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1USimoni Petro, inceku lomphostoli kaJesu Kristua, kulabo abazuze ukholo oluligugub njengathi ngokulunga kukaNkulunkulu wethu loMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristuc:

2 Kakwandiswe kini umusa lokuthulad elwazini lukaNkulunkulu loJesu iNkosi yethue.

Abakholwayo bafanele ukuzithinta ngoba baphiwe okunengi nguNkulunkulu

3 Njengamandla akhe obuNkulunkulu asinike zonke izinto ezimayelana lempilo lokukhonza uNkulunkuluf, ngokolwazigh lwalowo owasibizai ngobukhosij langobuhlek;

4 okungakho siphiwe izithembiso ezinkulu kakhulu leziligugu, ukuze ngalezi libe ngabahlanganyeli bemvelo yobuNkulunkulul, seliphephem ekuboleni okusemhlabeni ngenxa yenkanukon.

5 Njalo ngenxa yalokhu-ke selenze yonke inkuthalo, yengezelelani ukulunga ekholweni lwenuo, lekulungeni ulwazip,

6 lelwazini ukuzithibaq, lekuzithibeni ukubekezelar, lekubekezeleni ukwesaba uNkulunkulus,

7 lekwesabeni uNkulunkulut uthando lwabazalwaneu, lethandweni lwabazalwanev uthandow.

8 Ngoba uba lezizinto zikhona kini, njalo zisanda, kaziyikulenza livilaphe njalo lingabi lezithelox elwazini lweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristuy;

9 ngoba ongelazo lezizinto, uyisiphofuz ubonela eduze, esekhohlwe ukuthi wahlanjululwa ezonweni zakhe ezindalaa.

10 Ngakho, bazalwane, tshisekelani kakhulu ukuqinisab ubizo lokhetho lwenuc; ngoba uba lisenza lezizinto, kalisoze likhubeke loba ninid.

11 Ngoba ngokunjalo lizakwengezelelwa ngokukhulue ukungena embusweni ophakade weNkosi yethu loMsindisi uJesu Kristuf.

Ubufakazi bukaPetro lobabaprofethi

12 Ngakho kangisoze ngiyekele ukulikhumbuza njalonjalo ngalezizintog, lanxa lisazih, njalo liqinisiwe eqinisweni elikhonai.

13 Njalo ngibona kulungile ukuthi, nxa ngisesekhona kulelithabhanekelej, ngilivusek ngesikhumbuzolm;

14 ngisazi ukuthi kuyaphangisan ukususwao kwethabhanekele lamip, njengalokhu leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu ingitshengisileq.

15 Kodwa lami ngizakhuthala ukuthi ngezikhathi zonke emva kokusuka kwami libe lesikhumbuzo salezizintor.

16 Ngoba sasingalandeli izinganekwane zobuqilist, lapho silazisa amandlau lokuza kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristuv, kodwa sasingabazibonelayowx ubukhulu bayoy.

17 Ngoba wemukela udumo lobukhosiz okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba, lapho ilizwi elinje lafikiswa kuye ngenkazimulo yobukhosi lisithi: Le yiNdodana yami ethandekayo mina engithokoza kuyoa;

18 lalelilizwi thina salizwab livela ezulwini, lapho sasilaye entabeni engcwelec.

19 Njalo silelizwi eliqinileyo kakhulu lesiprofetho, elenza kuhle ukuliqaphelisad njengesibane esikhanyayo endaweni emnyamae, luze lukhanye usuku, lekhwezif liphumele enhliziyweni zenug;

20 lisazi lokhu kuqala, ukuthi kasikho isiprofetho sombhaloh esivela kungcazelo engeyakhei.

21 Ngoba kakuzanga kulethwe1 isiprofetho ngentando yomuntuj, kodwa abantu abangcwele bakaNkulunkulu bakhuluma beqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwelek.

