Bible Reading Plan – Day 347

₁Ukukholwa ke kukuqiniseka ngezinto esinethemba lazo; kukwakukuqiniseka nangobukho bezinto esingaziboniyo. ₂Abantu bamandulo bagqwesa ngenxa yokuthembela kwabo kuThixo.

₃Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuba indalo yavela ngelizwi likaThixo, zaza izinto ezibonakalayo zabakho kungekho nto ibonakalayo adala ngayo.

₄Ngokholo lagqwesa kuThixo elika-Abheli idini kunelikaKayin. Ngokholo uAbheli wamkelwa nguThixo waba lilungisa, kuba uThixo ngokwakhe wakholiswa ngumnikelo wakhe. Ngako ukukholwa kwakhe ke, naxa afileyo nje uAbheli, usathetha.

₅Ngokholo uInoki wathwetyulwa engakhange afe. *IziBhalo zithi: “Akazange aziwe bani apho akhoyo, kuba wayethathwe nguThixo.” Futhi ziyangqina iziBhalo ukuba uInoki wamkholisa uThixo ngaphambi kokuba athathwe. ₆Lungekho ke ukholo akukho ukumkholisa uThixo. Kaloku wonke ubani ozayo kuye kufuneka akholwe ukuba ukho uThixo, yaye uyabavuza abo bamlangazelelayo.

₇Ngokholo uNowa, xa wayexelelwa nguThixo ngezinto ezaziza kuhla, waphulaphula wakha inqanawa, walusindisa usapho lwakhe. Ngokholo lwakhe wabudandalazisa ubugwenxa behlabathi, waza wenziwa ilungisa nguThixo ngenxa yokuthembela kwakhe kuye.

₈Ngokholo uAbraham walusabela ubizo lokuya kuma kwilizwe elalithenjiswe nguThixo kuye nakwinzala yakhe. Walishiya elakowabo, engazi nokuba makabheke ngaphi na. ₉Ngokholo wahlala engumphambukeli kwilizwe lesithembiso. Wayehlala ezintenteni. Benjenjalo nooIsake noYakobi abakwaziindlamafa zeso sithembiso. ₁₀Kaloku wayenxubile elindele elo lizwe liziseko zingagungqiyo, lakhiwe nguThixo.

₁₁Ngokholo nkqu noSara owayengazali, naxa wayeselegugile nje, wafumana amandla, wakhawula, kuba wathemba ukuba uThixo lo uthembisileyo wosigcina isithembiso sakhe. ₁₂Yiyo ke loo nto kuthe kwindoda enye, naxa yayiselifana nofileyo nje kukwaluphala, kwavela inzala ebuninzi bungangeenkwenkwezi, ingenakubalwa okwentlabathi elunxwemeni lolwandle.

₁₃Bonke aba bantu bafa benokholo. Babengekazixhamli iziqhamo zesithembiso. Kodwa naxa zazikude babezibona, bezilangazelela, bevuma ukuba bona baziindwendwe nje ezidlulayo kweli lizwe. ₁₄Abantu abenjenje ukuthetha kucace mhlophe ukuba bafuna elakowabo, ₁₅bengalikhumbuli ilizwe abalishiyileyo. Kaloku ngebabebuyele ukuba kwakunjalo. ₁₆Koko sibabona benxubele ilizwe elihle – izulu. Yiyo ke loo nto angenazintloni uThixo xa kuthiwa unguThixo wabo; kaloku ubalungiselele isixeko.

₁₇Ngokholo uAbraham wamnikela uIsake akuvavanywa nguThixo. Lo Abraham zazenziwe kuye izithembiso, nguye kanye lo wayeselemnikela unyana okwakukuphela kwakhe; ₁₈lo kanye kwakuthiwe ngaye: “Inzala yakho yokwaziwa ngomlibo kaIsake.” ₁₉Kaloku uAbraham yena wayeqonda ukuba uThixo unako ukubavusa abafileyo – ngathi ke uThixo wamvusa kwabafileyo noIsake.

₂₀Ngokholo uIsake walisikelela ikamva looYakobi noEsawu.

₂₁Ngokholo uYakobi wabasikelela bonke ngabanye, ngaphambi kokuba abhubhe, oonyana bakaJosefu. Wangqiyama ngomsimelelo wakhe, wanqula uThixo.

