda,babegeza izandlazaboolwandlefuthibathandazekuNkulunkulubese bezinikelaekufundeninasekuhumusheniindinyanaethile ababehilelekekuyo,futhingababuzaumbuzo,Kungani babegezaizandlazabongaphambikokubabathandaze?
18Futhibachazaukuthikwakuyisibonakalisosokuthi babengenzangaluthoolubi(ngobayonkeimisebenzi yenziwangezandla)njengobangendlelayaboehloniphekile nengcwelebebhekakonkenjengophawulokulunga neqiniso.
19Njengobasengishilo,babehlanganansukuzonke endawenieyayimnandingenxayokuthulakwayo nokukhanyakwayofuthibazikhandlaemsebenziniwabo.
20Futhikwenzekaukuthiumsebenziwokuhumusha waqedwangezinsukuezingamashumiayisikhombisa nambili,njengokungathilokhukwakuhlelwengenhloso ethile
21Laphoumsebenziusuphelile,uDemetriyuwaqoqa umphakathiwamaJudaendawenilaphokwakwenziwe khonaukuhumusha,wakufundakubobonke,phambi kwabahumushi,abatholaukwamukelwaokukhulu ngabantu,ngenxayezinzuzoezinkuluababezinikezona.
22BamdumisangemfudumalouDemetriyu,futhi bamnxusaukubaabhalephansiwonkeumthethofuthi anikezeikhophikubaholibabo.
23Ngemvakokubaizincwadisezifundiwe,abapristi nabadalababahumushikanyenomphakathiwamaJuda kanyenabaholibabantubasukumabathi,njengoba kwenziweinguquloenhlekangakanengcwelefuthi enembile,kwakufaneleukuthiihlaleinjengobayayinjalo futhikungabikhoshintshookufanelelwenziwekuyo.
24Kwathilapholonkeiqembulizwakalisaukuvumakwalo, labayalaukubabashoisiqalekisongokwesikolabokunoma ubaniozokwenzanomayiluphiushintshonoma ngokungezanomayininomangokushintshanganoma iyiphiindlelanomayiliphilamagamaabhalwephansi nomangokwenzanomayikuphiukweqa.
25Lesikwakuyisinyatheloesihlakaniphilekakhulu sokuqinisekisaukuthiincwadiingagcinwaisikhathi esizayoingashintshi.
26Laphoindabaibikwaenkosini,yajabulakakhulu,ngoba yayinomuzwawokuthiumklamoeyayiwudalile wawusufeziwengokuphepha
27Incwadiyonkeyafundwakuye,wamangalakakhulu ngomoyawomniki-mthetho
28WasesithikuDemetriyu,'Kwenzekakanjaniukuthi kungabikhonoyedwakubabhalibezomlandonoma 'izimbongiokewacabangaukuthikufanelekile ukubhekiselakulempumeleloemangalisayokangaka?'
29Waphendulawathi:'Ngobaumthethoungcwelefuthi uvelakuNkulunkulu.Futhiabanyebalaboabakhainhloso yokubhekananawobashaywenguNkulunkulungakho-ke bayekileinhlosoyabo'
30UthewayezwilekuTheopompusukuthiwayexoshwe engqondweniyakheizinsukuezingaphezukwamashumi amathathungobawayehloseukufakaemlandweniwakhe
ezinyezezehlakaloezivelaezinguqulwenizomthetho zangaphambilinifuthiezingathembekile.
31Eselulemekancane,wancengauNkulunkuluukuba amcaciseleukuthikunganiehlelweyilolusizi.
32Futhikwembulwakuyeephusheni,ukuthingenxa yokufunaukwaziokungeluthowayefisaukudlulisela amaqinisoangcwelekubantuabavamile,nokuthiuma eyekawayezolulamaempilweniyakhe.
33Ngizwilefuthi,ezindebenizikaTheodektes,omunye wezimbongiezidabukisayo,ukuthilaphoesezolungisa ezinyezezehlakaloezilotshweencwadiniukuzezibe ngomunyewemidlaloyakhe,wathintekayi-cataract emehlweniakhewomabili.
34Kwathieseqondaukuthikunganiusizilwalumehlele, wathandazakuNkulunkuluizinsukueziningi,wabuye waphila.
35Ngemvakokubainkosi,njengobasengishilo,isithole incazelokaDemetriyungaleliphuzu,yadumisafuthiyayala ukuthikuqashelwekakhuluizincwadi,nokuthi zilondolozwengokungcwele
36Wanxusaabahumushiukubabamvakashelenjalo ngemvakokubuyelakwaboeJudiya,ngobakwakulungile, esho,ukuthimanjeabathumeleekhaya
37Kodwalaphobebuya,wayebaphathanjengabangane, njengobakwakulungile,futhibabezotholaiziphoezicebile kuye
38Wayalaukubakwenziweamalungiselelookuba babuyeleemakhaya,futhiwabaphathangobubeleobukhulu.
39Wanikangamunyewaboizembathoezintathuzohlobo oluhlekakhulu,amathalentaamabiliegolide,ibhodi elisecelenielinesisindosethalentaelilodwa,yonkeimpahla yezihlaloezintathu
40Kanyenabaqaphiwathumelau-Eleyazareizihlalo eziyishumiezinemilenzeyesilivanazozonkeizinto ezidingekayo,ibhodielisecelenielibizaamathalenta angamashumiamathathu,izembathoeziyishumi,okunsomi, nomqheleomuhle,nezingcezueziyikhuluzelineni elilukiweelihlekakhulu,kanyenezitshanezitsha,nezitsha ezimbilizegolideezizonikelwakuNkulunkulu
41Wamncengafuthiencwadiniukuthiumakukhona kulababantuabathandaukubuyelakuye,angabavimbeli 42Ngobawakubhekanjengelungeloelikhuluukujabulela umphakathiwabantuabanjaloabafundile,futhi wayengathandaukuchithaingceboyakhephezukwabo kunasezintweniezingelutho
43ManjePhilocrates,usunayoindabaephelele ngokuvumelananesithembisosami
44Ngicabangaukuthiutholainjabuloenkulukulezi zindabakunasemibhalweniyabaqambibezinganekwane 45Ngobauzinikeleekutadishenilezozintoezingazuzisa umphefumulo,futhiuchitheisikhathiesiningikuzo Ngizozamaukulandisanomayiziphiezinyeizehlakalo ezifaneleukuqoshwa,ukuzengokuzihlolautholeumvuzo omkhulukakhuluwentshisekoyakho