Ndim elo bhinqa – Usuku 2

₃₆EJopa kwakukho umlandeli kaYesu ogama linguTabhita, oko kukuthi uBhadikazi. Lonke ixesha lakhe wayelichithela ekwenzeni okulungileyo, enezinwe, ebanceda abahlelelekileyo.

₄Wabaphendula wathi: “Aniyifundanga na *eziBhalweni le ndawo ithi: ‘UMdali wabadala kwasekuqalekeni bayindoda nomfazi. ₅Yiyo ke loo nto indoda ishiya uyise nonina nje, inamathele kumkayo, baze bamanyane’? ₆Ke ngoko àbasebabini, koko banye. Abo ke uThixo abamanyileyo mabangahlulwa mntu.”

₄Umtshato uxabisekile; mawuxatyiswe nguye wonke ubani. Amadoda nabafazi mabanyaniseke omnye komnye, bangasixabheli isilili sabo. Ingqumbo kaThixo ijinga phezu kwabo bakrexezayo kwakunye nabo barheletyayo.

₃₂Wakhawula uLeya, wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, wathi nguRubhen igama lakhe, kuba wayesithi: “UNdikhoyo ulubonile usizi lwam; ngoku ndiza kuthandwa ngumyeni wam.”

₃Indoda mayimkholise umfazi wayo; nomfazi makenjenjalo endodeni yakhe. ₄Umfazi akanagunya kowakhe umzimba; yindoda enalo. Kwangokunjalo ke nendoda ayinagunya kowayo umzimba; ngumfazi onalo. ₅Musani ukwala ukuhlangana, ngaphandle kokuba nivumelene ukungahlangani okomzuzwana, nisenzela ukuba nibe nethuba lokuthandaza. Emva koko ke ze nibuye nihlangane, hleze uSathana anihende ngenxa yokungabi nako kwenu ukuzibamba.

₁₆Ke kaloku abafazi ababini abangamahenyukazi beza kuma phambi kokumkani, ₁₇omnye wabo wathi: “Mhlekazi, mna nalo mfazi sihlala ndlwini-nye. Ngoku ke mna ndiye ndabeleka ndafumana umntwana, ngoko silala sobabini. ₁₈Ngosuku lwesithathu ndibelekile nalo mfazi ubeleke owakhe umntwana. Ke kaloku ke besisobabini apho endlwini, kungekho mntu wumbi. ₁₉Ngabusuku buthile lo mfazi wamfuthanisela wafa unyana wakhe. ₂₀Kwakuba njalo ke uvukile wachwechwa ezinzulwini zobusuku, weza kûba unyana wam ecaleni lam, mna ke sicakazana sakho ndilele thwii. Suka ke wathatha lo nyana wakhe ungasekhoyo wambeka esifubeni sam, lo wam wamncancisa kuye. ₂₁Ndithe ke ndakuvuka ngentsasa elandelayo, ndizama ukuncancisa usana lwam, lwaye lungasekho! Kuthe ke kwakukhanya ndamqwalasela, ndafumanisa ukuba lo asinguye unyana wam endimzeleyo.”

₂₂Omnye lo ke umfazi wathi: “Hayi bo! Lo mntwana uphilayo ngowam; owakho ngulo ufileyo.”

Lo wokuqala ke umfazi wathi: “Unotshe! Owakho ngulo ufileyo; ngowam lo uphilayo!” Yaba yiloo mpikiswano ke apho phambi kokumkani.

₂₃Ukumkani ke wathi: “Oo! Lo uthi: ‘Ngunyana wam lo uphilayo, ngunyana wakho lo ufileyo;’ abe omnye esithi: ‘Hayi khona, ngunyana wakho lo ufileyo, owam ngulo uphilayo!’ ” ₂₄Suka ke ukumkani wathi: “Ndiziseleni ikrele.” Walinikwa ke ukumkani ikrele elo. ₂₅Wayalela wathi: “Mahluleni kubini lo mntwana uphilayo, icala nilinike omnye waba bafazi, omnye ke nimnike icala.”

₂₆Ke kaloku lo mfazi yayingowakhe umntwana ophilayo wasikwa yinimba, wathi kukumkani: “Ndincede, mhlekazi, musa ukumbulala! Ndaweni yaloo nto mnike lo mfazi lo mntwana uphilayo!”

Ke yena omnye lo umfazi wathi: “Ewe, kungcono singamfumani sobabini; mahlule kubini!”

₂₇Waza ke ukumkani wawisa isigwebo wathi: “Sukuba sambulala umntwana, koko mnike lo mfazi wokuqala, kuba ngenene ngowakhe.”