₂₂Xa wayeselukhukweni lokufa, uJosefu ngokholo wayolela ngemfuduko yamaSirayeli eJiputa, wayaleza namathambo akhe.

₂₃Ngokholo abazali bakaMosis bamfihla iinyanga ezintathu emva kokuba ezelwe. Kaloku wayelusana oluthandekayo, baza ke àbasithobela isimiselo sekumkani ngokwenza loo nto.

₂₄Ngokholo, akuba mdala uMosis, akazange avume ukuba kuthiwe ungunyana wentombi yokumkani waseJiputa. ₂₅Wakhetha ukuhlupheka kunye nabantu bakaThixo kunokuba axhamle isono nokuba ngumzuzwana nje. ₂₆Ingcikivo kaKrestu wayithatha njengento ebaluleke ngaphezu kwabo bonke ubutyebi baseJiputa, kuba wayenethemba lomvuzo ozayo.

₂₇Ngokholo uMosis wayishiya iJiputa, phofu kungengakuba wayesoyika umsindo wekumkani. Wayefunzele phambili ngokungathi wayembona uThixo ongabonwayo. ₂₈Ngokholo wamisela isidlo *sePasika. Wayalela ukuba makutshizwe imigubasi ngegazi, khon' ukuze isithunywa sokufa singawatshabalalisi amazibulo amaSirayeli.

₂₉Ngokholo amaSirayeli aluwela uLwandle oluBomvu ngokungathi ahamba emhlabeni owomileyo, kodwa wona amaJiputa eyela akuwalinganisa.

₃₀Lukholo olwadiliza iindonga zeJeriko, akuba amaSirayeli ezijikeleze iintsuku zasixhenxe. ₃₁Lukholo olwasindisa ihenyukazi uRahabhi ekutshabalaleni kunye nabo bangamthobeliyo uThixo, kuba lona lazamkela ngobubele iintlola.

₃₂Ndibalisa ntoni na? Lingaphela tu ixesha ndithetha ngoGidiyon, noBharaki, noSamson, uJafta, noDavide, uSamweli, *nabashumayeli bamandulo. ₃₃Ngokholo bona babhukuqa izikumkani, benza ubulungisa, bazuza izinto ezazithenjiswe nguThixo. Babevingca imilomo yeengonyama ezigqumayo, ₃₄bacime imililo edwanguzayo, basinde ekufeni ngekrele. Baphiwa amandla xa babengenawo. Babengamagorha emfazweni; babezichitha iintshaba zibe ziintsalu. ₃₅Ngokholo abafazi babebuyiselwa abafileyo babo bevuswe ekufeni. Abanye bâla ukukhululwa, bafa ngokungxwelerhwa, khon' ukuze bavukele kobona bomi. ₃₆Bambi babesenziwa intlekisa, bekatswa, bekhonkxwa ngamatyathanga, bevalelwa entolongweni. ₃₇Babekhandwa ngamatye, besarhwa kubini, bebulawa ngekrele. Babehamba benxibe iimfele zeegusha nezikhumba zeebhokhwe, beswele, betshutshiswa, bephethwe gadalala. ₃₈Babengafanelanga ukuhlala kweli hlabathi linje, ngenxa yokulunga kwabo. Babezizibhadu-bhadu ezazihamba zihlala koozintlango nasezintabeni, koomiqolomba nasemingxunyeni phantsi komhlaba.

₃₉Bayakhunjulwa bonke ngabanye aba, ngenxa yokugqwesa kokholo lwabo. Kambe ke abazizuzanga izinto ezathenjiswayo nguThixo, ₄₀kuba kaloku uThixo ube nacebo limbi lilungileyo: uthande ukuba bangazixhamli izithembiso zakhe ngaphandle kwethu.

₁Ngoko ke, thina siphahlwe ngamangqina amaninzi kangaka nje, masiyilahle ke yonke into enokusibambezela, ingakumbi isono, kuba sona siyarhintyela. Masingene kolu gqatso luphambi kwethu sizimisele. ₂Amehlo ethu makathi ntsho kuYesu; kaloku síxhomekeke kuye isiqalo ndawonye nekamva lokholo lwethu. Ewe kaloku, yena wathi, ngenxa yenyhweba eyayimlindele, wawunyamezela umnqamlezo, walidela nehlazo lawo; kungokunje uhleli ewongeni kwibhotwe likaThixo.

