Musa Ukukhukuliseka
Njengoko ihlabathi elizayo lingaphathiswanga ezithunyweni zezulu kodwa ebantwini, nanjengoko abantwana babelana ngenyama negazi, noNyana wathabatha inyama, ukuze aphelise amandla okufa akhulule abo bathinjwe bubomi babo bonke luloyiko lokufa. Elingwe naye, unceda abalingwayo.
2 1Ngoko ke simelwe kukunikela ingqalelo enkulu ngakumbi kuloo nto siyivileyo, hleze sikhukuliseke. 2Kuba ukuba ilizwi elathethwa ngezithunywa zezulu laqina, yaye konke ukungalungisi nokungeva kwafumana intlawulo efaneleyo, 3singasinda njani na thina ukuba siludela usindiso olungaka? Lwaqala ukuvakaliswa yiNkosi, lwandula lwaqiniseka kuthi ngabo bamvayo, 4ngeli xesha uBawo wethu ewangqina kunye nabo ngemiqondiso, nangezimanga, nangemisebenzi yamandla eyahlukeneyo, nangezabelo zikaMoya oyiNgcwele, ngokokuthanda kwakhe.
Ihlabathi Elizayo
5Kuba uBawo wethu akalulamisanga ezithunyweni zezulu ihlabathi elizayo esithetha ngalo. 6Ukhona othe wangqina ndawo ithile, esithi: “Yintoni na umntu, ukuba umkhumbule, nokuba ngunyana womntu, ukuba umkhathalele? 7Wamenza waba sezantsi okwethutyana kunezithunywa zezulu; wamthwesa isithsaba sozuko nembeko, 8ubeke zonke izinto ukuba zithotyelwe phantsi kweenyawo zakhe.” Ke ngoku, ekuzithobeni kwakhe zonke izinto kuye, uBawo wethu akashiyanga nto ingaphandle kokulawula kwakhe. Noko ke, okwangoku, asikaziboni zonke izinto zithotyelwe kuKrestu.
9Kodwa sibone uYesu, lowo wenziwa waba sezantsi kunezithunywa zezulu okwethutyana, ngoku othwaliswe isithsaba sozuko nembeko ngenxa yokuba wafa, ukuze ngabo ubabalo lukaBawo wethu akuve ukufa ngenxa yomntu wonke.
10Kwakufanelekile ukuba uBawo wethu, lowo zonke izinto ezikhoyo ngenxa yakhe nangaye, amfezekise umkhokeli wosindiso lwabo ngeentlungu, ekubeni ezisa oonyana abaninzi eluzukweni. 11Lowo ungcwalisayo nabo bangcwalisiweyo bonke baphuma kuBawo mnye. Yiyo loo nto engenazintloni ukubabiza ngokuba ngabazalwana nabazalwanakazi bakhe, a a v11 Abo uYesu abangcwalisayo babelana ngoYise — babuyiselwa kuyo kwaloo ntsapho inye yena akuyo ngonaphakade. Akanazintloni ukubabiza ngokuba ngabazalwana nabazalwanakazi bakhe.
12esithi: “Ndiya kulivakalisa igama lakho kubazalwana nakubazalwanakazi bam; ndiya kuvuma indumiso yakho phakathi kwebandla.”
13Kwakhona uthi: “Ndiya kukholosa ngaye.” Kananjalo uthi: “Nanku mna, nabantwana uBawo wethu andinike bona.” b b v13 UYesu uthetha la mazwi evela kwisiprofeto sikaIsaya, ezivelisa ndawonye nabantwana uBawo wethu abaphathise bona kuye — intsapho inye, uBawo mnye.
14Ekubeni abantwana besabelana ngenyama negazi, naye wabelana nabo kuko, ukuze ngokufa atshabalalise lowo unamandla okufa—uMtyholi, 15aze abakhulule bonke abo, ngenxa yokoyika ukufa, babesebukhobokeni ubomi babo bonke. 16Kuba inene asizizo izithunywa zezulu azincedayo, kodwa yimbewu ka-Abraham. 17Ngoko ke wayemelwe kukuba abe njengabazalwana bakhe ngazo zonke iindlela, ukuze abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu onenceba nothembekileyo kuBawo wethu, ecamagushela izono zabantu. 18Ekubeni yena ngokwakhe weva iintlungu ngexa wayehendwa, unako ukubanceda abo bahendwayo.
