Izinkozi-AbahleNababi
KodwalaboabalindelauJehovabayakuvuselelaamandlaabo;bayakukhuphukangamaphiko njengezinkozi;bayakugijima,bangakhathali;bayakuhamba,bangadangaliIsaya40:31 Nomauphakamisanjengokhozi,nomaubekaisidlekesakhophakathikwezinkanyezi, ngiyakukwehlisakhona,”ushouJehovaObadiya1:4
I-Pentateuch
NibonilelokhoengikwenzekwabaseGibhithe,nokuthinganithwalangamaphikookhozi,nganiletha kimi.Eksodusi19:4
Leziyizoenizonengwayizoezinyonini;azinakudliwa,ziyisinengiso:ukhozi,ne-ossifrage,ne-ospray, ne-swan,ne-pelican,ne-giereagle,Levitikusi11:13,18
Kodwaleziyizoeningafanelenizidle:ukhozi,ne-ossifrage,ne-ospray,ne-pelican,ne-giereagle,necormorant,Duteronomi14:12,17
UJehovauyakukulethelaisizweesivelakude,emkhawulweniwomhlaba,esisheshayonjengokhozi olundizayo,isizweongekeusiqondeulimilwaso;Duteronomi28:49
Njengokhoziluvusaisidlekesalo,lundizaphezukwamaphuphualo,lwelulaamaphikoalo, luwathathe,luwathwalengamaphikoalo;uJehovayedwawamhola,kwakungekhonkulunkulu wabezizwenaye.Duteronomi32:11-12
Izinkondlo
USawulinoJonathanibabethandekafuthibemnandiekuphilenikwabo,futhiekufenikwaboabazange bahlukaniswe:babenejubanekunezinkozi,babenamandlakunezingonyama.2Samuweli1:23
Ziyadlulanjengemikhumbiesheshakakhulu,njengokhoziolusheshaukudlainyamazane.Jobe9:26
Ingabeukhoziluyakhuphukangezwilakho,lwakheisidlekesalophezuluna?(Jobe39:27)
(IHubolikaDavide)MbongeuJehova,mphefumulowami;nakhokonkeokuphakathikwami makubongeigamalakheelingcwele.MbongeuJehova,mphefumulowami,ungakhohlwazonke izinzuzozakhe:Osuthisaumlomowakhongezintoezinhle;ukuzeubushabakhobuvuselelwe njengokhoziIHubo103:1-2,5
Uyakubekaamehloakhokulokhookungekho,ngokubaingceboiyazenzelaamaphiko,indizela ezulwininjengokhozi.IzAga23:5
Isoeliklolodelauyise,nelidelelaukulalelaunina,amagwababaasesigodiniayakulikhipha,namathole okhoziayakulidla.Kukhonaizintoezintathuezimangalisakakhulukimi,yebo,ezineengingazazi:
indlelayokhoziemoyeni;indlelayenyokaedwaleni;indlelayomkhumbiphakathikolwandle; nendlelayendodaentombazaneni.IzAga30:17-19
Abaprofethi
KodwalaboabalindelauJehovabayakuvuselelaamandlaabo;bayakukhuphukangamaphiko njengezinkozi;bayakugijima,bangakhathali;bayakuhamba,bangadangali.Isaya40:31
Bheka,uyakhuphukanjengamafu,nezinqolazakhezinjengesivunguvungu;amahhashiakheashesha kunezinkoziMayekithina!NgokubasichithiweJeremiya4:13
NgokubaushokanjeuJehova,uthi:“Bheka,uyandizanjengokhozi,eluleleamaphikoakhephezu kukaMowabi”Jeremiya48:40
Ukwesabekakwakhokukudukisile,kanyenokuziqhenyakwenhliziyoyakho,wenaohlala emifantwiniyamadwala,obambaukuphakamakwentaba;nomaungakhaisidlekesakhophezulu njengokhozi,ngizokwehlisalapho,kushouJehova.Bheka,uzokhuphukaandizenjengokhozi,elule amaphikoakhephezukweBozira;ngalolosukuinhliziyoyamadodaanamandlaase-Edomiiyakuba njengenhliziyoyowesifazaneohlushwayimihelo.Jeremiya49:16,22
