Bible Reading Plan – Day 354

₁UYesu wathi ehamba ngendlela wabona umntu owayezelwe eyimfama. ₂Bambuza ke abafundi bakhe besithi: “Mfundisi, uphi undonakele ukuze azalwe eyimfama nje? Ngaba nguye, okanye ngabazali bakhe?”

₃Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Eyimfama nje, akonanga yena, kungonanga nabazali bakhe. Uzelwe eyimfama ukuze amandla okusebenza kukaThixo abonakaliswe ngaye. ₄Simelwe kukuyenza kusesemini imisebenzi esiyinikwe ngulowo undithumileyo. Ubusuku buyeza, apho kungayi kubakho bani unako ukusebenza. ₅Okweli thuba ndisesehlabathini ndilukhanyiso lwehlabathi.”

₆Akuba etshilo, uYesu watshicela emhlabeni, wenza udaka, wawaqaba ngalo amehlo emfama leyo; ₇waza wathi kuyo: “Hamba uye kuhlamba kwichityana laseSilowa.” (Oko kukuthi “thunyiwe”.) Yahamba ke imfama, yaya kuhlamba, yabuya ibona.

₈Abamelwane nabanye abantu ababeqhele ukumbona loo mntu engqiba, bathi: “Lo mfo asinguye na lowa ebehlala engqiba?”

₉Abanye babesithi nguye, abanye besithi asinguye kodwa ufana naye. Waza umfo lowo wathi: “Ndinguye.”

₁₀Bambuza ke, bathi: “Avulwe yintoni amehlo akho?”

₁₁Wathi yena: “Laa mntu kuthiwa nguYesu, wenza udaka, waqaba ngalo amehlo am, wathi mandiye eSilowa, ndihlambe. Ndiyile ke, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”

₁₂Baza bathi: “Uphi loo mntu ngoku?”

Ke yena wathi: “Andazi.”

₁₃Bamthatha ke loo mfo owayeyimfama, bamsa *kubaFarasi; ₁₄kuba *kwakunguMhla wokuPhumla loo mini uYesu wenza udaka ngayo, wavula amehlo akhe. ₁₅Ke ngoko abaFarasi bambuza lo mfo okokuba uphiliswe njani ebumfameni bakhe, waza wathi kubo: “Undiqabe amehlo ngodaka, ndahlamba, aza avuleka amehlo am.”

₁₆Baza abaFarasi abathile bathi: “Loo mntu akanakuba ngowakwaThixo, kuba akawuhloneli uMhla woPhumlo.”

Kodwa abanye babesithi: “Ukuba ebengumoni ebenokuthini ukwenza imiqondiso elolu hlobo?” Kwabakho impikiswano ke phakathi kwabo.

₁₇Ke ngoko abaFarasi baphinda bathi kuloo mntu wayeyimfama: “Wena uthini ngaye, inguwe nje ovulwe amehlo?”

Waza wathi: “*Ungumshumayeli.”

₁₈AmaJuda wona ayengakholwa ukuba wayeyimfama waza wabuya wabona, aza abiza abazali bakhe, ₁₉abuza esithi: “Ngunyana wenu lo? Ngaba wazalwa eyimfama? Ebona nje ngoku kutheni?”

₂₀Abazali bakhe baphendula bathi: “Ewe, ngunyana wethu lo. Wavela eyimfama; ₂₁kodwa asazi ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ebona nje ngoku; nalowo uwavulileyo amehlo akhe asimazi. Buzani kuye; selemdala, unako ukuziphendulela.” ₂₂Abazali bakhe batsho kuba besoyika amaJuda, kuba wona ayeselevumelene ngokuthi ovumayo ukuba uYesu unguye *uKrestu, uya kusikwa *endlwini yesikhungo. ₂₃Kungoko ke abazali bakhe batshoyo ukuthi: “Buzani kuye; selemdala.”

₂₄Ke ngoko amaJuda aphinda ambuza loo mntu wayezelwe eyimfama, athi kuye: “Sikufungisa uThixo ukuba uthethe inyaniso. Thina siyazi okokuba lo mntu ngumoni.”

₂₅Waphendula wathi: “Ukuba ungumoni, nokuba akanguye, andazi. Ndazi nto-nye kuphela; bendiyimfama, ngoku ke ndiyabona.”

₂₆Aza athi kuye: “Ukwenze ntoni kanye ukukuvula amehlo?”

₂₇Wawaphendula wathi: “Sendinixelele nje, naza anaphulaphula; kutheni ukuba nifune ukuva kwakhona? Ngaba nani nifuna ukuba ngabafundi bakhe?”

₂₈Aza amaJuda amthuka, atsho nokuthi: “Nguwe ongumfundi walaa mfo; thina singabafundi bakaMosis. ₂₉Siyazi okokuba uMosis wathetha egunyaziswa nguThixo; kodwa yena lo mfo asimazi, singazi nalapho avela khona.”