UPetro uxwayisa ngabafundisi bamanga

2Kodwa kwakukhona labaprofethi bamangaa phakathi kwabantub, njengoba lakini kuzakuba khona abafundisi bamangac, abazangenisa ngensithad imfundiso ezehlukanisayo ezichithayoe, bephikaf leNkosig eyabathengayoh, bezehlisela ukuchitheka okuphangisayoi,

2 labanengi bazalandela incithakalo zabo; okungabo indlela yeqinisoj izahlanjazwak,

3 njalo emhawinil ngamazwi alungisiweyom bazakwenza inzuzo nganin; okulahlwa kwaboo kwakudala kakulibalangap, lencithakalo yaboq kayiwozelir.

4 Ngoba uba uNkulunkulu engaziyekelanga ingilosis ezonayot, kodwa eziphosela esihogweniu ezinikela emaketaneni obumnyama ukuze zigcinelwe isigwebovw;

5 njalo kaliyekelanga ilizwe lendulox, kodwa walondoloza owesificaminwembili uNowa umtshumayeli wokulungay, mhla eletha uzamcoloz emhlabeni wabeyisa uNkulunkulua;

6 ngokuyichitha eyitshisa imizi yeSodoma leGomorab waseyilahlac, waseyenzad isiboneloe kulabo abazakweyisa uNkulunkuluf;

7 wasemophulag uLothi olungileyoh, owahlutshwa yikuhamba ngamanyalai kwabangalungangajk;

8 ngoba lowo olungileyol, ehlala phakathi kwabo, ngokubona lokuzwa insuku ngensuku wazwisa ubuhlungu umphefumulo wakhe olungileyo ngemisebenzi yabo engelamthethom;

9 iNkosi iyakwazin ukubophula ekulingweni labo abamkhonzayo uNkulunkuluo, lokubagcina abangalungangap kuze kube lusuku lwesigwebo, bajezisweq;

10 kodwa ikakhulu bona abalandelar inyama enkanukwenis engcolileyot, labadelela ubukhosi. Abangakhathaliyo, abalenkaniu, kabesabi ukuhlambaza ubukhosiv;

11 kanti ingilosiw, ezinkulu ngamandla langengalo, kazilethi isigwebo senhlamba ukumelana labo phambi kweNkosi.

12 Kodwa laba, njengezinyamazana ngemvelo ezingelangqondox ezazalelwa ukubanjwa lokubulaway, bahlambaza izinto abangazaziyoza, bazabhujiswab ekuboleni kwazoc,

13 bazakwemukela umvuzo wokungalungid, abathi kuyintokozo ukuminza eminie; bayisici loyangiso, bejabula enkohlisweni zabof, besidla idili lanigh,

14 balamehlo agcwele ubufebe1, labangayekeli isonoi, bayengaj imiphefumulo ebuthakathakak, belenhliziyo ezejwayelel ubuhwabam, abantwana besiqalekison;

15 batshiye indlela eqondileyo baduhao, balandela indlela kaBalami kaBosorip, owathanda inzuzo yokungalungiq,

16 kodwa waba lokusolwa kwesakhe isiphambeko; ubabhemi oyisimungulu, ekhuluma ngelizwi lomuntu, wanqanda ubuhlanya bomprofethir.

17 Laba bayimithombo engelamanzist, amayezi aqhutshwa yisiphephou, okugcinelwe bona ubumnyama bomnyama kuze kube phakadev.

18 Ngoba bakhuluma okokuziqakisa okwezew, babayenga ngenkanuko zenyamax langobufebey laboz abaphunyuke sibili kibo abahamba ekuduhenia,

19 bebathembisa inkululekob, bona uqobo beyizigqilic zokubolad; ngoba lowo umuntu ehlulwe ngaye, lakuye wenziwa isigqilie.

20 Ngoba uba sebephunyukilef ekungcoleni komhlabag ngolwazi lweNkosi loMsindisi uJesu Kristuh, besebebuya behilelwa behlulwa yikhoi, izinto zokucina sezibe zimbi kibo kulezokuqalaj.

21 Ngoba ngabe kwaba ngcono kibok uba babengayazanga indlela yokulungal, kulokuthi sebeyazile bafulathelem umlayo ongcwele onikelwe kibon.