Abasixoshayobasheshakunezinkozizezulu:basixoshaezintabeni,basiqamekelaehlaneIsiLilo4:19
Ngokuqondenenesimosobusobazo,zozinezazinobusobomuntu,nobusobengonyama ngakwesokunene:zozinezazinobusobenkabingakwesobunxele,zozinezazinobusobokhozifuthi. Hezekeli1:10
Futhiyilelonalelolalinobusoobune:ubusobokuqalababuyibusobekherubi,ubusobesibili babuyibusobomuntu,nobesithathubabuyibusobengonyama,nobesinebabuyibusobokhozi Hezekeli10:14
Uthi:‘IshokanjeiNkosiuJehova:Ukhoziolukhuluolunamaphikoamakhulu,olunezimpikoezinde, olugcweleizimpaphe,olunemibalaeyahlukahlukene,lwafikaeLebhanoni,lwathathaigatsha eliphezululomsedari’Kwakukhonanolunyeukhoziolukhuluolunamaphikoamakhulunezimpaphe eziningi;bheka,lomviniwagobaizimpandezawokuwo,wavezaamagatshaawokuwo,ukuze awuniselengasemiseleniyesitshalosawo.’Hezekeli17:3,7
NgalowomzuzulentoyagcwalisekakuNebukadinesari:waxoshwakubantu,wadlautshani njengezinkabi,umzimbawakhewamanziswangamazoloezulu,izinwelezakhezazezakhula njengezimpaphezezinkozi,nezinziphozakhenjengezinziphozezinyoniDaniyeli4:33
Esokuqalasasinjengengonyama,sinamaphikookhozi;ngabukaazeahluthulwaamaphikoaso, saphakanyiswaemhlabeni,samangezinyawonjengomuntu,sanikwainhliziyoyomuntu.Daniyeli7:4
BekaicilongoemlonyeniwakhoUyofikanjengokhoziendlinikaJehova,ngobabeqeisivumelwano sami,baphambukileemthethweniwami.Hoseya8:1
Nomauphakamisanjengokhozi,nomaubekaisidlekesakhophakathikwezinkanyezi, ngiyakukwehlisakhona,”ushouJehova.Obadiya1:4
Yenzaimpandlayakho,uzigundengenxayabantwanabakhoabathandekayo;yandisaimpandla yakhonjengokhozi,ngokubabathunjiwekuwe.Mika1:16
Amahhashiaboasheshakunezingwe,futhianolakakunezimpisizakusihlwa;amahhashiabo ayahlakazeka,namahhashiaboavelakude;ayandizanjengokhoziolusheshaukudla.Habakuki1:8
ITestamenteElisha
Ngobanomaphilaphokukhonaisidumbu,kulaphoamanqeeyobuthanakhona.Mathewu24:28
Baphendulabathikuye:“Kuphi,Nkosi?”Wathikubo:“Laphokukhonaisidumbu,kulaphoamanqe eyobuthanakhona.”Luka17:37
Isilosokuqalasasifananengonyama,nesilosesibilisasifananethole,nesilosesithathusasinobuso obunjengobomuntu,nesilosesinesasifananokhoziolundizayoIsAmbulo4:7
Owesifazanewanikwaamaphikoamabiliokhoziolukhulu,ukuzeandizeleehlane,endaweniyakhe, laphoondliwakhonaisikhathi,nezikhathi,nengxenyeyesikhathi,esukaebuswenibenyoka IsAmbulo12:14
I-Apocrypha
Ngasengibonaiphupho,bheka,kwaphumaukhoziolwandle,olunamaphikoayishuminambili anezimpaphe,namakhandaamathathu.Ngasengibona,bheka,ukhozilundizangezimpaphezalo, lwabusaemhlabeninaphezukwabakhileyokuwoNgasengibona,bheka,ukhozilukhuphuka ngezinziphozalo,lwakhulumanezimpaphezalo,lwathi:“Akusekhoemzimbeniwokhozi,kodwa amakhandaamathathuayephumule,namaphikoayisithuphaamancane.”Ngasengibona,bheka, sengathiingonyamaebhongayoixoshwaehlathini;ngabonaukuthiithumelaizwilomuntuokhozini, yathi:“Ngakho-keungabeusabonakala,wenakhozi,namaphikoakhoasabekayo,namaphikoakho amabi,namaphikoakhoamabi,nazinziphozakhoezilimazayo,namzimbawakhowonke ongenalutho”2Esdras11:1,5,7,23,37,45
