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UKri­stu mkhu­lu ku­le­ngi­lo­si zo­nke

1UNku­lu­nku­lu owa­khu­lu­ma endu­lo ku­bo­ba­ba nga­ba­pro­fe­thi nge­zi­ga­ba nge­zi­ga­ba la­nge­ndle­la ezi­ne­ngia,

2 ku­le­zi­nsu­ku zo­ku­ci­nab ukhu­lu­me ki­thic nge­Ndo­da­nad, ayi­mi­see ibe yi­ndla­li­fa ye­zi­nto zo­nkef, owa­da­la nga­yog fu­thi imi­hla­bah,

3 yo­na eyi­ku­be­nye­ze­la kwe­nka­zi­mu­loi, lo­mfu­zi­se­loj uqo­bo wo­bu­kho­na ba­khe, nja­lo ithwe­le izi­nto zo­nkek nge­li­zwi la­ma­ndla ayo, la­pho isi­ye­nzi­le ngo­kwa­yo uku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­zo­no ze­thul, ya­hla­la pha­nsim nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­nen so­Bu­khu­lu obu­phe­zu­lu,

4 isi­ye­nzi­we ya­pha­ka­ma ka­khu­lu ku­le­zi­ngi­lo­si, nje­nga­lo­khu izu­ze ili­fa le­bi­zo eli­khu­luo ku­la­le­zo.

5 Ngo­ba ku­ku­yi­phi ye­zi­ngi­lo­si ake wa­tsho ku­yo uku­thi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi, mi­na la­mu­hla ngi­ku­ze­lep? Lo­ku­thi fu­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Yi­se ki­yo, yo­na-ke ibe yi­Ndo­da­na ki­miq?

6 Fu­thir mhla ephi­nda ele­thas oli­zi­bu­lot emhla­be­niu, uthi: Le­ngi­lo­si zo­nke zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­zi­mkho­nzev.

7 La­ku­zi­ngi­lo­siw uthi: Owe­nzax ingi­lo­si za­khe imi­mo­ya, le­nce­ku za­khe ila­nga­bi lo­mli­lo;

8 ko­dwa eNdo­da­ne­niy uthi: Isi­hla­lo sa­kho so­bu­kho­siz, Nku­lu­nku­lu, si­nge­sa­pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­dea; into­nga yo­mbu­so wa­kho yi­nto­nga yo­ku­lu­nga.

9 Utha­ndi­le uku­lu­nga, wa­zo­nda ubu­bi; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu, uNku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho uku­gco­bi­leb nga­ma­gco­bo ento­ko­zo ku­la­ba­na­kwe­nu.

10 Lo­ku­thi: We­na Nko­sic, eku­qa­le­ni wa­se­ke­la umhla­ba, la­ma­zu­lu ayi­mi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­kho;

11 ku­za­bhu­bha lo­khod, ko­dwa we­na umi nja­lo­nja­lo; fu­thi ku­za­gu­ga ko­nke nje­nge­si­gqo­ko,

12 la­nje­nge­se­mba­tho uza­ku­go­qa, ku­za­phe­ndu­lwa-ke; ko­dwa we­na ungu­we unja­loe, le­mi­nya­ka ya­kho ka­yi­yi­ku­phe­la.

13 Ku­ku­yi­phi-ke ye­zi­ngi­lo­si ake atsho ku­yo uku­thi: Hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mif, ngi­ze ngi­be­ke izi­tha za­kho zi­be yi­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­kho?

14 Ka­zi­si­bo yi­ni zo­nke omo­ya aba­se­be­nza­yog aba­thu­nye­lweh uku­kho­nza nge­nxa ya­la­bo aba­za­ku­dla ili­fa lo­si­ndi­soi?

UKri­stu wa­ba mnci­nya­ne ku­le­zi­ngi­lo­si okwe­si­kha­tsha­na

2Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ku­fa­ne­le si­qa­phe­li­si­se izi­nto esi­zi­zwi­le­yo, hle­zi mhla­wu­mbe si­khu­khu­lwe.

2 Ngo­ba uba ili­zwi ela­khu­lu­nywa zi­ngi­lo­si la­qi­ni­se­kaa, la­kho ko­nke uku­pha­mbu­ka lo­ku­nga­la­le­lib kwe­mu­ke­la uku­phi­ndi­se­la ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yoc,

3 thi­na si­za­phe­pha nja­nid uba si­de­le­la usi­ndi­so olu­nga­kae? Olwa­qa­laf uku­khu­lu­nywa yi­Nko­sig, lwa­qi­ni­swa ki­thih yi­la­bo abayi­zwa­yoi,

4 uNku­lu­nku­lu efa­ka­za ka­nye labo nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sojk le­zi­ma­nga­li­sol, le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla eyi­zi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bomn, lo­kwa­be­lwa ku­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leo, nje­ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­khep.

5 Ngo­ba ke­hli­se­la­nga nga­pha­nsi kwe­zi­ngi­lo­siq ili­zwe eli­za­yor, esi­khu­lu­ma nga­lo.

6 Ko­dwa omu­nyes ufa­ka­zi­let enda­we­ni ethi­le esi­thi: Umu­ntu uyi­ni, uku­thi umkhu­mbu­leu? ku­mbe indo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uku­thi uyi­na­nze?

7 Wa­me­nza wa­ba pha­nsi ka­nci­nya­ne ku­le­zi­ngi­lo­si; wa­me­thwe­sa umqhe­le we­nka­zi­mu­lo lo­du­mo; wa­mmi­sa phe­zu kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­kho;

8 izi­nto zo­nkev wa­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khe. Ngo­ba ekwe­hli­se­ni izi­nto zo­nke nga­pha­nsi kwa­khe, ka­tshi­ya­nga lu­tho olu­nge­hli­se­lwa­nga ku­ye. Ko­dwa kha­the­si ka­si­ka­zi­bo­ni izi­nto zo­nke ze­hli­se­lwe ku­yew.

9 Ko­dwa si­ya­mbo­na uJe­su, owe­nzi­wa wa­ba pha­nsi ka­nci­nya­ne ku­le­zi­ngi­lo­sixy, nge­nxa ye­nhlu­phe­ko yo­ku­faza, ethe­swe umqhe­le wo­bu­kho­si lo­du­mob, uku­ze ngo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu azwe­lec wo­nke uku­fad.

10 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­mfa­ne­lee, ezi­kho­na zo­nke izi­nto nge­nxa ya­khef, le­zi­kho­na zo­nke nga­yeg, uku­thi, la­pho ele­tha aba­ntwa­na aba­ne­ngih enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni, amphe­le­li­se umkho­khe­lii wo­si­ndi­so lwa­bo nge­zi­nhlu­phe­koj.

11 Ngo­ba la­lo­wo ongcwe­li­sa­yok la­ba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo, bo­nke ba­ve­la ko­ye­dwal; nga­le­so­si­za­tho ka­la­nhlo­nim uku­ba­bi­za ngo­ku­thi nga­ba­fo­wa­bon,

12 esi­thi: Ngi­za­tshu­ma­ye­lao ibi­zo la­kho ku­ba­fo­we­thu, ngi­za­ku­hla­be­le­la indu­mi­so pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndlap.

13 Fu­thi-ke: Mi­na ngi­za­the­mba ku­yeq. Fu­thi-ke: Kha­nge­lar mi­na la­ba­ntwa­na uNku­lu­nku­lu angi­ni­ke bo­nas.

14 Nga­kho nje­ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na be­hla­nga­nye­le inya­ma le­ga­zit, la­ye uqo­bo wa­hla­nga­nye­la kho­na lo­khou, uku­ze ngo­ku­fav amchi­the ye­naw obe­la­ma­ndla oku­fa, ongu­di­ya­bho­lax,

15 aba­khu­lu­le la­bo bo­nke aba­thiy ngo­kwe­sa­ba uku­faz impi­lo ya­bo yo­nke ba­be­ba­njwea ebu­gqi­li­nib.

16 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li ka­zi­tha­the­li izi­ngi­lo­si, ko­dwa uzi­tha­the­la inza­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma.

17 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho kwa­mfa­ne­la uku­thi abe nje­nga­ba­fowa­bo ku­zo zo­nke izi­ntocd, uku­ze abe ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu ole­si­ha­wu lo­the­mbe­ki­le­yoe ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ma­ye­la­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­luf, uku­ze enze inhla­wu­log yo­ku­thu­la nge­zo­no za­ba­ntu.

18 Ngo­ba ku­lo­khuh ahlu­phe­ke ku­kho ye­na uqo­bo eli­ngwai, ula­ma­ndla oku­si­za aba­li­ngwa­yo.

UKri­stu mkhu­lu ku­lo­Mo­zi­si

3Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne aba­ngcwe­lea, ba­hla­nga­nye­li bo­bi­zo lwa­se­zu­lwi­nibc, qa­phe­la­ni umpho­sto­lid lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lue wo­vu­mo lwe­thu, uKri­stu Je­suf,

2 othe­mbe­ke ku­lo­wo owa­mmi­sa­yo1, nje­ngo­Mo­zi­sig la­ye wa­ye­nja­lo endli­ni ya­khe yo­nke.

3 Ngo­ba kwa­thi­wa lo ufa­ne­le udu­mo olu­khu­lu ku­lo­Mo­zi­si, nje­ngo­ba ulo­du­mo olu­khu­lu ku­le­ndlu aya­khi­le­yohi.

4 Ngo­ba yo­nke indlu ya­khi­wa ngo­thi­lej; ko­dwa owa­kha izi­nto zo­nke ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lukl.

