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28 Kalazi yini?

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UThixo unguNkulunkulu waphakade,

uMdali wemikhawulo yomhlaba.

Kayikudinwa kumbe akhathale,

ukuqedisisa kwakhe kakho ongakulinganisa.

29 Abakhatheleyo uyabanika amandla,

andise amandla ababuthakathaka.

30 Labatsha baphelelwa ngamandla bakhathale,

lamajaha ayakhubeka awe,

31 kodwa labo abathemba uThixo

bazavuselelwa amandla abo.

Bazaqonga ngempiko njengezinkozi,

bazagijima kodwa bangadinwa,

bazahamba kodwa bangapheli amandla.

19 Awu bantu baseZiyoni, abahlala eJerusalema, alisayikulila. UThixo uzakuba lomusa kini nxa licela usizo. Uzaliphendula khonokho nje ekulizweni kwakhe.

UMsindisi Yedwa Ka-Israyeli

1 Kodwa khathesi, nanku akutshoyo uThixo uthi,

yena owakudalayo, wena Jakhobe,

yena owakubumbayo, wena Israyeli:

"Ungesabi, ngoba ngikuhlengile;

ngikubize ngebizo lakho; ungowami.

2 Lapho udabula phakathi kwamanzi

ngizakuba lawe;

lalapho udabula emifuleni,

kayiyikukukhukhula.

Lapho uhamba phakathi komlilo, kawuyikutsha;

amalangabi kawayikukubhebhisa.

3 Ngoba mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wakho,

oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uMsindisi wakho.

Ngizanikela iGibhithe njengenhlawulo yakho,

iKhushi leSebha ime esikhundleni sakho.

12 Ngiyakwazi ukuba ukuswela kuyini njalo ngiyakwazi ukuba kuyini ukuba lokunengi. Sengafunda imfihlo yokwaneliseka kuzozonke izimo, langabe ngiyasutha loba ngilambile, loba ngilokunengi kumbe ngiswela. 13 Ngingazenza zonke izinto ngaye onginika amandla.

16 Ngakho-ke, kasililahli ithemba. Lanxa ngaphandle sicikizeka kodwa ngaphakathi senziwa sibe batsha insuku zonke. 17 Ngoba ukukhanya kwethu lezinhlupheko zethu zesikhatshana zisilethela inkazimulo elaphakade, enkulu kulazo zonke. 18 Ngakho amehlo ethu kasiwakhangelisanga kokubonakalayo, kodwa kokungabonakaliyo, ngoba okubonakalayo kuyedlula, kodwa okungabonakaliyo kuyahlala laphakade.

35 Ngakho lingalilahli ithemba lenu; lizavuzwa ngokunengi.

23 Kasibambeleleni ngokuqina kulo ithemba esilikholwayo, ngoba lowo owathembisayo uthembekile. 24 Njalo kasicabangeni ukuba singakhuthazana njani ethandweni lasezenzweni ezinhle. 25 Kasingakudeli ukuhlangana, njengalokhu abanye abajayele ukukwenza kodwa kasikhuthazaneni ikakhulu njengoba sibona uSuku lusondela.

6 Kungelakukholwa akweneliseki ukumthokozisa uNkulunkulu ngoba oza kuye kumele akholwe ukuthi ukhona lokuthi uyabanika umvuzo labo abamdinga ngobuqotho.

12 Ilizwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphila njalo liyasebenza. Libukhali kulenkemba esika inxa zombili, ingena ize yehlukanise umphefumulo lomoya, amalunga lomnkantsho; lahlulela imicabango lomumo wenhliziyo.

9 Kasingadinwa yikwenza okuhle ngoba ngesikhathi esifaneleyo sizavuna isivuno nxa singadeli.

11 Ngiyeza masinyane. Bambelela kulokho olakho, ukuze kungabikhona othatha umqhele wakho.

12 Lokhu kufuna ukubekezela okuqinileyo kwabangcwele abagcina imilayo kaNkulunkulu baqhubeke bethembekile kuJesu.

12 Ubusisiwe umuntu oqiniselayo ekulingweni, ngoba lapho esephumelele ekuhlolweni, uzaphiwa umqhele wokuphila, ukuphila uNkulunkulu akuthembisa labo abamthandayo.

1 UNkulunkulu uyisiphephelo sethu lamandla ethu,

usizo oluhlezi lukhona nxa kulohlupho.

22 Yethula inswelo zakho kuThixo

yena uzakusekela;

akazukuyekela abalungileyo bawe.

9 UThixo uyisiphephelo sabancindezelweyo,

uyinqaba ezikhathini zokuhlupheka.

10 Labo abalaziyo ibizo lakho bazathemba kuwe,

ngoba wena, Thixo, kawubafulatheli abakudingayo.

5 Labo abahlanyela ngezinyembezi

bazavuna ngezingoma zentokozo.

6 Lowo ophuma ekhala,

ethwele inhlanyelo ukuba ayehlanyela

uzabuya ngezingoma zentokozo,

ethwele izinyanda.

24 Qinani lime isibindi,

lonke lina elithemba uThixo.

105 Ilizwi lakho liyisibane ezinyaweni zami

liyikukhanya kwendlela yami.

18 UThixo useduze kulabo abacela kuye,

kubo bonke abacela kuye ngeqiniso.

19 Uyagcwalisa izidingo zalabo abamesabayo;

uyezwa ukukhala kwabo abasindise.

33 Ngilitshele izinto lezi ukuze libe lokuthula kimi. Kulumhlaba lizahlupheka. Kodwa wobani lesibindi! Sengiwunqobile umhlaba."

