Bible Society of South Africa

Bible Reading Plan – Day 348

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1 KAPETROS 1

Isingeniso

1Kubhala mna Petros, *umthunywa kaYesu Krestu. Ndibhalela nina bantu bayimilowo yakwaThixo eniziimbacu ezithe saa kumaphondo asePonto, eGalati, eKapadoki, eAsiya, naseBhitini. 2Nakhethwa kwangaphambili ngokwentando kaThixo, nenziwa imilowo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuze nilulamele uYesu, nitshizwe ngegazi lakhe. Nanga ke ningenzelwa isisa niphiwe uxolo ngakumbi nangakumbi.

Ithemba elingagungqiyo

3Makabongwe uThixo noYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, othe ngenceba wasinika ubomi obutsha ngokuvusa uYesu Krestu ekufeni! 4Kungenxa yaloo nto ke sinethemba elingagungqiyo nje, sihleli silinde ilifa leentsikelelo asigcinele zona uThixo. Azinakubola ezo ntsikelelo, azinakonakala, azinako nokutshitsha. 5Wonilondoloza uThixo ngamandla akhe, ngenxa yokholo eninalo, kude kufike loo nkululeko beniyilungiselelwe.

6Ngenxa yaloo nto ke vuyani, naxa phofu okwangoku ninyanzelekile ukuba nibe lusizi ngenxa yeentlupheko enizithweleyo. 7Ezo ntlupheko zicikida ukholo lwenu, lucace into oluyiyo. Negolide le iyinto etshabalalayo, iyacikidwa ngomlilo. Nalo ke ukholo lwenu oluxabiseke ngaphezu kwegolide lumelwe kukucikidwa, ukuze nibe nodumo, kwakunye newonga nesidima ngemini yokufika kukaYesu Krestu. 8Anikamboni nokumbona, kodwa niyamthanda. Niyakholwa nokukholwa kuye, naxa ningekamboni nje. Senizele naluchulumacho olungenakuchazwa, 9kuba seniyibona injongo yokholo lwenu; ndixela inkululeko yenu.

10Yile nkululeko kanye le babephengulula beyiphanda kunene *abashumayeli bamandulo. 11Babethetha ngesisa eniya kusenzelwa nguThixo. Babezama ukuphonononga ukuba zaziya kuhla nini na, njani na, ezo zigigaba. Kaloku uMoya kaKrestu wabatyhilela intlungu eyayiza kuhlela uKrestu ngeli thuba, newonga awayeza kulixhamla. 12Batyhilelwa ukuba ezo ndaba babezithetha ngezinto ngezinto, yayingezozabo, yayizezenu. Ezo ndaba ke zezi nizixelelwa ngabo bazivakalisayo kuni ngoku iindaba ezimnandi ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele owavela ezulwini. Nditsho nkqu nezithunywa zezulu ziyakunqwenela ukuziqonda ezo zinto.

Ziphatheni ngokwemilowo yakwaThixo

13Ngako ke finyezani umbhinqo, nibaze iingqondo, ningathembi nanye into ngaphandle kwesisa seentsikelelo eziza kuza noYesu ukufika kwakhe. 14Ziqheliseni ukululama, ningaziphathi ngendlela ebeniziphethe ngayo ngokuya beningekazi nto ngokholo. 15Kwinto yonke yibani ngcwele. Kaloku uThixo onibizileyo ungcwele. 16Kanti ke *neziBhalo zitsho ukuthi: “Yibani ngcwele, ngokuba mna ndingcwele.”

17Xa nimnqula nithi uThixo nguBawo ongenamkhethe, ogweba lowo nalowo ngokwezenzo zakhe. Ngoko ke mnikeni imbeko lo gama nisesemhlabeni. 18Khumbulani ixabiso enakhululwa ngalo kwintlalo ebingento yookhokho benu. Anihlawulelwanga nganto itshitshayo, ifana nesiliva negolide. 19Nahlawulelwa ngegazi elixabisekileyo leXhwane elinguKrestu ongenasisihla nasiphako. 20Wanyulwa nguThixo, lingekadalwa ihlabathi, wabonakala ngenxa yenu kule mihla yokugqibela. 21Ke ngoku niyakholwa kuThixo ngenxa yakhe. Ke uThixo wamvusa ekufeni, wamnika iwonga, ukuze nijonge kuThixo ngethemba nangokholo.

