ULuka 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Ekubeni abaninzi bezimisele ukubalisa ingxelo ecwangcisiweyo yezinto ezenzekileyo phakathi kwethu, ²njengoko basinikela zona abo babezibonela ngamehlo kwasekuqaleni, bengabakhonzi belizwi, ³nam, ndakuba ndiziphengulule zonke izinto ngononophelo kwasekuqaleni, ndagqiba ukuba ndikubhalele ngocwangco, wena Tiyofilo obekekileyo, ⁴ukuze uyazi inyaniso eqinisekileyo yezinto owazifundiswayo.

uBawo Uthembisa UZekariya Unyana

⁵Ngemihla kaHerode, ukumkani welakwaYuda, kwakukho umbingeleli ogama linguZekariya, wesigaba sobubingeleli sika-Abhiya. Umkakhe uElizabhete wayengowenzala ka-Aron. ^a a v5 Ababingeleli babehlelwe ngokwezigaba ezingamashumi amabini anesine, bekhonza ngokulandelelana etempileni; isigaba sika-Abhiya sasisesesibhozo. ⁶Bobabini babengamalungisa phambi koBawo wethu, behamba ngokungenakusoleka kuyo yonke imithetho namasiko akhe. ⁷Kodwa babengenamntwana, ngokuba uElizabhete wayeludlolo, yaye bobabini babaluphele kunene.

⁸Kuthe ke, ngexa wayebusa ububingeleli phambi koBawo wethu, isigaba sakhe sisesemsebenzini, ⁹ngokwesiko lobubingeleli, laphuma iqashiso lokuba angene engcweleni yakhe, atshise isiqhumiso. ¹⁰Lonke ihlokondiba labantu lalithandaza ngaphandle ngelixa lesiqhumiso. ^b b v10 Isiqhumiso sasinikwa ngaphakathi engcweleni rhoqo kusasa nangokuhlwa, ngexa abantu babehlanganisene ngaphandle ukuze bathandaze ngaloo malixa.

¹¹Kwabonakala kuye isithunywa sikaBawo wethu, simi ngasekunene kwesibingelelo sesiqhumiso. ¹²Wothuka uZekariya akusibona, wafikelwa luloyiko. ¹³Sathi ke isithunywa kuye: “Musa ukoyika, Zekariya, kuba umthandazo wakho uviwe. Umkakho uElizabhete uya kukuzalela unyana; umthiye igama elinguYohane. ¹⁴Uya kuba nemihlali novuyo; baninzi abaya kuvuya ngokuzalwa kwakhe. ¹⁵Uya kuba mkhulu phambi koBawo wethu, angaze asele wayini nazinye iziselo ezinxilisayo, aze azaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasesizalweni sikanina. ¹⁶Aze abaguqulele abaninzi koonyana bakaSirayeli ukuba babuyele kuBawo wabo. ¹⁷Uya kuhamba phambi koBawo wethu ngomoya nangamandla ka-Eliya, ebuyisela iintliziyo zooyise koonyana babo, nabangevayo ebulumkweni babalungileyo, ukuze alungiselele uBawo wethu abantu abalungeleyo.”

¹⁸Wathi uZekariya kwisithunywa: “Ndiya kuyazi ngantoni na le nto? Kaloku mna ndimdala, nomkam uselekhulile.”

¹⁹Saphendula isithunywa kuye, sathi: “Ndim uGabriyeli, lowo umi phambi koBawo wethu; ndithunyiwe ukuba ndithethe nawe, ndikuzisele ezi ndaba zilungileyo. ²⁰Kaloku uya kuthi cwaka, ungabi nako ukuthetha, de kube yiloo mini zenzeka ngayo ezi zinto, ngenxa yokuba ungawakholelwanga amazwi am, aya kuzaliseka ngexesha lawo.”