5 UMo­zi­sim ka­mbe wa­ye­the­mbe­ki­len endli­ni yo­nke ya­khe nje­nge­nce­kuo, ku­ze ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi be­zi­nto ebe­zi­za­khu­lu­nywap;

6 ko­dwa uKri­stu nje­nge­ndo­da­na phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­kheq; esi­yi­ndlu ya­khe thi­nar, uba-ke si­ba­mbe­le­las ngo­ku­qi­na isi­bi­ndit lo­ku­zi­qhe­nyau kwe­the­mbav ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­niw.

Aba­kho­lwa­yo ka­ba­nga­de­le­li ili­zwi la­khe

7 Nga­kho nje­ngo­ba uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lex esi­thi: La­mu­hlay uba li­li­zwa ili­zwi la­khe,

8 li­nga­ze­nzi zi­be lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo ze­nu, nje­nge­ku­cu­nu­le­ni, ngo­su­ku lo­ku­li­ngwa enka­nga­la,

9 la­pho oyi­hlo ba­ngi­li­nga, be­ngi­hlo­la, ba­se­be­bo­na imi­se­be­nzi ya­mi okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nez;

10 nga­kho nga­si­thu­ku­the­le­la le­so­si­zu­ku­lwa­na, nga­thi: Ba­ya­du­ha ko­ku­phe­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni; la­la­ba ka­ba­za­za­nga indle­la za­mi;

11 nga­ze nga­fu­ngaa eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mi nga­thi: Ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na2 eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­mi.

12 Na­nze­le­la­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, hle­zi ku­za­ku­ba kho­na lo­ba ni­ni pha­ka­thi ko­mu­nye we­nu inhli­zi­yo embi yo­ku­nga­kho­lwa, eku­du­he­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yob;

13 ko­dwa khu­tha­za­na­nic insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, ku­sa­thi­wa la­mu­hla, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ki­ni owe­nzi­wa lu­khu­ni nge­nko­hli­so ye­so­nod;

14 ngo­ba se­si­be nga­ba­hla­nga­nye­li ba­ka­Kri­stu, uba-ke si­ba­mbi­si­sae isi­qa­lo so­ku­qi­ni­se­kaf ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­nig;

15 ku­sa­thi­wa: La­mu­hlah uba li­li­zwa ili­zwi la­khe, li­nga­ze­nzi zi­be lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo ze­nu, nje­nge­ku­cu­nu­le­ni.

16 Ngo­ba aba­nyei se­be­zwi­le ba­thu­ku­the­li­saj, ko­dwa ka­ku­si­bo bo­nkek la­bo aba­phu­ma eGi­bhi­the ngo­Mo­zi­si.

17 Ko­dwa ngo­ba­ni athu­ku­the­li­swa yi­bo okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne? Ka­ku­si­bo la­bo abo­na­yo yi­ni, aba­zi­du­mbu za­bo za­we­la enka­nga­lalm?

18 Ngo­ba­ni-ke afu­nga ki­bon uku­thi ka­ba­zu­ku­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­khe, nga­pha­ndle kwa­la­bo aba­nga­la­le­la­ngao?

19 Nga­kho si­ya­bo­na uku­thi ba­be­nge­la­ku­nge­nap nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­kho­lwaq.

Uku­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

4Nga­kho, ka­se­sa­be, hle­zi, la­pho si­se­kho­na isi­the­mbi­so so­ku­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­khe, ku­be kho­na omu­nye we­nu obo­na­ka­laa ese­hlu­le­kab uku­fi­nye­le­la ku­kho;

2 ngo­ba la­thi sa­tshu­nya­ye­zwa iva­nge­li, nje­nga­boc; ko­dwa ili­zwi aba­li­zwa­yo1 ka­li­ba­si­za­nga bo­na, lo­khu li­nga­hla­nga­na­nga lo­kho­lod ku­la­bo aba­li­zwa­yo;

3 ngo­ba thi­na esi­kho­lwa­yo si­ya­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni, nje­ngo­ba wa­tsho uku­thie: Nje­ngo­ba ngi­fu­ngi­lef eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mi nga­thi: Ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­mi; la­nxa imi­se­be­nzi ya­yi­qe­di­we ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ke­lwe­ni ko­mhla­bag.

4 Ngo­ba utshi­loh kwe­nye inda­wo ngosu­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­nje: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­phu­mu­la ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­khe yo­nkei;

5 la­ku­linda­wo uthi fu­thi: Ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­mij.

6 Nga­kho lo­khu ku­sa­le­le uku­thi aba­nye ba­nge­ne ku­kho, la­la­bok aba­tshu­nya­ye­zwa iva­nge­li ku­qa­la ka­ba­nge­na­ngal ngo­ku­nga­la­le­li,

7 ubu­ye aqu­me usu­ku olu­thi­le athi: La­mu­hla, utsho ngo­Da­vi­dam, emva kwe­si­kha­thi esi­nga­kan, nje­ngo­kwa­tshi­wo uku­thi: La­mu­hlao uba li­za­li­zwa ili­zwi la­khe, li­nga­ze­nzi zi­be lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo ze­nu.

8 Ngo­ba uba uJo­shu­wa wa­ye­ba­phu­mu­zi­le, wa­ye­nga­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma emva kwa­lo­khu ngo­lu­nye usu­ku.

9 Nga­kho ku­ba­sa­le­le aba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­phu­mu­la kwe­sa­ba­tha.

10 Ngo­ba onge­ni­le­yo eku­phu­mu­le­ni kwa­khep la­ye use­phu­mu­le emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­khe, nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kwe­ya­khe.

11 Nga­kho asi­khu­tha­le­le uku­nge­na ku­lo­kho­ku­phu­mu­la, uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­we­la ku­le­si­si­bo­ne­loqr so­ku­nga­la­le­lis.

12 Ngo­ba ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut li­phi­li­le, li­la­ma­ndlau, li­bu­kha­liv ku­la­lo­ba yi­yi­phi inke­mba esi­ka nhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­liw, li­hla­ba ku­ze ku­be se­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swe­ni ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo lo­mo­yax, la­ma­lu­nga lo­mnka­ntsho, nja­lo li­ngu­mhlo­li okha­li­phi­le­yo we­mi­ca­ba­ngoy le­zi­zi­ndlo ze­nhli­zi­yoz.

13 Fu­thi ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­da­li­we­yo olu­nga­bo­na­ka­li­yo pha­mbi kwa­khea; ko­dwa zo­nke izi­nto ze­mbu­li­web zi­so­ba­la eme­hlwe­ni akhe esi­lo­ku­zi­la­nda ku­ye.

UKri­stu ungu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu ka­khu­lu

14 Nga­kho lo­khu si­lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu ka­khu­luc, odlu­le­le ema­zu­lwi­nid, uJe­su iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, asi­ba­mbe­le­lee ku­si­vu­mof se­thu.

15 Ngo­ba ka­si­la­yeg umpri­sti omkhu­luh onge­la­ku­zwe­la­na lo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka be­thui, ko­dwa owa­li­ngwajk ku­kho ko­nke nje­ngathi, e­nge­la­so­nol.

16 Nga­khom ka­si­so­nde­le nge­si­bi­ndin esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mu­sa, uku­ze se­mu­ke­le isi­ha­wu, si­tho­le umu­sa wo­si­zoo nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo.

5Ngo­ba wo­nke umpri­sti omkhu­lua, otha­thwa eba­ntwi­ni, umi­se­lwa aba­ntu ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ma­ye­la­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lub, uku­ze ani­ke­lec izi­pho le­mi­hla­tshe­lod nge­nxa ye­zo­noe;

2 onga­ba­be­ke­ze­le­laf aba­nga­zi­yo la­ba­du­ha­yo, lo­khu la­ye ego­njo­lo­ze­lwe yi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kag;

3 nja­lo nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi ani­ke­le­le izo­no, nje­ngo­kwa­ba­ntuhi, ku­nja­lo la­ngo­kwa­khe.

4 Fu­thi ka­ku­la­mu­ntuj ozi­tha­the­la le inhlo­ni­phok, ko­dwa obi­zwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lul, la­nje­ngoA­ro­nim.

5 Ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­Kri­stu ka­zi­du­mi­sa­ngan ye­na uku­ba ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­luo, ko­dwa lo­wo owa­thi ku­ye: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mip, la­mu­hla mi­na ngi­ku­ze­le.

6 Nje­ngo­ba esi­tsho fu­thi kwe­nye inda­wo uku­thi: We­na ungu­mpri­stiq ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki.

7 Owa­thi ensu­kwi­ni ze­nya­ma ya­khe, ese­ni­ke­ler imi­khu­le­ko ka­nye lo­ku­nxu­sas elo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­lut la­nge­zi­nye­mbe­ziu ku­ye ola­ma­ndla oku­msi­ndi­sav eku­fe­ni, fu­thi we­zwi­waw nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba kwa­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu,

8 lo­ba eyi­Ndo­da­nax, wa­fu­nda uku­la­le­lay ezi­ntwe­ni ahlu­phe­ka nga­zo,

9 ese­phe­le­li­si­wez wa­ba yi­si­su­sa so­si­ndi­so olu­la­pha­ka­de ki­bo bo­nke aba­mla­le­la­yoa;

10 ebi­zwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­thi ungu­mpri­sti omkhu­lub ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki.

11 Esi­lo­ku­ne­ngi esi­nga­ku­tshoc nga­ye fu­thi oku­lu­khu­ni uku­li­cha­si­se­lad, lo­khu se­la­ba bu­thu­ndu eku­zwe­nie.

12 Ngo­ba la­pho ebe­li­fa­ne­le uku­ba nga­ba­fu­ndi­si, nge­nxa ye­si­kha­thif, li­swe­la fu­thi uku­thi ku­be kho­na oli­fu­ndi­sa­yo, uku­thi zi­yi­ni izi­mi­so za­ku­qa­lagh za­ma­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui; se­li­nga­ba­fa­ne­lej ucha­gok, ku­nge­yi­si­kho-ke uku­dla oku­qi­ni­le­yo.