22Njengoko ke nithe ngenxa yokululamela inyaniso nenziwa nyulu ukuze nithandane ngokwabazalanayo, thandanani ke ngoko ngokungazenzisiyo. 23Kaloku nizelwe ngelizwi likaThixo ophilayo, ongunaphakade, naba ngabantwana balowo ungasoze afe. 24Zitsho neziBhalo ukuthi:

“Umntu unjengengca,

nodumo lwakhe lunjengentyatyambo yengca.

Iyabuna ingca, ivuthuluke intyatyambo,

25kodwa lona ilizwi leNkosi lihlala lihleli.”

Elo lizwi ke lelo nalishunyayezwa ngeendaba ezimnandi.

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Ilitye eliphilayo nesizwe esinyulu

1Ngoko ke yahlukanani nazo zonke ezi zinto: uchuku, inkohliso, ukuzenzisa, nomona, nako konke ukuphixanisa! 2Njengamakholwa aseziintsana langazelelani ubisi olungangxengwanga: ndixela ilizwi likaThixo eliya kunikhulisa nide nisindiswe. 3“Kaloku senibungcamle ububele beNkosi,” njengoko *neziBhalo zisitsho kakade.

4Yizani eNkosini! Kaloku yona lilitye eliphilayo eladelwayo ngabantu; kambe ke lichongiwe, laye lixabisekile kuThixo. 5Yizani kaloku nani nibe ngamatye okwakha indlu kaMoya, khon' ukuze nibe ngababingeleli abanyulu bokwenza amadini kaMoya, amkelekileyo kuThixo ngenxa kaYesu Krestu. 6Kaloku iziBhalo zithi:

“Ndikhethe ilitye elixabisekileyo.

Lilitye lesiseko endilibeka eZiyon.

Nabani na ozinikelayo kuye akayi kudana.”

7Kuni, nina bazinikeleyo, eli litye lixabisekile, kodwa kwabo bangakholwayo:

“Kanye elo litye bâlideláyo abakhi

suke laba lelona libalulekileyo lesiseko.”

8Lona:

“Lilitye elikhubekisayo,

ulwalwa olutyibilikisayo.”

Kaloku bayakhubeka kuba bengalithobeli ilizwi; phofu ke bamiselwe loo nto kakade.

9Kambe ke nina niluhlanga olukhethekileyo, ababingeleli basebhotwe, isizwe esinyulu, imilowo yakwaThixo. UThixo unikhethele ukuze nivakalise isidima nesihomo sakhe. Kaloku wanibiza nisebumnyameni, wanizisa ekukhanyeni okumangalisayo. 10Ngoku nilusapho lukaThixo, nangona nanikade ningelulo; benikade nikude nenceba yakhe, kodwa ngoku niyifumene.

Isimilo somntu okholwayo

11Ndiyanibongoza, zihlobo zam, kaloku niziimbacu nabaphambukeli kweli lizwe! Ngoko ke phikisanani nayo iminqweno yesimo senu esidala. Kaloku yona ilwa nani ziqu. 12Izimilo zenu mazibe zihle kangangokuba nabahedeni baniqonde ukuba aninabala. Xa kunjalo ke baya kuthi nokuba bayanityhola ngokungcola, babuye bavume ukuba nimsulwa. Ngaloo ndlela ke baya kumdumisa uThixo ngomhla wokufika kwakhe.

13Ngenxa yeNkosi wathobeleni onke amagunya akhoyo. Ukumkani mthobeleni njengowongamileyo, 14nerhuluneli njengomphathiswa wakhe wokohlwaya abonayo, ancome abo balungisayo. 15Kaloku uThixo ufuna ukuba nithi ngenxa yezimilo ezihle nibatsho basikwe umlomo abo bangaqondiyo, ndawonye nezibhanxa. 16Ziphatheni njengabantu abakhululekileyo. Kambe ke inkululeko leyo mayingabi lokhusi lokungcola; koko ziphatheni njengezicaka zikaThixo. 17Hloniphani wonke umntu; wathandeni amakholwa, nimoyike uThixo, nimthobele osemagunyeni.