Kwathi,ngesikhathiingonyamaikhulumalamazwiokhozini,ngabona,Ngabona,futhi,bheka, abasabonakali,futhiwonkeumzimbawokhoziwawushisiwekangangokuthiumhlabawawusaba kakhulu:ngabesengivukaekuhluphekeninasekukhathazekenikwengqondoyami,nasekwesabeni okukhulu,ngathiemoyeniwami,Ukhozi,owalubonalukhuphukaolwandle,luwumbusoowabonwa embonwenikaDaniyeliumfowenu.Futhikulaboabahlalakulo,ngokucindezelaokukhulu,ngaphezu kwabobonkeababengaphambikwabo;ngakho-kebabizwangokuthiamakhandaokhozi Nengonyama,owayibonaiphumaehlathini,ibhonga,ikhulumanokhozi,futhiiyisolangokungalungi kwayongawowonkeamazwiowazwile;2Esdras12:1,3,11,24,31
U-Enoke
Zaqalaukuzalaizilwanezasendlenezinyoni,kwazekwavelaizinhloboezahlukene:amabhubesi, amahlosi,izimpisi,izinja,izimpisi,izingulubezasendle,izimpungushe,izingwe,izingulube,amafalcon,amanqe,ama-kite,izinkozi,namagwababa;futhiphakathikwazokwazalwainkunzi emhlophe.U-Enoke89:10
Ngemvakwalokhongabonaembonweniwamizonkeizinyonizezuluziza,izinkozi,amanqe,amakites,amagwababa;kodwaizinkozizaholazonkeizinyoni;zaqalaukudlalezozimvu,nokukhumula amehloazonokudlainyamayazoIzimvuzakhalangobainyamayazoyayidliwayizinyoni,mina ngabhekafuthingalilaebuthongwenibamingalowomalusiowayelusaizimvuNgabonakwaze kwabayilapholezozimvuzidliwayizinja,izinkozi,nama-kites,futhiazishiyanganyama,isikhumba, nomaimisipha,kwazekwabayilaphoamathamboazokuphelaemilapho:kwathiamathamboazo nawoawelaphansi,izimvuzabambalwa.U-Enoke90:2-4
Naphezukwakhokonkelokhulawomakhozinamanqenamagwababanama-kiteayesaqhubeka nokuklebhulaizimvufuthiehlaphezukwazofuthiezidla;izimvuzathula,kodwaizinqamazakhala futhizakhalaNgabonakwazekwafikaabelusinama-kitenamanqenama-kite,futhiamemeza amagwababaukuthiaphuleuphondolwaleyonqama,futhialwafuthialwanayo,futhiyalwanawo futhiyakhalaukuthiusizolwayolufike.Zonkeizinkozinamanqenamagwababanama-kitezabuthana ndawonye,kwafikanazozonkeizimvuzasendle,yebo,zonkezahlangana,zasizanaukuzeziphule uphondolwenqama.U-Enoke90:11,13,16
Futhingosukulosizilwezoni,abantwanabakhobayokhuphukabakhuphukenjengezinkozi,futhi isidlekesakhosiyobaphezulukunezinkozi,futhiuyokhuphukaungeneemifantwiniyomhlaba,kanye nemifantuyedwalakuzekubephakadenjengemifantuphambikwabangalungile,futhi izinhlabamkhosiziyobubulangenxayakhofuthizikhale.Enoke96:2
IzincwadiEzilahlekileZeBhayibheli
KodwakunganiuMoseathi,Ningadliengulubeni,nomaukhozinomauklebe;nomaigwababa;noma iyiphiinhlanziengenasoisikaliphezukwayo?-impendulo,ukuthingomqondoongokomoya, wayeqondaizimfundisoezintathu,okwakufaneleziqoqwelaphoUthi,futhi,akumelwenidleukhozi, nomauklebe,nomaikati,nomaigwababa;okungukuthi,akumelwenizihlanganisenabantuabanjalo abangaziukuthingokusebenzakwabonangokujulukakwabobazitholeleukudla:kodwabaphange kabiizintozabanye;futhiniqapheleukuthi,nibabekelakanjaniizingibe;kuyilaphongesikhathi esifanayobebonakalabephilangobumsulwaobuphelele.IncwadiEjwayelekileKaBarnaba9:1,4
