UmculokaSathanenoGenun
U-Isaya14
12Yekaukuthiuwekanjaniezulwini,OLusifa,ndodanayokusa!Yekaukuthiunqunyelwephansi kanjani,wenaowathobisaizizwe!
13Ngobautheenhliziyweniyakho:“Ngizokhuphukelaezulwini,ngiphakamiseisihlalosami sobukhosingaphezukwezinkanyezizikaNkulunkulu;ngizohlalaentabeniyomhlangano, emaphethelweniasenyakatho”
14Ngizokwenyukangaphezukweziqongozamafu;ngizofananoPhezukonke.
15Kodwauzakwehliselwaesihogweni,emaphethelweniegodi
16Abakubonayobayakubhekangokujulile,bakuqaphele,bathi:“Nguyelomuntuowenzaumhlaba wazamazama,owazamazamisaimibuso;”
17owenzaumhlabaubenjengehlane,wabhubhisaimiziyawo,ongavulangaizindluzeziboshwa zakhe?
18Onkeamakhosiezizwe,yebo,onke,aleleenkazimulweni,yilowonalowoendliniyakhe.
19Kodwawenaulahliwengaphandlekwethunalakhonjengegatshaelinengekayo, nanjengesembathosababuleweyo,abagwazwengenkemba,abehlelaematsheniomgodi, njengesidumbuesinyathelwephansikwezinyawo
20Awuyikuhlanganiswanaboekungcwatshweni,ngokubauchitheizwelakho,wabulalaabantu bakho;inzaloyababiayisozeyabizwangegama.
UHezekeli28
11IzwilikaJehovalafikakimi,lathi:
12“Ndodanayomuntu,yenzaisililongenkosiyaseTire,uthikuyo:‘IshokanjeiNkosiuJehova,ithi: Uyisivikelosakho,ugcweleukuhlakanipha,uphelelengobuhle’
13Ubuse-Edene,insimukaNkulunkulu;wonkeamatsheayiguguayeyisimbozosakho,isardiyu, itopazi,nedayimani,ibherili,i-onikisi,nejaspi,isafire,isimaragidu,nekharbuncle,negolide; umsebenziwezigubhuzakhonemibhobhoyakhowalungiswakuwengosukulokudalwakwakho.
14Wenauyikherubieligcotshiweyoelimbozayo;futhingikubekekanjalo;wawusentabeniengcwele kaNkulunkulu;wawuhambahambaphakathikwamatsheomlilo
15Wawupheleleezindlelenizakhokusukelaosukwinilokudalwakwakho,kwazekwatholakala ububikuwe
16Ngobuningibempahlayakhobagcwalisephakathikwakhongobudlova,wonile;ngalokho ngiyakukuxoshanjengongcolileyoentabenikaNkulunkulu,ngikubhubhise,wenakherubi elisibekelayo,phakathikwamatsheomlilo
17Inhliziyoyakhoyaphakamangenxayobuhlebakho,wonakalisaukuhlakaniphakwakhongenxa yokukhanyakwakho;ngiyakukuphonsaphansi,ngikubekephambikwamakhosiukubaakubone.
18Ungcolisileizindawozakhoezingcwelengobuningibobubibakho,ngobubibokuhwebakwakho; ngakho-kengiyakukhiphaumlilophakathikwakho,uyakukuqeda,ngikuletheemlotheni emhlabathiniemehlweniabobonkeabakubonayo.
19Bonkeabakwaziyophakathikwabantubayakumangalangawe;uyakubayingebhe,awusayikuba khonanaphakade.
2Incwadika-Adamuno-Eva20
1NgemvakokubauKayiniesehleleezwenielimnyama,futhiabantwanabakhebandakhona, kwakukhonaomunyewabo,ogamalakhekwakunguGenun,indodanakaLameki,impumputhe eyabulalauKayini
2KodwangokuphathelenenaloGenun,uSathanewangenakuyeebuntwanenibakhe;wenza amacilongoahlukahlukenenamacilongo,nezinsimbizomculoezinezintambo,nama-cylindersnamahasalters,namahabhunama-habhu,nemitshingo;futhiwayedlalakuwongasosonkeisikhathi nangawowonkeamahora.
3Kwathilaphoedlalangabo,uSathanewangenakubo,kangangokuthiphakathikwabokwezwakala imisindoemihlenemnandi,eyathintainhliziyo.
4Wabeeseqoqaamaqembungamaqembuukuzeadlalekuwo;kwathilaphoedlala,kwabajabulisa abantwanabakaKayini,abazishisangesonophakathikwabo,bashanjengokungathingomlilo;kwathi uSathanewabashisaizinhliziyozabo,omunyekomunye,futhiwandainkanukophakathikwabo.