Umzekelo esiwunikwe nguKrestu

18Nina zicaka, bahlonipheni abo baniqeshileyo, nibathobele kangangoko. Le nto ke sanukuyenza kwabo banobubele nobuntu kuphela, koko yenzeni nakwabo bakhohlakeleyo. 19Kaloku uThixo uyamthamsanqelisa umntu onyamezela ingcinezelo engonanga, kuba elangazelela okuthandwa nguThixo. 20Ewe, kaloku umntu akafumani nqaku xa enyamezela isohlwayo ngenxa yesono asenzileyo. Kodwa ke ukuba ùnyamezela ukuphatheka kabuhlungu naxa ungenzanga bubi, uThixo ungakuwe. 21Kakade nabizelwa loo nto; kaloku uKrestu waphatheka kabuhlungu ngenxa yenu, waza ngaloo ndlela wanishiya nomzekelo, ukuze nina nihambe ekhondweni lakhe. 22Yena zange one, engazange wakhohlisa. 23Naxa wayengcikivwa wayengaphindisi angcikive. Ngexesha lokuphatheka kabuhlungu akazange aqalekise, koko imeko yakhe wayinikela kulowo ugweba ngobulungisa. 24Izono zethu wazithathela kuye siqu, waxhonywa nazo emnqamlezweni, khon' ukuze thina siyeke ukuphilela ukona, koko siphilele ukulungisa. Ninyangwe ngamanxeba akhe. 25Nanilahlekile njengeegusha, kambe ke ngoku nibuyiselwe kuMalusi wenu onikhathaleleyo.

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Amakhosikazi namadoda awo

1Ngokukwanjalo ke amakhosikazi makawalulamele amadoda awo. Amanye amadoda angekakholwa, xa ebona ukuziphatha kakuhle kwamakhosikazi, angazibhaqa selekholwa engakhange awuvule umlomo wona amakhosikazi. 2Ukunyaniseka kwawo, nenzondelelo yawo, iya kuzibonakalisa. 3Musani ukuhombela ukubukwa ngokuluka iinwele, nitsho ngezacholo zegolide nempahla engayiwayo. 4Isihombo senu masibe sesangaphakathi, esingagugiyo. Umoya omhle wobulali yinto ayixabisileyo uThixo. 5Yayisisihombo samakhosikazi angcwele amandulo ke eso. Ayethembele kuThixo, elulamela amadoda awo. 6Wayenjalo uSara. Wayelulamela uAbraham esithi “mhlekazi” kuye. Niziintombi zakhe ke nina ukuba nenza okulungileyo ningenaxhala naloyiko.

7Amadoda ngokunjalo makahlalisane kakuhle namakhosikazi awo. Naxa ingabantu ababuthathaka amakhosikazi la, makahlonitshwe; aziindlamafa zesisa sikaThixo ngokulinganayo namadoda. Xa nenjenjalo ke akukho nto iya kuwuphazamisa umthandazo wenu.

Ukutshutshiswa ngenxa yobulungisa

8Ndiphetha ngelithi: Velanani, nibe moya mnye. Thandanani, nenzelane ububele, nilulamelane. 9Ningakhuphani zixhiba, nigwexane. Ndaweni yaloo nto thethani ngobulali. Eyona nto nibizelwe yona yeyokuba nifumane ilifa leentsikelelo, 10nanjengoko zitshoyo *iziBhalo ukuthi:

“Lowo unga angabudla ubomi abe nenkqubela

makazilumle ekuthetheni kakubi,

ayeke ukuthetha ubuxoki.

11Makahlukane nobubi, enze okulungileyo;

makaphuthume uxolo, ahlale kulo.

12Kaloku iNkosi iyawajonga amalungisa,

iyiphulaphule imithandazo yawo.

Kodwa iyabafulathela abenzi bobubi.”

13Ngubani onganenzakalisayo xa nisenza okulungileyo? 14Phofu ke, nokuba ningatshutshiswa ngenxa yokwenza okulungileyo, ikwalithamsanqa naloo nto. Ze ningoyiki nina, ningaxhali nokuxhala oku. 15Hlonelani iNkosi uKrestu ehleli kuni ngaphakathi, nihlale nilungele ukuphendula nabani na onibuza ngethemba eniqamele ngalo. 16Kodwa loo nto ze niyenze ngobulali nangembeko, ningenasazela nganto, ukuze nokuba niyanyenjwa, abo banihlebayo badane ngenxa yendlela eniziphethe ngayo ukulandela uKrestu. 17Kaloku kungcono ukutshutshiswa ngenxa yobulungisa, xa kuyintando kaThixo oko, kunokutshutshiselwa izenzo ezibi. 18Andithi noKrestu wafela izono zethu kwaba kanye qwaba! Yena elilungisa nje wafela thina boni, esisondeza kuThixo! Wabulawa, kodwa wavuka ngoMoya kaThixo, 19waza waya kushumayeza imiphefumlo eseluvalelweni. 20Abo ke ngabo bantu bangazange bamthobele uThixo naxa wayebanyamezele ngemihla kaNowa. Ngabantu abambalwa nje – isibhozo kuphela – abasindiswayo ngamanzi. 21Wona angumqondiso owalatha ubhaptizo olusindisa nina ngoku. Ubhaptizo alukuko ukuhlanjwa kokungcola komzimba, lusisithembiso esenziwa kuThixo ngomxhelo wonke. Lusindisa ngamandla okuvuka kukaKrestu 22owenyukela ezulwini, ohleli ewongeni ngakuThixo, elawula zonke izithunywa zezulu nooziphathamandla noomagunya bakhona.