₆Lo mfazi ke waya kuxelela indoda yakhe, wathi: “Ndibone ndifikelwa ngumfo wakwaThixo onenkangeleko yesithunywa sikaThixo; uyoyikeka kakhulu. Andimbuzanga apho avela khona, engandixelelanga negama lakhe. ₇Uthe kum: ‘Ùyabona, selukhulelwe; uza kuzala unyana. Ke ngoko uzungaseli wayini natywala, ungatyi nanye into engavunyelwanga ngumthetho kaThixo, kuba le nkwenkwe iya kuba lilolo likaThixo kwasesizalweni sakho, kude kube yimini yokufa kwayo.’ ”

₈Ke kaloku uManowa wathandaza kuNdikhoyo, wathi: “Ngxe, Nkosi yam, khawuphinde umthumele umfo wakwaThixo obumthumile, eze kusifundisa ukuba siyiphathe kanjani na inkwenkwe leyo yakuvela.”

₁Umhlolokazi othile, omyeni wayengomnye wabashumayeli, wakhalela uElisha esithi: “Umyeni wam ongasekhoyo, isicaka sakho, nawe uyamazi ukuba ebemhlonele *uNdikhoyo. Kambe ke ngoku engasekho umntu awayenetyala kuye ufuna ukuthimba amakhwenkwe am amabini abe ngamakhoboka.”

₂UElisha wathi kuye: “Ndingakunceda kanjani ke? Khawutsho, unantoni endlwini yakho?”

Ke yena wathi: “Akukho nto sinayo isicakazana sakho esi ngaphandle kwengqayana yamafutha omnquma.”

₃UElisha wathi: “Khawuhamba-hambe ujikeleze ebumelwaneni, ufune iingqayi ezingenanto, zingabi mbalwa, koko zibe ninzi. ₄Wakuba uzifumene ke, ngena endlwini yakho noonyana bakho, nizivalele khona. Uze ke ugalele amafutha lawo kwezo ngqayi zonke. Yakuzala enye yibeke bucala.”

₅Bahlukana ke, waza wazivalela noonyana bakhe apho endlwini. Bazizisa kuye iingqayi, waza ke yena wamana ezizalisa ngamafutha omnquma. ₆Zithe ke zakuzala zonke, wabhekisa kunyana wakhe wathi: “Yiza nenye kwakhona.”

Kodwa ke yena wathi: “Ziphelile; akukho yimbi eseleyo.” Namafutha ke atsho aphela.

₇Wahamba ke waya kuxelela umfo wakwaThixo owathi kuye: “Hamba uye kuthengisa loo mafutha, uhlawule amatyala akho. Aseleyo ke nophila ngawo, wena noonyana bakho.”

₁₆Waphendula uRute wathi: “Sukundinyanzela usithi mandikushiye. Apho uya khona, nam ndiya kuya, ndiye kuhlala nalapho uhlala khona, amawenu abe ngamawethu, noThixo wakho abe nguThixo wam. ₁₇Ndiya kufa apho ufa khona, ndingcwatyelwe apho nam. *UNdikhoyo aze andihlisele elona shwangusha xa ndinokwahlulwa nto nawe; ewe, nditsho nokufa!”

₁₀Waqubuda phambi koBhowazi uRute, wathi: “Mhlekazi, ngani ukuba undenzele ububele obungaka undihoye ndingowelinye ilizwe nje?”

₁₁UBhowazi wathi: “Ndivile ngawe ukuba ubumphethe kakuhle unyoko-zala, naxa umyeni wakho selengasekho. Ude washiya uyihlo nonyoko, nditsho namawenu la embala, weza kuhlala phakathi kwabantu obungazani nabo. ₁₂Ubenga ke uNdikhoyo angakuvuza ngomsebenzi wakho. Ewe, ubenga uNdikhoyo, uThixo kaSirayeli, lo wena uze kuzifaka phantsi kwamaphiko akhe, angakubuyekeza kanobom.”

₈Wavakala esithi uNawomi koomolokazana bakhe: “Buyelani kumakhaya enu. Ubenga uNdikhoyo anganenzela izibele njengoko benisenza kum nakwabo basishiyileyo. ₉Ubenga uNdikhoyo anganinika indawo yokuphumla, elowo endlwini yendoda yakhe.”

UNawomi wabanga ebabulisa. Kodwa bona basuka basitsho isikhalo,

₃₁UYesu wathi: “Uyabona, wena Simon, uSathana ebenibanga efuna ukunihlungula okwengqolowa, ₃₂kodwa mna ndikuthandazele ukuba ukholo lwakho lungapheli. Nawe ke, xa uthe waguquka, uze uwomeleze amakholwa.”

