Bible Society of South Africa

Bible Reading Plan – Day 364

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ISITYHILELO 13

Irhamncwa elivela elwandle

1Ke kaloku ndabona irhamncwa liphuma elwandle. Lona ke lalineentloko ezisixhenxe; iimpondo zona zazilishumi. Uphondo ngalunye lwalunembasa; kanti ke iintloko zaziphawulwe ngamagama amanyumnyezi. 2Eli rhamncwa lalingathi lihlosi, koko iinyawo zalo zazifana nezebhere, wona umlomo ufana nowengonyama. Irhamncwa eli lafumana amagunya namandla ndawonye nobungangalala, libunikwa ligongqongqo. 3Enye yeentloko zalo yangxwelerheka, kodwa yabuya yaphila. Ihlabathi liphela lathatheka ngulo mmangaliso, latsho lalandela irhamncwa elo. 4Bonke abantu balinqula igongqongqo elo, kuba amagunya alo liwanike irhamncwa. Kanti ke balinqula nerhamncwa elo, belibonga besithi: “Ngubani onokulingana nerhamncwa; ingubani khona onokulwa nalo?”

5Isithuba esingangeenyanga ezimashumi mane anambini irhamncwa lavunyelwa ukuba lisebenzise amagunya alo, lithethe izinto ezimanyumnyezi, liqalekise. 6Lasuka ke lamqalekisa uThixo, latshabhisa negama lakhe ndawonye nomzi wakhe ezulwini, kwakunye nâbo bahlala khona. 7Lavunyelwa ukuba lilwe nosapho lukaThixo liloyise. Ngokunjalo lanikwa amagunya kuzo zonke iintlanga, izizwe, iilwimi, noluntu. 8Bonke abantu behlabathi baya kulinqula. Abo ke ngabantu abamagama angabhalwanga encwadini yabaphilayo eyabhalwa kwangaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi. Incwadi le ke yeyeXhwane elabulawayo.

9“Oneendlebe zokuva makeve! 10Nabani na ofanele ukubanjwa uya kubanjwa; kanti ke nabani na oza kubulawa ngekrele uya kubulawa ngekrele. Le nto ke yenza kube yimfuneko ukuba abantu bakaThixo banyamezele, futhi babambelele elukholweni.”

Irhamncwa elivela emhlabeni

11Kwakhona ndabona elinye irhamncwa lisithi nyalulu emhlabeni. Lona lalineempondo ezifana nezetakane, kodwa lalithetha ngathi ligongqongqo. 12Eli rhamncwa lasebenzisa amagunya erhamncwa lokuqala, lijongile. Lanyanzela ihlabathi nabemi balo ukuba banqule irhamncwa lokuqala, ingxwelerha leyo yaphilayo. 13Lalisenza imimangaliso; ewe, lalide lenze ukuba kuhle umlilo ezulwini abantu bejongile. 14Ngale ndlela ke lavunyelwa ukuba libalahlekise abantu behlabathi. Kaloku le mimangaliso laliyenza likho neliya lokuqala irhamncwa. Eli rhamncwa lathi abantu behlabathi mabaqingqe umfanekiso wokuwonga elaa rhamncwa lalingxwelerhwe likrele kodwa laphila. 15Irhamncwa eli lanikwa amandla okuba liwuphefumlele umfanekiso lowo, ukuze uthethe; futhi ugunyazise ukuba babulawe abo babengawunquli. 16Ngaphezu koko ke lanyanzelisa ukuba bonke abantu, abancinci nabakhulu, izityebi namahlwempu, amakhoboka nabakhululekileyo, mabaphawulwe ezandleni zokunene okanye ebunzi. 17Ngaphandle kolu phawu lumele igama okanye inani elimele igama lerhamncwa, akukho mntu wayevunyelwa ukuba athenge okanye athengise.

18Le ndawo ke ifuna ingqiqo. Nabani na oqiqayo angalifumana inani elimele irhamncwa. Kaloku inani elo limele umntu. Lona ke inani elo ngamakhulu amathandathu anamashumi amathandathu anesithandathu.

ISITYHILELO 14

IXhwane kunye nabo baphawulweyo

1Kananjalo ndathi ndakujonga ndabona iXhwane lithe bhuxe entabeni iZiyon. Lalikunye nabantu abalikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine lamawaka. Bona babephawulwe ngegama lalo kunye nelikaYise ebunzi. 2Ndeva ukuhlokoma kwelizwi liphuma ezulwini. Lalingathi sisandi samanzi engxangxasi; lalingathi kukuqhaqhazelisa kweendudumo. Eli lizwi laba ngathi ziimvumi ezibetha iihapu. 3Babethe qwelele phambi kwebhotwe naphambi kwezilwanyana ezine, ndawonye namadoda amakhulu, bevuma ingoma entsha. Akukho bani wayenako ukuyilandela loo ngoma, ngaphandle kwabo bakhululekileyo emhlabeni; ewe, nditsho abo balikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine lamawaka. 4Aba ke ngabo bangazidyobhanga ngamabhinqa. Ewe, banyulu. Bona bathe ngcembe emva kweXhwane. Aba bakhululwe bephuma kulo lonke uluntu. Balulibo lukaThixo kunye neXhwane. 5Abazange bakhohlisa; bamsulwa.