²¹Ngeli xesha abantu babemlindile uZekariya, bemangaliswa kukulibala kwakhe engcweleni. ²²Akuphuma, akaba nako ukuthetha nabo, baza baqonda ukuba ubone umbono engcweleni. Wayesoloko ebaqhwebela, wahlala engathethi. ²³Kwathi yakuphela imihla yenkonzo yakhe, wagoduka. ²⁴Emva kwaloo mihla umkakhe uElizabhete wamitha, waza iinyanga ezintlanu wazifihla, esithi: ²⁵“Nantso into andenzele yona uBawo wethu, ngemihla awandivelela ngayo, ukususa ukungcikivwa kwam phakathi kwabantu.”

uBawo Uthumela UGabriyeli KuMariya

²⁶Ngenyanga yesithandathu uBawo wethu wathuma isithunywa uGabriyeli, saya kumzi waseGalili ekuthiwa yiNazarete, ²⁷saya kwintombi eganelwe yindoda egama linguYosefu, wendlu kaDavide; igama lentombi leyo belinguMariya. ²⁸Sangena kuyo isithunywa, sathi: “Vuya, wena ubabalweyo! UBawo wethu unawe.”

²⁹Kodwa yena wakhathazeka kakhulu ngamazwi aso, wazibuza ukuba lolohlobo luni na olu lubuliso. ³⁰Sathi isithunywa kuye: “Musa ukoyika, Mariya, kuba ufumene ubabalo kuBawo wethu. ³¹Uya kumitha esizalweni sakho, uzale unyana, umthiye igama elinguYesu. ³²Uya kuba mkhulu, abizwe ngokuba nguNyana wOsenyangweni; uBawo wethu aya kumnika itrone kayise uDavide, ³³aze alawule phezu kwendlu kaYakobi ngonaphakade; ubukumkani bakhe abusayi kuphela.”

³⁴Wathi uMariya kwisithunywa: “Kuya kwenzeka njani na oku, kuba mna ndiyintombi engazani nandoda?”

³⁵Saphendula isithunywa kuye, sathi: “UMoya oyiNgcwele uya kuza phezu kwakho, namandla oSenyangweni aya kukusibekela; ngako oko umntwana oyingcwele ozalwayo uya kubizwa ngokuba nguNyana kaBawo wethu. ³⁶Khangela, isizalwana sakho uElizabhete naye umithi unyana ebudaleni bakhe; le yinyanga yesithandathu kuye lowo ebekuthiwa uludlolo. ³⁷Kuba akukho nto iya kumnqabela uBawo wethu.”

³⁸Wathi uMariya: “Ndingumkhonzazana kaBawo wethu; makwenzeke kum njengoko utshilo.” Sandula ke isithunywa samshiya.

uMariya Undwendwela UElizabhete

³⁹Ngaloo mihla wasuka uMariya, waya ngobungxamo kwelasezintabeni, kumzi welakwaYuda, ⁴⁰wangena endlwini kaZekariya, wambulisa uElizabhete. ⁴¹Kwathi uElizabhete akuwuva umbuliso kaMariya, lwatsiba usana esizalweni sakhe, waza wazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. ⁴²Wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Usikelelwe wena phakathi kwabafazi, sisikelelekile isiqhamo sesizalo sakho! ⁴³Kungani na ukuba ndibabalwe ngale nto, ukuba unina weNkosi yam eze kum? ⁴⁴Kuba, nje ndakuwuva umbuliso wakho, usana olusesizalweni sam lwatsiba luvuya. ⁴⁵Usikelelwe lowo ukholiweyo ukuba kuya kuzaliseka oko wakuthethayo uBawo wethu kuye.”

Ingoma yokudumisa kaMariya

⁴⁶Wathi uMariya: “Umphefumlo wam uyamkhulisa uBawo wethu, ⁴⁷umoya wam uyagcoba ngoBawo wethu, uMsindisi wam, ⁴⁸kuba ebonile ubuphantsi bomkhonzazana wakhe. Kuba kususela ngoku zonke izizukulwana ziya kuthi ndinoyolo; ⁴⁹kuba uSomandla undenzele izinto ezinkulu, yaye lingcwele igama lakhe. ⁵⁰Inceba yakhe ikubo abamoyikayo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. ⁵¹Ubonakalise amandla ngengalo yakhe; ubachithachithile abanekratshi kwizicamango zeentliziyo zabo; ⁵²Ubehlisile abanamandla ezitroneni zabo, waza waphakamisa abalulamileyo; ⁵³Ubahluthise abalambileyo ngezinto ezilungileyo, ke izityebi uzindulule zingenanto. ⁵⁴Umncedile umkhonzi wakhe uSirayeli, ekhumbula inceba yakhe, ⁵⁵njengoko wakuthethayo koobawo bethu, ku-Abraham nakwimbewu yakhe ngonaphakade.”

