To The Word – Day 24

₁Kubhala mna sicaka sikaYesu Krestu *nomthunywa wakhe, uSimon Petros. Ndibhalela nina bathe ngenxa yobulungisa bukaThixo noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu nânokholo olunjengolwethu ukuxabiseka. ₂Nanga ngenxa yokwazana kwenu noThixo kwakunye noYesu iNkosi yethu, ningenzelwa isisa, niphiwe noxolo ngakumbi nangakumbi.

₃Ngamandla akhe uThixo usenzele zonke izinto eziyimfuneko ebomini, ukuze siziphathe ngokwentando yakhe; nokuze sazane nalowo usibizileyo, khon' ukuze sibuxhamle ubuqaqawuli nesidima sakhe. ₄Ezi zipho zisisiqinisekiso sezinto ezinkulu nezimangalisayo asenzela zona: uThixo usenza sibe nenxaxheba kubomi bakhe, sikuphephe ukonakaliswa lihlabathi elikhohlakeleyo. ₅Ngenxa yaloo nto ke kufuneka nenze unako-nako ukongezelela ukholo ngesidima, nesidima ngengqiqo, ₆ingqiqo ngokuzeyisa, nokuzeyisa ngonyamezelo, unyamezelo ngembeko, ₇nembeko ngokuhlobana, nokuhlobana ngokuthanda abantu bonke. ₈Xa ninazo ngokwaneleyo, zisanda ngokwanda ezi zinto, zonenza nikhuthale nivelise neziqhamo, nazane nokwazana ngenene neNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. ₉Kaloku umntu ongenazo ezi mpawu, yimfama, ubona kufuphi, uyalibala nokuba izono zakhe zangaphambili sewazixolelwa.

₁₀Ngoko ke, mawethu, kulangazeleleni ngakumbi ukuqinisekiswa kokubizwa nokunyulwa kwenu nguThixo. Kaloku ukuba niyayenza loo nto, aninakuze niwe konke. ₁₁Leyo yindlela eniya kungena ngayo ekuxhamleni ubuncwane bokulawulwa amaxesha onke yiNkosi noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu.

₁₂Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, ndiya kusoloko ndinikhumbuza ezi zinto, naxa nizaziyo nje, nisekelwe ngokuthe nkqi enyanisweni leyo ninayo. ₁₃Ndiba yimfanelo yam, lo gama ndisaphilayo, ukuba ndinikhwezele ngokumana ndinikhumbuza. ₁₄Kaloku ndiyazi ukuba sendiza kuwushiya lo mhlaba. Sele wandazisayo kaloku uYesu Krestu iNkosi. ₁₅Ndaye ndiza kwenza indlela yokuba nihlale nizikhumbula ezi zinto naxa ndingasekhoyo.

₁₆Ngokuya sasinixelela ngamandla eNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu nangokuza kwayo, sasinganenzeli ntsomi emini. Isihomo nesithozela sayo sasibona ngala wethu amehlo. ₁₇Ngokuya yayinikwa iwonga nobuqaqawuli nguThixo uYise sasikho. Sasikho naxa kwakuvakala ilizwi livela kuSobuqaqawuli, lisithi: “Lo nguNyana wam oyintanda, ondikholisayo.” ₁₈Leviwa sithi aba elo lizwi lalivela ezulwini, sikunye naye uYesu phezu kwaloo ntaba ingcwele.

₁₉Ngoko ke ubungqina bodaba *lwabashumayeli bamandulo bucaca ngakumbi. Ke xa niluthathela ingqalelo udaba lwabo noba niyakholisa. Olo daba ke luthatheni njengesibane sokukhanyisa ebumnyameni, lide livele ikhwezi lokusa, lithi chapha ezingqondweni zenu ilitha lomsobomvu. ₂₀Kanti ke, ngaphezu koko, ze nikhumbule ukuba akukho *mshumayeli wakha wazihlalutyela ngokwakhe udaba *lweziBhalo. ₂₁Kaloku udaba lukaThixo aluzanga ngokuzithandela komntu, koko abantu baluthetha udaba lukaThixo beqhutywa lifuthe loMoya oyiNgcwele.

