Bible Society of South Africa

Bible Reading Plan – Day 285

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

EkaJakobe 1

Isibingelelo

1UJakobe, inceku kaNkulunkulu neyeNkosi uJesu Kristu, uyakhonza kuzo izizwe eziyishumi nambili ezihlakazekileyo.

Ukuyala ngezilingo

2Bazalwane bami, nxa nehlelwa yizilingo ngezilingo, anothi kungukuthokoza kodwa, 3nazi ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokukholwa kwenu kuveza ukukhuthazela. 4Kepha ukukhuthazela makube nomsebenzi opheleleyo, ukuze nibe ngabapheleleyo nabangenacala abangasweli lutho. 5Uma-ke kukhona kini oswela ukuhlakanipha, makacele kuNkulunkulu obapha bonke ngobuhle engajakadi, khona uyakuphiwa. 6Kepha makacele ngokukholwa engangabazi ngalutho; ngokuba ongabazayo unjengedlambi lolwandle eliqhutshwa, ligujiswa ngumoya. 7Ngakho makangasho lowo muntu ukuthi uyakwamukeliswa utho yiNkosi, 8umuntu onhliziyombili oguquguqukayo ezindleleni zakhe zonke.

9Umzalwane ophansi makazincome ngokuphakama kwakhe, 10kepha oyisicebi makazincome ngobuphansi bakhe, ngokuba njengembali yotshani uyakudlula. 11Ngokuba ilanga liphuma libalele, libunisa utshani, imbali yabo iwele phansi, nobuhle besimo sabo bunyamalale; kanjalo nesicebi siyakudlula ezindleleni zaso.

12Ubusisiwe umuntu okhuthazela ekulingweni; ngokuba esevivinyekile uyakwamukeliswa umqhele wokuphila othenjisiwe yiNkosi kwabayithandayo.

13Umuntu oyengwayo makangasho ukuthi: “Ngiyengwa nguNkulunkulu,” ngokuba uNkulunkulu angeyengwe ngokubi, naye uqobo akayengi muntu. 14Kepha yilowo nalowo uyengwa ehuhwa ngezakhe izinkanuko, ehungwa; 15uma inkanuko isithathile, ibeletha isono; nesono sesiphelelisiwe, sizala ukufa.

16Ningadukiswa, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. 17Izipho zonke ezinhle neziphiwo zonke ezipheleleyo zivela phezulu, zehla kuYise wokukhanya okungekho kuye ukuguquka nasithunzi sokuphenduka. 18Ngokuthanda kwakhe wasizala ngezwi leqiniso, ukuze sibe ngabokuqala bezidalwa zakhe.

Ukuyala ngokukholwa okunezenzo

19Niyakwazi lokho, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. Yilowo nalowo muntu makasheshe ukuzwa, aphuze ukukhuluma, aphuze ukuthukuthela; 20ngokuba ulaka lomuntu alusebenzi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu. 21Ngakho lahlani yonke insila nokubi okuvamileyo, namukele ngomoya omnene izwi elitshaliweyo elinamandla okusindisa imiphefumulo yenu.

22Yibani ngabalenzayo izwi, ningabi ngabalizwayo kuphela, nizikhohlisa. 23Ngokuba uma umuntu engolizwayo izwi engesiye olenzayo, lowo ufana nomuntu obuka ubuso bakhe bemvelo esibukweni; 24ngokuba uyazibuka, amuke, akhohlwe masinyane ukuthi wayengonjani. 25Kepha obukisisa emthethweni opheleleyo wenkululeko nohlala kuwo, engesiye ozwayo nje akhohlwe, kodwa engowenzayo asebenze, lowo uzakuba ngobusisiweyo ekwenzeni kwakhe.

26Uma umuntu esho ukuthi uyikholwa, engabophi ulimi lwakhe kungathi ngetomu kodwa ekhohlisa inhliziyo yakhe, ukukhonza kwalowo kuyize. 27Ukukhonza okumhlophe okungenabala phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba yilokhu ukuhambela izintandane nabafelokazi osizini lwabo nokuzigcina kungabi yicala lokwezwe.

EkaJakobe 2

Abazalwane mabangakhethi abantu

1Bazalwane bami, ukukholwa kwenu yiNkosi yethu yenkazimulo uJesu Kristu makungabi nokukhetha abantu. 2Ngokuba uma kungena esinagogeni* lenu umuntu onendandatho yegolide nezingubo ezicwebezelayo, kungene nompofu onezingubo ezimbi, 3nimbheke ogqokile izingubo ezicwebezelayo, nithi: “Hlala lapha wena kulendawo enhle,” besenithi kompofu: “Yima lapho wena,” noma: “Hlala phansi kwesenabelo sezinyawo zami,” 4anikhethi yini, nibe ngabahluleli abanezizindlo ezimbi na?

