Ndilapha, Ndilapha
UBawo wethu uthi wasoloko esithi, 'Ndilapha,' kubantu abangazange bacele, abakhetha amangcwaba nezithethe ezifihlakeleyo. Umgwebo wahlulahlulwa: abakhonzi bakhe bayadla, logama abanye belamba. Uze adale amazulu amatsha nehlabathi elitsha, apho ukulila kuphelayo, kungekho bani wakhela omnye.
65 1Ndazivumela ukuba ndifunwe ngabo bebengandiceli; ndazivumela ukuba ndifunyanwe ngabo bebengandifuni. Ndathi: “Ndilapha, ndilapha,” kuhlanga olungalibizanga igama lam. a a v1 UPawulos uyacaphula le vesi kwabaseRoma 10:20 njengesimemo esivulekileyo sikaBawo wethu esifikelela kwabeeNtlanga — izizwe ebezingabizwanga ngegama lakhe ziyamfumana. 2Imini yonke ndizolulele izandla zam kubantu abaneenkani, abahamba ngendlela engalunganga, belandela amacebo abo, 3abantu abandiqumbisa ebusweni bam ngamaxesha onke, bebingelela emasimini, beqhumisela eziteneni; 4abahlala phakathi kwamangcwaba, balalisa kwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo; abadla inyama yeehagu, kukho umhluzi wezinto ezingalukanga ezinkambeni zabo; 5abathi: “Zigcine wena, ungasondeli kum, kuba ndingcwele kunawe.” Aba bangumsi emathatheni am, ngumlilo otshayo imini yonke. 6Yabona, kubhaliwe phambi kwam: Andiyi kuthi tu, kodwa ndiya kubuyisela; ndiya kubuyisela esifubeni sabo, 7zombini izono zenu nezono zooyihlo kunye, utsho uBawo wethu; ngenxa yokuba baqhumisela ezintabeni bandinyelisa ezindulini, ndiya kuyilinganisela esifubeni sabo intlawulo epheleleyo yezenzo zabo zangaphambili.
8Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Njengokuba iwayini entsha ifunyenwe esihlokweni seediliya, aze athi umntu: “Musa ukusitshabalalisa, kuba kukho intsikelelo kuso,” ndenjenjalo nam ngenxa yabakhonzi bam, ukuze ndingababhangisi bonke. 9“Ndiya kuvelisa inzala kuYakobi, nakuYuda indlalifa yeentaba zam; abanyulwa bam baya kuzidla ilifa, nabakhonzi bam bahlale khona. 10USharon uya kuba lidlelo lempahla emfutshane, nentili yeAkore ibe yindawo yokuphumla kweenkomo, ngenxa yabantu bam abandifunayo. 11Ke nina enindishiyayo, enilityalayo intaba yam engcwele, enicwangcisela iThamsanqa itafile, nizalise iindebe zewayini exutyiweyo niyincamela iNcithakalo. b b v11 IThamsanqa neNcithakalo yayingoothixo bezizwe bethamsanqa nelishwa — abantu babewabekela amatheko endaweni yokuthemba uBawo wethu owayebalandele. 12Ndiya kunimisela ikrele, nithi nonke niguqele ukuxhelwa, ngenxa yokuba ndabiza aniphendula, ndathetha anaphulaphula; nenza okubi emehlweni am, nanyula oko kungandivuyisiyo.”
13Ngenxa yoko utsho uBawo oyiNkosi ukuthi: Yabona, abakhonzi bam baya kudla, ke nina nolamba; abakhonzi bam baya kusela, ke nina nonxanwa; abakhonzi bam baya kuvuya, ke nina niya kudana; 14“yabona, abakhonzi bam baya kuvuma ngemihlali yentliziyo, ke nina niya kukhala ngentlungu yentliziyo, nibhomboloze ngenxa yokwaphuka komoya. 15Niya kulishiya igama lenu kubanyulwa bam libe sisiqalekiso, aze uBawo oyiNkosi anibulale; ke bona abakhonzi bakhe uya kubabiza ngelinye igama, 16ukuze osukuba ezisikelela kweli lizwe aye kuzisikelela ngoBawo wenyaniso, nalowo ufungayo kweli lizwe afunge ngoBawo wenyaniso; kuba iimbandezelo zokuqala zilityelwe, zafihlakala emehlweni am.
Amazulu Amatsha, Umhlaba Omtsha
17“Kuba yabonani, ndidala amazulu amatsha nomhlaba omtsha, zaye izinto zokuqala aziyi kukhunjulwa, zingafiki nasengqondweni. c c v17 UYohane ulibona eli dinga lizaliseka embonweni wakhe wezulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha — ISityhi. 21:1. UPetros uyibiza ngokuba “likhaya lobulungisa” esililindeleyo — 2 Pet. 3:13. 18Kodwa yibani nemihlali, nigcobe ngonaphakade ngoko ndikudalayo; kuba yabonani, ndidala iJerusalem ibe luvuyo, nabantu bayo babe yimihlali. 19Ndiya kugcoba ngeJerusalem, ndibe nemihlali ngabantu bam; akusayi kuphinda kuvakale kuyo isandi sokulila, nesikhalo sembandezelo. 20Akusayi kuba kho kuyo usana oludla ubomi iintsuku ezimbalwa kuphela, nangwevu engayigqibi iminyaka yayo; kuba umfana uya kufa engominyaka elikhulu, nalowo ongafikeleli ekhulwini uya kuthiwa uqalekisiwe. 21Baya kwakha izindlu, bahlale kuzo; batyale izidiliya, badle iziqhamo zazo. 22Abayi kwakhela omnye ukuba ahlale, bangatyaleli omnye ukuba adle; kuba imihla yabantu bam iya kuba njengemihla yomthi, abanyulwa bam baya kuwonwabela ixesha elide umsebenzi wezandla zabo. 23Abayi kusebenza ngelize, bangazali abantwana belunkwantyiso oluzayo ngesiquphe, kuba bayimbewu yabo basikelelwe nguBawo wethu, nenzala yabo kunye nabo. 24Bengekabizi, ndiya kuphendula; besathetha, ndiya kuva.” 25Ingcuka nemvana ziya kudla kunye, ingonyama idle umququ njengenkomo, ke lona uthuli luya kuba kukudla kwenyoka. Aziyi konakalisa, aziyi kutshabalalisa naphi na entabeni yam engcwele, utsho uBawo wethu.