Bible Reading Plan – Day 307

₁Kubhala mna Pawulos ndabizwayo ndaba *ngumthunywa, ndingabizwanga mntu, okanye ndimiselwe mntu; koko ndibizwe nguYesu Krestu noThixo uYise, owamvusayo uYesu ekufeni. ₂Mna namawethu onke akunye nam siyanibulisa, mabandla aseGalati, sithi: ₃Wanga uThixo wethu neNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu anganenzela isisa, aniphe uxolo.

₄UKrestu wancama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yezono zethu, ukuze asihlangule egunyeni leli hlabathi longendawo, ethobela ukuthanda kukaYise uThixo wethu. ₅Makadunyiswe uThixo ngonaphakade! *Amen.

₆Ndinithele nqa ukuba nithi ngexeshana nje elingephi nibe senindlandlatheka emva kwezinye iindaba ezingathi zimnandi, nimfulathele lowo wanibizayo ngesisa sikaKrestu. ₇Eneneni akukho ndaba zimbi zimnandi zizezinye, koko nditsho nje kuba kukho abantu abaniphazamisayo, bezama ukuzigqwetha iindaba ezimnandi ezingoKrestu. ₈Kodwa ukuba kukho umntu, nokuba ndim, nokuba sisithunywa sezulu, oshumayela iindaba ezinxamnye nezo ndanishumayeza zona: uqalekisiwe lowo. ₉Besenditshilo, nangoku ndiyaphinda, ndithi: Ukuba kukho bani onishumayeza iindaba ezingathi zimnandi eziphikisana nezo senizamkele, loo mntu makaqalekiswe!

₁₀Ngaba ndivakala ngathi ndifuna abantu babe ngakwicala lam na? Hayi, nguThixo kuphela endifuna abe ngakum. Niba ngaba ndizicengezela ebantwini? Ukuba bendizicengezela ebantwini, ngendingesiso isicaka sikaKrestu.

₁₁Mandiyithethe ngokuphandle, mawethu, into yokuba ezi ndaba ndizishumayelayo aziyonto nje equlunqwe ngumntu. ₁₂Nam andizinikwanga mntu, futhi ndingazifundiswanga mntu; ndazityhilelwa nguYesu Krestu.

₁₃Ndiyacinga ukuba senivile ngobomi bam ngokuya ndandingekaguquki ekulandeleni izithethe zonqulo lwamaJuda. Okuya ndandilitshutshisa ngokungenanceba ibandla likaThixo, ndifunzele ukulitshabalalisa. ₁₄Kwezonqulo ndandigalawele kuneentanga zam ezininzi. Ndandibalasele ngenzondelelo kwizithethe zamanyange.

₁₅Kodwa uThixo wandinyula ndingekazalwa, wandibiza ngenxa yesisa sakhe ukuba ndimsebenzele. Kuthe ke kwakukholeka kuThixo ₁₆ukumbonakalisa uNyana wakhe kum, ukuze ndishumayele iindaba zakhe ezintlangeni, andabi sabuza nto mntwini, ₁₇andabi saya nokuya naseJerusalem *kubathunywa abadala kunam emsebenzini, koko ndasuka ndaya ngqo kwelama-Arabhu. Emva koko ke ndabuyela eDamasko. ₁₈EJerusalem ndaya emva kweminyaka emithathu, ndinomnqweno wokwazana noPetros; ndahlala naye ke iiveki zambini. ₁₉Akukho mthunywa wumbi ndambonayo ngaphandle kukaYakobi umntakwabeNkosi.

₂₀Ndithetha inyaniso; andixoki; uThixo uyazi! ₂₁Emva kwexesha ndaya kwimimandla yaseSiriya naseKiliki. ₂₂Ngelo xesha ke amabandla kaKrestu akwaJuda ayengekandiboni. ₂₃Babeseva nje ngembali, kusithiwa: “Laa mfo wayekade esitshutshisa, ngoku ushumayela iindaba zokholo, ezi kanye wayezitshabalalisa.” ₂₄Kambe ke babemdumisa uThixo ngenxa yam.

₁Emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesine ndabuyela eJerusalem noBharnabha, ndikhatshwa nguTito. ₂Ndaya kuba ndityhilelwe nguThixo ukuba mandiye. Saba nentlanganiso yabucala kunye neenkokheli, ndaza ndazichazela iindaba endizishumayela ezintlangeni. Ndandingafuni ukuba umsebenzi esendiwenzile nalowo ndandisawenza ube lilize. ₃Nakuba wayengumGrike, uTito owayenam zange anyanzelwe ukuba aluke, ₄nangona amadoda athile azenza amakholwa angenelela, aza afuna ukuba makalùswe. Aba bantu bangena ngokunyebelezela, befuna ukuhlola le nkululeko sinayo kubudlelane bethu noKrestu, befuna ukusenza amakhoboka. ₅Kambe asizange sibaqhelisele nakancinane, khon' ukuze sinigcinele inyaniso yeendaba ezimnandi ingenabala.

