Lisisithunzi Nje Soko Kuzayo
Imibingelelo yaminyaka le yayiyinkumbuzo yezono yaminyaka le, ingesosisusa sazo. Umnikelo omnye wasiphelisa eso simo, waye umkhusane ngoku uyindlela yokungena. Ngoko ke sibongoza esithi: sondelani, bambelelani, hlalani nihlangene, musani ukusilahla isibindi senu. Ukona ngabom kulunyukiswa kalukhuni.
10 1Umthetho lisisithunzi nje sezinto ezilungileyo ezizayo, ingengabo ubunjalo benene bazo, ngoko ngemibingelelo leyo abayibingelela iminyaka ngeminyaka ngaphandle kwesiphelo, awunako ukubenza bagqibelele abo basondelayo. 2Ukanti ngewayekuyekiwe ukubingelelwa, kuba abanquli, bakuba behlanjululwe kwaba kanye, babengayi kuba sazi zono? 3Kodwa kule mibingelelo kukho inkumbuzo yezono yaminyaka le. 4Ngokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba igazi leenkunzi zeenkomo nelezibhokhwe lizisuse izono.
5Ngenxa yoko, akungena ehlabathini uKrestu, wathi: “Umbingelelo nomnikelo akuwunqwenelanga, kodwa wandilungisela umzimba; a a v5 La mazwi aphuma kwiNdumiso yama-40 abekwa emlonyeni kaYesu njengokuba wayengena ehlabathini — uNyana engena emzimbeni olungisiweyo ukuze enze intando kaBawo wethu.
6“ngamadini anyukayo namadini esono akukholiswanga. 7Ndandula ke ndathi: ‘Yabona, ndize—emsongweni wencwadi kubhaliwe ngam—ukuza kwenza intando yakho, Bawo.’” b b v7 Xa uYesu ecaphula iNdumiso yama-40 echaza ukuza kwakhe ehlabathini, uthetha noYise — la ngamazwi oNyana ngokwakhe kuLowo wamthumayo.
8Ngaphezulu wathi: “Imibingelelo, neminikelo, namadini anyukayo, namadini esono akuzinqwenelanga ungakholiswanga nazo”—nangona umthetho uyifuna, 9wandula wathi: “Yabona, ndize kwenza intando yakho.” Uyawususa owokuqala ukuze amise owesibini.
10Ngaloo ntando, senziwe sangcwele ngomnikelo womzimba kaYesu Krestu, kwaba kanye kwaphela.
11Wonke umbingeleli umi imihla yonke, ekhonza, ebingelela ngokuphindaphindiweyo loo mibingelelo engenako ukuzisusa izono. 12Kodwa yena wanikela umbingelelo omnye ngenxa yezono ngonaphakade, wandula wahlala phantsi ngasekunene kukaBawo wethu, 13elindele kususela ngelo xesha ade iintshaba zakhe zenziwe isihlalo seenyawo zakhe. 14Ngokuba ngomnikelo omnye ubenze bagqibelela ngonaphakade abo bangcwaliswayo. 15KwanoMoya oyiNgcwele uyasingqinela; kuba emva kokuba ethe,
16“Nangu umnqophiso endiya kuwenza nabo emva kwaloo mihla, utsho uBawo wethu: Ndiya kuyibeka imithetho yam ezintliziyweni zabo, ndiyibhale nasengqondweni yabo.”
17Wandula wongeza, wathi: “Nezono zabo nezenzo zabo ezichasene nomthetho andiyi kuba sazikhumbula.”
18Apho ke zixolelwe ezi zinto, akusekho mnikelo wezono.
Isibindi Sokubuyela Ekhaya
19Ngoko ke, bazalwana noodade, njengokuba sinesibindi sokungena ezindaweni ezingcwele ngegazi likaYesu, 20indlela entsha, ephilayo awasivulela yona ngomkhusane—inyama yakhe, c c v20 Umkhusane wawuvingca igumbi elingcwele kakhulu leTempile; inyama kaYesu ingumkhusane omtsha, oqhekeziweyo ukuze singene ngqo. 21nanjengokuba sinombingeleli omkhulu ophezu kwendlu kaBawo wethu, 22masisondele ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo, siqiniseke ngokupheleleyo ngokholo, iintliziyo zethu zitshiziwe zahlanjululwa kwisazela esinetyala, nemizimba yethu ihlanjwe ngamanzi acocekileyo. 23Masibambelele ngokuqinileyo ethembeni esilivumayo, singanyikimi, kuba lowo wathembisayo uthembekile. 24Masigqale ukuba singathini ukuvuselelana eluthandweni nasemisebenzini elungileyo, 25singakuyekeli ukuhlangana kunye, njengoko bambi beqhele ukwenjenjalo, kodwa sikhuthazane—ngakumbi njengoko niyibona iMini isondela.
26Kuba ukuba siqhubeka sisona ngabom emva kokuba samkele ukwazi inyaniso, akusekho mbingelelo wezono oseleyo, 27kodwa kusuke kukho ukulindela okoyikekayo komgwebo nomlilo ovuthayo oya kuzidla iintshaba. 28Nabani na owugatyayo umthetho kaMoses ufa engenanceba ngomlomo wamangqina amabini nokuba mathathu. 29Hlokutheni na ngesohlwayo esibi ngokungakumbi, ngokucinga kwenu, esimfaneleyo lowo umnyathele phantsi uNyana kaBawo wethu, walibalela njengelingcwele igazi lomnqophiso awangcwaliswa ngalo, wawungcikiva uMoya wobabalo?
30Kuba siyamazi lowo wathi: “Yeyam impindezelo; ndiya kubuyekeza,” wabuya wathi: “UBawo wethu uya kugweba abantu bakhe.”
31Yinto eyoyikekayo ukuwela ezandleni zikaBawo ophilayo. d d v31 UBawo wethu nguThixo ophilayo ozandla zakhe ziphethe kokubini uthando olushushu nobulungisa obungenakuphenjelelwa — kwoyikeka ngokwenene ukuwela kuzo emva kokumgatya uNyana wakhe nokumqumbisa uMoya wakhe.
32Khumbulani imihla yangaphambili, oko nathi, emva kokukhanyiselwa, nanyamezela umzamo onzima wokubandezeleka, 33ngamanye amaxesha nihlaziswa esidlangalaleni ngezithuko nangembandezelo, ngamanye nimi kunye nabo baphathwa ngaloo ndlela. 34Kuba nabandezeleka kunye namabanjwa, namkela ngovuyo ukuphangwa kwempahla yenu, nisazi ukuba nina ngokwenu ninempahla engcono nehlalayo. 35Ngoko ke ningasilahli isibindi senu; sinomvuzo omkhulu. 36Nifuna unyamezelo, ukuze emva kokuba niyenzile intando kaBawo wethu, nifumane isithembiso.
37Kuba kusekho “umzuzwana nje omncinane, lowo uzayo woza angalibali; 38ke yena ilungisa lam uya kuphila ngokholo, aze ukuba uthe wabuya umva, umphefumlo wam awukholiswa nguye.”
39Kodwa thina asingabo abo babuya umva baye entshabalalweni, singabo banokholo baze bawusindise umphefumlo wabo.