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Ubomi obutsha

1Njengoko noKrestu wamelanayo nale ntlupheko yalo mhlaba, ngokunjalo ke nani zimiseleni, nifuze yena. Kaloku umntu ocikidiweyo yintlupheko uyalumleka esonweni, 2aze athi ke ngexesha asenalo emhlabeni angaphileli ukwanelisa iminqweno yesimo esidala, koko aphilele ukwenza oko kuthandwa nguThixo. 3Ngoko ke lanele elaa xesha nilidlele ebuhedenini. Kaloku ngoko naningooandikhathali, nibawa, ninxila, nithanda iziyunguma; naningamakhoboka embarha; naninqula ngendlela elisikizi. 4Oontangandini ngoku bathe nqa kuba ningasahambi nabo kobo bundlobongela bokuzibhubhisa. Yiyo le nto baninyelisayo. 5Kambe ke baseza kunika ingxelo kulowo uhlalele ukugweba abahleliyo nabafileyo. 6Naso isizathu esabangela ukuba iindaba ezimnandi zishunyayelwe nakwabo bafileyo ngoku. Ewe, zashunyayelwa nakwabo babegwetyiwe njengamntu wonke, khon' ukuze ngokoMoya baphilele uThixo.

Ukusebenzisana

7Kuzo zonke izinto isiphelo sisemnyango. Ngoko ke hlalani nisezingqondweni, nikuqulele ukuthandaza. 8Ngaphezu koko ke hlalani nithandana, kuba kaloku uthando luyazingcwaba izono. 9Belezelanani ningenasikrokro. 10Umntu onikwe isiphiwo esithile nguThixo makasisebenzise ekuncedeni abanye, njengegosa lokwaba isisa sikaThixo esintlobo-ntlobo. 11Oshumayelayo makamele uThixo. Oncedisayo makancedise ngamandla awaphiwa nguThixo. Zonke izinto zenzeleni ukuze kunconywe uThixo ngenxa kaYesu Krestu. Kaloku sesakhe isidima namandla nanini nanini. *Amen.

Ukutshutshiswa komKrestu

12Zihlobo zam, sanukumangaliswa yile ngcinezelo ingaka niphantsi kwayo, ngokungathi nibona umhlola. 13Ndaweni yaloo nto vuyani kuba nani ninenxaxheba kwingcinezelo kaKrestu; nto leyo iya kunenza nichulumache ngakumbi ngomhla wokubonakala kobungangamsha bakhe. 14Nithamsanqelekile ukuba niyathukwa ngenxa yokuba ningabakaKrestu. Kaloku loo nto icacisa ukuba uMoya osinika isidima, onguMoya kaThixo, unifukamele. 15Xa nibandezeleka makungabi ngenxa yobugwinta, ukûba, ubuqili, okanye ukuphixanisa. 16Kodwa ke ukuba umntu ubandezeleka kuba engumKrestu, makangabi nazintloni, koko makadumise uThixo ngenxa yelo gama.

17Kaloku lifikile ixesha lokuba umgwebo uqale; ibe ke uza kuqala endlwini kaThixo ngenkqu. Ukuba ke uqala kuthi, soba yintoni ke isiphelo sabo bangavumiyo ukuzithobela iindaba ezimnandi zikaThixo? 18Njengoko *neziBhalo zisithi:

“Nelungisa eli lisindiswa nzima.

Kobeka phi ke kumqhankqalazi nomoni?”

19Ngoko ke abo babandezeleka kuba uThixo ethanda, mabazinikele ngokupheleleyo ngemisebenzi emihle kuMdali wabo, kuba usoloko ethembekile.

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