5Yizwani, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. UNkulunkulu akakhethanga yini abampofu ezweni babe ngabacebileyo ekukholweni nezindlalifa zombuso awuthembisa bona abamthandayo na? 6Kepha nina namdumaza ompofu. Abacebileyo abanicindezeli yini, abanihuduleli emacaleni na? 7Abahlambalazi igama elihle enibizwa ngalo na?

8Kepha uma nigcina umthetho wobukhosi ngokombhalo wokuthi: “Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena,” nenza kahle; 9kodwa uma nikhetha abantu, nenza isono, nilahlwa ngumthetho njengabaweqayo. 10Ngokuba ogcina wonke umthetho kepha akhubeke kowodwa, unecala kuyo yonke. 11Ngokuba yena owathi: “Ungaphingi,” wathi futhi: “Ungabulali,” uma-ke ungaphingi kepha ubulale, ungoweqa umthetho.

12Khulumani kanjalo, nenze kanjalo njengokufanele abayakwahlulelwa ngomthetho wenkululeko. 13Ngokuba ukwahlulelwa okungenasihawu kuyakumehlela ongenzi isihawu; isihawu sizigabisa ekwahlulelweni.

Ukukholwa kufanele kube nezenzo

14Kusizani, bazalwane bami, uma umuntu ethi unokukholwa, kepha engenayo imisebenzi na? Ukukholwa kungamsindisa na? 15Uma umzalwane noma umzalwanekazi behamba ze, beswela ukudla kwemihla ngemihla, 16kusho omunye kini kubo ukuthi: “Hambani nibe nokuthula, nifudumale; nisuthe,” kepha ningabaphi lokho okudingwa ngumzimba, lokhu kusizani na? 17Kanjalo-ke nokukholwa, uma kungenayo imisebenzi, kufile ngokwakho.

18Kepha omunye uyakuthi: “Wena unokukholwa, mina nginemisebenzi,” ngibonise ukukholwa kwakho ngaphandle kwemisebenzi, nami ngizakukukhombisa ukukholwa ngemisebenzi yami. 19Wena uyakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu munye na? Wenza kahle; namademoni ayakholwa, athuthumele.

20Kepha wena muntu ongelutho uyathanda ukuqonda ukuthi ukukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kuyize na? 21U-Abrahama ubaba wayengalungisiswa yini ngemisebenzi enikela ngendodana yakhe u-Isaka e-altare na? 22Uyabona ukuthi ukukholwa kwasebenza kanye nemisebenzi yakhe nokuthi ukukholwa kwapheleliswa ngemisebenzi, 23kwagcwaliseka umbhalo othi: “Kepha u-Abrahama wakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga,” wabizwa ngokuthi umhlobo kaNkulunkulu. 24Niyabona ukuthi umuntu uyalungisiswa ngemisebenzi, kungengokukholwa kuphela.

25Kanjalo-ke noRahabi isifebe wayengalungisiswa ngemisebenzi yini, ezamukele izithunywa eziphumisa ngenye indlela na? 26Ngokuba njengalokhu umzimba ngaphandle komoya ufile, kanjalo nokukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kufile.

EkaJakobe 3

Izono zolimi

1Ningabi ngabafundisi abaningi, bazalwane bami, nazi ukuthi siyakwamukeliswa ukwahlulelwa okukhulu. 2Ngokuba sonke siyakhubeka ngokuningi; uma umuntu engakhubeki ngazwi, lowo uyindoda epheleleyo enamandla okubamba nomzimba wonke kungathi ngetomu.

3Uma-ke sifaka amatomu emilonyeni yamahashi ukuba asilalele, siqondisa nomzimba wonke wawo. 4Bhekani nemikhumbi, ingaka nje, iqhutshwa yimimoya enamandla, iqondiswa ngephini elincinyane, lapho umshayeli efuna ukuyiqondisa khona. 5Lunjalo nolimi; luyisitho esincane, kanti luyazigabisa kakhulu. Bhekani umlilo omncane uvuthisa ihlathi elingaka; 6nolimi lungumlilo, ulimi lumi luyizwe lokungalungi phakathi kwezitho zethu, lungcolisa umzimba wonke, luthungela ukuphila konke, luthungelwa yisihogo.

7Ngokuba yonke imvelo yezilwane, neyezinyoni, neyezikhasayo, neyeziselwandle iyathanjiswa, yebo, yathanjiswa ngemvelo yabantu; 8kepha ulimi akakho kubantu onamandla okuluthambisa; lungububi obuyaluzayo, lugcwele isihlungu esibulalayo.

9Ngalo sibonga iNkosi uBaba, nangalo siqalekisa abantu abenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; 10emlonyeni munye kuphuma ukubusisa nokuqalekisa. Akufanele, bazalwane bami, ukuba lokho kube kanjalo. 11Umthombo uyakhipha yini amnandi nababayo emgodini munye na? 12Umkhiwane, bazalwane bami, ungaba namandla yini okuthela izithelo zomnqumo, noma umvini amakhiwane na? Amanzi kasawoti angeveze amnandi.

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