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40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 39

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 39

God is Trustworthy

by Noelene Curry

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

UMARKO 11

UYesu ungena eJerusalem ekhwele idonki

1Ke kaloku, bakusondela eJerusalem, eBhetefage naseBhetani, ngaseNtabeni yemiNquma, uYesu wathuma ababini kubafundi bakhe, 2esithi kubo: “Hambani niye kule dolophana ikhangelene nani. Nothi ke ningenanje nifumane inkonyana yedonki ibotshelelwe, ekungazange kukhwele mntu kuyo. Yikhululeni ke, niyizise apha. 3Ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Kutheni na ukuba nikwenze oku?’ ze nithi: ‘Iyafuneka eNkosini. Iza kubuyiswa kwangoku.’ ”

4Basuka ke baya, bayifumana inkonyana ibotshelelwe ngasesangweni esitalatweni. Bakuyikhulula ke, 5abathile kwababemi khona bathi kubo: “Nenza ntoni na, niyikhulula nje inkonyana?”

6Bathetha ke njengoko babeyalelwe nguYesu, baza bayekwa. 7Bayizisa inkonyana kuYesu, bandlala iingubo zabo phezu kwayo, wakhwela. 8Abaninzi ke bandlala iingubo zabo endleleni, bathi abanye bandlala amahlamvu abawakhe emasimini. 9Abo babehamba ngaphambili nabo babelandela ngasemva babedanduluka besithi: “Camagu! Makabongwe lowo uzayo egameni leNkosi! 10Makabongwe oza kuvusa ulawulo lukaBawo uDavide! Sithi: ‘Bayethe!’ kuPhezukonke.”

11UYesu ke wangena eJerusalem, wangena *nasendlwini kaThixo, wahamba ezibuka izinto zonke, wathi, ngenxa yokuba kwakusekuhlwile, waphuma waya eBhetani, enabafundi bakhe abalishumi elinambini.

Umqondiso womkhiwane; ukuvalwa korhwebo endlwini kaThixo

12Ngengomso, bakuba bephumile eBhetani, uYesu waziva elambile, 13waza wathi, akuba ebone umkhiwane uthe qelele, unamagqabi, waya kukhangela ukuba angafumana siqhamo na kuwo. Akufika kuwo akafumananga nto ngaphandle kwamagqabi, kuba kwakungelilo ixesha lamakhiwane. 14UYesu ke wathi kuwo umkhiwane: “Ze kungaze kutyiwe siqhamo kuwe naphakade!”

Babesiva abafundi bakhe.

15Bafika ke eJerusalem, uYesu waya kungena *endlwini kaThixo, waza wabakhupha abathengayo nabathengisayo, wathi neetafile zabatshintshi bemali nezihlalo zabathengisa amahobe wazibhukuqa. 16Wayengavumi ukuba kubekho bani ucanda endlwini kaThixo ethwele nokuba yintoni na. 17Wabafundisa esithi: “Akatsho na uThixo *eziBhalweni ukuthi: ‘Indlu yam iya kubizwa ngokuba yindlu ekuthandazelwa kuyo ziintlanga zonke’? Ke nina niyenzé umqolomba wezihange.”

18Bekuvile oku ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho, bafuna indlela abanokumbulala ngayo uYesu. Babesoyika, kuba indimbane yonke yayimangalisiwe yimfundiso yakhe.

19Kwakuhlwa, uYesu nabafundi bakhe baphuma esixekweni. 20Kwaza kwathi kusasa, ukubuya kwabo, bawubona umkhiwane lowo womile ukususela ezingcanjini. 21UPetros ke ekhumbule okwezolo, wathi kuye: “Mfundisi, khangela umkhiwane owuqalekisileyo womile.”

22Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo: “Kholwani kuThixo. Ndithi kuni, inene, 23othe kule ntaba: ‘Funquka, uphoseke elwandle;’ abe ke esitsho engathandabuzi entliziyweni yakhe, kodwa ekholwa ukuba oko akuthethayo kuya kwenzeka, wokwenzelwa. 24Ngenxa yoko ndithi kuni, zonke izinto enizicela nithandaza, kholwani ukuba senizinikiwe; nozifumana ke. 25Naxa nithandazayo, ukuba ninendawo ngakubani, mxoleleni, ukuze noYihlo osezulwini anixolele iziphoso zenu. [

UMARKO 11:1-25XHO96Vula kumfundi weBhayibhile

Have faith in God, Jesus answered, Fig trees are a source of food in Israel. It takes three years from the time they are planted to when they bear fruit. The figs are harvested twice a year, in late spring and early autumn. It was early spring, when Jesus walked past the fruit tree. The tree was full of leaves. However, figs only grow as the leaves grow. There was no growth in the leaves, therefore no fruit would be produced that year. If we are not bearing fruit, we are spiritually barren, though we have been given everything to bear fruit.  God is trustworthy. Let us not be cursed for not trusting in what is given us, lest we wither, and die. Our God is and will always be trustworthy, let our leaves bear much fruit.

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