₆Kodwa ke abo baziinkokheli ezaziwayo – nditsho kuba into abayiyo ayenzi mahluko kum, kaloku uThixo yena akasebenzi ngembonakalo – ndithi ke ezo nkokheli zange zifumane sikhwa kum. ₇Ndaweni yaloo nto zayamkela into yokuba uThixo undiphathise uxanduva lokushumayela iindaba ezimnandi ezintlangeni, kwanjengokuba noPetros ephathiswe uxanduva lokushumayela iindaba ezimnandi kumaJuda. ₈Kaloku amandla kaThixo andenza *ndangumthunywa ezintlangeni, kanye ngale ndlela uPetros wenziwa ngayo wangumthunywa kumaJuda. ₉UYakobi noPetros noYohane ababesaziwa njengezona ntsika, bayivuma into yokuba uThixo undibizele kulo msebenzi, ngoko ke basibamba isandla sinoBharnabha. Savumelana ke ukuba sisebenzisane; thina sisebenze phakathi kweentlanga, bona ke phakathi kwamaJuda. ₁₀Into abayiyalezayo kukuba sibakhumbule abo bahlelelekileyo phakathi kwabo, nto leyo ke endandisenza yona kakade.

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?”

₁₅Ewe kambe, singawo amaJuda emveli, asizizo iintlanga ezingaboni, ngabula nina. ₁₆Kodwa siyazi ukuba umntu akenziwa abe lilungisa nguThixo ngenxa yokuba esenza okufunwa *ngumthetho kaMosis; kuphela kungokuzinikela kuYesu Krestu. Ke nathi samvuma uKrestu uYesu ukuze uThixo asenze amalungisa ngenxa yokuzinikela kwethu kuye, ingekuba senza okufunwa ngumthetho. Kaloku akukho bani wenziwa ilungisa nguThixo ngenxa yokubambelela kwakhe emthethweni. ₁₇Ukuba ke thina sizamela ukwenziwa amalungisa nguThixo ngokumanywa noKrestu, sisafumaneka sisenza isono, ngaba loo nto ithetha ukuthi uKrestu uhambisana nesono? Nakanye! ₁₈Ukuba ndiyaphinda ndiyivuse imikhwa endahlukanáyo nayo ndiyazicacisa ukuba ndim isaphulamthetho. ₁₉Kaloku ndafa kuwo umthetho – ndibulawa kwangawo amabango omthetho – ukuze ndiphilele uThixo. Ndibethelelwe emnqamlezweni kunye noKrestu, ₂₀ngoko ke ayisendim ophilayo, nguKrestu ophilayo kum. Ubomi ke endibudlayo ngoku ndimanywe noNyana kaThixo, ndibudla ngokholo kulowo wandithandayo, wabuncama obakhe ubomi ngenxa yam. ₂₁Andifekethi ngesisa sikaThixo; kuba, ukuba umntu ebenokuba lilungisa phambi koThixo ngenxa yokugcina umthetho, loo nto ibiya kuthetha ukuba wafumana wafa uKrestu.

₁MaGalatindini, nitheni, aninangqondo? Nibulewe phi ninje nje nje? Nina aba kanye nanisenzelwa inkcazelo ecacileyo ngokufa kukaYesu emnqamlezweni! ₂Khanindiphe nje le ndawo: Ngaba uMoya kaThixo namamkela ngenxa yokuba nenze okufunwa ngumthetho, okanye kwakungenxa yokuba naziva nazamkela iindaba ezimnandi? ₃Ningathini ukungabi nangqondo kangaka! Njengokuba naqala ngamandla oMoya kaThixo nje, ngaba ngoku senifuna ukugqibezela ngawenu amandla? ₄Ngaba izigigaba ezinjengezi naba nazo zafumana zabakho? Ngenene azizange zifane zehle nje! ₅Kanene, ngaba uThixo waninika uMoya waza wenza nemiqondiso phakathi kwenu, ngenxa yokuba nina nanithobela umthetho? Okanye ezo zinto wazenza ngenxa yokuba nina nazivayo nazamkela iindaba ezimnandi?

₆Kunjengoko *iziBhalo zitshoyo ngoAbraham ukuthi yena wakholwa kuThixo, waza ke uThixo wamenza ilungisa ngenxa yokukholwa kwakhe. ₇Nize niqaphele ke ukuba ngâbo bakholwayo abayinzala ka-Abraham ngenene. ₈IziBhalo zona kwangaphambili zakuphawula ukuba uThixo wozenza amalungisa iintlanga ngokukholwa. Zazivakalisa iindaba ezimnandi kuAbraham zisithi: “Ngawe uya kuzithamsanqelisa zonke iintlanga uThixo.” ₉Wakholwa ke uAbraham, waza uThixo wamthamsanqelisa. Ngokunjalo ke bonke abakholwayo banenxaxheba kwintsikelelo ka-Abraham.

