Ndiyindoda – Day 7

₁₂Walibona lonakele ilizwe uThixo, kuba abantu babeziphethe kakubi.

₁₃Wathi ke uThixo kuNowa: “Ndifikelele ekubeni ndilubhangise lonke uluntu. Ndiza kulutshabalalisa luphele tu, kuba ilizwe lizele zizenzo zobundlobongela. ₁₄Wena zenzele inqanawa ngamaplanga, ibe namagumbi, uyiqabe itha ngaphandle nangaphakathi.

₁Kubhala mna Pawulos *umthunywa kaYesu Krestu ngokugunyaziswa nguThixo uMsindisi wethu, noKrestu Yesu ithemba lethu. ₂Ndibhalela uTimoti, unyana wam wenene ngokwaselukholweni. Ndithi: Kuwe makulawule isisa, inceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo, noKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu.

₁₈Lo myalelo ndiwunika wena, Timoti, nyana wam, ngokwamazwi awodwa âvela kuThixo ethethwa ngawe mandulo. Ngoko ke loo mazwi makabe sisixhobo sakho edabini, ₁₉uxhobe ngokholo nangesazela esihlambulukileyo. Ngokudela isazela, abanye abantu balutyumza okweselwa elinamasi ukholo lwabo. ₂₀Phakathi kwabo ndingabalula uHimeniyo noAlesandire, esendide ndabanikela kuSathana, ukuze baqeqeshwe bakuyeke ukunyelisa.

₁₁Xa wayeseAntiyokwe uPetros ndamgqogqa iindlebe, ndimxelela ngempazamo yakhe eyayidandalazile mpela. ₁₂Wayedla ngokutya kunye namakholwa aziintlanga, ngaphambi kokuba kufike apho iqela lamadoda awayevela kuYakobi. Kodwa kuthe kwakuba kufike la madoda warhoxa uPetros, wazilumla ekutyeni namawethu aziintlanga, ngenxa yokoyika ukugxekwa ngâbo babesithi makwalukwe. ₁₃Namanye amakholwa amaJuda abonakalisa kwaobo bubhetyebhetye bufana nobukaPetros, kangangokuba noBharnabha wawexuleka bobo bubhetyebhetye. ₁₄Ndithe ke ndakukuphawula ukungabi nanyaniso kokuziphatha kwabo ngendlela engangqinelaniyo nenyaniso yeendaba ezimnandi, ndathi kuPetros phambi kwabo bonke: “Nakuba wena ungumJuda, ubusoloko uziphethe njengeentlanga kodwa; ungathini ke ngoku ukujika uzinyanzele iintlanga ukuba ziziphathe njengamaJuda?”

₂₄E-Efese kwafika umJuda, ogama linguApolo, owazalelwa eAlesandriya. Wayeliciko lokuthetha, futhi ezazi ngokucokisekileyo *iziBhalo. ₂₅Wayeqeqeshiwe ngeNdlela yeNkosi, ngokunjalo wayethetha ngokutshiseka ezifundisa iinyaniso ezingoYesu ngentembeko. Nangona kunjalo wayesazi ubhaptizo lukaYohane kuphela. ₂₆Wayethetha ngesibindi *endlwini yesikhungo. Bathi ke bakumva ooPrisila noAkwila, bammemela emzini wabo, bamcacisela kakuhle ngokuzeleyo iNdlela yeNkosi.

₁₄“UNdikhoyo mhloneleni, nimnqule ngentembeko ninyanisekile. Yahlukanani *nezithixo zookhokho benu ngexesha bengaphesheya kwe-Efrati naseJiputa, nikhonze uNdikhoyo yedwa. ₁₅Ke ukuba kubi emehlweni enu ukumkhonza uNdikhoyo, khethani ngoku, ukuba nokhonza bani na nina, phakathi koothixo baseMesopotami booyihlo noothixo bama-Amori enimi kumhlaba wawo. Kodwa mna kunye nomzi wam, siya kukhonza uNdikhoyo.”

₆Okokwam ke mna, ubomi bam sebuphalazwa njengedini; nexesha lam lokunduluka selisongekile. ₇Ndizabalazile elugqatsweni olukhulu; ngoku ndifikile entanjeni; ke lona ukholo ndilugcinile. ₈Ngoku ke sendilindelwe yimbasa, isithsaba esibonakalisa ubulungisa, eya kundithwesa sona ngaloo Mini inkulu iNkosi, uMgwebi ogweba engenaxanasi. Phofu ke asindim ndedwa olindelwe seso sithsaba, koko ngabo bonke abayithandayo iNkosi eza kufika.

₁₀Kodwa ke wena, nyana wam, uze uhambe rhoqo ekhondweni lam, ngeemfundiso, ngokuziphatha, ngeenjongo, ngokholo, ngomonde, nangothando, nangokunyamezela ₁₁ngexesha leentshutshiso, nasebunzimeni. Izinto ezandihlelayo eAntiyokwe, eIkoniyo, naseListra, uyazi ukuba ndazithwala, iNkosi indihlangula kuzo zonke. ₁₂Kambe intshutshiso yomfikela nawuphi na umKrestu ofuna ukuhlala esoyika iNkosi. ₁₃Kodwa zona izikhohlakali nezikrelemnqa ziya kuqhuba zisuka ebubini ziye kobungaphezulu ububi, zihamba zikhohlisa, zikhohliswa nazo. ₁₄Ke wena yayamana rhoqo neenyaniso ozifundileyo waqinisekiswa ngazo. Khumbula ukuba uzifunde kubani na. ₁₅Khumbula ukuba kwausengumntwana waqhelaniswa *neziBhalo eziNgcwele ezikunika ubulumko, khon' ukuze usindiswe ngokukholwa kuKrestu Yesu.