₃Ngenene mkhumbuleni yena, kuba wamelana nayo yonke inkcaso yaboni. Xa nisenjenjalo ke niya kukhuthala ningatyhafi. ₄Kuba kaloku kulo mzabalazo wokulwa isono anikazingisi kude kuphalale igazi. ₅Ngaba seniyilibele na indlela anikhuthaza ngayo uThixo ngokoonyana, esithi:

₁₂Ngoko ke dlamkani, zihlaziyeke iingalo ezinomkhinkqi namadolo anengevane. ₁₃Imizila yendlela yenu mayingabi goso, ukuze oqhwalelayo angenzakali, koko anyangeke.

₁₄Hlalani ngoxolo nabo bonke abantu. Yibani nyulu, kuba ngaphandle kobunyulu akukho mntu uya kuyibona iNkosi. ₁₅Lumkani kungabikho mntu uphulukana nalo ubabalo lukaThixo. Makungakhuli ngcambu yabubi inokuthi ibe yityhefu kwabaninzi. ₁₆Lumkani kungathi kanti kukho umntu olihilihili, okanye ophandl' apha njengoEsawu. Kaloku yena waphulukana nobuzibulo bakhe ngenxa yokutya. ₁₇Kananjalo niyazi ukuba kamva wathi efuna ukuyibanga intsikelelo akamkeleka. Ewe, wayeyifuna nangeenyembezi, kodwa akayizuzanga, kuba akazange alifumane ithuba lokuguquka.

₁₈Kambe nina anijongananga nanto iphathekayo njengamaSirayeli entabeni yeSinayi, eyayidangazela umlilo, inobumnyama obuzala isithokothoko, inoqhwithela, ₁₉nenzwinini yexilongo, nokuzongoma kwelizwi elabatsho bonke abalivayo bathi makungabi saphindwa kuthethwe nabo. ₂₀Kaloku barhwaqeliswa ngumyalelo othi: “Nesilwanyana esithe sasondela apho entabeni masikhandwe ngamatye sife.” ₂₁Lo mbono wawusoyikeka kangangokuba uMosis wavakala esithi: “Andoyiki ndiyagubha!”

₂₂Hayi kaloku, nina niphambi kwentaba iZiyon, nomzi kaThixo ophilayo, iJerusalem yaphezulu enamawaka-waka ezithunywa zezulu. Nifikile kwitheko ₂₃leenginginya yeendlalifa zikaThixo ezingabemi baphezulu. Ewe, niphambi koThixo ongumgwebi wabo bonke, naphambi koomoya bamalungisa asulungekileyo. ₂₄Nifikile kuYesu unozakuzaku womnqophiso omtsha. Ukuchitheka kwelakhe igazi kusiphathele izinto ezinkulu kunelika-Abheli.

₂₅Ngoko ke sanukuba neenkani: phulaphulani xa athethayo. Abo babeneenkani, bangazange baliphulaphule ilizwi elalibalumkisa emhlabeni, abasindanga esohlwayweni. Ngokungakumbi ke nathi asiyi kusinda ukuba sineenkani, asiliphulaphuli ilizwi lalowo usilumkisayo ezulwini. ₂₆Kambe ke ngelo xesha ilizwi lakhe lawugungqisa umhlaba, kodwa ngoku uthembise wathi: “Ndiya kuphinda, phofu ndingagungqisi umhlaba wodwa, koko nezulu ngenkqu.” ₂₇La mazwi athi “ndiya kuphinda” acacisa mhlophe ukuba izinto ezidaliweyo ziya kugungqiswa zisuswe, zize zithi izinto ezingagungqiyo zisale.

₂₈Ngoko ke masitsho ngongazenzisiyo umbulelo kuThixo, kuba kaloku siphantsi kombuso ongagungqiyo. Masidomboze simnqule ngendlela eya kumkholisa uThixo, simhlonela sinoloyiko. ₂₉Kaloku uThixo wethu ngumlilo olenyayo.