66 Kusukela kulesosikhathi abafundi bakhe abanengi bamdela ababe besamlandela.

67 UJesu wabuza abalitshumi lambili wathi, "Lina kalifuni kudela lihambe na?"

68 USimoni Phethro wamphendula wathi, "Nkosi, sizakuya kubani na? Wena ulamazwi okuphila okungapheliyo. 69 Thina siyakholwa njalo siyazi ukuthi ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu."

18 Kangisoze ngilitshiye lizintandane, ngizabuya kini.

Celani, Dingani, Qoqodani

7 "Celani lizaphiwa; dingani lizafumana; qoqodani lizavulelwa. 8 Ngoba wonke ocelayo uyaphiwa; odingayo uyafumana; lalowo oqoqodayo uzavulelwa umnyango.

28 Wozani kimi lina lonke elikhatheleyo lelisindwayo, ngizaliphumuza. 29 Zithwaliseni ijogwe lami, lifunde kimi, ngoba ngimnene futhi ngithobekile enhliziyweni njalo lizazuza ukuphumula kwemiphefumulo yenu. 30 Ngoba ijogwe lami lilula, lomthwalo wami kawusindi."

26 UJesu wabakhangela wathi, "Ngokwabantu, lokhu kakwenzeki kodwa ngoNkulunkulu zonke izinto ziyenzeka."

37 Ngoba kakukho okwehlulayo kuNkulunkulu."

6 ngilethemba lokuthi lowo owaqalisa umsebenzi omuhle kini uzawuqhubekisela phambili kuze kube lusuku lukaKhristu uJesu.

17 Ngakho-ke, nxa umuntu ekuKhristu, uyisidalwa esitsha; okudala akusekho, sekufike okutsha.

Izulu Elitsha Lomhlaba Omutsha

1 Ngabuya ngabona "izulu elitsha lomhlaba omutsha,"* ngoba izulu lakuqala lomhlaba wakuqala kwasekudlule njalo ulwandle lwalungasekho. 2 Ngabona iDolobho eliNgcwele, iJerusalema elitsha, lisehlela phansi liphuma ezulwini kuNkulunkulu lilungiswe njengomlobokazi ececele umkakhe. 3 Ngezwa ilizwi elikhulu livela esihlalweni sobukhosi lisithi, "Khathesi ikhaya likaNkulunkulu selisebantwini, uzahlala labo. Bazakuba ngabantu bakhe njalo uNkulunkulu yena uqobo uzakuba labo abe nguNkulunkulu wabo. 4 Uzazesula zonke inyembezi emehlweni abo. Akusayikuba khona futhi ukufa loba ukulila loba ukukhala loba ubuhlungu ngoba umumo omdala wezinto usudlule."*

7 UThixo ulungile,

uyisiphephelo ezikhathini zokuhlupheka.

Uyabakhathalela abathembele kuye,

11 Ngoba ngiyawazi amacebo engilawo ngani," kutsho uThixo, "amacebo okuliphumelelisa hatshi ukulilimaza, amacebo okulinika ithemba kanye lesikhathi esizayo.

7 Kodwa wena, qina ungayekethisi, ngoba owakho umsebenzi uzakuba lomvuzo."

11 Lingaphelelwa yikutshiseka, kodwa gcinani ukutshiseka kwenu komoya, likhonza iNkosi. 12 Thokozani ekwethembeni, libekezele ekuhlukuluzweni, libambelele ekukhulekeni.

12 Thokozani ekwethembeni, libekezele ekuhlukuluzweni, libambelele ekukhulekeni.

19 Lingaphindiseli, bangane bami abathandekayo, kodwa litshiyele ulaka lukaNkulunkulu ithuba, ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: "Ukuphindisela ngokwami; ngizabuyisela,"* kutsho iNkosi.

17 Ngakho-ke, ukukholwa kuvela ekuzweni ilizwi, lelizwi lizwakala ngelizwi likaKhristu.

28 Njalo siyakwazi ukuthi ezintweni zonke uNkulunkulu usebenzela okuhle kulabo abamthandayo, ababizwe ngokwenjongo yakhe.

16 IMibhalo yonke yaphefumulelwa nguNkulunkulu njalo ilosizo ekufundiseni, lokukhuza, lokuqondisa, lokufundisa ngokulunga, 17 ukuze umuntu kaNkulunkulu ayilungisele ngokupheleleyo yonke imisebenzi emihle.

13 Lokho owakuzwa ngami kugcine njengesibonelo semfundiso epheleleyo, ngokukholwa langothando kuKhristu uJesu. 14 Londoloza isibambiso osiphathisiweyo usilondoloze ngosizo lukaMoya oNgcwele ohlala phakathi kwethu.

16 Sengathi iNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu uqobo kanye loNkulunkulu uBaba owasithandayo kwathi ngomusa wakhe wasinika induduzo engapheliyo lethemba elihle 17 angakhuthaza inhliziyo zenu njalo aliqinise kuzozonke izenzo ezinhle lasemazwini amahle.

9 Nxa sivuma izono zethu, yena uthembekile njalo ulungile, uzasithethelela izono zethu, asihlambulule kukho konke ukungalungi kwethu.

14 Silesiqiniselo lesi ekusondeleni kuNkulunkulu: ukuthi nxa sicela ulutho ngokwentando yakhe, uyasizwa. 15 Nxa sisazi ukuthi uyasizwa loba kuyini esikucelayo siyakwazi ukuthi sesilakho esikucele kuye.

7 Luhlezi luvikela, luhlezi lukholwa, luhlezi lusethemba, luhlezi lubekezela.