13 Ngo­ba wo­nke odla ucha­go ka­la­lwa­zi olu­phe­le­le­yo eli­zwi­ni lo­ku­lu­nga; ngo­ba uyi­nga­nel.

14 Ko­dwa uku­dla oku­qi­ni­le­yo ku­ngo­kwa­ba­khu­li­le­yo1, ase­be­se­be­nzi­se izi­ngqo­ndo ngo­kwe­jwa­ye­lam ekwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­nino ko­nke oku­hle lo­ku­bi.

Ku­hle uku­qhu­be­ke­la ko­ku­phe­le­le­yo

6Nga­kho, si­tshi­yaa izi­nto za­ku­qa­la1 ze­mfu­ndi­so ka­Kri­stu, ka­si­qhu­be­ke­le ko­ku­phe­le­le­yob, si­nga­be­ki fu­thi isi­se­ke­lo so­ku­phe­ndu­ka emi­se­be­nzi­ni efi­le­yoc, le­so­kho­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu,

2 ese­mfu­ndi­so ye­nhlo­bo zo­bha­bha­thi­zod, le­so­ku­be­ka iza­ndlae, le­so­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yof, le­so­kwa­hlu­le­lwa oku­la­pha­ka­deghi.

3 La­lo­khu si­za­kwe­nza, nxa uNku­lu­nku­lu evu­maj.

4 Ngo­ba ka­ku­la­kwe­nze­kakl uku­thi la­bo ase­ba­ke ba­kha­nyi­swam, ba­na­mbi­tha isi­pho se­zu­lwi­nin, ba­ba nga­ba­hla­nga­nye­lio ba­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lep,

5 ba­na­mbi­thaq ili­zwi eli­hle li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur, la­ma­ndlas eli­zwe eli­za­yot,

6 ba­se­be­hla­mu­ka, la­bo-ke uku­thi ba­bu­ye ba­vu­se­lwe eku­phe­ndu­ke­niu, lo­khu be­phi­nda be­zi­be­the­le­la iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv, beyi­the­la ihla­zo oba­law;

7 ngo­ba umhla­ba­thix ona­tha izu­luy eli­fi­ka ka­ne­ngi phe­zu kwa­wo, ubu­su­mi­li­sa imi­bhi­da eba­si­za­yoza la­bo oli­nywa yi­bo, we­mu­ke­la isi­bu­si­so esi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lub;

8 ko­dwa lo­wo ove­za ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yoc, uya­li­wad use­du­zee lo­ku­qa­le­ki­swaf, oku­phe­la kwa­kho ku­se­ku­tshi­swe­nig.

9 Ko­dwa si­qi­ni­se­ka nga­ni izi­nto ezi­ngco­noh, ba­tha­nde­ka­yo, le­zi­qo­nde­ne lo­si­ndi­so, la­nxa si­khu­lu­ma nja­lo;

10 ngo­bai uNku­lu­nku­luj ka­yi­su­ye onga­lu­nga­nga uku­thi akho­hlwe umse­be­nzi we­nuk lo­mse­be­nzi onzi­ma wo­tha­ndolm ela­lu­bo­na­ka­li­san ebi­zwe­ni la­khe, ngo­ku­se­be­nze­la aba­ngcwe­leo lisa­ba­se­be­nze­la.

11 Ko­dwa si­fi­sa uku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­nu aku­bo­na­ka­li­sep lo­khu­ku­khu­tha­laq eku­qi­ni­se­ke­ni oku­phe­le­le­yor kwe­the­mba eku­phe­le­nis;

12 uku­ze li­nga­bi nga­ba­vi­la­pha­yot, ko­dwa aba­li­ngi­si ba­bou aba­thi ngo­kho­lo la­ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­la ba­dla ili­fa le­zi­the­mbi­sovw.

Izi­the­mbi­so zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu zi­ya­vu­sa ithe­mba

13 Ngo­ba la­pho uNku­lu­nku­lu ethe­mbi­sa kuA­bra­ha­max, ngo­ba wa­ye­nge­la­ye omkhu­lu ku­laye anga­fu­nga nga­ye, wa­zi­fu­nga nga­ye uqo­boy,

14 esi­thi: Isi­bi­liz ngi­za­ku­bu­si­sa lo­ku­ku­bu­si­sa, lo­kwa­ndi­sa ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa.

15 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo ese­be­ke­ze­le wa­zu­za isi­the­mbi­soa.

16 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li aba­ntu ba­ya­fu­nga ngo­mkhu­lu kula­bo, le­si­fu­ngob so­ku­qi­ni­sac si­yi­si­phe­tho sa­kho ko­nke uku­phi­ki­sa­na ki­bod.

17 Okwa­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­kho, etha­nda uku­bo­ni­sa ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo ka­khu­lu ku­zi­ndla­li­fae ze­si­the­mbi­sof uku­nga­phe­ndu­kig kwe­ce­bo la­khe, wa­la­mu­la nge­si­fu­ngoh,

18 uku­ze, nge­zi­nto ezi­mbi­lii ezi­nga­phe­ndu­ki­yoj, oku­ku­zo oku­nge­la­kwe­nze­ka uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu aqa­mbe ama­nga nga­zok, si­be le­ndu­du­zo ela­ma­ndla, thi­na esi­ba­le­ke­le uku­thi si­ba­mbe­le­la ethe­mbe­nil eli­be­kwe pha­mbi kwe­thum;

19 esi­la­lo nje­nge­ngwe­gwen yo­mphe­fu­mu­lo eqi­ni­le­yo le­gxi­li­le­yo, li­nge­nao ko­ku­pha­ka­thi kwe­ve­yi­lip;

20 la­pho isi­gi­ji­mi esi­ngu­ma­ndu­le­liq sa­si­nge­ne­la kho­na, uJe­su, esa­ba ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lur epha­ka­de­nis ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki.

UKri­stu ungu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu nje­ngo­Me­lki­ze­de­ki

7Ngo­ba uMe­lki­ze­de­kia lo, inko­si ye­Sa­le­mab, umpri­sti ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nkec, owa­hla­nga­be­za uA­bra­ha­ma mhla ebu­ya eku­bu­la­le­ni ama­kho­si, wa­se­mbu­si­sa,

2 uA­bra­ha­ma la­ye wa­ma­be­la okwe­tshu­mi kwa­kho ko­nked; ku­qa­la uphe­ndu­le­lwa ngo­ku­thi inko­si yo­ku­lu­nga, emva kwa­lo­khu be­se­kuthi­wa fu­thi inko­si ye­Sa­le­mae, oku­yi­ku­thi inko­si yo­ku­thu­laf;

3 ka­la­yi­se, ka­la­ni­na, ka­la­se­ndo, ka­la­ku­qa­la kwe­nsu­ku ku­mbe uku­phe­la kwe­mpi­lo, ko­dwa ese­nzi­we wa­fa­na­na le­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug, uhla­la engu­mpri­sti la­pha­ka­deh.

4 Bo­na­ni-ke uku­thi mkhu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni lo, ngi­tshoi uA­bra­ha­ma ukho­khoj amni­ka okwe­tshu­mi kwe­zi­mpa­ngo.

5 La­la­bo aba­ve­la ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Le­vik abe­mu­ke­la ubu­pri­sti ba­lo­mla­yo wo­kwe­mu­ke­la okwe­tshu­mi eba­ntwi­ni ngo­ko­mthe­tho, oku­yi­ku­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo, la­nxa be­ve­la ekha­lwe­ni lu­kaA­bra­ha­mal;

6 ko­dwa ye­na onga­ba­le­lwa ose­ndwe­ni lwa­bo, we­mu­ke­la okwe­tshu­mim kuA­bra­ha­ma, wa­se­mbu­si­san lo­wo owa­ye­le­zi­the­mbi­soo.

7 Nja­lo ku­nge­la­ku­phi­kwap ngi­tsho uku­thi: Omnci­nya­ne ubu­si­swa ngo­mkhu­lu.

8 La­pha-ke aba­ntu aba­fa­yo be­mu­ke­la okwe­tshu­mi; ko­dwa la­pho ese­mu­ke­la lo­wo oku­fa­ka­zwaq nga­ye uku­thi uya­phi­lar.

9 Ku­nga­tshi­wo-ke, uLe­vi la­ye owe­mu­ke­la okwe­tshu­mi wa­ni­ke­la okwe­tshu­mi ngoA­bra­ha­ma;

10 ngo­ba wa­ye­se­se­kha­lwe­ni lu­ka­yi­ses, mhla uMe­lki­ze­de­kit emhla­nga­be­za.

11 Nga­kho-ke uba kwa­ku­kho­na uku­phe­le­lau ngo­bu­pri­sti bu­ka­Le­vi (ngo­ba isi­zwe sa­ni­kwa umla­yov nga­pha­nsi kwa­bo), kwa­ku­sa­swe­le­ke­la­ni uku­thi ku­ve­le omu­nye umpri­sti ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­kiw, lo­ku­nga­tshi­wo ngo­kwe­ndle­la kaA­ro­ni?

12 Ngo­ba uba ubu­pri­sti bu­phe­ndu­lwa, ku­ya­di­nge­ka uku­thi ku­be kho­na lo­ku­phe­ndu­lwa ko­mla­yo.

13 Ngo­ba lo­wo oku­khu­lu­nywa nga­ye le­zi­zi­nto ungo­we­si­nye isi­zwex, oku­nga­ba­nga kho­na ku­so owa­na­ke­ke­la ila­thi.