22 Kodwa kubehlele lokhu okwesaga esiqinisileyoo esithi: Inja ibuyela kwawayo amahlanzop; lengulube egezileyo ekugiqikeni edakeni.

Ukufika kosuku lweNkosi

3Incwadi le eyesibili, bathandekayo, ngilibhalela yona khathesi; okungazo zombili ngivusea ingqondo yenu eqotho ngokulikhumbuzab,

2 ukuze likhumbule amazwic akhulunywa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi abangcweled, lomlayo wethu esingabaphostoli beNkosi loMsindisie;

3 kuqala yazini lokhu, ukuthi ekucineni kwensuku kuzafika abahleka usuluf, behamba ngokwezabo inkanukog,

4 njalo besithi: Singaphi isithembisoh sokuza kwakhe?i Ngoba selokhu obaba balalaj, konke kumi kunjalo kusukela ekuqaleni kokudalwak.

5 Ngoba lokhu kabakwazi ngabomo, ukuthi amazulu ayekhona kusukela endulo, lomhlaba, ukhona uvela emanzini njalo ukhona ngamanzi, ngelizwi likaNkulunkululmno,

6 okungalo ilizwe elalikhona labhujiswa ngokugcwaliswa ngamanzip;

7 kodwa amazulu lomhlaba okukhona khathesi kubekiwe ngalona lelolizwiq, kugcinelwe umlilor osukwini lokwahlulelwas lokubhujiswa kwabantu abeyisa uNkulunkulut.

8 Kodwa lintonye kakumelanga ingaziwa kini, bathandekayo, ukuthi usuku olulodwa eNkosini lunjengeminyaka eyinkulungwane, leminyaka eyinkulungwane njengosuku olulodwau.

9 INkosi yesithembiso kayidondiv, njengalokhu abanye besithi yikudonda; kodwa iyasibekezelelaw, ingathandi ukuthi lamunye abhubhex kodwa ukuthi bonke bafinyelele ekuphendukeniy.

10 Kodwa usuku lweNkosiz luzafika njengesela ebusukua, okuzakuthi ngalo amazulu adlule ngokuhlokomab, lokokuqala kuzadilizwa ngokutshisa okukhuluc, lomhlaba lemisebenzi ekuwo kuzatshiswad.

11 Njengoba zonke lezizinto zidilizwa, kumele libe ngabanjanie ekuhambeni okungcwelef lekukhonzeni uNkulunkulug,

12 lilindeleh lilangazelela1 ukufikai kosuku lukaNkulunkuluj, okungalo amazulu azakutsha adilizwek, lokokuqalal kuncibilike ngokutshisa okukhulum.

13 Kodwa ngokwesithembiso sakhe silindelen amazulu amatsha lomhlaba omutshao, okuhlala kukho ukulungap.

14 Ngakho, bathandekayoq, lilindele lezizintor, tshisekelani ukuthi lificwe nguye ekuthulenis lingelacwatshanat njalo lingasolekiu.

15 Beselisithi ukubekezela kweNkosi yethu kulusindisov, njengalokhu lomzalwane wethu othandekayo uPawuli walibhalela, ngokwenhlakanipho eyaphiwa yena;

16 njengoba kunjalo lencwadini zakhe zonke, ekhuluma kuzo ngalezizintow, okukuzo kukhona izinto ezithile ezilukhuni ukuzwisisekax, okuthi abangaziyo labangaqinanga bazihlanekeley, lanjengakweminye imibhalo, kube kokwabo ukubhujiswa.

17 Ngakho lina, bathandekayo, lisazi manduloz, nanzelelania, ukuze lingaduhiswa yinkohliso yabangelamlayob, liwe kokwenu ukuqinac.

18 Kodwa khulani emusenid lelwazini lweNkosi yethu loMsindisi uJesu Kristue. Ubukhosi kabube kuye lakhathesi njalo kuze kube lusuku lwaphakade. Amenif.