₁Hlalani nithandana okwabantu abazalanayo. ₂Zenzeleni ububele emakhaya iindwendwe. Ngokwenjenjalo abanye abantu kwathi kanti babuka izithunywa zezulu bengaqondi. ₃Wacingeni amabanjwa njengokungathi nani nibanjwe kunye nawo. Bacingeni nabo baphethwe kakubi ngokungathi nini abo banjalo.

₄Umtshato uxabisekile; mawuxatyiswe nguye wonke ubani. Amadoda nabafazi mabanyaniseke omnye komnye, bangasixabheli isilili sabo. Ingqumbo kaThixo ijinga phezu kwabo bakrexezayo kwakunye nabo barheletyayo.

₅Musani ukuba ngamathandamali. Yanelani yinto eninayo. Kaloku uThixo uthi: “Andiyi kukuyekela; ndingayi kukufulathela.” ₆Masitsho singenadyudyu ke sithi:

₇Khumbulani iinkokheli zenu zamandulo, ezanixelela ngodaba lukaThixo. Cingani ngobomi bazo nempumelelo yemigudu yazo, nilinganise ukholo lwazo. ₈UYesu Krestu lo wayizolo, usekwanguye nanamhla, nangomso, nanini nanini. ₉Nize ningakhukuliswa enyanisweni ziimfundiso ezingabhadlanga. Kulungile ukuba somelezwe lubabalo lukaThixo, yaye imithetho ngezinto emazityiwe nemazingatyiwa ayincedi nto, ayizange ibancede nabo bayigcinayo.

₁₀Elethu iqonga lamadini linjengeliya ababingeleli bonqulo lwamaSirayeli babengenalungelo lakutya kulo. ₁₁Njengoko nisazi, umbingeleli omkhulu ubengena negazi leenkomo neleebhokhwe kweyona ingcwele indawo, aze angxengxezele izono ngelo gazi. Kodwa inyama yazo yona ibitshiselwa ngaphandle. ₁₂UYesu ke naye wafela ngaphandle kwamasango edolophu, khon' ukuze abangcwalise abantu ngegazi lakhe. ₁₃Nathi ke ngoko masiye kuye ngaphandle, silixhamle ihlazo lakhe. ₁₄Kaloku apha asinakhaya lisisigxina, koko sinxubele elizayo. ₁₅Ngawo onke amaxesha masenze umbongo kuThixo, ube lidini esilinikela kuye ngoYesu, silivuma ngomlomo wethu igama lakhe. ₁₆Masingaze siyeke ukwenzelana ububele, kuba leyo yeyona minikelo imkholisayo uThixo.

₁₇Zithobeleni iinkokheli zenu, nizihloniphe, kuba azilali lixhala ngenxa yenu. Kaloku kufuneka zenze ingxelo yomsebenzi wazo kuThixo. Ke ukuba niyazihlonela, woba khaphukhaphu umsebenzi wazo. Kanti ungaba nzima, ningancedeki nani, ukuba anizihloneli.

₁₈Nam ndithandazeleni. Ndiqinisekile ukuba mna andinasazela nganto; kaloku ndisoloko ndinqwenela ukwenza okulungileyo maxa onke. ₁₉Nditsho ngenene ukuba ze nindithandazele, ukuze uThixo andibuyisele kuni kamsinyane.

₂₀UThixo onika uxolo, owayivusa ekufeni iNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, waba nguyena malusi womhlambi, ₂₁ngokuphalala kwegazi lomnqophiso ongasoze utshitshe, wanga anganomeleza ekwenzeni okulungileyo, khon' ukuze niyifeze intando yakhe. Wanga angasenza loo nto athanda ukuba sibe yiyo ngoYesu Krestu. Makadunyiswe uYesu Krestu ngonaphakade kanaphakade! *Amen.

₂₂Mawethu, ze niwanyamezele la mazwi enkuthazo. Kambe yileta emfutshane nje le. ₂₃Umhlobo wethu uTimoti ukhululwe entolongweni. Ndiza kuza naye apho ukuba ukhawuleze wafika.

₂₄Umbuliso kwiinkokheli zenu, nakulo lonke usapho lukaThixo. Amakholwa aseItali ayabulisa.

₂₅Wanga uThixo anganenzela isisa nonke.