₃₀Waphendula wathi: “Simanga! Nina nithi animazi apho avela khona, kanti nguye owavulileyo amehlo am. ₃₁Kuyaqondakala okokuba uThixo akabeva aboni; kuphela uva abo bamhloneleyo ngokwenza oko akuthandayo. ₃₂Okoko ladalwayo ihlabathi akuzange kuviwe ngomntu owakha wavula amehlo omntu ozelwe eyimfama. ₃₃Ukuba lo mntu ebengaveli kuThixo nge-engenako mpela ukwenza into enje.”

₃₄Amphendula athi: “Singathini ukufundiswa nguwe, ntondini eyazalelwa esonweni!” Waza ke wasikwa *endlwini yesikhungo.

₃₅UYesu weva okokuba umntu lowo usikiwe. Akumfumana wathi kuye: “Uyakholwa na kuye *uNyana woLuntu?”

₃₆Waphendula yena wathi: “Ndixelele ukuba ngongubani lowo, Nkosi, ukuze nam ndikholwe kuye.”

₃₇Wathi kuye uYesu: “Sewumbonile; ngulo uthethayo nawe ngoku.”

₃₈Waza wathi: “Ndiyakholwa, Nkosi.” Watsho waguqa phambi koYesu.

₃₉Waza wathi uYesu: “Mna ndize kweli hlabathi ukuze abantu bacaluleke: ukuze iimfama zibone, bathi ababonayo babe ziimfama.”

₄₀*AbaFarasi abathile ababelapho kunye naye, bamva eyithetha le nto, baza bambuza besithi: “Nathi uthi siziimfama?”

₄₁Wathi kubo uYesu: “Ukuba benizizo iimfama ngeningenatyala, kodwa ngenxa yokuba nisithi niyabona, nihlala ninalo ityala.”

₁“Inene, lowo ungangeniyo ngesango esibayeni seegusha, kodwa usuka angene ngandawo yimbi, ulisela nesihange. ₂Ke lowo ungena ngesango, ngumalusi wazo iigusha. ₃Umgcini-sango uyamvulela lowo. Iigusha zakhe ziyaliva izwi lakhe. Uzibiza ngamagama azo, azikhokelele phandle. ₄Akuba ezikhuphile esibayeni iigusha zakhe, uhamba phambi kwazo, zize zimlandele, kuba ziyalazi izwi lakhe. ₅Omnye umntu azingekhe zimlandele. Zosuka zimbaleke, kuba azilazi izwi lowasemzini.”

₆UYesu wabenzela lo mzekeliso, kodwa bona babengayiqondi into awayeyithetha kubo.

₇Wabuya wathetha nabo uYesu, wathi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, ndim isango lesibaya seegusha. ₈Iigusha zange zibaphulaphule bonke abathe bafika ngaphambi kwam, kuba babengamasela nezihange. ₉Ndim isango; othe wangena ngam wosindiswa. Wongena ephuma, atye anele. ₁₀Isela lizele kuphela ukuba libe, lixhele, litshabalalise. Mna ndizele ukuba abantu babe nobomi, obona bupheleleyo.

₁₁“Mna ndingumalusi olungileyo. Umalusi olungileyo ubuncamela iigusha zakhe ubomi bakhe. ₁₂Kodwa umqeshwa, ongenguye umninizo, owalusa nje kwagusha, uthi akubona ingcuka isiza, abaleke, azishiye; ifike ke ingcuka, izibambe iigusha, izichitha-chithe. ₁₃Umqeshwa lo ke ubaleka kuba engumntu nje oqeshiweyo engazikhathalele iigusha. _14-15Ndim umalusi olungileyo. Njengokuba uBawo endazi mna, nam ndimazi uBawo, ngokukwanjalo ndiyazazi iigusha zam, nazo ziyandazi, ndaye nobomi bam ndibuncamela iigusha zam. ₁₆Ndinazo nezinye iigusha ezingezizo ezesi sibaya. Nazo kufuneke ndize nazo. Ziya kuliva ilizwi lam, umhlambi ube mnye, nomalusi abe mnye.

₁₇“UBawo uyandithanda, ngenxa yokuba ndibuncama ubomi bam. Ke ndobuya ndibufumane. ₁₈Akukho bani ubuhluthayo kum ubomi bam; ndibuncama ngokwam. Ndinelungelo lokubuncama; ndikwanalo nelokubuya ndibufumane. Yiyo ke leyo into endiyiyalelweyo nguBawo ukuba ndiyenze.”

₁₉Nala ke amazwi âbanga okokuba amaJuda angavani. ₂₀Into eninzi yawo yayisithi: “Unendimoni! Uyageza! Ningáthini ukumphulaphula?”