₁KwaSirayeli babekho *abashumayeli abaxokayo; ngokunjalo ke naphakathi kwenu baza kubakho abafundisa ubuxoki. Bona baza kunyebelezisa iimfundiso ezidala intshabalalo. Baya kuphika nkqu neNkosi le ibasindisileyo, baze ngokwenjenjalo bazibizele intshabalalo ekhawulezileyo. ₂Baninzi abaya kubalandela kwezo ndlela zabo zokungcola. Yona indlela eyinyaniso baya kuyingcikiva. ₃Ngenxa yokunyoluka kwabo aba bafundisi baya kuniqhatha, khon' ukuze banixhaphaze, bafumane inzuzo. Kodwa ke sona isigwebo abasimisélwa kwantlandlolo sijinga phezu kwabo; umtshabalalisi akalali, ulinde bona.

₄Izithunywa ezathi zôna uThixo akazange abe natarhu kuzo, koko wazithatha waziqamangela ngamatyathanga, waziphosa esithokothokweni sesihogo; apho zihleli khona ngoku, zilinde umhla womgwebo. ₅UThixo akazange alisindise ihlabathi lamandulo, koko wabatshabalalisa ngonogumbe abo bantu bangakhathalele Thixo. Abantu abasindayo nguNowa, umshumayeli wobulungisa, kunye nabanye abasixhenxe. ₆Iidolophu zaseSodom naseGomora uThixo wazigweba wazitshabalalisa; ewe, wazitshisa zaluthuthu, khon' ukuze zibe ngumzekelo kumaxesha azayo, kwabo bangamthobeliyo uThixo. _7-8Kambe ke wamsindisa uLothe indoda eyayinembeko. Kaloku elo lunga lomfo lalingonwabanga phakathi kwabo bantu bangakhathalele mthetho, bengaloyiki nehlazo. Ewe, amanyundululu awayewabona, eweva mihla le, ayemngcungcuthekisa. ₉Kodwa ke iNkosi iyabahlangula ezilingweni abantu abayithobelayo. Ke bona abangayithobeliyo ibagcinele ukubohlwaya ngomhla womgwebo; ₁₀ngakumbi ke abo baqweqwediswa ziinkanuko zokungcola, bedela noomagunya.

Aba bafundisi ngoodelihlazo abakhukhumeleyo; abanambeko, futhi bayazingcikiva nezithwala-ndwe zaphezulu. ₁₁Kanti ke nezithunywa zezulu nakuba zingaphezulu nje kubo ngamandla namagunya, azibenyelisi xa zibamangalela eNkosini. ₁₂Aba bantu bafana nezilwanyana zasendle, zona zizalwa zibe ngoomabonwabulawe. Bayazenyelisa izinto abangaziqondiyo. Nabo baya kutshabalala njengezilwanyana. ₁₃Ewe, isikhuni siya kubuya nomkhwezeli. Ngakwicala leziyolo namanyala bangooncanyelweni. Bayawaxabhela amatheko enu ngokuhlala nani nitye kunye. Kaloku abasenakuzinceda ngobundlobongela nenkohliso. ₁₄Basoloko becel' amehlo kubafazi abangenazimo. Amehlo abo asoloko elambele ukona. Bayabathiyela bababambise abantu abangaqondiyo. Ukunyoluka ngumkhwa abawaziyo; kambe ke baphantsi kwesiqalekiso! ₁₅Bayilahlile eyona ndlela, baza bahola. Bona bahamba ngendlela kaBhalam unyana kaBhehore owakhetha ukona, khon' ukuze azuze imali; ₁₆nto leyo yenza ukuba akhalinyelwe. Ewe, kaloku idonki yathetha ngelizwi lomntu ukugxotha ububhanxa baloo mshumayeli.

₁₇Aba bafundisi bafana nemithombo engampompozi manzi; bafana namafu aqhutywa luqhwithela. Indawo abalungiselelwe yona sisithokothoko senzonzobila. ₁₈Banamabhongo, futhi bathetha amazwi aphuthileyo, baze bathi ngemikhuba yabo yokuzibhubhisa beyelisele abantu abangekaphuncuki kakuhle kwiindlela ezigwenxa. ₁₉Babathembisa inkululeko, kodwa bona ngokwabo basabopheleleke kwimikhwa yokuzibhubhisa. Kaloku umntu uba likhoboka layo nayiphi na into angalumlekiyo kuyo. ₂₀Ukuba abantu bathe ngokwazana neNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu baphuncuka kwizidyobho zehlabathi, baze baphinde babuyele kwakuzo zibakhoboze, isiphelo sabo sibi kunesiqalo. ₂₁Ngekubhetele ukuba babengayazanga eyona ndlela, kunokuba bathi sebeyifumene bajike, bawulahle umyalelo kaThixo ababewunikiwe. ₂₂Kwabanjalo ke liyinene iqhalo elithi: “Inja ibuyele umhlanzo wayo; ihagu ehlanjiweyo ibuye yazityikitya eludakeni.”