Izithunywa

6Ndabona isithunywa sindanda phezulu esibhakabhakeni. Sasithunywe ukuba siye kuvakalisa uncuthu lweendaba ezingasoze zithini. Zona zezabo bonke abantu behlabathi, iintlanga, iilwimi ngeelwimi, nezizwe ngezizwe. 7Sadanduluka samemeza sathi: “Thobelani uThixo, nimdumise ngenxa yobungangamsha bakhe! Kaloku ngoku lifikile ithuba lokuba alugwebe uluntu. Ngoko ke nqulani nimdumise umenzi wamazulu nomhlaba, ulwandle nemithombo empompozayo!”

8Kwalandela esinye isithunywa sisithi: “Huntshu! Ithe folokohla yawa indlovukazi uBhabheli! Kaloku uluchwe lokurheletya kwakhe uluseze zonke izizwe!”

9Ngokukwanjalo salandela nesinye isithunywa simemeza sisithi: “Wonke umntu onqula irhamncwa kunye nomfanekiso walo, aze amkele uphawu lwalo ebunzi okanye esandleni, 10uya kutsarhwa yingqumbo kaThixo. Ewe kaloku, impindezelo kaThixo itsale yada yatshukula. Uya kugcadeka elangatyeni lomlilo wesalfa, iXhwane nezithunywa ezingcwele zibukele. 11Umsi waloo mlilo uya kutsho ngomlembelele unyuquza unyuka ungaze unqamke. Abo banqula irhamncwa nomfanekiso walo, abanophawu lwegama lalo, abasoze baphumle imini nobusuku.”

12Le meko ke icela umngeni kusapho lukaThixo ukuba lube nomonde, luyithobele imiyalelo kaThixo, lunyaniseke kuYesu.

13Kwakhona ndeva ilizwi liphuma ezulwini lisithi: “Bhala uthi: ‘Ewe kambe, banoyolo abo bafa bezinikele eNkosini!’ Ewe, ukusukela ngoku uMoya uthi: ‘Baphumle ekubulalekeni kwabo, baphahlwe ziziqhamo zemisebenzi yabo.’ ”

Isivuno ehlabathini

14Ndithe ndisajongile kwavela ilifu elimhlophe, kulo kuthe ngcu into engathi ngumntu. Intloko yakhe yayihonjiswe ngembasa yegolide, ephethe irhengqe ebukhali ngesandla. 15Kwaphuma isithunywa endlwini kaThixo, samemeza lowo wayehleli efini, sathi: “Yolula isandla sakho, uvune ngerhengqe leyo. Kaloku ixesha lokuvuna lifikile, ibe ke nesivuno sehlabathi sesilungile.” 16Lowo wayehleli efini wasebenzisa irhengqe yakhe, wavuna ehlabathini.

17Kwakhona kwavela esinye isithunywa siphuma endlwini kaThixo esezulwini. Naso sasiphethe irhengqe ebukhali. 18Ngokunjalo kwathi thu esinye isithunywa eqongeni. Esi sona sasingumongameli womlilo. Sabhekisa kweso sasinerhengqe ebukhali, sikhwaza sisithi: “Yolula isandla sakho, uqokelele idiliya ehlabathini, kuba ivuthiwe ngoku.” 19Senjenjalo ke isithunywa eso, sasika sayiqokelela idiliya yehlabathi. Sayithatha sayiphosa esixovulelweni sengqumbo kaThixo. 20Idiliya leyo yaxovulelwa ngaphandle kwesixeko. Isixovulelo eso sampompoza igazi langumgama oziikhilomitha ezingamakhulu alishumi elinesithandathu. Lalinzulu kangangokuba ihashe lalisithi gabhu ngomkhala.

ISITYHILELO 15

Ingoma yabakhululekileyo

1Ndiphinde ndabona umqondiso ocacileyo nomangalisayo esibhakabhakeni. Izithunywa ezisixhenxe zezisa ezokugqibela izibetho ezisixhenxe. Kaloku yayiza kufezekiswa ngazo ingqumbo kaThixo.

2Kwaba ngathi ndibona ulwandle olusabuglasi, luxutywe nomlilo. Kwakumi ngakulo abo babequbisene nerhamncwa baza boyisa, baphikisana nomfanekiso walo, ngokunjalo nenani legama lalo. Bonke babephethe iihapu, 3bevuma ingoma kaMosis isicaka sikaThixo neXhwane, besithi:

“Mikhulu iyamangalisa imisebenzi yakho,

Nkosi, Thixo Somandla!

Zilungile, ziyinyaniso iindlela zakho,

Kumkani weentlanga zonke!

4Ngubani obengenakunkwantya aze akubonge wena, Nkosi?

Kaloku nguwe wedwa oyingcwele.