₂₁Kodwa amanye ayesithi: “Umntu onendimoni akanakuthetha ngolu hlobo. Ibinokuthini indimoni ukuba nako ukuvula amehlo eemfama?”

₂₂Kwakusebusika ukufika kwexesha letheko lokukhumbula ukuhlaziywa *kwendlu kaThixo eJerusalem. ₂₃UYesu wayehamba-hamba endlwini kaThixo evarandeni ekuthiwa yekaSolomon. ₂₄Amrhawula amaJuda, athi kuye: “Phum' egusheni! Ukuba unguye *uKrestu, yitsho ngokuphandle.”

₂₅Wawaphendula uYesu wathi: “Sendinixelele, kodwa anakholwa noko. Imisebenzi endiyenzileyo ngegunya endilinikwe nguBawo, iyandingqinela. ₂₆Ningàkholwa nje kum kungenxa yokuba ningezizo iigusha zam. ₂₇Ezam iigusha ziyaliva izwi lam. Ibe ke ndiyazazi; zona ziyandilandela. ₂₈Ndizinika ubomi obungenasiphelo. Azisoze zitshabalale, kwaye akukho bani unokuzihlutha kum. ₂₉Kaloku uBawo ondinike zona unamandla; noko ke akukho bani unokuhlutha nto kuye. ₃₀Ke mna noBawo sibanye.”

₃₁Aphinda amaJuda achola amatye, efuna ukumgibisela ngawo ambulale uYesu. ₃₂Wathi ke kuwo uYesu: “Ngamandla andinike wona uBawo, ndenzé izinto ezininzi ezilungileyo, nindibona. Ngaba kungenxa yasiphi na isenzo senifuna ukundigibisela ngamatye nje?”

₃₃Aphendula amaJuda athi: “Asifuni kukugibisela ngamatye ngenxa yanto ilungileyo uyenzileyo; kungenxa yokuba unyelisa uThixo. Ungáthini, ungumntu nje, ukusuka uzenze uThixo?”

₃₄Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Kowenu umthetho kukhankanywa la mazwi kaThixo athi: ‘Mna ndithe ningoothixo.’ ₃₅Aninakuyijika le ntetho *yeziBhalo. Kaloku uThixo yena uthi bangoothixo abo athetha nabo. ₃₆Ningáthini ke ukuthi mna ndithetha into emanyumnyezi ngoThixo, xa ndithi ndinguNyana kaThixo, mna ndamiselwayo nguBawo, ndathunyelwa ehlabathini nguye? ₃₇Ukuba andiwenzi umsebenzi endithunywe wona nguBawo, sanukundamkela; ₃₈kodwa ukuba ndiyawenza, bamkeleni ubungqina bezenzo zam, nokuba ananeliseki ndim. Ke ngoko noqonda nazi okokuba uBawo ukum, nam ndikuye.”

₃₉AmaJuda azama kwakhona ukumbamba uYesu, kodwa wawaphepha, ₄₀wabuya wemka waya phesheya kweJordan, apho wayebhaptiza khona kuqala uYohane, wahlala khona. ₄₁Kweza abantu abaninzi kuye, bathi: “UYohane okunene akazange enze namnye umqondiso, kodwa konke awakuthethayo ngalo mntu kuyinyaniso.” ₄₂Abantu abaninzi ke balapho bazinikela kuye.

₁Kwakukho mntu uthile ugulayo, uLazaro. WayengowaseBhetani kuloMariya noMarta oodade wabo. ₂UMariya lo ngulowa wayithambisayo iNkosi ngamafutha aqholiweyo, waza wazisula ngeenwele zakhe iinyawo zayo. Lo Lazaro wayegula wayengumnakwabo. ₃Ke ngoko oodade wabo aba bathumela kuYesu, besithi: “Nkosi, umhlobo wakho uyagula.”

₄Akuyiva loo nto, wathi uYesu: “Oku kugula akuyi kuphelela ekufeni, koko kuya kubonakalisa amandla kaThixo, aze uNyana kaThixo abe nodumo.”

₅Ngoko ke, nangona uYesu wayebathanda ooMarta noMariya noLazaro, ₆wahlala iintsuku zambini kuloo ndawo weva ekuyo ngokugula kukaLazaro. ₇Emva koko wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Masiphinde siye kwelakwaJuda.”

₈Ke ngoko bathi kuye abafundi: “Mfundisi, ebesand' ukufuna ukukugibisela ngamatye nje amaJuda, ungáthini ukubuya uye khona?”