₁Zihlobo zam, yeyesibini le ngoku incwadi endinibhalela yona. Kuzo zombini ezi ncwadi bendizama ukuvuselela iingcinga ezintle ezingqondweni zenu. ₂Bendinikhumbuza izinto ezathethwa *ngabashumayeli abangcwele mandulo, kwanemiyalelo yeNkosi noMsindisi enayixelelwayo *ngabathunywa. ₃Mayisicacele into yokuba imihla yokugqibela iza nabantu abangoodelihlazo nabagxeki. ₄Baza kunenza intlekisa besithi: “Wayethe uya kubuya eze. Úphi kaloku ngoku? Oobawo sebafa, yaye into yonke isenjengoko yayinjalo kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi!” ₅Bakhetha ukuyilibala abo bantu into yokuba amazulu la ayekho kakade kwasekuqaleni, nokuba ihlabathi eli ladalwa ngamanzi ngelizwi likaThixo. ₆Yaye latshatyalaliswa kwangamanzi; nditsho amanzi kanogumbe. ₇Kanti ke kwaesi sibhakabhaka sikhoyo nehlabathi zigcinwe kwalelo lizwi likaThixo. Zilinde umhla ekuya kugwetywa ngawo ngomlilo kutshatyalaliswe abantu abangamkhathalelanga uThixo.

₈Ze nikhumbule le ndawo ke, zihlobo zam: umhla omnye kuThixo uyafana newaka leminyaka, newaka leminyaka lifana nomhla omnye. ₉Ke iNkosi ayikubambezeli ukuzalisekiswa kwesithembiso esenzileyo, njengoko abanye baba kunjalo. Nto nje ininyamezele kuba ingafuni kutshabalale mntu. Koko ifuna wonke ubani afumane ithuba lokuguquka.

₁₀Ke yona iMini yeNkosi iya kufika njengesela ingalindelekanga. Ngaloo mini amazulu aya kutsho ngenzwinini yengxolo, aze ke wona aphel' emehlweni. Ngokunjalo neziseko zawo ziya kutshiswa ngumlilo ziphele. Wona umhlaba nako konke okukuwo kuya kusala kuze; uya kunyamalala. ₁₁Xa ke eli phakade liza kutshabalala kanje, ngaba kufuneka nithini nina? Kufuneka nizinikele ngokupheleleyo, niphile ubomi obunyulu. ₁₂Kufuneka nenze unako-nako, nilangazelela ukuba ikhawuleze imini kaThixo. Ewe, loo mini iya kuwalenya ngomlilo amazulu atshabalale; ngokunjalo neziseko zawo ziya kunyibilika. ₁₃Kambe ke thina silindele isithembiso sikaThixo, samazulu nehlabathi elitsha, apho kuya kulawula ucwangco.

₁₄Zihlobo zam, njengoko ke nisajong' enkalweni kweli dinga, hlalani nilungelelene noThixo; ningenabala, ningakhalazeleki nganto kuye. ₁₅Qondani kakuhle ukuba umonde weNkosi ufezekisa usindiso lwenu. Andithi kaloku nowethu othandekayo uPawulos utsho kwiincwadi zakhe azibhala phantsi kwefuthe nobulumko bukaThixo! ₁₆Kambe ke unjalo kakade xa ethetha ngale nyewe. Phofu ke kukho iindawo ezinzima ezincwadini zakhe. Ke zona izityhakala nabathandabuzi bazitolika gwenxa, njengoko besenza kakade *eziBhalweni. Ngokwenjenjalo ke bazibizela intshabalalo.

₁₇Ke nina, zihlobo zam, senilunyukisiwe. Ngoko ke lumkani, hleze aba basweli-kuqiqa banilukuhlele kwezo mpazamo zabo. Ngoko ke yimani ningagungqi. ₁₈Ewe, kholosani ngesisa seNkosi, nikhule nakuko ukwazana neNkosi noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu. Bobakhe ubungangamsha ngoku nangonaphakade! *Amen.