₈“Kananjalo nguwuphi na umfazi onokuthi eneenkozo zemali ezilishumi, kuze kulahleke lube lunye kuzo, angalumeki isibane, atshayele indlu, afunisise enyamekile, ade alufumane? ₉Akulufumana ke, ubabizela ndawonye abahlobo nabamelwane, athi: ‘Vuyisanani nam; ndilufumene ukhozo lwemali obelulahlekile.’

₁Ke kaloku uNahaman wayeyinjengele yomkhosi wokumkani wakwa-Aram. Yayingumfo ohlonitshwayo noxatyisiweyo nayinkosi yakhe. Kaloku kwakungaye lowo ukuze *uNdikhoyo awaphe uloyiso ama-Aram. Wayelikroti lomfo, nto nje eneqhenqa. ₂Ke iqela elithile lama-Aram laphuma lahlasela uSirayeli, laza lathimba ntombazana ithile, yaza ke yaya kusebenzela umka-Nahaman. ₃Ke yona yathi apho kuloo mfazi: “Akwaba inkosi yam le ibingabonana *nomshumayeli okweliya laseSamariya! Ebengayiphilisayo kweli qhenqa layo.”

₄UNahaman waya enkosini yakhe, wayibikela oko kuthethwe yintombazana yakwaSirayeli. ₅Ke ukumkani wakwa-Aram wathi: “Kulungile, ungaya; ndokuphathisa neleta eya kukumkani wakwaSirayeli.” Wanduluka ke ngoko uNahaman ephethe amashumi amathathu amawaka esiliva, nesithandatu samawaka egolide, kunye neshumi lezambatho zokutshintsha ezenziwe ngelaphu elihle kunene.

₁₄Ngoko ke uNahaman wehla waya eJordan, wafika wantywila khona kasixhenxe ngokwelizwi awayelixelelwe ngumfo wakwaThixo. Ngenene ke ulusu lwakhe lwahlaziyeka lwahlambuluka lwaba njengolomntwana.

₁₅Ke kaloku uNahaman namaphakathi akhe lawo onke babuyela kumfo wakwaThixo. Wema phambi kwakhe wathi: “Ngoku ndiyaqonda ukuba akukho Thixo wumbi ehlabathini liphela ngaphandle kwalowo wakwaSirayeli! Ngoko ke nceda wamkele nasi isipho osinikwa sisicaka sakho!”

₂₀UNawomi yena wathi: “Sanukuthi Nawomi kum, yithini Mara, kuba wabenza bakrakra kum ubomi uSomandla. ₂₁Ekumkeni kwam apha ndandingenanto ndingenayo, kodwa ngoku uNdikhoyo undibuyisa ndiyimpula kalujaca. Nisatsholo ni ukuthi ndinguNawomi xa yena uNdikhoyo esuke wandicinezela nje – xa yena uSomandla esuke wandizisela iinkxwaleko?”

₂₇Inkolo enyanisekileyo nengenachaphaza kuThixo uBawo yile: kukubonelela iinkedama nabahlolokazi abahluphekileyo, nokuphepha ukudyojwa lihlabathi.

₃₃Ngubani na oya kubamangalela abanyulwa bakaThixo, inguThixo nje obagwebelayo? ₃₄Ngubani onokubagweba, ethe wafa nje uKrestu, wathi ngaphezu koko wabuya wavuka, waza waya kuhlala ewongeni kwaThixo, apho asithethelela khona? ₃₅Ngubani ke onokusahlukanisa nothando lukaKrestu? Yimbandezelo na? Yinkxwaleko na? Yintshushiso na? Yindlala na? Bubuzé na? Yingozi na? Likrele na?

[ ₃Abachazi-mthetho *nabaFarasi beza nomfazi owayebanjwe ekrexeza, bammisa phambi kwabantu; ₄baza bathi kuYesu: “Mfundisi, lo mfazi ubanjwe ekrexeza. ₅Emthethweni wethu uMosis uthi umfazi onjalo makagityiselwe ngamatye abulawe. Ke wena ngaba uthi makathiweni?” ₆Besitsho nje, babemthiyisela, befuna athethe into abanokummangalela ngayo. Kodwa uYesu wathoba, wabhala ngomnwe emhlabeni.

₇Besamile njalo bembuza, waphakama, wathi kubo: “Ongenasono kuni makube nguye ogibisela ilitye lokuqala.” ₈Waphinda wathoba uYesu, wabhala emhlabeni. ₉Bekuvile oko, bemka bonke ngabanye ngabanye, baqalela kwabadala. Kwasala uYesu nomfazi lowo, esemi apho. ₁₀Waphakama uYesu, wathi kuye: “Baphi na abamangaleli bakho? Akukho namnye na oshiyekileyo?”

₁₁Waphendula wathi: “Namnye, Nkosi.”

Wathi uYesu: “Nam ke andikugwebi. Hamba, ungàbuye wone.”]