₉Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Ilanga liyavela, litshone, anditsho? Ke ukuba umntu uhamba emini, akakhubeki; kuba ukhanyiselwa lukhanyiso lweli hlabathi. ₁₀Kodwa ukuba uhamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka; kuba akukho kukhanya kumkhanyiselayo.” ₁₁Akuba etshilo, waqokela wathi: “Umhlobo wethu uLazaro ulele; ndisaya kumvusa.”

₁₂Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuvuka.”

₁₃Kanti ke uYesu wayethetha okokuba uLazaro uswelekile, kodwa bona babeba uthetha ukuthi ulele ubuthongo. ₁₄Ke ngoko wabaxelela ngokuphandle, wathi: “ULazaro ufile; ₁₅kodwa ngenxa yenu ndiyavuya ngokungabikho kwam khona, ukuze nikholwe. Ngoko ke, masiye kuye.”

₁₆Ke ngoko uTomas, uWele, wathi kwabanye abafundi: “Masiye nathi, size sife kunye naye.”

₁₇Kwathi akufika uYesu, wafumana ukuba uLazaro seleneentsuku ezine engcwatyiwe. ₁₈IBhetani yayikufuphi neJerusalem, umgama onganeno kweekhilomitha ezintathu, ₁₉kwaza kwafika amaJuda amaninzi, eze kukhuza ooMarta noMariya ngokusweleka komnakwabo.

₂₀Akuva uMarta okokuba uYesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza, kodwa yena uMariya wasala endlwini. ₂₁Waza wathi uMarta kuYesu: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukho, ngengabhubhanga umnakwethu. ₂₂Kodwa nangoku ndiyazi ukuba uThixo wokunika nantoni na oyicelayo kuye.”

₂₃Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Umnakwenu uya kubuya avuke.”

₂₄Wathi kuye uMarta: “Ndiyazi okokuba uya kubuya avuke xa kuvuswa bonke abafileyo ngomhla wokugqibela.”

₂₅Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Ndim uvuko; ndim ubomi. Lowo ukholwayo kum wodla ubomi nokuba ebefile. ₂₆Wonke odla ubomi ekholwa kum, soze afe naphakade. Ke wena ngaba uyakholwa koku?”

₂₇Waza wathi kuye: “Ewe, Nkosi. Sendoyisekile; ndiyavuma okokuba wena unguye *uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo, lowo umelwe kukuza ehlabathini.”

₂₈Akuba etshilo uMarta, wemka waya kubizela bucala udade wabo uMariya, wathi kuye: “Umfundisi ukho; uyakubiza.” ₂₉Akukuva oko uMariya, wakhawuleza waphuma, wahlangabeza uYesu. ₃₀UYesu ke wayengekangeni edolophini, kodwa wayesekuloo ndawo wayedibene kuyo noMarta. ₃₁Ke amaJuda lawo awayekunye noMariya endlwini, eze kukhuza, athi akubona ephakama kamsinya, aphuma amlandela. Ayeba uya kulila engcwabeni.

₃₂UMariya waya kulaa ndawo wayekuyo uYesu, wafika waziphosa ezinyaweni zakhe, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukho, ngengabhubhanga umnakwethu.”

₃₃Wathi uYesu akumbona elila, namaJuda abeze naye elila, wachukumiseka entliziyweni, wakhathazeka kakhulu, ₃₄wathi: “Nimngcwabe phi?”

Bathi: “Nkosi, yiza sikubonise.”

₃₅Zehla iinyembezi kuYesu. ₃₆Ke ngoko amaJuda athi: “Khanikhangele ukumthanda kwakhe!”

₃₇Ke amanye kuwo athi: “Wawavula nje amehlo emfama, ngaba ebengenako ukwenza ukuba noLazaro angabhubhi?”

₃₈Esachukumiseke njalo entliziyweni uYesu, waya engcwabeni. Ingcwaba eli lalingumqolomba, livalwe ngelitye. ₃₉Waza wathi uYesu: “Lisuseni ilitye.”

Wathi uMarta, udade bomfi: “Nkosi, selenevumba, kuba seleneentsuku ezine eswelekile.”

₄₀UYesu wathi kuye: “Bendingatshongo na kuwe okokuba uya kuwabona amandla kaThixo ukuba uyakholwa?” ₄₁Balisusa ke ilitye, waza uYesu wakhangela phezulu, wathi: “Bawo, ndiyabulela kuba undiva. ₄₂Mna ke bendisazi ukuba uhlala undiva, kambe ke nditsho ngenxa yale ndimbane yabantu ixhontelene apha, khon' ukuze ikholwe ukuba ndithunywe nguwe.” ₄₃Akuba etshilo wadanduluka wathi: “Lazaro, phuma engcwabeni!” ₄₄Waphuma umfi, izandla neenyawo zithandelwe ngamalaphu elinen, ubuso bujikelwe ngeqhiya. Wathi kubo uYesu: “Mkhululeni, nimyeke ahambe.”