5USathanewafundisauGenunukulethauphuzoolunamandlaku-com;futhiloGenunwayevame ukuhlanganisaamaqembungamaqembuezindawenizokuphuza;futhiwalethaezandlenizawozonke izinhlobozezithelonezimbali;futhibaphuzandawonye.
6Ngakho-keloGenunwandisaisonokakhulu;waziphathangokuziqhenya,wafundisaabantwana bakaKayiniukwenzazonkeizinhlobozobubiobukhulukakhulu,ababengabazi;futhiwabafaka ezenzwenieziningiababengazazingaphambili
7USathane,laphoebonaukuthibazinikelekuGenunfuthibamlalelakukhokonkeayebatshelakona, wajabulakakhulu,wakhulisaukuqondakukaGenun,wazewathathainsimbifuthiwenzangayo izikhalizempi
8Kwathilaphosebedakiwe,inzondonokubulalakwandaphakathikwabo;umuntuwasebenzisa ubudlovakomunyeukumfundisaububiethathaabantwanabakhefuthiebangcolisaphambikwakhe 9Kwathilaphoabantubebonaukuthibanqotshiwe,futhibebonaabanyeabanganqotshwanga,labo abanqotshiweyobezaeGenun,baphephelakuye,wabenzaabahlanganyelibakhe.
10Khona-keisonosandakakhuluphakathikwabo;kwazekwabayilaphoindodaishadanodadewabo, nomaindodakazi,nomaunina,nabanye;nomaindodakazikadadewabokayise,kangangokuthi kwakungasekhoukuhlukanakobuhlobo,futhibabengasakwaziukuthiububibuyini;kodwabenza okubi,umhlabawangcoliswayisono,futhibamthukuthelisauNkulunkuluuMahluleli,owabadala 11KodwauGenunwaqoqaamaqembungamaqembu,ayedlalaamacilongonazozonkeezinye izinsimbizomculoesesizishilokakade,phansikweNtabaEngcwele;futhibenzakanjaloukuze abantwanabakaSetiababeseNtabeniEngcwelebazizwe.
12KodwalaphoabantwanabakaSetibezwaumsindo,bamangala,bezangamaqembu,bema esiqongwenisentabaukuzebabhekelaboabangaphansi;futhibenzakanjalounyakawonke
13Kwathiekuphelenikwalowonyaka,uGenunebonaukuthibayamthobelakancanekancane, uSathanewangenakuye,wamfundisaukwenzaizintozokudayaizinguboezinemihlobiso eyahlukahlukene,wamenzawaqondaukuthiangadayakanjaningokubomvunangokunsominokunye.
14AmadodanakaKayiniabenzakonkelokhu,futhiakhanyangobuhlenangezinguboezinhle, abuthanaphansikwentabangobuhle,ephetheizimpondonezinguboezinhle,kanyenemijaho yamahhashi,enzazonkeizinhlobozezinengiso.
15NgalesosikhathiabantwanabakaSeti,ababeseNtabeniEngcwele,bathandazafuthibadumisa uNkulunkulu,esikhundlenisamabuthoezingelosiezaziwile;ngakho-keuNkulunkuluwayebabize ngokuthi“izingelosi,”ngobawayebajabulelekakhulu
16Kodwangemvakwalokhu,ababangebesawugcinaumyaloWakhe,futhiababangebesabambelela esithembisweniAsenzakoyise;kodwabaphumulaekuzilenikwabonasekuthandazeni,naseseluleko sikayiseuJaredeBaqhubekabebuthanandawonyeesiqongwenisentaba,ukuzebabukeabantwana bakaKhayini,kusukelaekusenikuzekubekusihlwa,kanyenalokhoabakwenzayo,ngezingubozabo ezinhlenemihlobiso.
17AbantwanabakaKhayinibaphakamisaamehlobesukaphansi,babonaabantwanabakaSetibemi ngamaviyoesiqongwenisentaba;bababizaukubabehlelekubo.
18KodwaabantwanabakaSetibathikubobephezulu:“Asiyaziindlela”Khona-keuGenun, indodanakaLameki,wezwabethiabayaziindlela,wacabangaukuthiangabawisakanjani.
19USathanewabonakalakuyeebusuku,wathi:“Akukhondlelayokubabehleentabeniabahlala kuyo;kephalaphobefikakusasa,uthikubo:‘Wozaniohlangothiniolusentshonalangalwentaba; nizotholaindlelayomfudlanawamanzi,owehlelaphansikwentaba,phakathikwamagqumaamabili; yehlaningaleyondlelanizekithi’”
20Kwathisekusile,uGenunwashayaamacilongo,washayaizigubhuphansikwentaba, njengasekujwayelenikwakhe.AbantwanabakaSetibezwa,bezanjengasekujwayelenikwabo.