IzincwadiZase-EdeneEzikhohliwe
Kwathilaphoinkosiimbheka,yambonaesesimwenisokuswela,nokuthiizinwelezakhezazikhule zabazindenjengezilwanezasendlenezinziphozakhenjengezinziphozokhozi,nokuthiumzimba wakhewawungcolilengothuli,nombalawobusobakhewawusushintshilefuthiunyamalelemanje usufananomlotha.Indabaka-Ahikar4:26
UHaiqârwayaekhayalakhe,wayalaabazingeliukubabambambeleamaphuphuamabiliamancane, bawabambabawalethakuye:wayalaabalukibezintamboukubabamlukeleizintamboezimbili zikakotini,ngayinyeyazoizingaloeziyizinkulungwaneezimbiliubude,wayalaukubaabalethe ababazi,wabayalaukubabenzeamabhokisiamabiliamakhulu,bakwenzalokhu.Wabeesethatha abafanaababiliabancane,wachithausukungalunyeenikelangamawundlufuthiondlaizinkozi nabafana,futhiebakhwelisaemhlanewezinkozi,wababophangefindoeliqinile,wabophaintambo ezinyawenizezinkozi,wabavumelaukubabakhuphukekancanekancanensukuzonke,ibanga elingamamithaayishumi,bazebajwayelanefuthibafundiswa;futhibakhuphukabonkeubude bentambobazebafikeesibhakabhakeni;abafanabesemhlane.Wabeesebadonselakuye.IndabakaAhikar5:10-11
NgakhoinkosiyasukumayahlalanoHaiqâryayaendaweniebanziyathumelaukubakulethwe izinkozinabafana,uHaiqârwawabophawawadedelaemoyeniwonkeubudebezintambo,aqala ukumemezanjengobaayewafundisileWabeesewadonselakuyewawabekaezindawenizawoInkosi nalaboababenayebamangalangokumangalaokukhulu:inkosiyamangauHaiqârphakathikwamehlo akheyathikuye,'Hambangokuthula,sithandwasami!Oukuziqhenyakombusowami!uye eGibhitheuphenduleimibuzokaFarofuthiumnqobengamandlakaNkulunkuluoPhezukonke'Wabe esemvalelisa,wathathaamabuthoakhenebutholakhenezinsizwanezinkozi,wayaezindaweni zokuhlalazaseGibhithe;kwathilaphoefika,waphendukelaezwenilenkosi.Indabaka-Ahikar5:1618
Inkosiyamlungiselelakonkelokho,bayaendaweniebanzi;uHaiqârnabafanabakhebezakuyo, wathathaizinkozinezinsizwa;inkosinazozonkeizikhuluzayozahambakanyenomuziwonke wabuthana,ukuzebaboneukuthiuHaiqâruzokwenzenjani.UHaiqârwabeesekhiphaizinkozi emabhokisini,wabophaizinsizwaemhlanewazo,wabophaizintamboezinyawenizezinkozi, wazidedelazayaemoyeni.Zaphakamazayaphezulu,zazezahlalaphakathikwezulunomhlaba. Indabaka-Ahikar6:11-12
Omfanawami!Ukugugakokhozikungconokunobushabegwababa.Indabaka-Ahikar7:48
IzimpondozikaJakobeziyakugijimangenjabulo,nezinkozizakwa-Israyeliziyakundizangenjabulo; bonkeabantubayakudumisauJehovakuzekubephakadeITestamentelikaJuda4:32
Bheka,inkunziemhlabeni,enezimpondoezimbiliezinkulu,namaphikookhoziemhlanewayo; sasifisaukuyibamba,kodwaasikwazangaKodwauJosefawezawayibamba,wakhuphukelanayo phezulu.ITestamentelikaNafetali2:6-7