⁵⁶Wahlala uMariya naye malunga neenyanga ezintathu, waza wabuyela kowabo.

Ukuzalwa kukaYohane

⁵⁷Lafika ke ixesha lokuba uElizabhete abeleke, waza wazala unyana. ⁵⁸Beva abamelwane nemizalwane yakhe ukuba uBawo wethu umenzele inceba enkulu, baza bavuyisana naye. ⁵⁹Ngomhla wesibhozo beza kumalusa umntwana, befuna ukumbiza ngegama likayise, uZekariya, ⁶⁰kodwa waphendula unina wathi: “Hayi; uya kubizwa ngokuba nguYohane.”

⁶¹Bathi ke kuye: “Akukho namnye kwizalamane zakho obizwa ngeli gama.” ⁶²Baza benza imiqondiso kuyise, bebuza ukuba angathanda ukuba umntwana abizwe ngokuthini na.

⁶³Wacela ucwecwe, wabhala esithi: “Igama lakhe nguYohane.” Baza bonke bamangaliswa. ⁶⁴Wathi kwaoko wavulwa umlomo wakhe, lwakhululeka ulwimi lwakhe, waza wathetha, ebonga uBawo wethu. ⁶⁵Lwabafikela uloyiko bonke abamelwane babo, zaza zonke ezi zinto zaxoxwa kulo lonke ilizwe leenduli lakwaYuda. ⁶⁶Bonke abo bevayo bazigcina ezi zinto ezintliziyweni zabo, besithi: “Uya kuba yintoni na kambe lo mntwana?” Kuba isandla sikaBawo wethu sasinaye.

UZekariya uyaprofeta

⁶⁷Waza uyise uZekariya wazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, waprofeta, esithi: ⁶⁸“Makabongwe uBawo wethu kaSirayeli, kuba ebavelele wabakhulula abantu bakhe, ⁶⁹wasiphakamisela uMsindisi onamandla endlwini kaDavide umkhonzi wakhe, ⁷⁰njengoko wakuthethayo ngomlomo wabaprofeti bakhe abangcwele kwakudala, ⁷¹ukuze sisindiswe ezintshabeni zethu nasesandleni sabo bonke abasithiyayo; ⁷²ukubonakalisa inceba awayithembisa koobawo bethu nokukhumbula umnqophiso wakhe ongcwele, ⁷³isifungo awasifungela ubawo wethu u-Abraham, ukuba asinike, ⁷⁴ukuze thina, sikhululiwe esandleni seentshaba zethu, simkhonze singenaloyiko, ⁷⁵ngobungcwele nangobulungisa phambi kwakhe yonke imihla yethu. ⁷⁶Ke wena, mntwana, uya kubizwa ngokuba ngumprofeti wOsenyangweni; kuba uya kuhamba phambi kweNkosi ukuze uzilungise iindlela zayo, ⁷⁷ukunika abantu bakhe ukwazi usindiso ngokuxolelwa kwezono zabo, ⁷⁸ngenxa yemfesane enofefe kaBawo wethu, esiya kuthi ngayo kusivelele ukuphuma kwelanga kwelaphezulu, ^c c v78 'Ukuphuma kwelanga kwelaphezulu' ligama likaYesu — ukukhanya kokusa uBawo wethu akuthumela kwabasebumnyameni, ukuze asikhokelele ekhaya. ⁷⁹ukukhanyisela abo bahleli ebumnyameni nasethunzini lokufa, ukuze akhokele iinyawo zethu zingene endleleni yoxolo.”

⁸⁰Wakhula ke umntwana, womelela emoyeni, wahlala entlango, kwada kwayimini azibonakalisa ngayo esidlangalaleni kuSirayeli.