14 Ngo­ba ku­so­ba­la uku­thi iNko­si ye­thuyz ya­ve­laa ko­Ju­dab, isi­zwe uMo­zi­si anga­khu­lu­ma­nga lu­tho nga­so ma­ye­la­na lo­bu­pri­sti.

15 Nja­lo ku­se­so­ba­la ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu, uba se­ku­si­ma omu­nye umpri­sti nje­ngo­ko­fu­zo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki,

16 onge­nzi­wa­nga ngo­ko­mthe­tho we­si­mi­so se­nya­mac, ko­dwa ngo­kwa­ma­ndla empi­lo enge­la­ku­phe­la;

17 ngo­ba ufa­ka­zad esi­thi: We­na ungu­mpri­stie ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki.

18 Ngo­ba uku­be­kwa ece­le­ni ko­mthe­tho wo­ku­qa­la kwe­nzi­wa nge­nxafg yo­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka lo­ku­nga­si­zi lu­tho kwa­wo;

19 ngo­ba umla­yohi ka­wu­za­nga we­nze ulu­tho lu­phe­le­le, ko­dwa uyi­si­nge­ni­so se­the­mba eli­ngco­nojk, esi­so­nde­lal nga­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

20 Nja­lo oku­nga­ngo­ku­thi kenzi­wa­nga nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­fu­ngo,

21 (ngo­ba bo­na ba­ba nga­ba­pri­sti nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­fu­ngo1, ko­dwa ye­na nge­si­fu­ngo, nga­lo­wo owa­thi ku­ye: INko­si ya­fu­ngam nja­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­zi­so­lan ya­thi: We­na ungu­mpri­sti ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni ngo­ko­hlo­bo lu­ka­Me­lki­ze­de­ki)

22 nga­lo­kho uJe­su wa­ba yi­si­ba­mbi­soo se­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­ngco­nopqr.

23 La­la­bo ba­be­ba­ne­ngi aba­ba nga­ba­pri­sti, ngo­ba ba­vi­nje­lwa yi­ku­fa uku­thi ba­hla­le nja­lo;

24 ko­dwa lo, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uhla­la ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­des, ulo­bu­pri­sti obu­nga­dlu­li­yo.

25 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho la­ye ula­ma­ndla oku­si­ndi­sa ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yot2 abe­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­yeuv, lo­khu ephi­le­la nja­lo uku­ba­nxu­se­law.

26 Ngo­ba umpri­sti omkhu­lux onja­lo usi­fa­ne­le, ongcwe­ley, onge­la­ca­la,z onge­la­si­ci, owe­hlu­ka­ni­swe le­zo­nia, lo­we­nzi­wa wa­pha­ka­ma ku­la­ma­zu­lub;

27 onga­di­ngi insu­ku nge­nsu­kuc, nje­nga­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu, uku­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ese­nze­la eza­khe izo­no ku­qa­lad, emva kwa­lo­kho eza­ba­ntue; ngo­ba lo­kho wa­kwe­nzaf ka­nyeg mhla ezi­ni­ke­la ye­na.

28 Ngo­ba umla­yo uya­mi­sa aba­ntu ba­be nga­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu, aba­lo­bu­tha­ka­tha­kah; ko­dwa ili­zwi le­si­fu­ngoi ela­la­nde­la umla­yo la­mi­sa iNdo­da­naj ephe­le­li­si­we­yok ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

Ubu­pri­sti bu­ka­Kri­stu bu­khu­lu ku­la­lo­bo oba­ma­Ju­da

8Nga­kho isi­qo­ko­qe­la se­zi­nto esa­zi­khu­lu­ma­yo yi­ku­thi: Si­lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lua onje, owa­hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­neb se­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­Mkhu­lu ema­zu­lwi­nic,

2 isi­kho­nzid senda­wo ezi­ngcwe­lee1 le­se­tha­bha­ne­ke­le eli­qo­thof, iNko­si eya­li­mi­sa­yog, nja­lo ku­nge­si­mu­ntu;

3 ngo­ba wo­nke umpri­sti omkhu­lu umi­se­lwe uku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo le­mi­hla­tshe­loh; nga­kho ku­ya­di­nge­ka uku­thi la­ye abe la­kho oku­thi­le anga­ku­ni­ke­lai.

4 Ngo­ba uba ube­se­mhla­be­ni, ube­nge­yi­ku­ba ngu­mpri­sti la­ka­nye, ngo­ba ba­kho­na aba­pri­sti aba­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo ngo­ko­mla­yoj,

5 aba­kho­nza isi­bo­ne­lok le­si­thu­nzi se­zi­nto ze­zu­lwi­nil, nje­ngo­Mo­zi­si ela­ywe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­za­kwe­nza itha­bha­ne­ke­lem, ngo­ba wa­thin: Qa­phe­lao uku­thi we­nze zo­nke izi­nto nje­ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so owa­bo­ni­swa wo­na enta­be­ni.

6 Ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke uzu­ze inko­nzop enhle ka­khu­luq, nje­nga­lo­khu la­ye engu­mla­mu­lir we­si­vu­me­lwa­nos2 esi­ngco­not, esi­mi­swe phe­zuu kwe­zi­the­mbi­so ezi­ngco­nov.

7 Ngo­ba uba le­sosi­vu­me­lwa­no esa­ku­qa­la be­si­nga­so­le­ki, be­ku­nga­yi­ku­di­ngwa inda­wo ye­se­si­bi­liw.

8 Ngo­ba eba­so­la uthix: Kha­nge­la insu­ku zi­ye­za, ku­tsho iNko­siy, nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu ka­Ju­da;

9 esi­nge­nje­nge­si­vu­me­lwa­no enga­se­nza la­bo­yi­sez mhla ngi­ba­ba­mba nge­sa­ndla uku­ba­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the; ngo­ba bo­na ka­ba­hla­la­nga esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni sa­mi, la­mi ka­ngi­ba­na­nza­nga, itsho iNko­sia.

10 Ngo­ba yi­le­sib isi­vu­me­lwa­noc engi­za­vu­me­la­na nga­so le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li emva kwa­le­zo­nsu­ku, itsho iNko­si, ngi­za­fa­ka3 imi­la­yo ya­mi engqo­ndwe­ni ya­bo, le­nhli­zi­ywe­ni4 za­bo ngi­yi­bha­le; ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ki­bo, bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ki­mi.

11 Nja­lo ka­ba­yi­ku­fu­ndi­sa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, nja­lo ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umfo­wa­bo, esi­thi: Ya­zi iNko­si; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­za­nga­zi, ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne wa­bo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­mkhu­lu wa­bod.

12 Ngo­ba ngi­za­ku­ba le­si­ha­wu eku­nga­lu­ngi­ni kwa­bo, le­zo­no za­bo lo­bu­bi ba­bo ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­ku­khu­mbu­lae.

13 Ngo­ku­thi: Isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha, se­nze eso­ku­qa­la sa­ba nge­si­gu­gi­le­yo. Nja­lo ose­ku­gu­gi­le lo­ku­da­la se­ku­se­du­ze lo­ku­nya­ma­la­laf.

Umse­be­nzi wo­bu­pri­sti we­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­da­la

9Nga­kho isi­bi­li le­so­sivu­me­lwa­no sa­ku­qa­la sa­si­le­zi­mi­soa ze­nko­nzo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub, lenda­wo engcwe­le ye­mhla­be­nicd.

2 Ngo­ba kwa­khi­wa itha­bha­ne­ke­leef; elo­ku­qa­lag okwa­ku­kho­na ku­loh ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­nei le­ta­fu­laj le­zi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swak, eli­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thil yi­nda­wo engcwe­lem1.

3 La­nge­mva kwe­ve­yi­li le­si­bi­lin kwa­ku­kho­na itha­bha­ne­ke­le eli­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­leo,

4 li­le­si­tsha se­go­li­de so­ku­tshi­se­la impe­phap, lo­mtsho­ko­tshoq we­si­vu­me­lwa­nor ohu­qwe nge­go­li­de inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, okwa­ku­kho­na ku­wo inqa­yi ye­go­li­de ele­ma­nas, le­ndu­ku kaA­ro­nit eya­hlu­ma­yo, le­zi­bhe­bheu ze­si­vu­me­lwa­nov;

5 la­phe­zu kwa­wo ama­khe­ru­bhiw enka­zi­mu­lo asi­be­ke­le isi­hla­lo so­mu­sax; esi­nge­khu­lu­me nga­le­zi­zi­nto kha­the­si ngo­ku­khe­the­ki­le­yo.

6 Se­zi­lu­ngi­si­wey le­zi­zi­nto ngo­ku­nja­lo, aba­pri­sti ba­nge­na nja­lo­nja­loz etha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni lo­ku­qa­laa be­phe­le­li­sa imi­se­be­nzi yo­ku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lub;

7 ko­dwa kwe­le­si­bi­lic kwa­ku­nge­na ka­nye ngo­mnya­kad umpri­sti omkhu­lu ye­dwa, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­pha­ndle kwe­ga­zi, azi­ni­ke­le­la ye­nae le­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­ba­ntu;

8 uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lef utshe­ngi­sa lo­khu, uku­thi indle­lag eya enda­we­ni engcwe­leh ka­yi­ke­mbu­lwa, la­pho li­se­mi itha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­ku­qa­la;

9 okwa­ku­ngu­mfa­ne­ki­soi wa­le­so­si­kha­thij, okwa­ni­ke­lwa ku­lo ko­nke imi­ni­ke­lo le­mi­hla­tshe­lok, enge­la­khol uku­phe­le­li­sa okho­nza­yo ma­qo­nda­na le­sa­ze­la,

10 ku­phe­la ko­ku­dli­wa­yomn, lo­ku­na­thwa­yoo, lo­ku­ge­za oku­zi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bopq le­zi­mi­so ze­nya­mar, ezi­be­kwe phe­zu kwabos ku­ze ku­fi­ke isi­kha­thi so­ku­lu­ngi­si­swa.