₁₀Kanti ke abo bakholose ngokuthobela umthetho baqalekisiwe. Kaloku iziBhalo zithi: “Uqalekisiwe nguThixo lowo ungakuzondeleliyo ukuzithobela zonke iindawo ezisencwadini yomthetho!” ₁₁Kuyaqondakala ke ukuba akukho mntu ugwetyelwa nguThixo ngenxa yomthetho; kuba zithi iziBhalo: “Uya kudla ubomi lowo wenziwe ilungisa nguThixo ngenxa yokukholwa.” ₁₂Kambe ke wona umthetho awuthethi nto ngokholo. Koko, njengoko neziBhalo zisitsho: “Lowo uzalisekisa zonke iindawo zomthetho wophila ngawo.”

₁₃Kodwa ke uKrestu wasikhulula ekuqalekisweni okuza ngomthetho, ngokuthi yena aqalekiswe endaweni yethu. Kaloku zithi iziBhalo: “Uqalekisiwe nguThixo nabani na obulawa ngokuxhonywa emthini!” ₁₄Yonke le nto yayijonge ekubeni intsikelelo eyathenjiswa uAbraham nguThixo ize igqithiselwe kwiintlanga nguKrestu, khon' ukuze thina simamkele ngokholo uMoya owathenjiswa nguThixo.

₁₅Mawethu, makhe ndininike umzekelo oqhelekileyo. Xa kukho umnqophiso ogqityiweyo akukho bani unokuwujika okanye awongeze. ₁₆Ngoku ke uThixo wênza izithembiso kuAbraham nakumzukulwana wakhe. *IziBhalo azitsho kuAbraham ukuthi “kwinzala yakho,” ngokungathi zithetha ngabantu abaninzi, kodwa zithi “kumzukulwana wakho,” zithetha ngomntu omnye qha, onguKrestu. ₁₇Xa nditshoyo ke ndithi umnqophiso ogqitywe nguThixo awunakujikwa ngumthetho ofike emva kwamakhulu amane anamashumi amathathu eminyaka ukho umnqophiso, ungenako nokusitshitshisa isithembiso sikaThixo. ₁₈Kaloku, ukuba ngaba ilifa lixhomekeke emthethweni, loo nto ithetha ukuba alizuzwa ngokwesithembiso, ibe ke kodwa uAbraham walinikwa nguThixo ngesithembiso.

₁₉Yaye iyintoni ke injongo yomthetho? Wona wahlonyelelwa ukuze ucacise isigqitho, lo gama angekafiki umzukulwana ka-Abraham esasenzelwe yena isithembiso. Umthetho wanikelwa zizithunywa, kukho unozakuzaku. ₂₀Kodwa ke unozakuzaku akafuneki nganto xa umntu emnye qha; kambe ke yena uThixo mnye.

₂₁Ngaba ke le nto ithetha ukuba umthetho uchasene nezithembiso zikaThixo? Hayi khona, soze! Kaloku ukuba wawumiselwe umthetho onako ukubadlisa ubomi abantu, ngewawubenze bangamalungisa kuThixo. ₂₂Kodwa ke *iziBhalo ngokwazo zithi ihlabathi liphela lilawulwa sisono. Ngale ndlela ke isithembiso sifumaneka ngokholo kuYesu Krestu, futhi ke sizuzwa ngâbo bakholwayo bodwa.

₂₃Ngokuya lwalungekafiki ukholo sasingamabanjwa omthetho, silindiswe ukutyhileka kokholo. ₂₄Ngoko ke umthetho wawusigcine lo gama angekafiki uKrestu, ukuze sigwetyelwe ngokukholwa kuThixo. ₂₅Xa selifikile ke ixesha lokholo, akusekho mfuneko yakuba sigcinwe ngumthetho.

₂₆Lukholo ke olunenze nangoonyana bakaThixo ngokumanywa noYesu Krestu. ₂₇Nonke nina babhaptiziweyo nimanywe noKrestu; ngoko ke nambethe uKrestu. ₂₈KuKrestu akusekho mJuda nantlanga, akusekho khoboka namntu ukhululekileyo, ndoda nabhinqa. Ninonke ningumntu omnye ngokumanywa noYesu Krestu. ₂₉Ukuba ke ningabakaKrestu ningabazukulwana baka-Abraham. Ngoko ke niziindlalifa ngokwesithembiso.