Zonke iintlanga ziya kunqula ziqubude kuwe,

kuba izigqibo zakho ezilungileyo zicacile kubo bonke.”

Izithunywa nezibetho zokugqibela

5Emva koko ndabona ingcwele yeengcwele, isibingelelo ahlala kuso uThixo, sivuleka ezulwini. 6Kwaphuma kuso izithunywa ezisixhenxe zezibetho ezisixhenxe, zivathe ezimhlophe zelinen, zibhinqe ngeebhanti zegolide. 7Esinye sezilwanyana ezine sazinika izithunywa ezisixhenxe izitya zegolide ezalatha ukuba yayiseligcwel' ibhekile yingqumbo kaThixo ohlal' ehleli. 8*Indlu kaThixo yayiqhuma ilitsili ngumsi wesihomo namandla kaThixo. Akuzange kubekho mntu waba nakungena, zada zaba zigqithile izibetho ezisixhenxe zezithunywa ezisixhenxe.

ISITYHILELO 16

Izitya zengqumbo kaThixo

1Ndeva kudanduluka ilizwi kwindawo engcwele, lisithi izithunywa ezisixhenxe maziye kuzichitha ehlabathini izitya ezisixhenxe zengqumbo kaThixo.

2Sanduluka isithunywa sokuqala, sasichitha ehlabathini isitya saso. Abo babenophawu lwerhamncwa, nabo babenqula umfanekiso walo, baphuma izilonda ezibi neziqaqambayo.

3Esesibini isithunywa sasichithela elwandle isitya saso. Amanzi ajika afana negazi lomntu ofileyo. Kwafa zonke izinambuzane eziphila elwandle.

4Isithunywa sesithathu sasichithela emilanjeni nasemithonjeni isitya saso, yaza yajika yaba ligazi. 5Ndeva isithunywa esilawula amanzi sisithi: “Zilungile izigqibo zakho, wena ungcwele, uhleli ukho, nobukade ukho! 6Baliphalaza igazi lemilowo kaThixo *nelabashumayeli, ngoku ke ubanika igazi ukuba basele. Ibafanele loo nto bayifumeneyo, tshotsho!” 7Kwavakala ilizwi, liphuma eqongeni lamadini, lisithi: “Nkosi, Thixo Somandla, ngenene zinyanisekile, zilungile, izigqibo zakho!”

8Sasichitha elangeni isitya saso isithunywa sesine. Laza ilanga lakhululelwa ukubatshisa ngengqantsini yobushushu abantu. 9Batsha abantu seso sihogo. Baliqalekisa igama likaThixo ezeza ngegunya lakhe ezo zibetho. Kodwa abazanga bahlukane nezono, banqule uThixo.

10Esesihlanu isithunywa sasichitha phezu kwesihlalo serhamncwa isitya saso. Kwaba mnyama tsiki kuloo mmandla wolawulo lwerhamncwa. Babengcungcutheka abantu ziintuthumbo. 11Kodwa uThixo wezulu babemqalekisa ngenxa yezilonda neengqaqambo, bengaguquki kwiindlela zabo ezigwenxa.

12Isithunywa sesithandathu sasichitha phezu komlambo omkhulu iEfrati isitya saso. Watsha umlambo, kwavuleka indlela yeekumkani ezivela empumalanga. 13Ndabona iindimoni ezintathu ezazingathi ngamasele. Zaphuma emlonyeni wegongqongqo, nowerhamcwa, nakowomshumayeli oxokayo. 14Yayiziindimoni ezinamandla okwenza imilingo. Zazithunywe ukuya kuqokelela edabini zonke iikumkani zelizwe ngaloo mini inkulu kaThixo uSomandla.

15“Uyabona ke, ngaloo mini ndiya kuza njengesela. Unoyolo ke lowo uhlala elindile, engazikhululi izambatho zakhe, ukuze angahambi ze, ahlazeke ebantwini.”

16Iindimoni zaziqokelela ndawonye iikumkani, kwindawo ekuthiwa yiArmagedon ngesiHebhere.

17Isithunywa sesixhenxe sasichitha emoyeni isitya saso. Kwavakala ilizwi lidanduluka esihlalweni sobukhosi endlwini kaThixo lisithi: “Kuphelile.” 18Kwabakho ubumenye-menye bemibane, ukugqekreza, nezandi zeendudumo, kunye nenyikima eyoyikekayo. Akuzange kubekho nyikima yoyikeka njengaleyo ezimbalini! 19Saqhekeka kathathu isixeko esikhulu. Izixeko zamazwe onke zadilika zangamabhodlo. UThixo akazanga asilibale isixeko esikhulu iBhabheli. Wayiseza impindezelo yakhe. 20Zonke iintaba zathi shwaka, neziqithi zaphel' emehlweni. 21Kwawa isichotho esingamatye amakhulu. Ilitye ngalinye lalimalunga namashumi amahlanu eekhilogram ubunzima. Sabatyhumfuza abantu. Bamqalekisa uThixo abantu ngenxa yesibetho seso sichotho soyikekayo.

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