Iga­zi li­ka­Kri­stu li­la­ma­ndla oku­hla­mbu­lu­la

11 Ko­dwa uKri­stu ese­fi­ki­le, engu­mpri­sti omkhu­lut we­zi­nto ezi­nhle ezi­za­you, nge­tha­bha­ne­ke­le eli­khu­lu le­li­phe­le­le­yov ku­leli­nye, eli­nge­nzi­wa­nga nge­za­ndlaw, oku­yi­ku­thi, eli­nge­yi­si­lo la­lo­khu­ku­da­lwa,

12 fu­thi ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­ga­zi le­zi­mbu­zi le­la­ma­tho­lex, ko­dwa nge­la­khe iga­ziy wa­nge­naz ka­nyea enda­we­ni engcwe­leb, ese­zu­zecd uku­hle­ngwa oku­la­pha­ka­dee.

13 Ngo­ba uba iga­zi le­zi­mbu­zi le­le­zi­nku­nzif, lo­mlo­tha we­tho­ka­zig, ku­fa­fa­za aba­ngco­li­le­yoh, ku­ngcwe­li­sa ku­ze ku­be se­ku­hla­mbu­lu­ke­ni kwe­nya­ma,

14 ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni iga­zi li­ka­Kri­stui, owa­thi ngo­Mo­ya opha­ka­dej wa­zi­ni­ke­lak ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu enge­la­si­cil, li­za­hla­mbu­lu­la isa­ze­la se­num emi­se­be­nzi­ni efi­le­yon, uku­kho­nzao uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yop?

UKri­stu ungu­mla­mu­li we­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha

15 La­nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ungu­mla­mu­liq we­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tshars, uku­ze, lo­khu uku­fat se­ku­fi­ki­leu eku­hle­nge­ni kwe­zi­pha­mbe­kov nge­si­kha­thi se­si­vu­me­lwa­no so­ku­qa­la, aba­bi­zi­we­yow be­mu­ke­lex isi­the­mbi­so se­li­fa la­pha­ka­deyza.

16 Ngo­ba la­pho oku­kho­na incwa­di ye­li­fab, ku­fu­ne­ka uku­thi ku­bi­kwe uku­fa ko­me­nzi we­ncwa­di ye­li­fa.

17 Ngo­bac incwa­di ye­li­fa ise­be­nza kwa­ba­fi­le­yod, lo­khu ka­yi­ka­bi la­ma­ndla la­pho ephi­la ume­nzi we­ncwa­di ye­li­fa.

18 Nga­kho la­so eso­ku­qa­lae ka­si­mi­swa­nga nga­pha­ndle kwe­ga­zif.

19 Ngo­ba la­pho usu­me­nye­ze­lwe umthe­tho wo­nke ngo­ko­mla­yo ngu­Mo­zi­si eba­ntwi­ni bo­nkeg, wa­tha­tha iga­zih la­ma­tho­le le­le­mbu­zii, ka­nye la­ma­nzij lo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu obu­bo­mvukl le­hi­so­pe*mn, wa­fa­fa­za ko­ku­bi­li ugwa­lo uqo­bo la­ba­ntu bo­nke,

20 esi­thi: Le­li li­ga­zio le­si­vu­me­lwa­no uNku­lu­nku­lu ali­la­ya nga­so.

21 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­se­fa­fa­zap nge­ga­zi le­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­zi­tsha zo­nke ze­nko­nzoq.

22 Nja­lo pho­se zo­nke izi­nto zi­hla­nju­lu­lwa nge­ga­zi ngo­ko­mthe­tho, la­nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­chi­the­ka kwe­ga­zi ka­ku­bi kho­na uthe­the­le­lor.

23 Ngo­ku­nja­lo kwa­ku­di­nge­ka uku­thi imi­fa­ne­ki­sos ye­zi­nto ze­ma­zu­lwi­ni ihla­nju­lu­lwe nga­le­zi­zi­nto, ko­dwa izi­nto ze­zu­lwi­ni uqo­bo nge­mi­hla­tshe­lo engco­no ku­la­le.

24 Ngo­ba uKri­stut ka­nge­na­nga enda­we­ni ezi­ngcwe­leu eze­nzi­we nge­za­ndlav, ezi­ngu­mfa­ne­ki­sow we­zi­qo­thox, ko­dwa ezu­lwi­ni uqo­boy, uku­thi kha­the­si abo­na­ka­le­le thi­naz pha­mbi ko­bu­so bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu;

25 ku­nge­yi­si­ku­thi fu­thi uku­ze azi­ni­ke­le ka­ne­ngi, nje­nga­lo­khu umpri­sti omkhu­lua enge­na enda­we­ni engcwe­leb umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka le­ga­zi lo­ku­nye;

26 uba kwa­ku­nja­lo wa­ye­me­le uku­hlu­phe­ka ka­ne­ngi se­lo­khu kwa­se­ke­lwa umhla­bac; ko­dwa kha­the­si ubo­na­ka­li­swe ka­nyed eku­phe­le­ni kwe­si­kha­thie uku­ze asu­se izo­no ngo­mhla­tshe­lo wa­khe uqo­bof.

27 Nja­lo nje­nga­lo­khu ku­mi­se­lwe aba­ntu uku­thi ba­fe ka­nyeg, ko­dwa emva kwa­lo­khu ukwa­hlu­le­lwah;

28 ngo­ku­nja­lo uKri­stui, ese­ni­ke­lwe ka­nyej uku­ze athwa­le izo­no za­ba­ne­ngik, ngo­kwe­si­bi­li uza­bo­na­ka­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­so­no kwa­ba­mli­nde­le­yolm, ku­be lu­si­ndi­so.

Umhla­tshe­lo ka­Kri­stu mkhu­lu ku­le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ya­ma­Ju­da

10Ngo­ba umla­yo ule­si­thu­nzia se­zi­nto ezi­nhle ezi­za­yob, unge­yi­si­wo umfa­ne­ki­so oqo­tho we­zi­nto, unge­ze wa­ba la­ma­ndla nga­le­yo­mi­hla­tshe­loc eni­ke­lwa nja­lo­nja­lod imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­ka uku­be­nza ba­phe­le­le la­bo aba­so­nde­la­yoef.

2 Uba kwa­ku­nja­lo nga ka­yi­ma­nga yi­ni uku­ni­ke­lwa, ngo­ba aba­kho­nza­yo ba­be­nga­sa­yi­ku­ba la­sa­ze­la se­zo­no, se­be­hla­nju­lu­lwe ka­nye?

3 Ko­dwa ku­le­yomi­hla­tshe­log ku­kho­na uku­khu­nju­lwah kwe­zo­no umnya­ka ngo­mnya­kai;

4 ngo­ba ka­ku­la­kwe­nze­kaj uku­thi iga­zi le­zi­nku­nzi le­le­zi­mbu­zi li­su­se izo­nok;

5 nga­kho ese­fi­ka emhla­be­nil uthi: Umhla­tshe­lo lo­mni­ke­lom ka­wu­wu­tha­nda­nga, ko­dwa ungi­lu­ngi­se­le umzi­mban;

6 imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swao lemi­hla­tshe­lo ye­so­no ka­wu­yi­tho­ko­ze­la­ngap;

7 nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za (ku­mqu­lu wo­gwa­lo ku­lo­tshwe nga­mi) ukwe­nza inta­ndo ya­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu.

8 Ku­qa­la esi­thi: Umhla­tshe­lo lo­mni­ke­loq le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swar lemi­ni­ke­lo ye­zo­nos ka­wu­yi­tha­nda­nga nja­lo ka­wu­yi­tho­ko­ze­la­nga, yo­na eni­ke­lwa ngo­ko­mla­yo,

9 wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­lat, ngi­za ukwe­nza inta­ndo ya­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu. Usu­sa oko­ku­qa­la, uku­ze ami­se okwe­si­bi­li.

10 Ku­le­yo­nta­ndo si­ngcwe­li­si­weu, ngo­ku­ni­ke­lwa ko­mzi­mba ka­Je­su Kri­stuv ka­nyew.

11 La­ye wo­nke umpri­sti ka­mbe uye­ma insu­ku nge­nsu­kux ekho­nzay, nja­lo eni­ke­la ka­ne­ngi le­yo­mi­hla­tshe­loz, enga­so­ze ya­ba la­ma­ndla oku­su­sa izo­noa;

12 ko­dwa ye­na, ese­ni­ke­le umhla­tshe­lob wa­ba mu­nye nge­nxa ye­zo­no epha­ka­de­nic wa­hla­la pha­nsi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud,

13 ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si uli­nde­lee zi­ze ze­nzi­we izi­tha za­khe ise­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­khef.

14 Ngo­ba ngo­mni­ke­lo mu­nye uphe­le­li­si­leg epha­ka­de­nih la­bo aba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yoi.

15 Lo­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lej la­ye uya­fa­ka­za ki­thi; ngo­ba emva ko­ku­thi ese­tshi­lo ku­qa­la uthi:

16 Le­si yi­si­vu­me­lwa­nok engi­za­vu­me­la­na la­bol nga­so emva kwa­le­zo­nsu­ku, ku­tsho iNko­si: Ngi­za­fa­ka imi­la­yo ya­mi enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo, nja­lo ngi­za­yi­bha­la engqo­ndwe­ni za­bo;

17 le­zo­no za­bo lo­bu­bi ba­bom ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­ku­khu­mbu­le fu­thi.