21UGenunwathikuboephansi:“Hambaniniyeohlangothiniolusentshonalangalwentaba,niyothola indlelayokwehla.”
22KodwalaphoabantwanabakaSetibezwalamazwikuye,babuyelaemhumenikuJarede, ukuyomtshelakonkeababekuzwile.
23KwathilaphouJaredeekuzwalokho,wadabuka;ngobawayaziukuthibazokweqaiselulekosakhe.
24EmvakwalokhoamadodaayikhuluavelakubantwanabakaSetiabuthana,athiomunyekomunye: “WozanisehlelekubantwanabakaKayini,siboneukuthibenzani,sizijabulisenabo.”
25KodwalaphouJaredeezwalokhungamadodaayikhulu,umphefumulowakhewathinteka, nenhliziyoyakheyabalusiziWabeesesukumangentshisekoenkulu,wemaphakathikwabo, wabafungisangegazilika-Abelaolungileyo,wathi:“Makungabikhonoyedwakiniowehlakulentaba engcwelenehlanzekile,laphoobababethubayaleukubaihlalekhona”
26KodwalaphouJaredeebonaukuthiabawamukelangaamazwiakhe,wathikubo,“Obantwana bamiabahlenabangenacalanabangcwele,yaziniukuthiumasenihlilekulentabaengcwele, uNkulunkulungekeanivumeleukubaniphindenibuyelekuyofuthi”
27Waphindawabafungisa,ethi:“Ngifungisangokufakukababawethuu-Adamu,nangegazilikaAbela,likaSeti,lika-Enoshe,likaKhenani,nelikaMahalalele,ukubaningilalele,futhiningehlikule ntabaengcwele;ngobalaphonisukakuyo,nizobanokuphilanesihawu;futhianisayikubizwa ngokuthi‘abantwanabakaNkulunkulu,’kodwa‘abantwanabakaDeveli.’”
28Kodwaabazangebalaleleamazwiakhe
29Ngalesosikhathiu-Enokewayesekhulilekakade,futhingentshisekoyakhengoNkulunkulu, wasukumawathi,“Ngizweni,ninamadodanakaSeti,abancanenabakhuluumaneqaumyalo wawobababethu,nehlakulentabaengcweleanisayikukhuphukelalaphafuthikuzekubephakade.”
30Kodwabavukelau-Enoke,futhiabazangebalaleleamazwiakhe,kodwabehlabesukaeNtabeni eNgcwele
31FuthilaphobebukaamadodakazikaKayini,ngemizimbayaboemihle,nangezandlanezinyawo zaboezidaywengombala,futhibedwetshwengemidweboebuswenibabo,umlilowesonowavutha kubo.
32USathanewabeesebenzababukekebebahlekakhuluphambikwamadodanakaSeti,njengobaenza namadodanakaSetiabonakaleemuhlekakhuluemehlweniamadodakazikaKayini,kangangokuthi amadodakazikaKayiniakhanukaamadodanakaSetinjengezilwaneezidlainyama,namadodana kaSetiakhanukaamadodakazikaKayini,azeenzeisinengisonawo
33Kodwangemvakokubasebewelekulokhukungcola,babuyelaemuvangendlelaababezengayo, bazamaukukhuphukaiNtabaEngcwele.Kodwaabakwazanga,ngobaamatshealeyontabaengcwele ayevuthaphambikwabo,okwabangelaukubabangaphindebakhuphuke
34UNkulunkuluwabathukuthelela,waphendukangabongobabasebehlilebevelaenkazimulweni, futhingaleyondlelabasebelahlekelwenomabelahleubumsulwababonomaubumsulwababo,futhi bawelaekungcolisweniyisono
35UNkulunkuluwabeesethumelaiZwilakhekuJarede,ethi,“Lababantwanabakho,owababiza ngokuthi‘abantwanabami,’”bheka,baphuleumyalowami,behleleendaweniyokubhujiswa, neyesonoThumelaisithunywakulaboabasele,ukuzebangehli,balahleke
36UJaredewakhalaphambikweNkosi,wacelaisihawunentethelelokuyo.Kodwawayefisasengathi umphefumulowakheungasukaemzimbeniwakhe,kunokubaezwelamazwiavelakuNkulunkulu mayelananokwehlakwabantwanabakheeNtabenieNgcwele.
37KodwawalandelaumyalokaNkulunkulu,wabashumayezaukuthibangehlikuleyontaba engcwele,futhibangahlanganinobulilinabantwanabakaKayini
38Kodwaabazangebalaleleumyalezowakhe,futhiabazangebalaleleiselulekosakhe.