18 La­pho-ke oku­kho­na uthe­the­le­lo lwa­lo­khu, ka­ku­se­la­mni­ke­lo nge­so­no.

Uku­tho­ko­zi­swa, lo­ku­xwa­yi­swa kwa­ba­kho­lwa­yo

19 Nga­khon, ba­za­lwa­ne, si­le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­nge­na kwe­zi­ngcwe­leo nge­ga­zi li­ka­Je­su,

20 nge­ndle­lap entsha le­phi­la­yo, asi­vu­le­le yo­na nge­ve­yi­liq, eli­yi­nya­ma ya­khe,

21 fu­thi si­la­ye umpri­sti omkhu­lur phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus,

22 ka­si­so­nde­le nge­nhli­zi­yo eqi­ni­si­le­yot eku­qi­ni­se­ke­ni oku­phe­le­le­yo ko­kho­lou, inhli­zi­yov zi­fa­fa­zwe esa­ze­le­ni so­ku­biw, lo­mzi­mba uge­zi­swex nga­ma­nzi acwe­bi­le­yoy;

23 ka­si­ba­mbi­si­sez isi­vu­moa se­the­mba le­thu si­nga­nyi­ki­nye­kib, ngo­ba uthe­mbe­ki­le owa­the­mbi­sa­yoc;

24 nja­lo ka­si­qa­phe­li­si­sa­ne eku­vu­se­le­nid utha­ndo le­mi­se­be­nzi emi­hle,

25 si­nga­ye­ke­lie uku­hla­nga­na kwe­thu, nje­ngo­mkhu­ba wa­ba­nyef, ko­dwa ka­si­khu­tha­leg, fu­thi ika­khu­luh, nje­ngo­ba li­bo­na usu­ku lu­so­nde­lai.

26 Ngo­ba uba si­so­naj nga­bo­mo emva ko­ku­thi se­mu­ke­lek ulwa­zi lwe­qi­ni­sol, ka­ku­se­kho umhla­tshe­lo nge­zo­nom,

27 ko­dwa uku­li­nde­la oku­thi­le okwe­sa­be­ka­yo ko­ku­la­hlwa, lo­la­ka lo­mli­lon oza­qe­da izi­tha.

28 Umu­ntuo ode­le­la umla­yo ka­Mo­zi­sip ufa nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­ha­wuq nga­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li lo­ba aba­tha­thu;

29 pho, li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi uza­thi­wa ufa­ne­le uku­je­zi­swa ka­bu­hlu­ngur ka­nga­na­ni onya­the­le­la pha­nsis iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut, nja­lo othiu iga­ziv le­si­vu­me­lwa­now, angcwe­li­swa nga­lox, li­yi­lu­tho­njey, nja­lo ode­le­la uMo­ya wo­mu­saz?

30 Ngo­ba si­ya­ma­zi owa­thi: Impi­ndi­se­loa nge­ya­mi, mi­na ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la, itsho iNko­si; fu­thi uphi­nde athi: INko­sib iza­kwa­hlu­le­la aba­ntu ba­yo.

31 Ku­ye­sa­be­kac uku­we­la eza­ndle­ni zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yod.

32 Ko­dwa khu­mbu­la­nie insu­ku za­ma­ndu­lo, okwa­thi nga­zo se­li­kha­nyi­si­wef la­khu­tha­ze­lag empi­ni enku­lu ye­zi­nhlu­phoh;

33 ko­ku­nye, la­pho le­nzi­wa umbu­ki­so nge­nhla­mba la­nge­zi­nhlu­phe­koi; ko­ku­nye, la­pho la­baj nga­ba­hla­nga­nye­lik ba­la­bo aba­be­pha­thwa ngo­ku­nja­lo.

34 Ngo­ba la­ni la­zwe­la­nal le­zi­bo­pho za­mim, la­vu­ma nge­nto­ko­zon uku­pha­ngwa kwe­mpa­hla ze­nu, li­sa­zi uku­thi nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu li­le­mpa­hla engco­no le­mi­yo ema­zu­lwi­niop.

35 Nga­kho li­nga­la­hli isi­bi­ndi se­nuq, esi­lo­mvu­zo omkhu­lurs.

36 Ngo­ba ku­me­le li­be lo­ku­be­ke­ze­lat, uku­ze ku­thi, se­li­ye­nzi­le inta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu, le­mu­ke­le isi­the­mbi­sovwx.

37 Ngo­ba ku­se­yi­si­kha­tsha­na njey, oza­yo uza­fi­kaz, nja­lo ka­zu­ku­li­ba­la;

38 ko­dwa olu­ngi­le­yo uza­phi­la ngo­kho­loa; nja­lo uba ehle­hle­la nyo­va­neb, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­tho­ko­zi nga­ye.

39 Ko­dwa thi­na ka­si­si­bo ba­la­bo aba­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne eku­bhu­ji­swe­nicd, ko­dwa ba­la­bo aba­kho­lwae eku­si­ndi­swe­ni ko­mphe­fu­mu­lof.

Ama­qha­we okho­lo

11Nga­kho ukho­lo lu­yi­ku­qi­ni­se­ka kwe­zi­nto ezi­the­njwa­yo, ubu­fa­ka­zia be­zi­nto ezi­nga­bo­nwa­yob.

2 Ngo­ba nga­loc aba­da­lad ba­fa­ka­ze­lwae.

3 Ngo­kho­lo si­bo­na uku­thi imi­hla­baf ya­da­lwag nge­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, ku­ze ku­thi izi­nto ezi­bo­nwa­yo ka­zi­ve­la­nga ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­bo­na­ka­la­yoi.

4 Ngo­kho­lo uA­be­laj wa­ni­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu umhla­tshe­lok ongco­no ku­lo­Kha­yi­ni, owa­zu­za nga­wo ubu­fa­ka­zi bo­ku­thi ulu­ngi­lel, uNku­lu­nku­lu efa­ka­ze­la izi­pho za­khem; la­nga­lo efi­len usa­khu­lu­mao1.

5 Ngo­kho­lo uE­no­kip wa­su­swa uku­ze anga­bo­ni uku­faq, nja­lo ka­tho­lwa­ngar, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­se­msu­si­le; ngo­ba enga­ka­su­swa wa­fa­ka­ze­lwas ngo­ku­thi umtho­ko­zi­si­le uNku­lu­nku­lut;

6 ko­dwa nga­pha­ndle ko­kho­lo ka­kwe­nze­ki ukumtho­ko­zi­sa; ngo­ba oza­you ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ume­le akho­lwe uku­thi ukho­na, loku­thi ungu­mvu­ziv wa­la­bo aba­mdi­ngi­si­sa­yow.

7 Ngo­kho­lo uNo­wax exwa­yi­si­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luy nge­zi­nto ebe­zi­nga­ka­bo­nwa, ese­sa­baz2, wa­kha umkhu­mbia wo­si­ndi­so lwe­ndlu ya­kheb; ala­hla umhla­ba nga­woc, wa­se­si­ba yi­ndla­li­fa yo­ku­lu­nga ngo­ko­kho­lod.

8 Ngo­kho­lo uA­bra­ha­mae wa­la­le­la ebi­zwa uku­thi aphu­me aye enda­we­ni aye­za­ye­mu­ke­la ibe yi­li­fa; wa­phu­ma, enga­zi la­pho aya kho­na.

9 Ngo­kho­lo wa­hla­laf nje­ngo­mu­ntu we­zi­zwe­ni eli­zwe­ni le­si­the­mbi­sog, nje­nge­le­mzi­ni, ehla­la ema­the­nte­nih loI­sa­ka lo­Ja­ko­bei, aba­be­yi­zi­ndla­li­fa ka­nye la­ye za­le­so­si­the­mbi­soj;

10 ngo­ba wa­ye­li­nde­le umu­zik ole­zi­se­ke­lol, omqa­mbi we­si­mo lo­ma­khi wa­wo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

11 Ngo­kho­lo la­ye uSa­ran uqo­bo wa­zu­za ama­ndla okwe­mu­ke­la inhla­nye­lo, ese­dlu­le­lwe yi­si­kha­thi so­bu­da­la wa­be­le­thao, ngo­ba wa­thip uthe­mbe­ki­leq lo­wo owa­the­mbi­sa­yor.

12 Nga­kho-ke ba­za­lwa ngo­ye­dwa, la­le­zi­zi­nto zi­ve­la ko­se­fi­les, aba­nga­nge­nka­nye­zi ze­zu­lu ngo­bu­ne­ngitu, la­nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­bev eli­se­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle eli­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa.

13 Bo­nke la­ba ba­fe­la ekho­lwe­ni3, be­nge­mu­ke­la­nga izi­the­mbi­sow, ko­dwa ba­zi­bo­ne­la kha­tsha­nax, ba­qi­ni­se­ka, bazi­go­nay, nja­lo ba­vu­maz uku­thi ba­nga­be­zi­zwea le­zi­ha­mbib emhla­be­ni.

14 Ngo­ba aba­tsho izi­nto ezi­nje ba­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ba­di­nga ili­zwe la­ki­bo.

15 Uba-ke ka­mbe ba­be­ca­ba­nga nga­le­lo aba­be­su­ke ku­lo, ba­be­nga­ba le­thu­ba lo­ku­bu­ye­la;

16 ko­dwa kha­the­si-ke ba­la­nga­tha eli­ngco­no, eli­nge­le­zu­lwi­nic; nga­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­la­nhlo­ni nga­bod, uku­thi­wa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­boe; ngo­ba uba­lu­ngi­se­lef umu­zig.

17 Ngo­kho­lo uA­bra­ha­mah wa­ni­ke­la uI­sa­ka la­pho ehlo­lwa, la­lo­wo owe­mu­ke­la izi­the­mbi­soi wa­ye­ni­ke­la oze­lwe ye­dwa wa­khej,

18 okwa­ku­thi­we ku­ye: KuI­sa­ka inza­lo ya­kho iza­bi­zwak;

19 wa­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­ma­ndla oku­vu­sa la­kwa­ba­fi­le­yol; la­pho la­ye amzu­ze eve­la kho­na ngo­ku­li­nga­ni­sam.

20 Ngo­kho­lo uI­sa­ka wa­bu­si­sa uJa­ko­be loE­sa­wun nge­zi­nto ezi­za­yo.

21 Ngo­kho­lo uJa­ko­beo ese­si­fa wa­bu­si­sa lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fap, wa­se­kho­nzaq eba­mbe­le­le phe­zu ko­do­ndo­lo lwa­kher.

22 Ngo­kho­lo uJo­se­fas ese­si­fa wa­khu­lu­ma4 ngo­ku­phu­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­se­la­ye­ze­lat nga­ma­tha­mbo akhe.

23 Ngo­kho­lo uMo­zi­siu ese­ze­lwe wa­fi­hlwa nga­ba­za­li ba­khe inya­nga ezi­nta­thu, ngo­ba ba­bo­na uku­thi ngu­mntwa­na omu­hlev; nja­lo be­nga­we­sa­bi umthe­tho we­nko­siw.

24 Ngo­kho­lo uMo­zi­si ese­khu­li­le wa­la uku­thi­wa uyi­ndo­da­na ye­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­rox,

25 ku­la­lo­kho wa­khe­tha uku­pha­thwa ku­biy ka­nye la­ba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­lo­ku­thi abe le­nto­ko­zo ye­so­no isi­kha­tsha­naz;

26 wa­thi uku­thu­kwaa ku­ka­Kri­stu ku­yi­no­tho enku­lu ku­la­ma­gu­gu eGi­bhi­the; ngo­ba wa­ye­kha­nge­le umvu­zob.

27 Ngo­kho­lo wa­tshi­ya iGi­bhi­thec, enga­lwe­sa­bi ula­ka lwe­nko­si; ngo­ba wa­qi­ni­se­la ku­nga­thi uya­mbo­nad oNga­bo­nwa­yoe.

28 Ngo­kho­lo wa­gci­nafg ipha­si­ka lo­ku­fa­fa­zwa kwe­ga­zih, uku­ze lo­woi obhu­bhi­sa ama­zi­bu­loj anga­ba­thi­nti.

29 Ngo­kho­lo ba­da­bu­la uLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu nje­nge­mhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yok; okwa­thi ama­Gi­bhi­the be­ku­li­nga lo­kho ba­mi­nzwa.

30 Ngo­kho­lo imi­du­lil ye­Je­ri­kom ya­di­li­ka, isi­bho­di­we insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

31 Ngo­kho­lo uRa­ha­bi isi­fe­ben ka­bhu­bha­nga ka­nye la­ba­nga­kho­lwa­ngao5, ese­ze­mu­ke­le izi­nhlo­lip ngo­ku­thu­laq.

32 Ngi­se­za­thi­ni? Ngo­ba ngi­nga­phe­le­lwa yi­si­kha­thi ngi­la­ndi­sa ngo­Gi­di­yo­nir lo­Ba­ra­kis lo­Sa­mso­nit lo­Je­fi­thau lo­Da­vi­dav lo­Sa­mu­we­liwx la­ba­pro­fe­thiy;

33 aba­thi ngo­kho­lo ba­nqo­ba imi­bu­soz, be­nza uku­lu­ngaa, ba­zu­za izi­the­mbi­sob, ba­va­la imi­lo­mo ye­zi­lwa­nec,

34 ba­ci­tsha ama­ndla omli­lod, ba­phe­phae ubu­kha­li be­nke­mbaf, ba­zu­za ama­ndla ebu­tha­ka­tha­ke­nigh, ba­qi­na empi­nii, ba­xo­tshaj ama­bu­thok awe­zi­zwel.

35 Abe­si­fa­za­na be­mu­ke­la aba­fi­le­yo ba­bo be­ve­la eku­vu­ke­nim; la­ba­nye ba­zwi­swa ubu­hlu­ngu, be­nge­mu­ke­li uku­khu­lu­lwa, uku­ze ba­zu­ze uku­vu­ka oku­ngco­non;

36 aba­nye ba­li­ngwa ngo­kwe­nzi­wa inhle­ki­sa lo­ku­tsha­ywao, fu­thi la­nge­zi­bo­pho la­nge­nto­lo­ngop;

37 ba­kha­ndwa nga­ma­tsheq, ba­sa­hwa pha­ka­thi, ba­li­ngwa, ba­fa eku­bu­la­we­ni nge­nke­mbar; ba­zu­la be­mbe­the izi­go­go ze­zi­mvu le­zi­go­go ze­zi­mbu­zis, ba­swe­la, ba­zwi­swa ubu­hlu­ngu, ba­pha­thwa ku­bit,

38 (u­mhla­ba onga­ba­fa­ne­la­nga bo­nau) ba­zu­la ezi­nka­nga­lav le­zi­nta­beni le­zi­mba­lwi­niw le­mi­ho­meni yo­mhla­bax.

39 La­bo bo­nke la­ba, be­fa­ka­ze­lwe ngo­kho­loy ka­ba­zu­za­nga isi­the­mbi­soz,

40 lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­si­na­ke­ke­le6 nga­pha­mbi­li oku­ngco­noa, uku­ze ku­thi nga­pha­ndle kwe­thub ba­nga­phe­le­li­swac.

Uku­be­ke­ze­la ezi­nhlu­phe­kwe­ni

12Nga­kho-ke la­thi si­go­njo­lo­ze­lwe li­ye­zi eli­khu­lu ka­nga­ka la­ba­fa­ka­zi, asi­la­hle ko­nke oku­si­nda­yo le­so­noa esisi­tha­nde­le lu­la, asi­gi­ji­meb ngo­ku­be­ke­ze­lac umja­hod esi­wu­mi­se­lwe­yoe,

2 si­kha­nge­le ku­Je­su umqa­li­si lo­mphe­le­li­si wo­kho­lo lwe­thuf, owa­thig nge­nxa ye­nto­ko­zoh ayi­mi­se­lwe­yoi, wa­qi­ni­se­la esi­pha­mba­nwe­nij, ede­le­la ihla­zok, wa­hla­lal nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne se­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

3 Nga­kho mqa­phe­li­se­nim ye­na owa­qi­ni­se­la ku­yo impi­ki­sa­non enga­ka le­zo­ni eme­la­ne la­ye, uku­ze li­nga­di­nwao, li­phe­le­lwe nga­ma­ndlap emi­phe­fu­mu­lwe­ni ye­nu.

4 Ka­li­ka­me­la­ni lakho ku­ze ku­be se­ga­zi­niq li­si­lwa le­so­no;

5 nja­lo se­li­kho­hli­we inku­tha­zor, ekhu­lu­ma ki­ni nje­nge­ma­do­da­ne­ni eyo­ku­thi: Ndo­da­na ya­mis, unga­de­le­li uku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si, nja­lo unga­phe­li ama­ndlat, nxa uso­lwa yi­yo;

6 ngo­ba iNko­si iya­la­ya emtha­nda­yo; nja­lo itsha­ye nge­si­swe­puu yo­nke indo­da­na eye­mu­ke­la­yo.

7 Uba li­khu­tha­ze­la eku­la­ywe­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­li­pha­tha nje­nga­ma­do­da­nav; ngo­ba yi­yi­phi indo­da­na uyi­se anga­yi­la­yi­yow?

8 Ko­dwa uba li­nge­la­ku­la­ywa, oku­thi bo­nke ba­nga­ba­hla­nga­nye­li ba­khox, nga­kho li­nga­bo­ku­fe­tshwa nja­lo ka­li­si­wo ama­do­da­na.

9 Fu­thi-ke sa­si­la­bo oba­ba be­nya­ma ye­thu abasi­la­ya­yo nja­lo saba­hlo­ni­phay; pho, ka­si­yi­ku­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­Yi­se we­mi­mo­yaz ka­khu­lu ku­lalo­kho, si­phi­le?

10 Ngo­ba bo­na ka­mbe basi­la­ya okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nlu­tshwa­na, nje­ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­bo; ko­dwa ye­na ku­be yi­ku­si­za­ka­la kwe­thu, uku­ze si­hla­nga­nye­le ubu­ngcwe­le ba­khea.

11 La­kho ko­nke uku­la­ywa oku­kho­na ka­ku­bo­na­ka­li anga­thi ngo­kwe­nto­ko­zo, ko­dwa ngo­ko­si­zi; emva kwa­lo­kho-ke ku­ya­ba­le­the­la isi­the­lob so­ku­thu­la so­ku­lu­nga aba­je­zi­swa nga­khoc.

12 Nga­kho qi­ni­sa­nide iza­ndla ezi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka la­ma­do­lo axe­ga­yof;

13 nja­lo le­nze­le inya­wo ze­nug indle­la ezi­qo­ndi­le­yo, uku­ze oku­qhu­la­yo ku­nge­nye­lih, ko­dwa ku­la­lo­kho ku­si­li­swei.

14 Nxwa­ne­la­ni uku­thu­laj la­bo bo­nke, lo­bu­ngcwe­lek, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­yi­bo­na iNko­sil;

15 li­qa­phe­li­sa uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na osi­le­la­yom emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun; ku­nga­mi­li la­mpa­ndeo yo­ku­ba­ba ikha­tha­ze, nja­lo nga­yo aba­ne­ngi ba­ngco­li­swe;

16 ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu oyi­si­fe­bep ku­mbe onga­kho­nzi uNku­lu­nku­luq, nje­ngoE­sa­wu, owa­the­ngi­sa ubu­zi­bu­lo ba­kher ngo­ku­dla oku­ko­dwa.

17 Ngo­ba li­ya­zi uku­thi le­mva kwa­lo­kho, ese­tha­nda uku­dla ili­fas le­si­bu­si­so, wa­li­wa; ngo­ba ka­yi­tho­la­nga inda­wo yo­ku­phe­ndu­kat, la­nxa wa­yi­di­ngi­si­sa nge­zi­nye­mbe­ziu.

Inta­ba ye­Si­na­yi le­ye­Zi­yo­ni

18 Ngo­ba ka­li­za­nga enta­be­niv enga­thi­ntwa, le­mli­lwe­ni ovu­tha­yo, le­ku­fi­pha­le­ni, le­mnya­me­ni, le­si­vu­ngu­vu­ngwi­ni,

19 le­ku­kha­le­ni ko­pho­ndow, le­li­zwi­ni la­ma­zwix, okwa­thi la­bo abe­zwa­yoy ba­nce­nga uku­thi ku­nga­be ku­sakhu­lu­nywa ili­zwi ki­bo;

20 ngo­ba ba­be­nge­la­ku­ku­me­la lo­kho okwa­la­ywa­yo uku­thi: Ngi­tsho le­nya­ma­za­na uba ithi­nta inta­baz, iza­kha­ndwa nga­ma­tshe, ku­mbe itsho­kwe ngo­mtsho­ko;

21 nja­lo, kwa­ku­se­sa­be­ka ka­nga­kaa lo­kho okwa­bo­nwa­yo, uMo­zi­si wa­thi: Ngi­lo­va­lo, ngi­ya­thu­thu­me­la.

22 Ko­dwa li­ze enta­be­ni iSi­yo­nib, le­mzi­nic ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yod, eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ya­se­zu­lwi­nie, la­ku­zi­gi­di ze­ngi­lo­si ezi­nge­la­ku­ba­lwafg,

23 le­mhla­nga­nwe­ni omkhu­lu le­ba­ndle­nih la­ma­zi­bu­loi abha­lwe1 ema­zu­lwi­nij, la­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uma­hlu­le­li wa­bo bo­nkek, la­ku­mi­mo­ya ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yol aba­phe­le­li­si­we­yom,

24 la­ku­Je­su umla­mu­lin we­si­vu­me­lwa­noo2 esi­tsha, le­ga­zi­ni lo­ku­fa­fa­zap eli­khu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­ngco­noq ku­le­li­kaA­be­lar.

25 Qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi li­nga­ma­li okhu­lu­ma­yo. Ngo­ba uba be­nga­phe­pha­ngas la­bo aba­lat lo­wo owa­khu­lu­ma oku­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu emhla­be­niu, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni thi­na esi­mfu­la­the­la­yo lo­wo okhu­lu­ma eve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni;

26 oli­zwi la­khev nga­le­so­si­kha­thi la­nyi­ki­nya umhla­ba, ko­dwa kha­the­si uthe­mbi­si­le, wa­thi: Ngiza­phi­nda ka­nyew uku­nyi­ki­nya ku­nge­yi­si­wo umhla­ba wo­dwa, ko­dwa le­zu­lu.

27 La­lo­khu uku­thi: Ngi­za­phi­nda ka­nye, ku­tshe­ngi­sa uku­su­swa kwe­zi­nto ezi­nyi­ki­nywa­yox, ku­nga­thi eze­nzi­we­yo, uku­ze ku­sa­le izi­nto ezi­nga­nyi­ki­nywa­yo.

28 Nga­kho nje­ngo­ba si­se­mu­ke­la umbu­so onge­la­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ki­swa, asi­be3 lo­mu­sa esi­nga­mkho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luy nga­wo ngo­kwe­mu­ke­le­ka­yoz ka­nye lo­ku­tho­be­ka lo­kwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lua;

29 ngo­ba-ke uNku­lu­nku­lub we­thu ungu­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yoc.

Ize­lu­le­ko ezi­yi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bo

13Ka­lu­me nja­lo utha­ndo lo­bu­za­lwa­nea.

2 Li­nga­kho­hlwa uku­nge­ni­sa izi­ha­mbib; ngo­ba nga­lo­kho aba­nye ba­nge­ni­sa izi­ngi­lo­si be­nga­zic.

3 Khu­mbu­la­nid izi­bo­tshwa, ngo­ku­nga­thi li­bo­tshwe ka­nye la­zoe; aba­phe­thwe ku­bif, ngo­ku­nga­thi la­ni li­phe­thwe ku­bi emzi­mbe­ni.

4 Umtsha­dog uhlo­ni­tshwa ku­bo bo­nke, lo­mbhe­da unga­ngco­li­swa; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­gwe­ba izi­phi­ngih le­zi­fe­beij.

5 Indle­la ye­mpi­lo ka­yi­nga­bi nge­yo­ku­tha­nda ima­lik, ye­ne­li­swa­ni yi­zi­nto eli­la­zol; ngo­ba ye­na utshi­lo uku­thi: Ka­ngi­so­ze nga­ku­la­hla, nja­lo ka­ngi­so­ze nga­ku­tshi­yam.

6 Nga­kho si­nga­tsho nge­si­bi­ndi si­thi: INko­si ingu­msi­zi wa­min, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­kwe­sa­ba umu­ntu aza­kwe­nza ki­mi.

7 Khu­mbu­la­ni aba­kho­khe­li be­nuo, aba­khu­lu­me ki­ni ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; li­qa­phe­li­se uku­phe­la ko­ku­ha­mba kwa­bo, li­li­ngi­se­le ukho­lo lwa­bopq.

8 UJe­su Kri­stu ungu­yer izo­los la­la­mu­hla le­pha­ka­de­ni.

9 Li­nga­du­hi­swat yi­zi­mfu­ndi­sou ezi­yi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bo le­zi­nga­zi­wa­yo; ngo­ba ku­hle uku­thi inhli­zi­yo iqi­ni­swe ngo­mu­sa, ku­nga­bi ngo­ku­dlav, aba­nga­si­zwa­ngaw yi­kho aba­be­ba­mbe­le­la ku­kho.

10 Si­la­lo ila­thix, aba­nge­la­lu­nge­lo lo­ku­dla ku­lo aba­kho­nza itha­bha­ne­ke­le.

11 Ngo­ba le­zo­zi­nya­ma­za­nay, oga­zi la­zo la­nge­ni­swa ngu­mpri­sti omkhu­lu enda­we­ni ezi­ngcwe­lez nge­nxa ye­so­noa, izi­du­mbu za­zo zi­tshi­swab nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbac.

12 Nga­kho la­ye uJe­su, uku­ze angcwe­li­sed aba­ntu nge­la­khe iga­zi, wa­hlu­phe­kae nga­pha­ndle kwe­sa­ngof.

13 Nga­kho-ke asi­phu­me­le ku­yeg nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mbah, si­thwe­le ihla­zo la­khei.

14 Ngo­ba ka­si­la­wo umu­zi omi­yo la­phaj, ko­dwa si­di­nga oza­yok.

15 Nga­kho asi­ni­ke­lel nja­lo­nja­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ye umni­ke­lo we­ndu­mi­som, oku­tsho isi­the­lo se­nde­ben si­vu­ma ibi­zo la­khe.

16 Ko­dwa li­nga­kho­hlwa ukwe­nza oku­hle lo­ku­pha­naop; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­tho­ko­za nge­mi­ni­ke­lo enja­loqr.

17 La­le­la­ni aba­kho­khe­li be­nu, li­ze­hli­se­le nga­pha­nsi kwa­bos; ngo­ba la­bat ba­li­ndau imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu, nje­nga­ba­za­la­ndi­sav; uku­ze ba­kwe­nze lo­khu nge­nja­bu­low, nja­lo be­nga­bu­bu­li; ngo­ba ku­nga­li­si­zi lo­khu.

Isi­ci­no

18 Si­khu­le­ke­le­nix; ngo­ba si­ya­the­mba uku­thi si­le­sa­ze­la esi­hley, si­fi­sa uku­ha­mba ku­hle ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke;

19 nja­lo ngi­yali­nce­nga ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe ka­khu­lu uku­thi li­kwe­nze lo­khuz, uku­ze ngi­bu­yi­se­lwe ki­ni ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa.

20 Ku­nga­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­thu­laa owa­mkhu­phu­labc kwa­ba­fi­le­yo uMe­lu­sid omkhu­lu we­zi­mvu nge­ga­zie le­si­vu­me­lwa­nof1 sa­pha­ka­de, iNko­si ye­thu uJe­su,

21 anga­li­phe­le­li­sag ku­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi omu­hleh uku­ze le­nze inta­ndo ya­khei, ese­be­nza ki­ni lo­kho oku­mtho­ko­zi­sa­yo pha­mbi kwa­khej, ngo­Je­su Kri­stu, ka­ku­be ku­ye ubu­kho­sik ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni. Ame­ni.

22 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­li­nce­nga, ba­za­lwa­ne, le­mu­ke­le­ni nge­si­ne­ke ili­zwi le­nku­tha­zol; ngo­ba ngi­li­bha­le­le nga­ma­fi­tsha­nem.

23 Ya­zi­ni uku­thi umza­lwa­nen uTi­mo­thio ukhu­lu­lwe, uba efi­ka ma­si­nya­ne, ngi­za­li­bo­na ngi­la­ye.

24 Bi­nge­le­la­ni bo­nke aba­kho­khe­li be­nup, la­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­leq. Aba­ve­la eI­tha­li­yar ba­ya­li­bi­nge­le­la.

25 Umu­sas ka­wu­be la­ni lo­nke. Ame­ni.